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Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
DAVID COLE = AMERICAN = = songwriter and record producer = = half of = = C+C Music Factory = |
Born: DAVID BRYON COLE 3 June 1962 Johnson City, Tennessee, USA | Died: 24 January 1995 New York City, New York, USA |
32 | Complications from Spinal Meningitis brought on by AIDS |
![]() GEORGE ABBOTT = AMERICAN = = Theater Producer and Director, Librettist, Playwright, = = Screenwriter, and film director and producer = |
Born: GEORGE FRANCIS ABBOTT 25 June 1887 Forestville, New York, USA | Died: 31 January 1995 Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
107 | |
![]() TONY SECUNDA = ENGLISH = = Manager of Rock Groups in the 1960s and 1970s = = including: = = The Moody Blues = = Procol Harum = = The Move = = T. Rex = = Marc Bolan = = Steve Peregrin Took = = Motörhead = = Steeleye Span = = Marianne Faithfull = = The Pretenders = |
Born: ANTHONY MICHAEL SECUNDA 24 August 1940 Epsom, Surrey, ENGLAND | Died: 10 February 1995 Tiburon, California, USA |
54 | Heart Attack |
![]() BOB STINSON = AMERICAN = = Musician = = founding member and lead guitarist of = = The Replacements = |
Born: ROBERT NEIL STINSON 17 December 1959 Waconia, Minnesota, USA | Died: 18 February 1995 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
35 | Complications caused by Drug and Alcohol Abuse |
![]() MELVIN FRANKLIN = AMERICAN = = Bass Singer = = member of = = The Temptations = |
Born: DAVID MELVIN ENGLISH 12 October 1942 Montgomery, Alabama, USA | Died: 23 February 1995 Los Angeles, California, USA |
52 | Brain Seizure |
![]() VIVIAN STANSHALL = ENGLISH = = Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Author, Poet and Wit = = member of = = Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band = = master of ceremonies on = = "Tubular Bells" {1973} = |
Born: VICTOR ANTHONY STANSHALL 21 March 1943 Oxford, ENGLAND | Died: 5 March 1995 London, ENGLAND |
51 | House Fire |
DELROY WILSON = JAMAICAN = = Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae Singer, = = regarded as Jamaica's first child star = |
Born: DELROY GEORGE WILSON 5 October 1948 Kingston, JAMAICA | Died: 6 March 1995 Kingston, JAMAICA |
46 | Cirrhosis of the Liver |
![]() INGO SCHWICHTENBERG = GERMAN = = Drummer = = founding member of = = Helloween = |
Born: 18 May 1965 Hamburg, GERMANY | Died: 8 March 1995 |
29 | Suicide by jumping in front of a S-train (Fast/city Train) |
![]() HEINRICH SUTERMEISTER = SWISS = = Opera Composer = |
Born: 12 August 1910 Feuerthalen, SWITZERLAND | Died: 16 March 1995 Vaux-sur-Morges, SWITZERLAND |
84 | |
![]() EAZY-E = AMERICAN = = Rapper and Record Producer = |
Born: ERIC LYNN WRIGHT 7 September 1964 Compton, California, USA | Died: 26 March 1995 Los Angeles, California, USA |
30 | Complications of AIDS |
![]() JIMMY McSHANE = NORTHERN IRISH = = Singer = = front-man of Italian band = = Baltimora = |
Born: JAMES HARRY McSHANE 23 May 1957 Derry, NORTHERN IRELAND | Died: 29 March 1995 Derry, NORTHERN IRELAND |
37 | AIDS |
ROLAND WOLF = GERMAN = = Keyboardist = = member of = = Einstürzende Neubauten = = Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds = |
Born: 1965 | Died: 29 March 1995 |
29 or 30 | Car Accident |
![]() SELENA = AMERICA = = Singer, Songwriter, = = Spokesperson, Model, Actress, and Fashion Designer = |
Born: SELENA QUINTANILLA 16 April 1971 Lake Jackson, Texas, USA | Died: 31 March 1995 Corpus Christi, Texas, USA |
23 | Murdered, shot by manager |
![]() KENNY EVERETT = BRITISH = = Comedian, Radio DJ and Television Entertainer = |
Born: MAURICE JAMES CHRISTOPHER COLE 25 December 1944 in Seaforth, near Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 4 April 1995 in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, ENGLAND |
50 | Aids-Related illness |
![]() PRISCILLA LANE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: PRISCILLA MULLICAN 12 June 1915 Indianola, Iowa, USA | Died: 4 April 1995 Andover, Massachusetts, USA |
79 | Lung Cancer |
![]() BURL IVES = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actor = |
Born: BURL ICLE IVANHOE IVES 14 June 1909 Hunt City, Illinois, USA | Died: 14 April 1995 Anacortes, Washington, USA |
85 | Oral Cancer |
![]() GINGER ROGERS = AMERICAN = = Actress, Dancer and Singer = |
