Music
Singers, songwriters, players and producers whose records became part of people's lives. 98 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Ilfinesh Qannoo1962 – 2026 · Oromo singerOromo singer whose songs kept a language, a memory, and a claim to freedom in the open.
96 candles · 8 tributes
Bernice Offei1963 – 2026 · Gospel musicianGhanaian gospel voice whose songs Hold On and Life Is Short carried faith across generations.
94 candles · 5 tributes
Frank Schambor1971 – 2026 · Radio hostThe voice that woke Lower Saxony, as ffn-Morgenmän Franky.
94 candles · 10 tributes
David Johansen1950 – 2025 · SingerProto-punk Doll who kept reinventing New York, from glam chaos to Hot Hot Hot.
91 candles · 7 tributes
Pranab Patnaik1938 – 2026 · Playback singerGolden Voice of Odia song, forever on the airwaves.
90 candles · 6 tributes
Janie Bradford1939 – 2026 · SongwriterMotown's early lyric voice; Money's couplet; HAL's family keeper.
90 candles · 9 tributes
Papa Urhobo† 2026 · SingerPapa Urhobo: the Urhobo voice on Timaya's Ogologomma who kept Asaba stages alive.
89 candles · 4 tributes
Mark Volman1947 – 2025 · MusicianHappy Together harmonies, Flo & Eddie mischief, and teaching the next roomful of musicians.
84 candles · 8 tributes
Angie Stone1961 – 2025 · Singer-songwriterHip-hop pioneer and neo-soul voice forever.
82 candles · 8 tributes
Mohamed Garfi1948 – 2026 · MusicologistTunisian musicologist, conductor and composer who renewed Arab lyric theatre from Orchestre 71 to Men Gaâ El Khabia.
76 candles · 9 tributes
Johnny Young1947 – 2026 · SingerGoodnight Australia: joy, songs, and Young Talent Time.
76 candles · 4 tributes
Jimmy Buffett1946 – 2023 · Singer-songwriterHe lived like a song: Margaritaville's mayor forever.
76 candles · 5 tributes
Nicolas Simion1959 – 2026 · Jazz saxophonistHe carried Transylvanian song into the language of jazz.
74 candles · 7 tributes
Antonino Fogliani1976 – 2026 · ConductorHe kept rare bel canto alive, from Pesaro to Bad Wildbad, with a joy that reached the last row.
74 candles · 4 tributes
Freddy Cannon1936 – 2026 · SingerBoom Boom of rock and roll, whose Palisades Park still sounds like summer.
72 candles · 8 tributes
Nick Glennie-Smith1951 – 2026 · ComposerHe will always be the leader of our band.
71 candles · 4 tributes
Yin Carrizo1939 – 2026 · AccordionistAccordionist called El Cantor de la Patria, who wrote Viva Panama and Lucy.
69 candles · 8 tributes
Francesco Guccini1940 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter (cantautore)Storyteller of everyday life, from Via Emilia to the West.
69 candles · 6 tributes
Jon Small† 2026 · DrummerDrummer who became the eye behind Walk This Way and Billy Joel's landmark concert films.
68 candles · 4 tributes
Ruben Rada1943 – 2026 · MusicianUruguay's candombe beat pioneer who made Montevideo swing the world with drums, humour and heart.
68 candles · 6 tributes
Flaco Jiménez1939 – 2025 · AccordionistSan Antonio's accordion king who carried conjunto to the world
68 candles · 4 tributes
Francois Rosse1945 – 2026 · ComposerAlsatian-born composer and pianist who treated improvisation as a way of thinking composition.
64 candles · 8 tributes
He Yong1969 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterBeijing rock pioneer who asked if there was hope, then sang the Bell and Drum Towers home.
64 candles · 8 tributes
Christoph von Dohnányi1929 – 2025 · ConductorPrecision, conscience, and the Cleveland sound.
