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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 ROLF LIEBERMANN = SWISS = = Composer and Music Administrator = |
Born: 14 September 1910 Zürich, SWITZERLAND | Died: 2 January 1999 Paris, FRANCE |
88 | |
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TONI FISHER = AMERICAN = = Pop Singer = |
Also known as: MISS TONI FISHER and TONI F. MONZELLO 4 December 1924 | Died: 11 January 1999 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
74 | Heart Attack |
 CHARLES BROWN = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer and Pianist = |
Born: TONY RUSSELL BROWN 13 September 1922 Texas City, Texas, USA | Died: 21 January 1999 Oakland, California, USA |
76 | |
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GABOR CARELLI = HUNGARIAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 1915 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 22 January 1999 Manhattan, USA |
83 | |
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"PRINCE" LINCOLN THOMPSON known as SAX = JAMAICAN = = Singer, Musician and Songwriter = member of the reggae band The Royal Rasses |
Born: 18 June 1949 Kingston, JAMAICA | Died: 23 January 1999 London, ENGLAND |
49 | Cancer |
 GWEN GUTHRIE = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Pianist = |
Born: GWENDOLYN GUTHRIE 9 July 1950 Newark, New Jersey, USA | Died: 3 February 1999 Newark, New Jersey, USA (buried) |
48 | Uterine Cancer |
 "BIG L" = AMERICAN = = Hip Hip Recording Artist and Rapper = |
Born: LAMONT COLEMAN 30 May 1974 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 15 February 1999 New York City, New York, USA |
24 | Shot nine times in the face and chest in a drive-by shooting |
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AGNES BERNELLE = GERMAN = = Actress and singer = |
Born: AGNES ELIZABETH BERNAUER 7 March 1923 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 15 February 1999 Sandymount, County Dublin, IRELAND |
75 | |
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NECIL KÂZIM AKSES = TURKISH = = Composer = |
Born: 6 May 1908 Istanbul, TURKEY | Died: 16 February 1999 Ankara, TURKEY |
90 | |
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DUSTY SPRINGFIELD = ENGLISH = = Singer = |
Born: MARY ISABEL CATHERINE BERNADETTE O'BRIEN 16 April 1939 West Hampstead, London, ENGLAND | Died: 2 March 1999 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND |
59 | Cancer |
 EDDIE DEAN = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Actor = |
Born: EDGAR DEAN GLOSUP 9 July 1907 Posey, Texas, USA | Died: 4 March 1999 Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
91 | |
 YEHUDI MENUHIN = AMERICAN-born BRITISH/SWISS = = Violinist, Conductor and Musical Director = |
Born: 22 April 1916 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 12 March 1999 Berlin, GERMANY |
92 | Complications of Bronchitis |
 BIDU SAYÃO = BRAZILIAN = = Opera Singer = |
Born: BALDUÍNA DE OLIVEIRA SAYÃO 11 May 1902 Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | Died: 13 March 1999 Rockport, Maine, USA |
96 | |
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ANANDA SHANKAR = INDIAN = = Classical Musician and Composer = |
Born: ANANDA SHANKAR ROY 11 December 1942 Almora, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA | Died: 26 March 1999 INDIA |
56 | Cardiac Arrest |
 JOE WILLIAMS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Singer = |
Born: JOSEPH GOREED 12 December 1918 Cordele, Georgia, USA | Died: 29 March 1999 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
80 | |
 LIONEL BART = ENGLISH = = Songwriter and Composer = |
Born: LIONEL BEGLEITER 1 August 1930 Stepney, London, ENGLAND | Died: 3 April 1999 Hammersmith, London, ENGLAND |
68 | Cancer |
 RED NORVO = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: KENNETH NORVILLE 31 March 1908 Beardstown, Illinois, USA | Died: 6 April 1999 Santa Monica, California, USA |
91 | |
 ANTHONY NEWLEY = ENGLISH = = Songwriter, Actor and Singer = |