Born: VIRGINIA KATHERINE McMATH 16 July 1911 Independence, Missouri, USA | Died: 25 April 1995 Rancho Mirage, California, USA |
83 | Heart Attack |
![]() TERESA TENG = TAIWANESE = = Pop Singer = |
Born: TENG LI-YUN 29 January 1953 Baojhong, Yunlin, TAIWAN | Died: 8 May 1995 Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, THAILAND |
42 | Severe Respiratory Attack |
LOLA FLORES = SPANISH = = Singer and Dancer = |
Born: MARÍA DOLORES FLORES RUIZ 21 January 1923 Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), SPAIN | Died: 16 May 1995 Alcobendas (Madrid), SPAIN |
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![]() DICK CURLESS = AMERICAN = = Country Singer = |
Born: RICHARD WILLIAM CURLESS 17 March 1932 Fort Fairfield, Maine, USA | Died: 25 May 1995 |
63 | Stomach Cancer |
ERNEST BORNEMAN = GERMAN = = Jazz Musician, Jazz Critic, = = Crime Writer, Filmmaker, Anthropologist, Ethnomusicologist, = = Psychoanalyst, Sexologist, and Committed Socialist = |
Born: ERNST WILHELM JULIUS BORNEMANN 12 April 1915 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 4 June 1995 Scharten, UPPER AUSTRIA |
80 | Committed Suicide |
![]() ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI = ITALIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 5 January 1920 Brescia, ITALY | Died: 12 June 1995 Lugano, SWITZERLAND |
75 | |
![]() RORY GALLAGHER = IRISH = = Blues and Rock Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, and Bandleader = |
Born: WILLIAM RORY GALLAGHER 2 March 1948 Ballyshannon, County Donegal, IRELAND | Died: 14 June 1995 London, ENGLAND |
47 | Complications after Liver Transplant |
![]() PHYLLIS HYMAN = AMERICAN = = R & B/Soul/Jazz Singer = |
Born: PHYLLIS LINDA HYMAN 6 July 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 30 June 1995 New York City, New York, USA |
45 | Committed Suicide by Overdosing on Pentobarbital and Secobarbital in the bedroom of her New York City apartment at 211 West 56th Street |
ZDENEK KOŠLER = CZECH = = Conductor = |
Born: 25 March 1928 | Died: 2 July 1995 |
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GÜNTER BIALAS = GERMAN = = Composer = |
Born: 19 July 1907 Bielschowitz, in Prussian Silesia, GERMANY (today Bielszowice, a subdivision of Ruda Śląska) | Died: 8 July 1995 |
87 | |
CHARLIE RICH = AMERICAN = = Country Music Singer, Songwriter, and Musician = |
Born: CHARLES ALLAN RICH 14 December 1932 Colt, Arkansas, USA | Died: 25 July 1995 Hammond, Louisiana, USA |
62 | Pulmonary Embolism |
![]() MIKLÓS RÓZSA = HUNGARIAN = = Film Score Composer = |
Born: 18 April 1907 Budapest, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (now HUNGARY) | Died: 27 July 1995 Los Angeles, California, USA |
88 | |
![]() JERRY GARCIA = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist = = member of = = The Grateful Dead = |
Born: JEROME JOHN GARCIA 1 August 1942 San Francisco, California, USA | Died: 9 August 1995 Forest Knolls, California, USA |
53 | Diabetes-related |
ALLAN McCARTHY = CANADIAN = = Musician = = member of = = Men Without Hats {1981–1986} = |
Born: | Died: 11 August 1995 |
AIDS Complications | |
![]() BOBBY DeBARGE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Musician = = lead singer of = = Switch = |
Born: ROBERT LOUIS DeBARGE Jr. 5 March 1956 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 16 August 1995 Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
39 | AIDS Complications |
ALAN DELL = BRITISH = = BBC Radio 2 DJ = |
Born: ALAN CREIGHTON MANDELL 20 March 1924 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA | Died: 18 August 1995 |
71 | |
![]() PIERRE SCHAEFFER = FRENCH = = Composer and Pioneer of Musique concrète = |
Born: PIERRE HENRI MARIE SCHAEFFER 14 August 1910 Nancy, Lorraine, FRANCE | Died: 19 August 1995 Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, FRANCE |
85 | |
![]() DWAYNE GOETTEL = CANADIAN = = Musician = = member of = = Skinny Puppy = |
Born: DWAYNE RUDOLPH GOETTEL 1 February 1964 CANADA | Died: 23 August 1995 Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA |
31 | Heroin Overdose |
![]() RONNIE WHITE = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur = = co-writer (with Smokey Robinson) of The Temptations hit "My Girl" = = member of = = The Miracles = |
Born: RONALD ANTHONY WHITE 5 April 1939 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 26 August 1995 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
56 | Leukemia |
