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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 Francis Abbott
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
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
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
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
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
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
HEINRICH SUTERMEISTER
= SWISS =
= Opera Composer =
Born:
12 August 1910
Feuerthalen, SWITZERLAND
|
Died:
16 March 1995
Vaux-sur-Morges, SWITZERLAND
84  
Eazy-E
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
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 Quintanilla-Perez
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
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
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
BURL IVES
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Actor =
Born: BURL ICLE IVANHOE IVES
14 June 1909
Hunt City, Illinois, USA
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Died:
14 April 1995
Anacortes, Washington, USA
85 Oral Cancer
Ginger Rogers
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
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
72  
Dick Curless
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
ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI
= ITALIAN =
= Pianist =
Born:
5 January 1920
Brescia, ITALY
|
Died:
12 June 1995
Lugano, SWITZERLAND
75  
Rory Gallagher
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
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
67  
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
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
Miklos Rozsa
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
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
ALLAN McCARTHY
= CANADIAN =
= Musician =


= member of =
= Men Without Hats {1981–1986} =
Born:


|
Died:
11 August 1995
  AIDS Complications
Bobby Debarge
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
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
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
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
Sterling Morrison
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
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
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
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
HANS HELFRITZ
= GERMAN =
= Composer and Photographer =
Born:
25 July 1902
Chemnitz, GERMANY
|
Died:
21 October 1995
Duisburg, GERMANY
93  
Gorni Kramer
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
Erika Morini
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
ION BACIU
= ROMANIAN =
= Conductor =
Born:
21 July 1931
Brăteiu – Mediaş, Sibiu County, ROMANIA
|
Died:
8 November 1995
Ploiești, ROMANIA
64  
Alan Hull
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
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
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
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
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
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Died:
25 December 1995
Los Angeles, California, USA
101  
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
82  
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