2001 in Music - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 4 – Les Brown, bandleader (89)
  • January 5 – Milan Hlavsa, Czech musician (Plastic People of the Universe)(49)
  • January 7 – James Carr, soul singer (58)
  • January 10 – Bryan Gregory, guitarist (The Cramps)(49)
  • February 4
    • J.J. Johnson, jazz bebop trombonist (77)
    • Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (78)
  • February 10 - Buddy Tate, jazz musician (87)
  • February 13 – George T. Simon, music critic and original Glenn Miller Orchestra drummer (pneumonia)
  • February 19 – Charles Trenet French singer and songwriter (87)
  • February 21
    • Ronnie Hilton, English singer (75)
    • Malcolm Yelvington, rockabilly musician (82)
  • February 22 – John Fahey, guitarist, indie label owner (61)
  • March 4 – Glenn Hughes, The Village People (50)
  • March 12 – Sir Lancelot, calypso singer (98)
  • March 18 – John Phillips, singer-songwriter, co-founder of The Mamas & the Papas (65)
  • March 20 – Francis Grasso, disc jockey (51)
  • March 28 – Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz singer (73)
  • March 29 – John Lewis, jazz pianist (80)
  • April 6 – Charles Pettigrew, of Charles & Eddie (37)(cancer)
  • April 9 - Graziella Sciutti, operatic soprano (73)
  • April 11
    • Sandy Bull, folk musician (60)
    • Graciela Naranjo, bolero singer and actress (84)
    • Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (79)
  • April 15 – Joey Ramone, lead singer of The Ramones (49) (lymphoma)
  • April 20 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, composer and conductor (54)(heart attack)
  • May 3 – Billy Higgins, jazz drummer (64)
  • May 5 – Boozoo Chavis, zydeco musician (70)
  • May 10 – James E. Myers, songwriter ("Rock Around the Clock")(81)
  • May 12 – Perry Como, American crooner (88)
  • May 16 – Prince Ital Joe, reggae singer (38)(car accident)
  • May 20 – Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (81)
  • June 4 – John Hartford, bluegrass musician (64)
  • June 7 – Carole Fredericks, singer
  • June 13 – Marcelo Fromer, guitarist for Brazilian band Titãs (39)(rammed by a motorcycle)
  • June 18 – Davorin Popović, lead singer for Bosnian band Indexi (55)
  • June 21 – John Lee Hooker, blues musician (83)
  • June 30
    • Chet Atkins, country musician (77)
    • Joe Henderson, jazz saxophonist (64)
  • July 5 – Ernie K-Doe, R & B singer (65)
  • July 7 – Fred Neil, folk singer-songwriter (65)
  • July 15 – Anthony Ian Berkeley, rapper (Brothers Grym, Gravediggaz)(36)(colon cancer)
  • July 18 – Mimi Fariña, singer-songwriter (56)(neuroendocrine cancer)
  • July 23 – Richie Lee, singer and bassist (Acetone)(34)(suicide)
  • July 27
    • Harold Land, hard bop saxophonist (73)
    • Leon Wilkeson, bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd (49)
  • August 18 – Roland Cardon, Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist (72)
  • August 25 – Aaliyah, American singer and actress (22)(plane crash)
  • August 27 – Karl Ulrich Schnabel, pianist (92)
  • August 29 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, lead singer of Skyhooks (49)
  • September 1 – Ted Mulry, lead singer with Ted Mulry Gang (54)
  • September 6 – Carl Crack, techno musician (Atari Teenage Riot)(30)
  • September 22 – Isaac Stern, violinist (81)
  • October 3 - Tatiana Menotti, operatic soprano (92)
  • October 5 – Ivan Hrušovský, Slovak composer (74)
  • October 10 – Barry McCauley, operatic tenor (51)(lung cancer)
  • October 17 – Jay Livingston, songwriter (86)
  • November 17 - Michael Karoli, guitarist, violinist and composer (53)(cancer)
  • November 21 – Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist (79)
  • November 24 – Melanie Thornton, singer (La Bouche) (34)(air crash)
  • November 28 – Kal Mann, American lyricist ("Teddy Bear", "Butterfly")(84)
  • November 29 – George Harrison, musician and former member of The Beatles (58)(lung cancer)
  • December 13 – Chuck Schuldiner, vocalist and guitarist with Death (34)(cancer)
  • December 15 – Rufus Thomas, singer (84)
  • December 16 – Stuart Adamson, guitarist with Big Country (43)(suicide)
  • December 17 – Débria Brown, operatic soprano (65)
  • December 18 – Gilbert Bécaud, singer-songwriter (74)
  • December 22 – Norman Granz, American producer (83)
  • December 29 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer (39)

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