Tonight looking back to those who passed away in 2016. How many of the more then 600 musicians do you known.....
with music of: Frank Zappa (Allan Zavol): Carol You Fool, Liliput : Tschik-Mo, Tuxedomoon (Bruce Geduldig) : In A Manner Of Speaking, Tony Conrad with Faust : From the Side of Man and Womankind, Pauline Oliveros : Bye Bye Butterfly, Jean-Claude Risset : Computer Suite from Little Boy, Mohammad Ebrahim Sharifzadeh : Navaei, Getatchew Mekurya : Tezeta & Muziqa Heywete, Jean-Jacques Perrey : Pizzicato Polka, Negativland : Long Distance Dedications 1&2, Gilli Smith : I am a Fool / Back to the Womb / Mother, Paul Bley : Closer, Alan Vega : Jukebox Babe
Musicians Who Died in 2016 : 601.
December (120)
- [31 Dec 2016] Makeoutclub.com (Music social network), 17, creator Gibby Miller's lack of commitment
- [31 Dec 2016] Raj Brar (Indian singer and actor), 44, alcoholism
- [31 Dec 2016] David Meltzer (American poet and musician), 79
- [30 Dec 2016] Allan Williams (English businessman and promoter for The Beatles), 86
- [28 Dec 2016] Debbie Reynolds (American actress, singer, entertainer), 84
- [28 Dec 2016] Bernard Zaslav (American viola soloist), 90
- [28 Dec 2016] Knut Kiesewetter (German jazz musician, singer-songwriter and producer), 75
- [25 Dec 2016] Alphonse Mouzon (American jazz drummer and record label owner), 68, neuroendocrine carcinoma
- [25 Dec 2016] Ben Xi (本兮) (Chinese singer), 22, suicide?
- [25 Dec 2016] George Michael (Wham!), 53, heart failure
- [25 Dec 2016] Red Army Choir (64 members, including Valery Khalilov, L. Kulikov, V. Ermolin, A. Kormilitsyn, VI Shtefutsa, EM Labkovsky, SV Ivanov, PD Bogachev, VP Maystruk, AA Gvozdetsky, BM Mizyuk, YA Lysenko, Y. Shtrunov, IM Pirogov, IS Sobolev, И.Ф. Volkov, OV Filimonov, AN Savitsky, VA Nagorny, VP Kokarev, AA Hristachev, JN Deynekin, VM Bolonenko, VN Antonov, AN Stritenko, AA Toschev VS Buzlov, SP Lapik, VF Orthodox, GU Razgasimov, V. Chekin, MD Mochalina, AA Mogulkin, Y. Savkin, MG Chervov, PD Shchennikov, NI Diakov, AI Egorov, VM Predelin, MI Glinka, PI Tchaikovsky, Professor KP Lisovsky, V. Brodsky, GD Pavlyuchenko, IV Konygina, P.U. Khmelnitski), various ages, plane crash
- [24 Dec 2016] Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), 68, shoulder injury
- [24 Dec 2016] Jiří Smetana (Czech musician and producer), 71
- [23 Dec 2016] Heinrich Schiff (Austrian cellist), 65
- [23 Dec 2016] Mick Zane (Malice), cancer
- [22 Dec 2016] Ruud Merx (Dutch musical composer and trombonist for Johann Strauss Orchestra), 47
- [22 Dec 2016] Frank Murray (British band manager for Thin Lizzy and The Pogues), 66, suspected heart attack
- [22 Dec 2016] Minister Godswill Adiks (aka Will Adiks, a Port Harcourt based gospel singer), assassination
- [21 Dec 2016] Weston Noble (American music educator and conductor), 94, complications from a fall
- [21 Dec 2016] Sam Leach (British concert promoter and talent agent, worked with The Beatles), 81
- [21 Dec 2016] Abdul Gafur Hali (Bangladeshi singer, composer and lyricist), 87
- [21 Dec 2016] Betty Loo Taylor (American jazz pianist), 87
- [19 Dec 2016] Andrew Dorff (American songwriter), 40
- [18 Dec 2016] Gustavo Quintero (Colombian singer-songwriter), 76
- [18 Dec 2016] Léo Marjane (French singer), 104
- [18 Dec 2016] Gordie Tapp (Canadian country singer and entertainer on Hee Haw), 94
- [17 Dec 2016] Bob Coburn (Rockline), 68
- [15 Dec 2016] Bohdan Smoleń (Polish singer), 69
- [15 Dec 2016] Ajit Varman (Indian composer), 69
- [14 Dec 2016] Karel Husa (Czech-born American composer), 95
