Musicians who died (Current)

October 2024 (64)

[31 Oct 2024] Candy Devine (Australian singer and radio broadcaster for Downtown Radio), 85

[31 Oct 2024] Tavinho Paes (Brazilian poet and lyricist), 69

[30 Oct 2024] Richard Andrew (Australian drummer for Underground Lovers), 58, lung cancer

[30 Oct 2024] Arthur Moreira Lima (Brazilian pianist), 84, colon cancer

[26 Oct 2024] Steve Morse (American music journalist for The Boston Globe), 76, lung cancer

[26 Oct 2024] Şahlar Quliyev (Azerbaijani opera singer), 78

[25 Oct 2024] Phil Lesh (American Hall of Fame musician for Grateful Dead), 84

Phil Lesh, the classically trained musician who co-founded the Grateful Dead and whose unconventional bass playing steered the band into some of its most experimental directions, died Friday at the age of 84.
… via rollingstone.com

[24 Oct 2024] Marco Paulo (Portuguese singer and television presenter), 79, cancer

[24 Oct 2024] Hans Rotmo (Norwegian singer-songwriter), 76, cancer

[23 Oct 2024] Jack Jones (American singer), 86, leukemia

[23 Oct 2024] Linda LaFlamme (American singer), 85, vascular dementia

[22 Oct 2024] Claire Daly (American baritone saxophonist and composer), 66, cancer

[22 Oct 2024] Edd Griles (American music video director), 78

[22 Oct 2024] Ferenc Sánta Jr. (Hungarian violinist), 79

[21 Oct 2024] Egidio Cuadrado (Colombian vallenato accordionist), 71

[25 Oct 2024] Paul Di’Anno (English heavy metal singer for Iron Maiden), 66

Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno has died aged 66, it has been confirmed. The news was shared via Di’Anno’s label, Conquest Music, on behalf of the singer’s family.
… via loudersound.com

[21 Oct 2024] Mimi Hines (Canadian actress and singer), 91

[21 Oct 2024] Vojtěch Havel (Czech musician and composer), 62

[21 Oct 2024] Marie Goodman Hunter (American actress and singer), 95

[21 Oct 2024] Barbara Kolb (American composer), 85

[20 Oct 2024] Barbara Dane (American musician and activist, co-founder of Paredon Records), 97, assisted suicide

[20 Oct 2024] Janusz Olejniczak (Polish pianist and actor), 72, heart attack

[18 Oct 2024] Shujeo Shyam (Bangladeshi music director for Hason Raja), 78

[16 Oct 2024] Inger Lorre (American musician for Nymphs), 61

[16 Oct 2024] Alan Mansfield (American-New Zealand musician for Dragon), 72

[16 Oct 2024] Liam Payne (English singer for One Direction), 31, fall

Liam Payne “jumped from the balcony” of his hotel room before his death at age 31, local authorities confirm to PEOPLE.
… via people.com

[16 Oct 2024] Christian Martin Schmidt (German musicologist), 81

[15 Oct 2024] Garbis Aprikian (Egyptian-born French choral conductor and composer), 98

[15 Oct 2024] Ollie Olsen (Australian musician for No), 66

[15 Oct 2024] Bob Seeley (American boogie-woogie pianist), 96

[14 Oct 2024] Rieko Nakagawa (Japanese writer and lyricist), 89

[14 Oct 2024] Barbara Owen (American organist and scholar), 91

[13 Oct 2024] Libby Titus (American singer-songwriter), 77

[12 Oct 2024] Jackmaster (Scottish DJ), 38, head injury

[12 Oct 2024] Ka (American rapper and record producer), 52

[12 Oct 2024] Gary Stroutsos (American flutist), 70, multiple system atrophy

[11 Oct 2024] Dottie Leonard Miller (American music publishing and record label executive), 79

[11 Oct 2024] Kiril Marichkov (Bulgarian rock musician for Shturcite), 79

[11 Oct 2024] Aminollah Rashidi (Iranian composer), 99

[10 Oct 2024] Adam Abeshouse (American recording engineer, music producer, and classical violinist), 63, bile duct cancer

[10 Oct 2024] El Taiger (Cuban reggaeton singer), 37, shot

[10 Oct 2024] J. J. Jeffrey (American radio executive for Atlantic Coast Radio and disc jockey), 84, cancer

[10 Oct 2024] Doug Sides (American jazz drummer and composer), 82

[09 Oct 2024] Michel Boyibanda (Congolese musician for TPOK Jazz), 84

[09 Oct 2024] Bruno Pochesci (Italian-born French musician and writer), 54

[09 Oct 2024] Leif Segerstam (Finnish conductor for Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra), 80, pneumonia

[08 Oct 2024] Jorge Arriagada (Chilean-French film composer for The Women on the 6th Floor), 81

[07 Oct 2024] Amaury du Closel (French composer and conductor), 68

[07 Oct 2024] Hans van Hemert (Dutch music producer and songwriter), 79, prostate cancer

[07 Oct 2024] Cissy Houston (American singer for The Sweet Inspirations), 91, Alzheimer’s disease

[07 Oct 2024] Jack Ponti (American songwriter and record producer), 66

[06 Oct 2024] Dominic Cossa (American operatic baritone), 89

[06 Oct 2024] Johnny Neel (American musician for The Allman Brothers Band), 70, heart failure

Today, the music world mourns the loss of Johnny Neel, who passed away on Sunday, Oct. 7. Neel was a storied musician, vocalist and songwriter and a foundational figure in Southern rock, best known for his contributions to the Dickey Betts Band and the Allman Brothers Band’s second reunion.
… via relix.com

[05 Oct 2024] Mimis Plessas (Greek composer and pianist), 99

[05 Oct 2024] Nell Smith (Canadian singer for The Flaming Lips), 17, traffic collision

Nell Smith, the B.C. teenager who cut nine tracks with Grammy Award-winning rock band the Flaming Lips, has died, her family says.
The news was shared by Smith’s family on her verified Instagram account, and confirmed by CBC News. She was 17.
… via cbc.com