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Jaye P. Morgan

1931 – 2026 · Singer, Film actor, Television actor

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Tay Keith

1996 – 2026 · Record producer, Songwriter

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Oliver Tree

1993 – 2026 · Singer, Songwriter, Record producer

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William Orbit

1956 – 2026 · Record producer, Composer, Songwriter

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Victor Willis

1951 – 2026 · Singer, Songwriter, Actor

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Cassandra Wilson

1955 – 2026 · Jazz singer; songwriter; producer; guitarist

“Smoky contralto that widened jazz with blues, folk, and Mississippi roots.”

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Clive Davis

1932 – 2026 · Record producer, Music executive, Businessperson

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Peabo Bryson

1951 – 2026 · Singer, Singer-songwriter, Composer

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Bonnie Tyler

1951 – 2026 · Singer, Recording artist, Pop singer

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Dolly Parton

1946 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter; musician; actress; philanthropist; businesswoman

“Queen of Country whose songs, sparkle, and Imagination Library lifted millions.”

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Michael Jackson

1958 – 2009 · Singer and dancer

“The King of Pop.”

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Prince

1958 – 2016 · Musician

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.”

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David Bowie

1947 – 2016 · Musician and actor

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.”

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Freddie Mercury

1946 – 1991 · Singer and songwriter, Queen

“The show must go on.”

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John Lennon

1940 – 1980 · Musician and songwriter

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.”

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Connie Francis

1937 – 2025 · Singer; musician; actress; author

“First woman to top the Hot 100; Who's Sorry Now to Pretty Little Baby; voice, resilience, 200 million records.”

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Nicolas Simion

1959 – 2026 · Jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, producer and educator (tenor sax, bass clarinet, taragot, flute)

“He carried Transylvanian song into the language of jazz.”

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Jonathan Cooper

1950 – 2026 · Violinmaker (luthier), fiddler, instrument dealer and appraiser, mentor

“He made fiddles meant to sing for centuries, one at a time.”

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Jonathan Meléndez

1988 – 2026 · Keyboardist, composer, lyricist, producer, and recording engineer for Camilo Séptimo

“Honas: keys, light, and love that built Camilo Séptimo.”

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Michel Fano

1929 – 2026 · Composer, sound designer, filmmaker, writer, teacher, and producer.

“He taught cinema to listen as one composition.”

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Nisar Wayanad

† 2026 · Stage singer, Mappilapattu singer, playback singer, live performer

“Kerala stage singer whose Udit-like voice filled Gulf halls, taken hours before the next show.”

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Papa Urhobo

† 2026 · Singer, musician and live-band frontman with Wisdom Band Asaba; featured vocalist on early Nigerian dancehall and Afropop

“Papa Urhobo: the Urhobo voice on Timaya's Ogologomma who kept Asaba stages alive.”

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Francois Rosse

1945 – 2026 · Composer, pianist, and improviser; teacher of musical analysis; author of texts in French and German

“Alsatian-born composer and pianist who treated improvisation as a way of thinking composition.”

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Yin Carrizo

1939 – 2026 · Accordionist, singer, composer, bandleader of Conjunto Viva Panama

“Accordionist called El Cantor de la Patria, who wrote Viva Panama and Lucy.”

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Ilfinesh Qannoo

1962 – 2026 · Oromo singer; geerarsa artist; cultural-resistance musician; activist associated with the Oromo liberation movement

“Oromo singer whose songs kept a language, a memory, and a claim to freedom in the open.”

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George Harrison

1943 – 2001 · Musician; singer; songwriter; music and film producer

“All things must pass.”

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Chris Cornell

1964 – 2017 · Singer; songwriter; musician; guitarist

“Four-octave voice of Seattle grunge who kept reinventing hard rock.”

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Antonino Fogliani

1976 – 2026 · Conductor; festival music director; orchestral conducting teacher

“He kept rare bel canto alive, from Pesaro to Bad Wildbad, with a joy that reached the last row.”

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David Johansen

1950 – 2025 · Singer; songwriter; actor; radio host

“Proto-punk Doll who kept reinventing New York, from glam chaos to Hot Hot Hot.”

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Freddy Cannon

1936 – 2026 · Singer; musician; early rock and roll recording artist

“Boom Boom of rock and roll, whose Palisades Park still sounds like summer.”

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Nanda Malini

1943 – 2026 · Sri Lankan singer, playback vocalist, concert artist, and music teacher

“A voice of social purpose, she sang Sri Lanka's hard truths in a white sari.”

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Angie Stone

1961 – 2025 · Singer-songwriter; rapper; actress; record producer

“Hip-hop pioneer and neo-soul voice forever.”

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Roberta Flack

1937 – 2025 · Singer; pianist; songwriter; music educator; quiet-storm pioneer

“Soft-storm virtuoso who made Killing Me Softly and First Time Ever into forever.”

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Jimmy Buffett

1946 – 2023 · Singer-songwriter; author; businessman; pilot; occasional actor

“He lived like a song: Margaritaville's mayor forever.”

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Christoph von Dohnányi

1929 – 2025 · Conductor; opera music director and intendant

“Precision, conscience, and the Cleveland sound.”

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Tom Petty

1950 – 2017 · Singer; songwriter; guitarist; musician; bandleader; occasional actor

“You belong among the wildflowers.”

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Glen Hansard

1970 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter; musician; actor; guitarist

“Make art. Make art.”

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Nick Glennie-Smith

1951 – 2026 · Composer; conductor; keyboardist; musician; musical director

“He will always be the leader of our band.”

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Bob Weir

1947 – 2026 · Musician; singer; songwriter; rhythm guitarist

“A farewell that isn't an ending, but a blessing.”

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Jon Small

† 2026 · Drummer; music-video director and producer; concert-film director/producer; founder of Picture Vision

“Drummer who became the eye behind Walk This Way and Billy Joel's landmark concert films.”

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Richard Tesařík

1945 – 2026 · Singer, lyricist, percussionist, bandleader; occasional actor / musical theatre

“Czech reggae pioneer and Yo Yo Band voice who put Kladno, Karviná and Rybitví on the pop map.”

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David Z

1948 – 2026 · Record producer; audio engineer; songwriter; guitarist; drum-machine / studio innovator

“Architect of the Minneapolis Sound; Funkytown snare to Kiss and She Drives Me Crazy.”

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Mark Volman

1947 – 2025 · Musician; vocalist; guitarist; songwriter; music-business professor

“Happy Together harmonies, Flo & Eddie mischief, and teaching the next roomful of musicians.”

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S. R. Janakiraman

1928 – 2026 · Carnatic vocalist, musicologist, teacher, author/translator; former Principal, Teachers' College of Music (Music Academy, Chennai); former Head of Musicology, Sri Venkateswara College of Music, Tirupa

“Last student of Tiger Varadachariar; Carnatic musicology's December-season voice.”

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Dash Crofts

1938 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter; musician (vocals, guitar, mandolin, drums, piano)

“Seals & Crofts harmony and mandolin; Summer Breeze still softens the room.”

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Andy Williams (The Butcher)

1977 – 2026 · Musician (rhythm guitar); professional wrestler

“Founding ETID guitarist and AEW's The Butcher; Buffalo metal and tag-team brotherhood to the end.”

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Latimore

1939 – 2026 · Blues and R&B singer; songwriter; pianist; session musician

“Blues Hall of Famer whose baritone made Let's Straighten It Out a forever conversation.”

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Craig Douglas

1941 – 2026 · Singer (pop / rock and roll); known as the Singing Milkman

“Isle of Wight Singing Milkman whose Only Sixteen topped Britain in 1959.”

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