- [14 Dec 2016] Arnie Norse (Norwegian singer), 91
- [14 Dec 2016] Päivi Paunu (Finnish singer), 70
- [14 Dec 2016] Bunny Walters (New Zealand singer), 63
- [13 Dec 2016] Betsy Pecanins (American-born Mexican singer), 62,stroke
- [13 Dec 2016] Ahuva Ozeri (Israeli singer), 68, cancer
- [12 Dec 2016] Lucila Campos (Peruvian singer), 78
- [12 Dec 2016] Jim Lowe (American singer-songwriter), 93
- [12 Dec 2016] Barrelhouse Chuck (American blues musician), 58, prostate cancer
- [11 Dec 2016] Bob Krasnow (Elektra Records), 81
- [11 Dec 2016] Joe Ligon (Mighty Clouds of Joy), 80
- [11 Dec 2016] Esma Redžepova (Eurovision), 73
- [10 Dec 2016] Damião Experiença (Brazilian singer and musician), 81
- [08 Dec 2016] Palani Vaughan (Hawaiian singer), 72, unknown
- [07 Dec 2016] Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 69, cancer
- [07 Dec 2016] Elliott Schwartz (composer), 80
- [07 Dec 2016] Mohamed Tahar Fergani (Algerian singer), 88
- [07 Dec 2016] Junaid Jamshed (musician, television personality and preacher), 52, plane crash
- [05 Dec 2016] Big Syke, 48, rapper
- [05 Dec 2016] Mona Maraachli, 58, singer, heart attack
- [05 Dec 2016] Adam Sagan (Circle II Circle), 35, lymphoma
- [04 Dec 2016] Wayne Duncan (Daddy Cool), 72, stroke
- [04 Dec 2016] Radim Hladík (Blue Effect), 69, pulmonary fibrosis
- [02 Dec 2016] Allan Zavod (Frank Zappa), 71, brain cancer
- [02 Dec 2016] Mark Gray, 64, country singer
- [02 Dec 2016] Gisela May, 92, German actress and singer
- [01 Dec 2016] Micky Fitz (The Business), 60?, cancer
- [30 Nov 2016] Amar Ezzahi, 75,Algerian Chaabi singer
- [29 Nov 2016] Sean P. McKeough (Riot Fest), 42, stroke
- [29 Nov 2016] Allan Zavod, 71, brain cancer
- [29 Nov 2016] Ray Columbus (Ray Columbus & the Invaders), 74
- [28 Nov 2016] Mark Taimanov, 90, concert pianist and USSR chess champion
- [28 Nov 2016] Carlton Kitto, 74, jazz guitarist
- [27 Nov 2016] Jeff White (Atrocity (US)), 54, unknown
- [27 Nov 2016] Johnny P (Do Or Die), 44, coma
- [27 Nov 2016] Tony Martell, 90, music industry senior executive
- [26 Nov 2016] Larry Hosford (country musician), 73, died in his sleep
- [25 Nov 2016] Colonel Abrams, 67
- [24 Nov 2016] Shirley Bunnie Foy (Jazz), 80
- [24 Nov 2016] Pauline Oliveros ( San Francisco Tape Music Center), 84
- [23 Nov 2016] Joe Esposito (road manager of Elvis Presley), 78, complications of dementia
- [23 Nov 2016] Fred Stobaugh, 99
- [22 Nov 2016] George Pierson (Philadelphia area sound engineer), 64, heart disease
- [22 Nov 2016] Tayssir Akla, 77
- [22 Nov 2016] M. Balamuralikrishna, 86
- [22 Nov 2016] Craig Gill (Inspiral Carpets), 44
- [21 Nov 2016] Jean-Claude Risset, 78
- [20 Nov 2016] Hod O'Brien, 80
- [19 Nov 2016] Ida Levin, 53, leukemia
- [18 Nov 2016] Sharon Jones (Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings), 60, pancreatic cancer
- [18 Nov 2016] Hugh McDonald (Redgum), 62, prostate cancer
- [17 Nov 2016] Joanna Reyes, 36, car accident
- [16 Nov 2016] Mentor Williams, 70
- [15 Nov 2016] Bob Walsh (Blues musician), 68, heart attack
- [15 Nov 2016] Mose Allison, 89
- [15 Nov 2016] Cliff Barrows (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association), 93
- [15 Nov 2016] Holly Dunn, 59, ovarian cancer
- [15 Nov 2016] Jules Eskin (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 85
- [15 Nov 2016] Milt Okun, 92
- [14 Nov 2016] David Mancuso (The Loft), 72
- [14 Nov 2016] Colin Demge, 33, murdered
- [13 Nov 2016] Leon Russell, 74
- [13 Nov 2016] Mohammad Ebrahim Sharifzadeh, 100
- [12 Nov 2016] Jacques Werup, 71, cancer
- [12 Nov 2016] Will Sims, 28, murdered in hate crime
