# JANUARY #

• Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer - 81, Jan 1
• Misty Morgan, American country singer - 75, Jan 1
• Liam Reilly, Irish singer-songwriter - 65, Jan 1
• Jan Vering, German gospel singer - 66, Jan 1
• Stan Beaver, American rockabilly singer - 71, Jan 2
• Tasso Adamopoulos, French classical violinist - 76, Jan 3
• Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers), English rock musician - 78, Jan 3
• Osian Ellis, Welsh classical harpist - 92, Jan 5
• John Georgiadis, British classical violinist - 81, Jan 5
• Bobby Few, American jazz pianist - 85, Jan 6
• Burt Wilson, American jazz musician - 87, Jan 6
• Biserka Cvejic, Serbian opera singer - 97, Jan 7
• Deezer D, American rapper - 55, Jan 7
• Genival Lacerda, Brazilian forró singer - 89, Jan 7
• Jamie O'Hara, American country musician - 70, Jan 7
• Marion Ramsey, American singer-songwriter - 73, Jan 7
• Ed Bruce, American country singer - 81, Jan 8
• David Darling, American cellist - 79, Jan 8
• Michael Fonfara (The Electric Flag), Canadian rock keyboardist - 74, Jan 8
• Mark Keds (Senseless Things), English punk singer - 50, Jan 10
• David Stypka, Czech rock singer - 41, Jan 10
• Thorleif Torstensson (Thorleifs), Swedish dansband singer - 71, Jan 10
• Howard Johnson, American jazz musician - 79, Jan 11
• Shingoose, Canadian folk musician - 74, Jan 12
• Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge), American rock bassist - 76, Jan 13
• Duke Bootee, American rapper - 69, Jan 13
• Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls), American rock guitarist - 69, Jan 13
• Eiji Hashimoto, Japanese-American harpsichordist - 89, Jan 14
• Larry Willoughby, American country singer-songwriter - 73, Jan 14
• Le Thu, Vietnamese singer - 77, Jan 15
• Pave Maijanen, Finnish rock musician - 70, Jan 16
• Phil Spector (The Teddy Bears), American rock'n'roll musician - 81, Jan 16
• Ebe Gilkes, Guyanese jazz pianist - 90, Jan 17
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Indian classical singer - 89, Jan 17
• Junior Mance, American jazz pianist - 92, Jan 17
• Joan Eloi Vila, Spanish guitarist - 61, Jan 17
• Perry Botkin Jr., American electronic musician - 87, Jan 18
• Maria Koterbska, Polish jazz singer - 96, Jan 18
• Jimmie Rodgers, American pop singer - 87, Jan 18
• John Russell, English avant-garde jazz guitarist - 66, Jan 18
• Daniel Kobialka, American classical violinist - 77, Jan 19
• Keith Nichols, English jazz musician - 75, Jan 20
• Randy Parton, American country singer-songwriter - 67, Jan 21
• Narendra Chanchal, Indian hymn singer - 80, Jan 22
• Guem, Algerian percussionist - 73, Jan 22
• Janet Lawson, American jazz singer - 80, Jan 22
• James Purify (James & Bobby Purify), American R&B singer - 76, Jan 22
• Jonas Gwangwa, South African jazz trombonist - 83, Jan 23
• Trisha Noble, Australian pop singer - 76, Jan 23
• Margherita Roberti, American opera singer - 95, Jan 23
• Sumiko Sakamoto, Japanese pop singer - 84, Jan 23
• Tom Stevens (The Long Ryders), American country musician - 64, Jan 23
• Iron, South Korean rapper - 29, Jan 25
• Cara O'Sullivan, Irish opera singer - 59, Jan 26
• Efraín Ruales, Ecuadorian rock bassist - 36, Jan 27