64 candles · 5 tributes
Richard Tesařík1945 – 2026 · SingerCzech reggae pioneer and Yo Yo Band voice who put Kladno, Karviná and Rybitví on the pop map.
62 candles · 7 tributes- CCraig Douglas1941 – 2026 · Singer (pop / rock and roll)
Isle of Wight Singing Milkman whose Only Sixteen topped Britain in 1959.
60 candles · 6 tributes 
Edith Barr1936 – 2026 · Singer (musica criolla / Peruvian Creole music)Peru's Flor Morena who carried criolla song from La Victoria to the Waldorf and the Pope.
60 candles · 9 tributes
Frankie Miller1930 – 2026 · Country singer-songwriterFamily man first: Texas voice of Blackland Farmer, Bronze Star veteran, friend to legends.
59 candles · 6 tributes
Bob Weir1947 – 2026 · MusicianA farewell that isn't an ending, but a blessing.
57 candles · 6 tributes
Latimore1939 – 2026 · Blues and R&B singerBlues Hall of Famer whose baritone made Let's Straighten It Out a forever conversation.
54 candles · 8 tributes
Pepe Habichuela1944 – 2026 · Spanish flamenco guitaristHabichuela dynasty master: Morente's partner, Ketama's root, guitar that never lost the jondo.
53 candles · 6 tributes
Nisar Wayanad† 2026 · Stage singerKerala stage singer whose Udit-like voice filled Gulf halls, taken hours before the next show.
51 candles · 6 tributes
Dave Marsh1950 – 2026 · Music journalistDetroit rock critic who wrote Springsteen into history and argued for justice as hard as he argued about records.
49 candles · 6 tributes
Gene Bertoncini1937 – 2026 · Jazz guitaristNylon-string jazz poet whose architectural ear made standards glow with quiet fire.
48 candles · 5 tributes
Guo Lanying1929 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoPeople's Artist whose My Motherland and White-Haired Girl voice became China's shared song memory.
48 candles · 9 tributes
Abdullah Ibrahim1934 – 2026 · PianistCape Town's piano voice; exile anthem maker; Mandela's Mozart.
48 candles · 9 tributes
Giorgos Mazonakis1972 – 2026 · Greek modern folk-pop / laiko-pop singerThe night's own voice of Greek laiko-pop.
47 candles · 8 tributes
Ileana Cotrubaș1939 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoShe sought truth in song, not polish: Mimì and Violetta for the ages.
44 candles · 5 tributes
Michel Fano1929 – 2026 · ComposerHe taught cinema to listen as one composition.
41 candles · 5 tributes
Andy Williams (The Butcher)1977 – 2026 · Musician (rhythm guitar)Founding ETID guitarist and AEW's The Butcher; Buffalo metal and tag-team brotherhood to the end.
40 candles · 8 tributes
Violet Hensley1916 – 2026 · Luthier (fiddle maker/repairer)Ozarks Whittlin' Fiddler who carved 73 fiddles and debuted at the Opry at 99.
40 candles · 5 tributes
David Clayton-Thomas1941 – 2026 · SingerVoice of Spinning Wheel and Blood, Sweat & Tears; Toronto blues kid who took jazz-rock to Woodstock and the Grammys.
40 candles · 9 tributes
S. R. Janakiraman1928 – 2026 · Carnatic vocalistLast student of Tiger Varadachariar; Carnatic musicology's December-season voice.
39 candles · 10 tributes
Miguel Zavaleta1955 – 2026 · SingerSueter's voice who made Amanece en la ruta immortal.
39 candles · 9 tributes
Jonathan Cooper1950 – 2026 · Violinmaker (luthier)He made fiddles meant to sing for centuries, one at a time.
36 candles · 9 tributes
Dash Crofts1938 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterSeals & Crofts harmony and mandolin; Summer Breeze still softens the room.
36 candles · 6 tributes
Nanda Malini1943 – 2026 · Sri Lankan singerA voice of social purpose, she sang Sri Lanka's hard truths in a white sari.
35 candles · 6 tributes