- [12 Nov 2016] Peter Nthwane, 64, murdered
- [11 Nov 2016] Victor Bailey (Lady Gaga), 56
- [11 Nov 2016] Lily, 64, lung cancer
- [11 Nov 2016] A. Nayyar, 66
- [10 Nov 2016] Mr 3-2 (American rap artist and MC, member of Screwed Up Click, Convicts), shot
- [09 Nov 2016] Al Caiola, 96
- [07 Nov 2016] Leonard Cohen, 82, falling
- [07 Nov 2016] Biser Kirov, 74
- [06 Nov 2016] Zoltán Kocsis, 64
- [06 Nov 2016] Jean-Jacques Perrey (French electronic music producer), 86
- [05 Nov 2016] Laurent Pardo, 55
- [04 Nov 2016] Eddie Harsch (The Black Crowes), 59
- [03 Nov 2016] Kay Starr, 94, Alzheimer's disease
- [02 Nov 2016] Bob Cranshaw (Blue Note Records), 83, cancer
- [01 Nov 2016] Jean-Michel Damian, 69
- [01 Nov 2016] Bap Kennedy, 54, pancreatic and bowel cancer
- [01 Nov 2016] Pocho La Pantera, 65, kidney cancer
- [01 Nov 2016] Nico Carstens (Accordionist), 90, Best known for his tune 'Zambezi', a hit for both Bert Kaempfert and The Shadows
- [30 Oct 2016] Bill Kyle, 70
- [30 Oct 2016] Frank Noya, 83
- [30 Oct 2016] Curly Putman, 85
- [29 Oct 2016] Paul Demers, 60, lung cancer
- [28 Oct 2016] Melhem Barakat, 71
- [28 Oct 2016] John Del Carlo, 61
- [28 Oct 2016] Ron Grant, 72, septic shock
- [27 Oct 2016] Nelson Pinedo, 88
- [27 Oct 2016] Bobby Wellins, 80
- [26 Oct 2016] Raj Begum, 89
- [24 Oct 2016] Bobby Vee, 73, Alzheimer's disease
- [23 Oct 2016] Pete Burns (Dead or Alive), 57, cardiac arrest
- [20 Oct 2016] Achieng Abura, 50s
- [20 Oct 2016] Mieke Telkamp, 82
- [18 Oct 2016] Mike Daniels, 88
- [15 Oct 2016] Danny Champagne, 65, complications from stroke
- [15 Oct 2016] Robert Edwards, 74, heart attack
- [14 Oct 2016] Werner Lämmerhirt, 67
- [13 Oct 2016] Gerhard Wimberger (Austrian composer), 93
- [11 Oct 2016] Peter Reynolds, 58
- [10 Oct 2016] Issa Bagayogo, 54
- [09 Oct 2016] Bored Nothing, 26, suicide
- [09 Oct 2016] Angus Grant (fiddler who created Folk Fusion Acid Croft, 49
- [05 Oct 2016] Rod Temperton (Heatwave), 66, cancer
- [04 Oct 2016] Caroline Crawley (This Mortal Coil), 53
- [04 Oct 2016] Donald H. White (American composer), 95
- [03 Oct 2016] Joan Marie Johnson (The Dixie Cups), 72, heart failure
- [02 Oct 2016] Steve Byrd (Kim Wilde), 61, heart attack
- [02 Oct 2016] Thomas Round (British opera singer), 100
- [02 Oct 2016] Neville Marriner (English violinist, known as "one of the world's greatest conductors"), 92
- [01 Oct 2016] Toni Williams, 77
- [01 Oct 2016] Sandra Mantovani (Italian singer), 88?
- [30 Sep 2016] Michael Casswell, 53
- [30 Sep 2016] Lilleba Lund Kvandal, 76
- [29 Sep 2016] Nora Dean, 72
- [26 Sep 2016] Joe Clay, 78
- [26 Sep 2016] Ioan Gyuri Pascu, 55, heart attack
- [26 Sep 2016] Karel Růžička, 76
- [25 Sep 2016] Jean Shepard (American honky tonk singer-songwriter), 82
- [25 Sep 2016] Kashif (previously Michael Jones), 59
- [21 Sep 2016] John D Loudermilk (Singer/songwriter responsible for hits like 'Norman', 'Sad Movies'), 82
- [21 Sep 2016] Shawty Lo (D4L), 40, traffic collision.
- [21 Sep 2016] DJ Spank Spank (Phuture)
- [20 Sep 2016] Micki Marlo, 88
- [18 Sep 2016] Mandoza, 38, pharyngeal cancer
- [16 Sep 2016] Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf), 68, Pick's disease
- [16 Sep 2016] Trisco Pearson (Force MDs), cancer
- [13 Sep 2016] Qiao Renliang, 28, suicide
- [13 Sep 2016] Sunil Bardewa, 44
- [11 Sep 2016] Ken Sparkes, 76, heart attack
- [08 Sep 2016] Prince Buster, 78
- [07 Sep 2016] DTTX (A Lighter Shade of Brown), 46, heatstroke
- [07 Sep 2016] Farhang Sharif, 85
- [07 Sep 2016] Clifford Curry, 79
- [05 Sep 2016] Carlo D'Angiò (NCCP), 70?