• Trung Kien, Vietnamese classical singer - 81, Jan 27
• César Isella, Argentine folk singer-songwriter - 82, Jan 28
• Sibongile Khumalo, South African singer - 63, Jan 28
• Singing Sandra, Trinidadian calypso singer - 64, Jan 28
• Ahmed Achour, Tunisian classical violinist - 75, Jan 29
• Grady Gaines, American blues saxophonist - 86, Jan 29
• Flory Jagoda, Bosnian-American folk musician - 97, Jan 29
• Jeremy Lubbock, English jazz pianist - 89, Jan 29
• Alberto Neuman, Argentine classical pianist - 87, Jan 29
• Hilton Valentine (The Animals), English rock guitarist - 77, Jan 29
• Double K (People Under the Stairs), American rapper - 43, Jan 30
• Sophie, Scottish pop musician - 34, Jan 30
• Michel Trempont, Belgian opera singer - 92, Jan 30
• Alla Yoshpe, Russian pop singer - 83, Jan 30
• Wambali Mkandawire, Malawian jazz singer - 68, Jan 31
• Ladislav Staidl, Czech pop musician - 75, Jan 31

# FEBRUARY #

• Temur Tsiklauri, Georgian pop singer - 75, Feb 1
• Cynthia Turner, Maltese pianist - 88, Feb 1
• Libuse Domanínská, Czech opera singer - 96, Feb 2
• Ilse Rieth, German church musician - 92, Feb 2
• Kris De Bruyne, Belgian folkrock musician - 70, Feb 3
• Anne Feeney, American folk musician - 69, Feb 3
• Hüner Coskuner, Turkish classical singer - 57, Feb 4
• Patricia Healey, British singer - 85, Feb 4
• Ma Zenghui, Chinese musician - 85, Feb 4
• Jaime Murrell, Panamanian Christian musician - 71, Feb 4
• Nolan Porter, American R&B singer-songwriter - 71, Feb 4
• Gil Saunders (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), American soul singer - 69, Feb 4
• Jessie Smith (The Ikettes), American R&B singer - 80, Feb 4
• Isa Bellini, Italian singer - 98, Feb 5
• Abdoul Jabbar, Guinean singer-songwriter - 41, Feb 5
• Douglas Miller, American gospel musician - 71, Feb 5
• Zezinho Corrêa, Brazilian Latin pop singer - 69, Feb 6
• Jan Willem Loot, Dutch classical cellist - 77, Feb 6
• Roz Cron, American jazz saxophonist - 95, Feb 7
• Ricardo Silva Elizondo, Mexican singer - 67, Feb 7
• Roza Akkuchukova, Russian pop singer - 70, Feb 8
• Servando Cano Rodríguez, Mexican singer-songwriter - 78, Feb 8
• Corrado Francia, Italian pop singer - 74, Feb 8
• Mary Wilson (The Supremes), American R&B singer - 76, Feb 8
• Chick Corea, American jazz keyboardist - 79, Feb 9
• Ghédalia Tazartès, French avant garde musician - 73, Feb 9
• Bruce Berger, American pianist - 82, Feb 10
• Jorge Morel, Argentine classical guitarist - 89, Feb 10
• Lee Sexton, American banjo player - 92, Feb 10
• Antonis Kalogiannis, Greek singer - 80, Feb 11
• Milford Graves, American jazz drummer - 79, Feb 12
• Louis Clark, English keyboard player - 73, Feb 13
• Sydney Devine, Scottish singer - 81, Feb 13
• Eva Nässén, Swedish singer - 74, Feb 13
• Ari Gold, American pop singer - 47, Feb 14
• Steuart Bedford, English classical pianist - 81, Feb 15
• Florence Birdwell, American opera singer - 96, Feb 15
• Lucien Gourong, French folk singer - 77, Feb 15
• Andréa Guiot, French opera singer - 93, Feb 15
• Raymond Lévesque, Canadian singer-songwriter - 92, Feb 15
• Luca Novac, Romanian folk musician - 79, Feb 15
