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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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Victor Willis

1951 – 2026 · Singer, Songwriter, Actor

🕯 245 · ✍️ 12 · 📷 1

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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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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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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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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Chris Cornell

1964 – 2017 · Singer; songwriter; musician; guitarist

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

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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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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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Tom Petty

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

“You belong among the wildflowers.”

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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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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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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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Dave Marsh

1950 – 2026 · Music journalist; author; radio host; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee member

“Detroit rock critic who wrote Springsteen into history and argued for justice as hard as he argued about records.”

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Frankie Miller

1930 – 2026 · Country singer-songwriter; later auto salesman; late-career recording artist

“Family man first: Texas voice of Blackland Farmer, Bronze Star veteran, friend to legends.”

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Janie Bradford

1939 – 2026 · Songwriter; Motown receptionist then Jobete Music writer relations executive; HAL Awards founder/producer; scholarship fund executive director; Twinn Records co-founder

“Motown's early lyric voice; Money's couplet; HAL's family keeper.”

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Gene Bertoncini

1937 – 2026 · Jazz guitarist; educator; studio musician; nylon-string specialist

“Nylon-string jazz poet whose architectural ear made standards glow with quiet fire.”

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Frank Beard

1949 – 2026 · Musician; drummer; songwriter (band credits); ranch owner

“Texas shuffle keeper of ZZ Top, the man with no beard, whose backbeat kept the little ol' band on top.”

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Chuck Berry

1926 – 2017 · Musician

“Roll over Beethoven.”

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Brian Wilson

1942 – 2025 · Musician, The Beach Boys

“God only knows what I'd be without you.”

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Quincy Jones

1933 – 2024 · Record producer and composer

“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.”

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Harry Belafonte

1927 – 2023 · Singer, actor and activist

“Day-O.”

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Tony Bennett

1926 – 2023 · Singer

“I left my heart in San Francisco.”

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Louis Armstrong

1901 – 1971 · Jazz trumpeter and singer

“What a wonderful world.”

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Ella Fitzgerald

1917 – 1996 · Jazz singer

“The First Lady of Song.”

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Frank Sinatra

1915 – 1998 · Singer and actor

“I did it my way.”

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Johnny Cash

1932 – 2003 · Singer and songwriter

“The Man in Black.”

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Tina Turner

1939 – 2023 · Singer

“Simply the best.”

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Aretha Franklin

1942 – 2018 · Singer

“The Queen of Soul.”

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Kurt Cobain

1967 – 1994 · Musician, Nirvana

“Come as you are.”

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Elvis Presley

1935 – 1977 · Singer and actor

“The King of Rock and Roll.”

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Whitney Houston

1963 – 2012 · Singer and actress

“The Voice.”

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