- [04 Sep 2016] Roberto Bissonnette, 35, helicopter crash
- [03 Sep 2016] Gary D., 52, pulmonary embolism
- [02 Sep 2016] Jerry Heller (manager of NWA), 75
- [01 Sep 2016] Fred Hellerman (The Weavers), 89
- [01 Sep 2016] Kacey Jones, 66
August (42)
- [31 Aug 2016] Raymond Daveluy, 89
- [30 Aug 2016] Eleanor Barooshian (member of The Cake, singer with Jimi Hendrix), 66, not given
- [28 Aug 2016] Juan Gabriel, 66, heart attack
- [26 Aug 2016] Ab Tamboer (Earth and Fire), 65, cancer
- [26 Aug 2016] Monty Lee Wilkes (sound engineer for Replacements), 54, cancer
- [25 Aug 2016] Rudy Van Gelder (sound engineer for Miles Davis), 91, unknown
- [25 Aug 2016] Eddy Silitonga, 65
- [25 Aug 2016] Norman Killeen (Threat Signal), 38, not revealed
- [23 Aug 2016] Mohammad Heydari, 79, cancer
- [22 Aug 2016] Gilli Smyth (Gong), 83
- [22 Aug 2016] Toots Thielemans, 94
- [21 Aug 2016] Headley Bennett, 85
- [20 Aug 2016] Irving Fields, 101
- [20 Aug 2016] Daniela Dessì, 59, cancer
- [20 Aug 2016] Matt Roberts (3 Doors Down), 38, prescription drug overdose
- [20 Aug 2016] Tom Searle (Architects), 28, cancer
- [20 Aug 2016] Louis Stewart, 72
- [20 Aug 2016] Kid Cali, 30, shot
- [19 Aug 2016] Adrian Enescu, 68
- [19 Aug 2016] Lou Pearlman (Backstreet Boys), 62
- [19 Aug 2016] Horacio Salgán, 100
- [17 Aug 2016] Preston Hubbard (The Fabulous Thunderbirds), 63
- [16 Aug 2016] Kendall Betts (Minnesota Orchestra), 68, lung cancer
- [15 Aug 2016] Bobby Hutcherson, 75
- [14 Aug 2016] DJ Official, 39, bone marrow cancer
- [14 Aug 2016] Lorenzo Piani, 60
- [14 Aug 2016] James Woolley (NIN), 49
- [14 Aug 2016] Taylor Tolle (The Carnegies), 20s, car crash
- [14 Aug 2016] DJ Official, 39, bone marrow cancer
- [13 Aug 2016] Connie Crothers, 75, cancer
- [12 Aug 2016] Ruby Wilson, 68, heart attack
- [11 Aug 2016] David Enthoven (manager of T.Rex), 72
- [11 Aug 2016] Glenn Yarbrough (The Limeliters), 86
- [09 Aug 2016] Padraig Duggan (The Duggans), 67
- [07 Aug 2016] B. E. Taylor, 65, brain cancer
- [07 Aug 2016] Dolores Vargas, 80, leukemia
- [06 Aug 2016] Pete Fountain, 86
- [06 Aug 2016] József Laux (Locomotiv GT), 73
- [05 Aug 2016] LRichard Fagan, 69, liver cancer
- [05 Aug 2016] Vander Lee, 50
- [04 Aug 2016] Snaffu Rigor, 69, lung cancer
- [03 Aug 2016] Ricci Martin, 62
- [31 Jul 2016] Penny Lang, 74
- [31 Jul 2016] Mike Mohede, 32, heart attack
- [30 Jul 2016] Nigel Gray, 69
- [29 Jul 2016] Ken Barrie, 83, liver cancer
- [29 Jul 2016] Lucille Dumont, 97
- [29 Jul 2016] José Menese, 74
- [29 Jul 2016] Peter Sadlo, 54
- [27 Jul 2016] Einojuhani Rautavaara, 87, hip surgery
- [27 Jul 2016] Pat Upton (Spiral Starecase), 75
- [26 Jul 2016] Roye Albrighton (Nektar), 67
- [26 Jul 2016] Allan Barnes (The Blackbyrds), 67
- [26 Jul 2016] Michael K. Jones (WTLC), 52
- [26 Jul 2016] Hiroko Nakamura, 72
- [26 Jul 2016] Sandy Pearlman (Blue Öyster Cult), 72, stroke
- [24 Jul 2016] Keith Gemmell (Audience), 68, throat cancer
- [24 Jul 2016] Marni Nixon, 86, breast cancer
- [24 Jul 2016] Peter Re (Bangor Symphony Orchestra), 97
- [23 Jul 2016] George Reznik, 86
- [22 Jul 2016] Edgar Muenzer (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), 88
- [20 Jul 2016] Lawrence Minors, 73
- [19 Jul 2016] Tamás Somló (Locomotiv GT), 73, cancer
- [18 Jul 2016] Karina Jensen (Cartoons), ?