• Johnny Pacheco, Dominican-American Latin musician - 85, Feb 15
• Ludmila Aliosina, Moldovan opera singer - 90, Feb 16
• Carman, American contemporary Christian singer - 65, Feb 16
• Werner Grobholz, German classical violinist - 78, Feb 16
• Soul Jah Love, Zimbabwean dancehall musician - 31, Feb 16
• Tonton David, French reggae singer - 53, Feb 16
• Francoise Cactus (Stereo Total), French-German rock musician - 56, Feb 17
• Omar Moreno Palacios, Argentine folk musician - 82, Feb 17
• Gene Summers, American rock and roll singer - 82, Feb 17
• U-Roy, Jamaican reggae singer - 78, Feb 17
• Violeta Dávalos, Mexican opera singer - 51, Feb 18
• Prince Markie Dee (The Fat Boys), American rapper - 52, Feb 18
• Dorde Balasevic, Serbian pop singer-songwriter - 67, Feb 19
• Philippe Chatel, French singer-songwriter - 72, Feb 19
• Chris Ajilo, Nigerian highlife musician - 91, Feb 20
• Serpil Barlas, Turkish singer - 64, Feb 20
• Joe Burke, Irish folk accordionist - 81, Feb 20
• Gene Taylor, American boogie rock pianist - 68, Feb 20
• Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist - 92, Feb 21
• Hélène Martin, French chanson singer - 92, Feb 21
• Yalchin Rzazadeh, Azerbaijani pop singer - 74, Feb 22
• Wolfgang Boettcher, German classical cellist - 86, Feb 24
• Sylvia Murphy, Canadian pop singer - 89, Feb 24
• Peter Ostroushko, American folk musician - 67, Feb 24
• Sardool Sikander, Indian folk singer - 60, Feb 24
• Bob James (Montrose), American rock singer-songwriter - 68, c. Feb 26
• Anura Senanayake, Sri Lankan singer - unknown age, Feb 26
• Gipsy Bonafina, Argentine singer - 63, Feb 27
• Ian North (Milk 'N' Cookies), American punk musician - 68, Feb 28
• Jorge Oñate, Colombian vallenato singer - 71, Feb 28

# MARCH #

• Hauk Buen, Norwegian fiddler - 87, Mar 1
• Ralph Peterson Jr., American jazz drummer - 58, Mar 1
• Chris Barber, English jazz trombonist - 90, Mar 2
• Àlex Casademunt, Spanish pop singer - 39, Mar 2
• Mark Goffeney, American guitarist - 51, Mar 2
• Rina Gunawan, Indonesian singer - 46, Mar 2
• Kari Rasmussen, Norwegian opera singer - 88, Mar 2
• Prabhat Sarma, Indian folk flutist - 85, Mar 2
• Anna Shuttleworth, British classical cellist - 93, Mar 2
• Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae singer - 73, Mar 2
• Medea Abrahamyan, Armenian classical cellist - 88, Mar 3
• Duffy Jackson, American jazz drummer - 67, Mar 3
• Dagoberto Planos Despaigne, Cuban singer - 64, Mar 3
• Maria José Valério, Portuguese fado singer - 87, Mar 3
• Alan Cartwright (Procol Harum), English rock bassist - 75, Mar 4
• Barbara Ess (Y Pants), American post-punk musician - 76, Mar 4
• Helmut Winschermann, German classical oboist - 100, Mar 4
• Chuang Ling-yun, Taiwanese pop singer - 21, Mar 5
• Sasa Klaas, Motswana rapper - 27, Mar 5
• Michael Stanley, American rock singer-songwriter - 72, Mar 5
• Lily de Vos, Dutch pop singer - 96, Mar 5
• Renée Doria, French opera singer - 100, Mar 6
• Carmel Quinn, Irish-American musical singer - 95, Mar 6
• Éva Tordai, Hungarian opera singer - 83, Mar 6
• Dmitri Bashkirov, Russian classical pianist - 89, Mar 7
• Sanja Ilic, Serbian rock musician - 69, Mar 7
• Josky Kiambukuta, Congolese rumba singer - 72, Mar 7
