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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 MOON MULLICAN = AMERICAN = = Country Singer = |
Born: AUBREY WILSON MULLICAN 29 March 1909 Polk County, Texas, USA | Died: 1 January 1967 Beaumont, Texas, USA |
57 | Heart Attack |
 MARY GARDEN = SCOTTISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 20 February 1874 Aberdeen, SCOTLAND | Died: 3 January 1967 Inverurie, close to Aberdeen, SCOTLAND |
93 | |
 CARL SCHURICHT = GERMAN = = Conductor = |
Born: CARL ADOLPH SCHURICHT 3 July 1880 Danzig (Gdańsk), GERMAN EMPIRE | Died: 7 January 1967 Corseaux-sur-Vevey, SWITZERLAND |
86 | |
 ALBERT SZIRMAI = HUNGARIAN = = Operetta Composer = |
Born: 2 July 1880 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 15 January 1967 New York City, New York, USA |
86 | |
 LUIGI TENCO = ITALIAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Actor = |
Born: LUIGI DOMENICO TENCO 21 March 1938 Cassine, Alessandria, ITALY | Died: 27 January 1967 Sanremo, Imperia, ITALY |
28 | Suicide by Gunshot |
 GEOFFREY O'HARA = CANADIAN AMERICAN = = Composer, Singer and Music Professor = |
Born: 2 February 1882 Chatham, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 31 January 1967 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
84 | |
 JOE MEEK = ENGLISH = = Record Producer, Sound Engineer and Songwriter = |
Born: ROBERT GEORGE MEEK 5 April 1929 Newent, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND | Died: 3 February 1967 London, ENGLAND |
37 | Suicide by Gunshot |
 MUGGSY SPANIER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Cornettist = |
Born: FRANCIS JOSEPH SPANIER 6 November 1906 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 12 February 1967 Sausalito, California, USA |
65 | |
 LI JINHUI = CHINESE = = Composer, Producer and Songwriter = |
Born: 5 September 1891 Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing CHINA | Died: 15 February 1967 Shanghai, PR CHINA |
75 | |
 SMILEY BURNETTE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: LESTER ALVIN BURNETT 18 March 1911 Summum, Illinois, USA | Died: 16 February 1967 Encino, California, USA |
55 | Leukaemia |
 FRANZ WAXMAN = GERMAN and AMERICAN of Jewish descent = = Composer = |
Born: FRANZ WACHSMANN 24 December 1906 Königshütte, Upper Silesia, GERMAN EMPIRE (now Chorzów, POLAND) | Died: 24 February 1967 Los Angeles, California, USA |
60 | Cancer |
 FATS PICHON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Singer, Bandleader and Songwriter = |
Born: WALTER GABRIEL PICHON 3 April 1906 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 25 February 1967 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
60 | |
 ZOLTÁN KODÁLY = HUNGARIAN = = Composer, Ethnomusicologist, Pedagogue, = = Linguist, and Philosopher = |
Born: 16 December 1882 Kecskemét, HUNGARY | Died: 6 March 1967 Budapest, HUNGARY |
84 | |
 NELSON EDDY = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actor = |
Born: NELSON ACKERMAN EDDY 29 June 1901 Providence, Rhode Island, USA | Died: 6 March 1967 Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
65 | Cerebral Hemorrage |
 WILLIE SMITH = AMERICAN = = Alto Saxophonist = |
Born: WILLIAM McLEISH SMITH 25 November 1910 Charleston, South Carolina, USA | Died: 7 March 1967 Los Angeles, California, USA |
56 | Cancer |
 GERALDINE FARRAR = AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano and Film Actress = |
Born: ALICE GERALDINE FARRAR 28 February 1882 Melrose, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 11 March 1967 Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA |
85 | |
 PETE JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist = |
Born: KERMIT H. JOHNSON 25 March 1904 Kansas City, Missouri, USA | Died: 23 March 1967 Buffalo, New York, USA |
62 | |
 CHEO MARQUETTI = CUBAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: JOSÉ MARCELINO DÍAZ MARQUETTI 26 April 1909 Alquízar, CUBA | Died: 29 March 1967 Havana, CUBA |
57 | |
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MISCHA ELMAN = UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 20 January 1891 Talne, UKRAINE | Died: 5 April 1967 Manhattan, New York, USA |
76 | |
 BUSTER BAILEY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: WILLIAM C. BAILEY 19 July 1902 Memphis, Tennessee, USA | Died: 12 April 1967 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
64 | Heart Attack |
 TOTÒ = ITALIAN = = Comedian, Film and Theatre Actor, Writer, = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: ANTONIO CLEMENTE 15 February 1898 Naples, ITALY | Died: 15 April 1967 Rome, ITALY |