- [18 Jul 2016] Bobby Ramirez (Lighter Shade of Brown), 46, heatstroke
- [18 Jul 2016] Ann E. Ward, 67
- [17 Jul 2016] Fred Tomlinson (Monty Python's Flying Circus), 88
- [17 Jul 2016] Leslie Witt (WXRT-FM), 63, ovarian cancer
- [16 Jul 2016] Claude Williamson), 89
- [16 Jul 2016] Bonnie Brown (The Browns), 77
- [16 Jul 2016] Alan Vega (Suicide), 78
- [15 Jul 2016] Erik Petersen (Mischief Brew), 38
- [15 Jul 2016] Roland Prince, 69
- [13 Jul 2016] El Lebrijano, 75
- [13 Jul 2016] Steven Young (Colourbox, M/A/R/R/S)
- [09 July 2016] Geneviève Castrée, 34, pancreatic cancer
- [09 July 2016] Vaughn Harper, 71
- [08 July 2016] Gérard Bourgeois, 80
- [07 July 2016] Tom Marr (WCBM), 73, stroke
- [07 July 2016] Om Prakash Sonik, 77
- [06 July 2016] Danny Smythe (The Box Tops), 67
- [05 July 2016] Alirio Díaz, 92
- [04 July 2016] William Hawkins, 76
- [02 July 2016] Renée de Haan , 61
June (50)
- [30 June 2016] Don Friedman, 81
- [30 June 2016] Juan Habichuela, 83
- [30 June 2016] Franz Cibulka, 69
- [29 June 2016] Inocente Carreño, 96
- [29 June 2016] Vasyl Slipak, 41, shot
- [29 June 2016] Rob Wasserman (RatDog), 64
- [28 June 2016] Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley), 84
- [27 June 2016] Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, 83, cancer
- [26 June 2016] Mike Pedicin, 98
- [25 June 2016] Edoardo Muller (San Diego Opera), 78
- [24 June 2016] Charles Chaynes, 90, unknown
- [24 June 2016] Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic), 72, lung cancer
- [23 June 2016] Ralph Stanley (The Stanley Brothers), 89, skin cancer
- [22 June 2016] Jim Boyd (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), 60, natural causes
- [22 June 2016] Leo Brennan (member of Clannad and Enya's father), 90, unknown
- [22 June 2016] Amjad Sabri, 45, assassinated by Pakistani Taliban
- [22 June 2016] Harry Rabinowitz, 100, natural causes
- [21 June 2016] Guda Anjaiah, 60, unknown
- [21 June 2016] Dan Daniel (WMCA), 82, unknown
- [21 June 2016] Wayne Jackson (The Mar-Keys), 74, congestive heart failure
- [21 June 2016] Pierre Lalonde, 75, Parkinson's disease
- [21 June 2016] Freddy Powers, 84, Parkinson's disease
- [20 June 2016] Chayito Valdez, 71, cerebral hemorrhage
- [20 June 2016] Walter S. Hartley ( American composer of contemporary / classical music), 89, unknown
- [19 June 2016] Bob Williamson, 67, unknown
- [19 June 2016] Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), 27, blunt traumatic asphyxia
- [18 June 2016] Bill Ham (Manager of ZZ Top), 79, unknown
- [18 June 2016] Peter Feuchtwanger), 76, unknown
- [18 June 2016] Alejandro Jano Fuentes (La Voz... México - The Mexican Voice), 45, murdered
- [18 June 2016] Sverre Kjelsberg (The Pussycats), 69, unknown
- [17 June 2016] Tenor Fly, ?, unknown
- [17 June 2016] Luke Lavelle, 30, suicide
- [17 June 2016] Prince Be (P.M. Dawn), 46, kidney disease
- [14 June 2016] Anatol Dumitraș, 60, cancer
- [14 June 2016] Henry McCullough (Wings), 72, unknown
- [13 June 2016] Ofelya Hambardzumyan, 91, unknown
- [13 June 2016] Oleg Karavaychuk, 88, unknown
- [13 June 2016] Chips Moman (Elvis Presley), 79, unknown
- [12 June 2016] Adrian Posse, 67, lung tumor
- [12 June 2016] Chris Warren (Bro-kin), 49, sudden death
- [10 June 2016] Christina Grimmie, 22, murdered
- [10 June 2016] Habib Mohebian (Habib), 63, cardiac arrest
- [08 June 2016] Vladislav Yankovsky (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra), 64, unknown
- [06 June 2016] Rolf Schweizer), 80, unknown
- [04 June 2016] Bobby Curtola, 73, unknown
- [03 June 2016] Mac Cocker (2JJ), ?, unknown
- [03 June 2016] Dave Swarbrick (Fairport Convention), 75, emphysema
- [02 June 2016] Freddie Wadling, 64, cancer
- [02 June 2016] Orest Hrywnak (WBBF-AM), 59, heart attack
- [02 June 2016] Corry Brokken (Eurovision), 83, not given
May (35)
- [30 May 2016] Jimmy Borges, 80, cancer
- [30 May 2016] Corry Brokken (Eurovision), 83, unknown
- [30 May 2016] Thomas Fekete (Surfer Blood), 27, cancer
- [27 May 2016] Bonnie Law, 47, "sudden death"
- [27 May 2016] Marshall Jones (American bass player for Ohio Players), 75
- [25 May 2016] Juliusz Loranc (Polish musician, composer and arranger), 78, not given
- [21 May 2016] Nick Menza (Megadeth), 51, heart failure
- [19 May 2016] Guo Song, 85, unknown
- [19 May 2016] John Berry (Beastie Boys), 52, frontal lobe dementia