• Lars-Göran Petrov (Entombed), Swedish metal singer - 49, Mar 7
• Adrian Barar (Cargo), Romanian rock guitarist - 61, Mar 8
• Mark Whitecage, American jazz saxophonist - 83, Mar 8
• Julien-Francois Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist - 103, Mar 8
• Freddy Birset, Belgian chanson singer - 73, Mar 9
• Federico Fabregat, Mexican electronica musician - 46, Mar 9
• Maarja Haamer, Estonian opera singer - 82, Mar 9
• James Levine, American classical pianist - 77, Mar 9
• Shuichi Murakami, Japanese jazz drummer - 70, Mar 9
• Len Skeat, British jazz double-bassist - 84, Mar 9
• René Taesch, French krautrock musician - 69, Mar 9
• Bruce Abel, American bass singer - 84, Mar 10
• János Gonda, Hungarian jazz pianist - 89, Mar 10
• Lyudmila Lyadova, Russian pop singer - 95, Mar 10
• Roger Trigaux (Univers Zero) - 69, Mar 10
• Ray Campi, American rockabilly musician - 86, Mar 11
• Jewlia Eisenberg, American avant-garde musician - 50, Mar 11
• Florentín Giménez, Paraguayan pianist - 95, Mar 11
• Dion Payton, American blues musician - 70, Mar 12
• Stahan Rakhimov, Uzbekistani-Russian singer - 83, Mar 12
• Mark Lubotsky, Russian classical violinist - 89, Mar 13
• Eulalio Cervantes (Maldita Vecindad), Mexican rock saxophonist - 52, Mar 14
• Thione Seck, Senegalese mbalakh singer - 66, Mar 14
• Reggie Warren, American R&B singer - 52, Mar 14
• Dragoljub Duricic, Montenegrin rock drummer - 68, Mar 15
• Doug Parkinson, Australian pop singer - 74, Mar 15
• Emilia Fadini, Spanish-Italian harpsichordist - 90, Mar 16
• Mayada Bseliss, Syrian singer - 54, Mar 17
• Freddie Redd, American jazz pianist - 92, Mar 17
• Anna Wójtowicz (Anawa), Polish violinist and cellist - 73, Mar 17
• Paul Jackson (The Headhunters), American jazz bassist - 73, Mar 18
• Cristián Cuturrufo, Chilean jazz trumpeter - 48, Mar 19
• Margie Evans, American blues and gospel singer - 81, Mar 19
• Irmão Lázaro, Brazilian gospel singer - 54, Mar 19
• Éva Nagy, Hungarian singer - 73, Mar 19
• Constance Demby, American new age musician - 81, Mar 20
• Buddy Deppenschmidt, American jazz drummer - 85, Mar 20
• Taryn Fiebig, Australian opera singer - 49, Mar 20
• Robert Gard, British-Australian opera singer - 94, Mar 20
• Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian opera singer - 83, Mar 20
• Dan Sartain, American rock musician - 39, Mar 20
• Trisutji Kamal, Indonesian classical pianist - 84, Mar 21
• Shahied Wagid Hosain, Surinamese Bollywood singer - 59, Mar 21
• Pierick Houdy, French organist - 92, Mar 22
• Noel Bridgeman (Skid Row), Irish blues rock drummer - 74, Mar 23
• Corinne Chapelle, French-American classical violinist - 44, Mar 23
• Sam Frazier Jr., American blues musician - 77, Mar 23
• Hana Hegerová, Slovak chanson singer - 89, Mar 23
• Jean Baudlot, French easy listening singer - 74, Mar 24
• Don Heffington, American Americana drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour) - 70, Mar 24
• Rudolf Kelterborn, Swiss classical musician - 89, Mar 24
• Richard Stoker, British pianist - 82, Mar 24
• Paul W. Whear, American classical double-bassist - 95, Mar 24
• Aleksandr Lipnitsky, Russian rock bassist (Zvuki Mu) - 68, Mar 25