69 | |
 RED ALLEN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: HENRY JAMES ALLEN 7 January 1908 Algiers, Louisiana, USA | Died: 17 April 1967 New York City, New York, USA |
59 | |
 J. B. LENOIR = AMERICAN = = Blues Musician and Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: 5 March 1929 Monticello, Mississippi, USA | Died: 29 April 1967 Urbana, Illinois, USA |
38 | Heart Attack |
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JEF LE PENVEN = FRENCH = = Composer = |
Born: 3 November 1919 Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, FRANCE | Died: 30 April 1967 |
47 | |
 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER = AMERICAN = = Child Prodigy, Pianist, Composer and Journalist = |
Born: PHILIPPA DUKE SCHUYLER 2 August 1931 USA | Died: 9 May 1967 VIETNAM |
35 | Helicopter crash and Drowning |
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JOHN WESLEY WORK III = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Composer, Educator, Choral Director, Musicologist = = and scholar of African-American folklore and music = |
Born: 15 July 1901 Tullahoma, Tennessee, USA | Died: 17 May 1967 |
65 | |
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ILONA EIBENSCHÜTZ = HUNGARIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 8 May 1872 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 21 May 1967 London, ENGLAND |
95 | |
 BILLY STRAYHORN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Composer, Pianist, Lyricist, and Arranger = |
Born: WILLIAM THOMAS STRAYHORN 29 November 1915 Dayton, Ohio, USA | Died: 31 May 1967 New York City, New York, USA |
51 | Esophageal Cancer |
 ANDRÉ CLUYTENS = BELGIAN-born FRENCH = = Conductor = |
Born: AUGUSTIN ZULMA ALPHONSE CLUYTENS 26 March 1905 Antwerp, BELGIUM | Died: 3 June 1967 Neuilly-sur-Seine, FRANCE |
62 | |
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LIONEL BELASCO = TRINIDADIAN-AMERICAN = = Pianist, Composer and Bandleader = |
Born: 1881 Port of Spain, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO | Died: c. 24 June 1967 |
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 JAYNE MANSFIELD = AMERICAN = = Actress, Violinist and sometime Singer = |
Born: VERA JAYNE PALMER 19 April 1933 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 29 June 1967 Slidell, Louisiana, USA |
34 | Brain Trauma sustained in automobile accident |
 JOHN COLTRANE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician and Composer = |
Born: JOHN WILLIAM COLTRANE 23 September 1926 Hamlet, North Carolina, USA | Died: 17 July 1967 Huntington, New York, USA |
40 | Liver Cancer |
 MATTHIJS VERMEULEN = DUTCH = = Composer and Music Journalist = |
Born: MATHEAS CHRISTIANUS FRANCISCUS VAN DER MEULEN 8 February 1888 Helmond, NETHERLANDS | Died: 26 July 1967 Laren, North Holland, NETHERLANDS |
79 | |
 MARIOS VARVOGLIS = GREEK = = Composer = |
Born: 10 December 1885 Brussels, BELGIUM | Died: 30 July 1967 Athens, GREECE |
81 | |
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JAROMÍR WEINBERGER = CZECH AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 8 January 1896 Prague (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY) | Died: 8 August 1967 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
71 | Suicide by lethal sedative overdose |
 BRIAN EPSTEIN = ENGLISH = = Music Entrepreneur = = manager of = = The Beatles = = Gerry & The Pacemakers = = Billy J. Kramer = = and the Dakotas = = The Fourmost = = Cilla Black = = The Cyrkle = |
Born: BRIAN SAMUEL EPSTEIN 19 September 1934 Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 27 August 1967 London, ENGLAND |
32 | Accidental barbiturate and alcohol overdose |
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HANS HAUG = SWISS = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 27 July 1900 Basel, SWITZERLAND | Died: 15 September 1967 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND |
67 | |
 STUFF SMITH = AMERICAN = = Jazz Violinist = |
Born: HEZEKIAH LEROY GORDON SMITH 14 August 1909 Portsmouth, Ohio, USA | Died: 25 September 1967 Munich, GERMANY |
58 | |
 WOODY GUTHRIE = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter and Musician = |
Born: WOODROW WILSON GUTHRIE 14 July 1912 Okemah, Oklahoma, USA | Died: 3 October 1967 New York City, New York, USA |
55 | Huntingtons Disease |
 Sir MALCOLM SARGENT = ENGLISH = = Conductor, Organist and Composer = |
Born: HAROLD MALCOLM WATTS SARGENT 29 April 1895 Bath Villas, Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND | Died: 3 October 1967 London, ENGLAND |
72 | |