- [19 May 2016] James King, 57, liver disease
- [17 May 2016] Marlene Marder (LiLiPUT), 61, unknown
- [17 May 2016] Vinjamuri Seetha Devi, 80s, not known
- [17 May 2016] Guy Clark, 74, cancer
- [16 May 2016] Emilio Navaira, 53, hear attack
- [16 May 2016] Fredrik Norén (Gyllene Cirkeln), 75, not given
- [15 May 2016] Jane Little (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), 87, collapsed on stage
- [15 May 2016] Cauby Peixoto, 85, pneumonia
- [14 May 2016] Tony Barrow (press officer for The Beatles), 80, unknown
- [14 May 2016] Lasse Mårtenson (Eurovision - Finland), 81, cerebral hemorrhage
- [14 May 2016] Paul Smoker, 75, unknown
- [13 May 2016] Bill Backer, 89, unknown
- [13 May 2016] Buster Cooper, 87, prostate cancer
- [12 May 2016] Julius La Rosa, 86, unknown
- [11 May 2016] Joe Temperley (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), 86, unknown
- [09 May 2016] Riki Sorsa (Eurovision), 63, cancer
- [07 May 2016] John Stabb (Government Issue), 54, stomach cancer
- [06 May 2016] Hannes Bauer (Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet), 61, not given
- [06 May 2016] Paul Brown, ?, not known
- [06 May 2016] Dick Estell (The Radio Reader), 90, natural causes
- [06 May 2016] Candye Kane, 54, pancreatic cancer
- [06 May 2016] Rickey Smith (American Idol), 36, traffic accident
- [05 May 2016] Romalı Perihan, 74, diabetes
- [04 May 2016] Olle Ljungström, 54, physical and mental ailment
- [03 May 2016] Jadranka Stojaković, 65,motor neuron disease
- [02 May 2016] Doug Raney, 59, not given
April (35)
- [30 Apr 2016] Phil Ryan (Welsh keyboardist and composer for Man and Pete Brown), 69
- [30 Apr 2016] Harrison Calloway (Muscle Shoals Horns), 75, stroke
- [29 Apr 2016] Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, heart problems
- [29 Apr 2016] David Page, 55, not known
- [27 Apr 2016] Gabriele Sima, 61, long illness
- [25 Apr 2016] Mei Baojiu, 82, bronchospasm
- [24 Apr 2016] Steve Julian (KPCC), 57, brain cancer
- [24 Apr 2016] Billy Paul, 81, pancreatic cancer
- [24 Apr 2016] Papa Wemba, 66, seizure
- [23 Apr 2016] Bill Sevesi, 92, natural causes
- [22 Apr 2016] Ojārs Grīnbergs (Ояр Гринбергс), 73, unknown
- [21 Apr 2016] Lonnie Mack, 74, natural causes
- [21 Apr 2016] Prince, 57, prescription drug overdose
- [20 Apr 2016] Victoria Wood, 62, cancer
- [19 Apr 2016] Richard Lyons (Negativland), 57, cancer
- [19 Apr 2016] Pete Zorn (Richard Thompson), 65, cancer
- [19 Apr 2016] Karl Broadie (Scottish born, Australian based country & folk singer-songwriter), 45, pancreatic cancer
- [18 Apr 2016] Brian Asawa, 49, not given
- [16 Apr 2016] Ismael Quintanaa, 78, not given
- [16 Apr 2016] Peter Rock, 70, serious illness
- [13 Apr 2016] Gib Guilbeau (Flying Burrito Brothers), 78, not known
- [11 Apr 2016] Jack Hammer (pianist, singer and songwriter), 90
- [09 Apr 2016] Tony Conrad (Theatre of Eternal Music), 76
- [07 Apr 2016] Jade Lemons (Injected), ?, drug overdose
- [07 Apr 2016] Jimmie Van Zant, 59, unknown
- [06 Apr 2016] Dennis Davis (David Bowie), 64, cancer
- [06 Apr 2016] Merle Haggard, 79, pneumonia
- [06 Apr 2016] Leon Haywood, 74, unknown
- [04 Apr 2016] Irma Bule, 29, cobra bite
- [04 Apr 2016] Getatchew Mekurya (the Ex), 81, not known
- [04 Apr 2016] Carlo Mastrangelo (American bassist and doo-wop singer for The Belmonts), 77
- [03 Apr 2016] Jeff McLaren (Flat Out Refusal), 19, murder
- [03 Apr 2016] Bill Henderson, 90, natural causes
- [03 Apr 2016] Lola Novaković, 81, not known
- [02 Apr 2016] Gato Barbieri, 83, pneumonia
March (54)
- [30 Mar 2016] Larry Payton (drummer for Brass Construction), ??
- [29 Mar 2016] Andy Newman (Thunderclap Newman), 73, not known
- [29 Mar 2016] Patty Duke, 69, sepsis
- [26 Mar 2016] Ross Shapiro, (The Glands), 30s, illness
- [26 Mar 2016] David Baker, 84, unknown
- [26 Mar 2016] Marinko Madžgalj, 37, pancreas problem
- [25 Mar 2016] James Jamerson, Jr. (Chanson), 58, medical problems
- [24 Mar 2016] Roger Cicero, 45, stroke
- [23 Mar 2016] Gegham Grigoryan, 65, unknown
- [23 Mar 2016] Joe Garagiola Sr., 90
- [23 Mar 2016] Jimmy Riley, 61, cancer
- [22 Mar 2016] David Langston Smyrl (Sesame Street), 80, lung cancer
- [22 Mar 2016] Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest), 45, diabetes
- [21 Mar 2016] Nomoreloss, 30s, typhoid fever
- [18 Mar 2016] David Egan (A-Train), 61, lung cancer
