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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 COLIN McPHEE = CANADIAN = = Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: 15 March 1900 Montreal, CANADA | Died: 7 January 1964 Los Angeles, California, USA |
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BIG BOY GOUDIE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter, Alto and Tenor Saxophonist and Clarinetist = |
Born: FRANK GOUDIE 13 September 1899 Youngsville, Louisiana, USA | Died: 9 January 1964 San Francisco, USA |
64 | Cancer |
 JACK TEAGARDEN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist and Vocalist = |
Born: WELDON LEO TEAGARDEN 20 August 1905 Vernon, Texas, USA | Died: 15 January 1964 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
58 | |
 MARC BLITZSTEIN = AMERICAN = = Composer, Lyricist, and Librettist = |
Born: MARCUS SAMUEL BLITZSTEIN 2 March 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 22 January 1964 Martinique, FRANCE |
58 | Murdered by three sailors he had picked up in a bar, one of whom he was said to have propositioned |
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JOHNNY BURKE = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: JOHN FRANCIS BURKE 3 October 1908 Antioch, California, USA | Died: 25 February 1964 New York City, New York |
55 | |
 GEORGIA CAINE = AMERICAN = = Actress = |
Born: 30 October 1876 San Francisco, California, USA | Died: 4 April 1964 Hollywood, California, USA |
87 | |
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CAROL HANEY = AMERICAN = = Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: CAROLYN HANEY 24 December 1924 New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 10 May 1964 Saddle River, New Jersey, USA |
39 | Bronchopneumonia |
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LOUIS GRUENBERG = RUSSIAN-born AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 3 August [O.S. 22 July] 1884 near Brest-Litovsk (now in BELARUS but then in RUSSIA) | Died: 9 June 1964 Beverly Hills, USA |
79 | |
 ERIC DOLPHY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Saxophonist, Flautist and Bass Clarinettist = |
Born: ERIC ALLAN DOLPHY, Jr. 20 June 1928 Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 29 June 1964 Berlin, GERMANY |
36 | Diabetic Coma |
 PIERRE MONTEUX = FRENCH (later AMERICAN) = = Conductor = |
Born: PIERRE BENJAMIN MONTEUX 4 April 1875 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 1 July 1964 Maine, USA |
89 | |
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JOE HAYMES = AMERICAN = = Jazz Bandleader and Arranger = |
Born: JOSEPH LAWRENCE HAYMES 10 February 1907 Marshfield, Missouri, USA | Died: 10 July 1964 Dallas, Texas, USA |
57 | Heart Failure |
 JIM REEVES = AMERICAN = = Country Singer = |
Born: JAMES TRAVIS REEVES 20 August 1923 Galloway, Texas, USA | Died: 31 July 1964 Williamson County, Tennessee, USA |
40 | Plane Crash |
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JOHNNY BURNETTE = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Rockabilly Musician = |
Born: JOHN JOSEPH BURNETTE 25 March 1934 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 14 August 1964 Clear Lake, California, USA |
30 | Drowned |
 LAZARE LÉVY = FRENCH = = Pianist and Teacher = |
Born: 18 January 1882 Brussels, BELGIUM | Died: 20 September 1964 |
82 | |
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NACIO HERB BROWN = AMERICAN = = Songwriter and Film/TV Composer = |
Born: IGNACIO HERB BROWN 22 February 1896 Deming, New Mexico, USA | Died: 28 September 1964 San Francisco, California, USA |
68 | |
 GEORGE DYSON = ENGLISH = = Musician and Composer = |
Born: 28 May 1883 Halifax, Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 28 September 1964 Winchester, ENGLAND |
81 | |
 HARPO MARX = AMERICAN = = Comedian and Musician = |
Born: ADOLPH MARX 23 November 1888 Manhattan, New York City, USA | Died: 28 September 1964 Los Angeles, California, USA |
75 | |
 EDDIE CANTOR = AMERICAN = = "Illustrated Song" Performer, Comedian, Dancer, Singer, Actor, and Songwriter = |
Born: EDWARD ISRAEL ITZKOWITZ 31 January 1892 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 10 October 1964 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
72 | Heart Attack |
 HEINRICH NEUHAUS = SOVIET of GERMAN extraction = = Pianist and Teacher = |
Born: HEINRICH GUSTAVOVICH NEUHAUS 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1888 Elisavetgrad (known since 2016 as Kropyvnytskyi), in present-day UKRAINE | Died: 10 October 1964 |
76 | |
 COLE PORTER = AMERICAN = = Songwriter and Composer = |
Born: COLE ALBERT PORTER 9 June 1891 Indiana, USA | Died: 15 October 1964 Santa Monica, California, USA |
73 | Kidney Failure |
 VASILY AGAPKIN = SOVIET = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: VASILY IVANOVICH AGAPKIN 3 February 1884 Shancherovo, Ryazan Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE | Died: 29 October 1964 Moscow, USSR |
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BUDDY COLE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist and Orchestra Leader = |
Born: EDWIN LeMAR COLE 15 December 1916 Irving, Illinois, USA | Died: 5 November 1964 |
45 | Heart Attack |
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DON REDMAN = AMERICAN = = Arranger, Bandleader and Saxophonist = |
Born: DONALD MATTHEW REDMAN 29 July 1900 Piedmont, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA | Died: 30 November 1964 New York City, New York, USA |
64 | |
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SAM H. STEPT = RUSSIAN-born AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Pianist and Conductor = |
Born: SAMUEL HOWARD STEPT 18 September 1897 Odessa, RUSSIA | Died: 1 December 1964 Los Angeles, California, USA |
67 | |
 EDITH SITWELL = ENGLISH = = Poet and Collaborator of William Walton = |
Born: EDITH LOUISA SITWELL 7 September 1887 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 9 December 1964 London, ENGLAND |
77 | Cerebral Haemorrhage |
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SAM COOKE = AMERICAN = = Recording Artist, Singer-Songwriter and Entrepreneur = |
Born: SAM COOK 22 January 1931 Clarksdale, MS, USA | Died: 11 December 1964 Los Angeles, CA, USA |
33 | Shot Dead |
 ALMA MAHLER-WERFEL = AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN = = Composer, Socialite and widow of Gustav Mahler = |
Born: ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER 31 August 1879 Vienna, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | Died: 11 December 1964 New York City, New York, USA |
85 | |
 FRANCISCO CANARO = URUGUAYAN = = Violinist and Tango Orchestra Leader = |
Born: FRANCISCO CANAROZZO 26 November 1888 San José de Mayo, URUGUAY | Died: 14 December 1964 ARGENTINA |
76 | |
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THEODOR BLUMER = GERMAN = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: THEODOR ANTON BLUMER 24 March 1881 Dresden, GERMANY | Died: 21 December 1964 Berlin, GERMANY |
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