![]() STRLING MORRISON = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = = founding member of = = The Velvet Underground = |
Born: HOLMES STERLING MORRISON, Jr. 29 August 1942 East Meadow, New York, USA | Died: 30 August 1995 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA |
53 | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
![]() DON CHERRY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: DONALD EUGENE CHERRY 18 November 1936 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | Died: 19 October 1995 Málaga, SPAIN |
58 | Liver Cancer |
MAXENE ANDREWS = AMERICAN = = Singer = = member of = = The Andrews Sisters = |
Born: 3 January 1916 Mound, Minnesota, USA | Died: 21 October 1995 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA |
79 | Heart Attack |
![]() SHANNON HOON = AMERICAN = = singer-songwriter and musician = = lead singer of = = Blind Melon = |
Born: RICHARD SHANNON HOON 26 September 1967 Lafayette, Indiana, USA | Died: 21 October 1995 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
28 | Cocaine Overdose |
![]() HANS HELFRITZ = GERMAN = = Composer and Photographer = |
Born: 25 July 1902 Chemnitz, GERMANY | Died: 21 October 1995 Duisburg, GERMANY |
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![]() GORNI KRAMER = ITALIAN = = Songwriter, Musician and Band Leader = |
Born: FRANCESCO KRAMER GORNI 22 July 1913 Rivarolo Mantovano (Lombardy), ITALY | Died: 26 October 1995 Milan, ITALY |
82 | Heart Attack |
![]() ERICA MORINI = JEWISH-AUSTRIAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 5 January 1904 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 31 October 1995 |
91 | |
JERRY DANIELS = AMERICAN = = Singer and Musician = = original member of = = The Ink Spots {1934-1936} = |
Born: 14 December 1915 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Died: 7 November 1995 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
79 | |
![]() ION BACIU = ROMANIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: 21 July 1931 Brăteiu – Mediaş, Sibiu County, ROMANIA | Died: 8 November 1995 Ploiești, ROMANIA |
64 | |
![]() ALAN HULL = ENGLISH = = Singer-Songwriter = = founding member of = = Lindisfarne = |
Born: JAMES ALAN HULL 20 February 1945 Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND | Died: 17 November 1995 Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND |
50 | Heart Thrombosis |
![]() PETER GRANT = ENGLISH = = Record Executive for Swan Song Records, = = music manager of = = Led Zeppelin = = The Yardbirds = = The Jeff Beck Group = = Terry Reid = = The New Vaudeville Band = = Bad Company = = Maggie Bell = = The Nashville Teens = = Stone the Crows = |
Born: PETER JAMES GRANT 5 April 1935 South Norwood, London, ENGLAND | Died: 21 November 1995 Eastbourne, Sussex, ENGLAND |
60 | Myocardial Infarction |
MATTHEW ASHMAN = ENGLISH = = Musician = = guitarist of = = Adam and the Ants = = Bow Wow Wow = |
Born: MATTHEW JAMES ASHMAN 3 November 1960 Mill Hill, Barnet, ENGLAND | Died: 21 November 1995 |
35 | After lapsing into a coma due to complications arising from diabetes |
![]() JUNIOR WALKER = AMERICAN = = Musician = |
Born: AUTRY DeWALT MIXON Jr. 14 June 1931 Blytheville, Arkansas, USA | Died: 23 November 1995 Battle Creek, Michigan, USA |
64 | Cancer |
DEAN MARTIN = ITALIAN-AMERICAN = = Singer, Actor, Comedian, and Film Producer = |
Born: DINO PAUL CROCETTI 7 June 1917 Steubenville, Ohio, USA | Died: 25 December 1995 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
78 | Acute Respiratory Failure |
![]() NICOLAS SLONIMSKY = RUSSIAN-born AMERICAN = = Conductor, Author, Pianist, Composer and Lexicographer = |
Born: NIKOLAI LEONIDOVICH SLONIMSKIY 27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1894 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA | Died: 25 December 1995 Los Angeles, California, USA |
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SHURA CHERKASSKY = AMERICAN = = Pianist = |
Born: ALEXANDER ISAAKOVICH CHERKASSKY 7 October 1909 Odessa, RUSSIAN EMPIRE (now in UKRAINE) | Died: 27 December 1995 London, ENGLAND |
86 | |
HANS HENKEMANS = DUTCH = = Pianist, Teacher, Composer of Classical Music and Psychiatrist = |
Born: 23 December 1913 The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS | Died: 29 December 1995 Nieuwegein, THE NETHERLANDS |
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