- [17 Mar 2016] Trần Lập, 42, colorectal cancer
- [17 Mar 2016] A. V. Prakash, 74, heart attack
- [17 Mar 2016] Steve Young, 73, unknownk
- [16 Mar 2016] Grace Chinga, ?, illness
- [16 Mar 2016] Frank Sinatra Jr, 72, heart attack
- [16 Mar 2016] Lee Andrews (Lee Andrews & the Hearts, Questlove's father), 79, unknown
- [16 Mar 2016] Nirosha (Gemini Music), 23, suicide
- [16 Mar 2016] Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, 77, kidney disease
- [15 Mar 2016] Daryl Coley, 60, unknown
- [15 Mar 2016] Thanh Tùng, 67, illness
- [14 Mar 2016] Nik Green (Blue Murder), ?, cancer
- [14 Mar 2016] Tim Cretsinger (Groovefest American Music Festival), 61, throat cancer
- [14 Mar 2016] Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (Master of the Queen's Music), 81, leukaemia
- [12 Mar 2016] Lucas Anderson, 26, opiate overdose
- [12 Mar 2016] Tommy Brown, 84,unknown
- [12 Mar 2016] Conor Walsh, 36, heart attack
- [11 Mar 2016] Louis Meyers (SXSW), 60, not given
- [11 Mar 2016] Joe Ascione, 54, unknown
- [10 Mar 2016] Gogi Grant, 91, natural causes
- [10 Mar 2016] Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer), 71, suicide
- [09 Mar 2016] Ray Griff, 75, aspiration pneumonia
- [09 Mar 2016] Jon English, 66, complications during surgery
- [09 Mar 2016] Naná Vasconcelos, 71,lung cancer
- [08 Mar 2016] Sir George Martin (The Beatles), 90, not given
- [08 Mar 2016] Andrew Loomis (Dead Moon), 54, mini strokes
- [08 Mar 2016] Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool), 65, cancer
- [07 Mar 2016] Bruce Geduldig (Tuxedomoon), 63, unknown
- [07 Mar 2016] Koyo Bala, 32, cancer
- [06 Mar 2016] Aaron Huffman (Harvey Danger), 43, respiratory failure
- [06 Mar 2016] Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Vienna Symphony), 86, illness
- [06 Mar 2016] Kalabhavan Mani, 45, liver ailment
- [05 Mar 2016] Chip Hooper (Agent for Dave Matthews), 53, cancer
- [04 Mar 2016] Keli Rutledge, 18, car accident
- [04 Mar 2016] Bankroll Fresh, 28, murder
- [04 Mar 2016] Joey Feek (Joey + Rory), 40, cervical cancer
- [04 Mar 2016] Ekrem Jevrić, 54, heart attack
- [03 Mar 2016] John Thomas (Budgie), 63, pneumonia
- [03 Mar 2016] Gwyneth George, 95, not given
- [01 Mar 2016] Gayle McCormick (Smith), 67, cancer
February (63)
- [29 Feb 2016] Josefin Nilsson, 46, tuberculosis
- [27 Feb 2016] Merritone Blake, 75, stroke
- [27 Feb 2016] James Atkins (Hammerbox), 49, esophageal cancer
- [27 Feb 2016] Gordon Ranney (The Gomers), 53, lung cancer
- [26 Feb 2016] Nina Dorda, 91, not known
- [26 Feb 2016] Howard L. Quilling, 80, not known
- [25 Feb 2016] Eric Charles (Mizik Mizik), 51, Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke)
- [25 Feb 2016] John Chilton (The Feetwarmers), 83, Parkinson's disease
- [24 Feb 2016] Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na), 69, infection
- [24 Feb 2016] Ariel Camacho (Los Plebes del Rancho), 22, car accident
- [23 Feb 2016] Johnny Murphy (The Commitments), 72, respiratory failure
- [22 Feb 2016] Danny Finn (Prima Donna), 70, short illness
- [22 Feb 2016] Chris Finley (Herman's Hermits, Merseybeats), 67, stroke
- [22 Feb 2016] Sonny James, 86, not given
- [22 Feb 2016] Hans Reffert (Guru Guru), 69, illness
- [21 Feb 2016] Donny Catron (The Tennessee Gentlemen), 60, long illness
- [21 Feb 2016] Piotr Grudzinski (Riverside), 40, unknown
- [21 Feb 2016] Buck Rambo (The Rambos), 84, not given
- [21 Feb 2016] Anton Jones, 79, illness
- [20 Feb 2016] Dave Turner, 59, found dead in snowbank
- [19 Feb 2016] Vi Subversa (Poison Girls), 80, illness
- [19 Feb 2016] Harald Devold, 51, cancer
- [19 Feb 2016] Mike Lyon (Earl's Killer Squirrel), 41, not given
- [18 Feb 2016] Paul Gordon (The B-52's), 52, not given
- [18 Feb 2016] Brendan Healy, 59, cancer
- [18 Feb 2016] Pantelis Pantelidis, 32, car crash
- [18 Feb 2016] Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, natural causes
- [16 Feb 2016] Clifford Crawley (composer), 85, cancer
- [15 Feb 2016] George Gaynes (musical, actor), 98, not given
- [15 Feb 2016] Vanity (Vanity 6), 57, sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis
- [15 Feb 2016] Joey Floyd (Toby Keith's Easy Money Band), 54, cancer
- [14 Feb 2016] L. C. Ulmer, 87, natural causes
- [14 Feb 2016] Anselmo López, 81, not given