 IDA COX = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Blues Singer = |
Born: IDA M. PRATHER 25 February 1888 or 1896 Toccoa, Georgia, USA | Died: 10 November 1967 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
71 or 79 | |
 HARRIET COHEN = BRITISH = = Pianist = |
Born: 2 December 1895 London, ENGLAND | Died: 13 November 1967 London, ENGLAND |
71 | |
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ROSHAN = INDIAN = = Bollywood Composer = |
Born: ROSHANLAL NAGRATH 14 July 1917 Gujranwala, Punjab, BRITISH INDIA (now part of Punjab in PAKISTAN) | Died: 16 November 1967 Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA |
50 | Heart Attack |
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EDVIN KALLSTENIUS = SWEDISH = = Composer and Librarian = |
Born: 29 August 1881 Filipstad, SWEDEN | Died: 22 November 1967 Stocksund, Stockholm, SWEDEN |
86 | |
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OTTO ERICH DEUTSCH = AUSTRIAN = = Musicologist = |
Born: 5 September 1883 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 23 November 1967 Baden bei Wien, AUSTRIA |
84 | |
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RAÚL BORGES = VENEZUELAN = = Pedagogue, Guitarist and Composer = |
Born: RAÚL BORGES REQUENA 4 February 1882 | Died: 24 November 1967 |
85 | |
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DAWID ENGELA = SOUTH AFRICAN = = Broadcaster, Composer and Musicologist = |
Born: DAWID SOFIUS ENGELA 30 October 1931 Florida, a suburb to the west of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now part of the province of Gauteng) SOUTH AFRICA | Died: 25 November 1967 Laingsburg, Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA |
36 | Road Accident |
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HEINZ TIETJEN = GERMAN = = Conductor and Music Producer = |
Born: 24 June 1881 Tangier, MOROCCO | Died: 30 November 1967 Baden-Baden, GERMANY |
86 | |
 BERT LAHR = AMERICAN = = Actor and Vaudeville Performer = |
Born: IRVING LAHRHEIM 13 August 1895 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 4 December 1967 New York City, New York, USA |
72 | Cancer |
 LILLIAN EVANTI = AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: ANNIE WILSON LILLIAN EVANS 12 August 1890 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 6 December 1967 |
77 | |
 OTIS REDDING = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer, Arranger, and Talent Scout = |
Born: OTIS RAY REDDING, Jr. 9 September 1941 Gray, Georgia, USA | Died: 10 December 1967 Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
26 | Plane Crash |
 RONNIE CALDWELL = AMERICAN = = Electric Organist = = member of = = The Bar-Keys = |
Born: 27 December 1948 | Died: 10 December 1967 Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
18 | Plane Crash |
 PHALON JONES = AMERICAN = = Saxophonist = = member of = = The Bar-Keys = |
Born: PHALON R. JONES, Jr. 1948 | Died: 10 December 1967 Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
18 | Plane Crash |
 JIMMIE KING = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = = member of = = The Bar-Keys = |
Born: 8 June 1949 | Died: 10 December 1967 Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
18 | Plane Crash |
 CARL CUNNINGHAM = AMERICAN = = Drummer = = member of = = The Bar-Keys = |
Born: 1948 | Died: 10 December 1967 Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
18 | Plane Crash |
 VICTOR DE SABATA = ITALIAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 10 April 1892 Trieste, ITALY | Died: 11 December 1967 Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, ITALY |
75 | Heart Disease |
 PAUL WHITEMAN = AMERICAN = = Bandleader = |
Born: PAUL SAMUEL WHITEMAN 28 March 1890 Denver, Colorado, USA | Died: 29 December 1967 |
77 | |
 ROGER PENZABENE = AMERICAN = = Motown Songwriter = |
Born: RODGER PENZABENE 1944 | Died: 31 December 1967 |
23 | Suicide by Gunshot |
 STANLEY R. AVERY = AMERICAN = = Composer, Choirmaster and Organist = |
Born: 14 December 1879 Yonkers, New York, USA | Died: 1967 |
87 | |
 TEXAS GLADDEN = AMERICAN = = Folk Singer = |
Born: 1895 Saltville, Virginia, USA | Died: 1967 Salem, Virginia, USA |
72 | |
 KNUD HARDER = DANISH = = Composer = |
Born: 31 March 1885 Denmark | Died: 1967 |
82 | |
 BARSEGH KANACHYAN = LEBANESE-ARMENIAN = = Composer and Conductor = = composer of the "Armenian National Anthem" = |
Born: PARSEGH GANATCHIAN 1885 Tekirdağ, TURKEY | Died: 1967 Beirut, LEBANON |
82 | |
 NINO MARCELLI = ITALIAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 1890 Rome, ITALY | Died: 1967 |
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