- [13 Feb 2016] Viola Beach (Entire band, plus manager: Kristian Leonard, 20; River Reeves, 19; Tomas Lowe, 27, Jack Dakin, 19; Craig Tarry, 32), 19-32, accidentally driving off bridge
- [13 Feb 2016] Robin Ghosh, 76, respiratory failure
- [12 Feb 2016] Gene Stuart (The Mighty Avons, The Homesteaders), 72, long illness
- [11 Feb 2016] Kim Williams, 68, not given
- [10 Feb 2016] Asami Nagakiya (Japanese steel pan player), 31, murdered by strangulation
- [09 Feb 2016] Hillary Lukyamuzi (aka New Testament), 24, killed by Police car
- [08 Feb 2016] Ray Dunne (Armagh Rhymers), 34, tragic circumstances
- [07 Feb 2016] Rick Wright (Connie Smith's backup band The Sundowners), 57, car accident
- [07 Feb 2016] Berre Bergen (The Scabs), 53, protracted emphysema
- [06 Feb 2016] Gabi Shoshan, 66, suicide
- [06 Feb 2016] Gilles Brown, 73, not given
- [06 Feb 2016] Sam Spence (NFL Films), 88, ill health
- [06 Feb 2016] Dan Hicks (Hot Licks), 74, liver cancer
- [06 Feb 2016] Eddy Wally, 83, cerebral hemorrhage
- [06 Feb 2016] Shan Johnson, 29, cardiac arrest
- [06 Feb 2016] Gaby Shoshan, 66, unknown
- [05 Feb 2016] Mikey Clement (Valleys), 23, car accident
- [04 Feb 2016] Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire), 74, Parkinson's Disease
- [04 Feb 2016] Joe Dowell, 76, heart attack
- [03 Feb 2016] Alba Solís, 88, unknown
- [03 Feb 2016] DJ Big Kap, 45, heart attack
- [02 Feb 2016] Steve ‘Tregenda’ Childers (Black Witchery), 49, car accident
- [01 Feb 2016] Robert Hamlett (The Fairfield Four), 84, unknown
- [01 Feb 2016] Jon Bunch (Sense Field), 45, unknown
- [01 Feb 2016] Jim Reeves (Sqeezer), 47, murdered
- [31 Jan 2016] Sir Terry Wogan (BBC Radio DJ), 77, cancer
- [29 Jan 2016] Billy Faier (American banjo player), 85
- [28 Jan 2016] Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), 74, multiple organ failure
- [28 Jan 2016] Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane), 74, illness
- [26 Jan 2016] Black (Colin Vearncombe), 53, traffic accident
- [24 Jan 2016] Jimmy Bain (Rainbow), 68, pneumonia
- [23 Jan 2016] Cadalack Ron, 34, unknown
- [22 Jan 2016] Alec Wishart (Hogsnort Rupert), 76, lung cancer
- [22 Jan 2016] Salim Junior, ??, illness
- [20 Jan 2016] Lee Abramson, 45, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- [18 Jan 2016] Glenn Frey (Eagles), 67, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia
- [18 Jan 2016] Pablo Manavello, 65, unknown
- [18 Jan 2016] Else Marie Pade (Danish composer), 91
- [18 Jan 2016] Andy Dog (artist for The The), 57, brain tumor
- [17 Jan 2016] Mic Gillette (Tower of Power), 64, heart attack
- [17 Jan 2016] Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople), 67, Alzheimer's disease
- [17 Jan 2016] Blowfly, 76, liver cancer
- [16 Jan 2016] Hubert Giraud, 94, unknown
- [16 Jan 2016] Carina Jaarnek (Frösöflickorna), 53, cerebral haemorrhage
- [16 Jan 2016] Gary Loizzo (The American Breed), 70, pancreatic cancer
- [15 Jan 2016] Pete Huttlinger, 54, stroke.
- [14 Jan 2016] René Angélil (Celine Dion's manager/husband), 73, throat cancer
- [14 Jan 2016] Franco Oppo, 80, unknown
- [13 Jan 2016] Giorgio Gomelsky (The Yardbirds), 81, cancer
- [10 Jan 2016] David Bowie, 69, cancer
- [10 Jan 2016] John Berry (Idaho), 51, natural causes
- [10 Jan 2016] Hernán Gamboa (Serenata Guayanesa), 69, cancer
- [09 Jan 2016] Robert McAllister (Iron Chic), 36, unknown
- [09 Jan 2016] Jānis Vaišļa (Pirates of the Sea), 46, cardiac amyloidosis
- [09 Jan 2016] Chelele (Diana Chemutai Musila), 25?, murdered
- [08 Jan 2016] Brett Smiley, 60, HIV and hepatitis
- [08 Jan 2016] Otis Clay, 73, heart attack
- [08 Jan 2016] Red Simpson, 81, heart attack
- [07 Jan 2016] Kitty Kallen, 94, unknown
- [07 Jan 2016] Troy Shondell, 76, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease
- [06 Jan 2016] Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers), 71, heart problems
- [05 Jan 2016] Pierre Boulez (French composer), 90
- [04 Jan 2016] Craig Strickland (Backroad Anthem), 29, hypothermia (Body found on January 4)
- [04 Jan 2016] Long John Hunter, 84, natural causes
- [04 Jan 2016] Robert Stigwood (manager of The Bee Gees, Cream), 81, unknown
- [04 Jan 2016] Achim Mentzel, 69, stroke
- [03 Jan 2016] Jason Mackenroth (Rollins Band, Blue Man Group), 46, prostate cancer
- [03 Jan 2016] Paul Bley (Canadian pianist), 84
- [02 Jan 2016] Michel Delpech, 69, cancer
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