Born: 24 September 1931 London, England, UK | Died: 14 April 1999 Jensen Beach, Florida, USA |
67 | Renal Cancer |
 SKIP SPENCE = CANADIAN-born AMERICAN = = Musician and Singer-Songwriter = member of Moby Grape Jefferson Airplane |
Born: ALEXANDER LEE SPENCE 18 April 1946 Windsor, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 16 April 1999 Santa Cruz, California, USA |
52 | Lung Cancer |
 ROGER TROUTMAN = AMERICAN = = R&B Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist = founding member of Zapp |
Born: 29 November 1951 Hamilton, Ohio, USA | Died: 25 April 1999 Dayton, Ohio, USA |
47 | Gunshot Wounds (Shot several times by his brother) |
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LARRY TROUTMAN = AMERICAN = = R&B Percussionist = founding member of Zapp |
Born: 12 August 1944 Hamilton, Ohio, USA | Died: 25 April 1999 Dayton, Ohio, USA |
54 | Suicide by Gunshot, after killing younger brother |
 KEMI OLUSANYA aka KEMISTRY = ENGLISH = = Drum and Bass DJ = member of Kemistry & Storm |
Born: VALERIE OLUKEMI A OLUSANYA 13 October 1963 Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK | Died: 25 April 1999 M3 Motorway in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK |
35 | Freak Motorway Accident |
 ADRIAN BORLAND = ENGLISH = = Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Record Producer = member of The Sound {1979-1987} |
Born: ADRIAN KELVIN BORLAND 6 December 1957 Hampstead, London, ENGLAND | Died: 26 April 1999 Wimbledon, London, ENGLAND |
41 | Committed Suicide by throwing himself under a train |
 AL HIRT = AMERICAN = = Trumpeter and Bandleader = |
Born: ALOIS MAXWELL HIRT 7 November 1922 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 27 April 1999 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
76 | Liver Failure |
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DARRELL SWEET = SCOTTISH = = Rock Drummer = co-founding member of Nazareth |
Born: DARRELL ANTONY SWEET 16 May 1947 Bournemouth, ENGLAND | Died: 30 April 1999 New Albany, Indiana, USA |
51 | Heart Attack |
 SHEL SILVERSTEIN = AMERICAN = = Poet, Singer-Songwriter, Cartoonist, Screenwriter, = = and Author of Children's Books = |
Born: SHELDON ALLAN SILVERSTEIN 25 September 1932 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 10 May 1999 Key West, Florida, USA |
66 | Heart Attack |
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WILLIAM TUCKER = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = member of Ministry |
Born: 1961 New Jersey, USA | Died: 14 May 1999 New Jersey, USA |
38 | Suicide by slitting own throat |
 PAUL SACHER = SWISS = = Conductor, Patron and Impresario = |
Born: 28 April 1906 Basel, SWITZERLAND | Died: 26 May 1999 Basel, SWITZERLAND |
93 | |
 MEL TORMÉ = AMERICAN = = Jazz Singer, Musician, Composer, Arranger and Actor = |
Born: MELVIN HOWARD TORMÉ 13 September 1925 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 5 June 1999 Los Angeles, California, USA |
73 | Stroke |
 FAUSTO DANIELI = ITALIAN = = Alto Saxophone Player = |
Born: FAUSTO PAPETTI 28 January 1923 Viggiù, ITALY | Died: 15 June 1999 Sanremo, ITALY |
76 | |
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KAMI = JAPANESE = = Drummer = member of Malice Mizer |
Born: UKYŌ KAMIMURA 1 February 1972 Ibaraki, JAPAN | Died: 21 June 1999 |
27 | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
 SVEN EINAR ENGLUND = FINNISH = = Composer = |
Born: 17 June 1916 Ljugarn in Gotland, SWEDEN | Died: 27 June 1999 Visby, SWEDEN |
83 | |
 MARK SANDMAN = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Musical Instrument Inventor, = = Multi-Instrumentalist and Comic Writer = member of Morphine {1989-1999} |
Born: 24 September 1952 Newton, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 3 July 1999 Palestrina, ITALY |
46 | Heart Attack |
 BENNY BELL = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: BENJAMIN SAMBERG or BENJAMIN ZAMBERG 21 March 1906 New York City, USA | Died: 6 July 1999 New York, USA |
93 | |
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JOAQUÍN RODRIGO = SPANISH = = Composer = |
Born: JOAQUÍN RODRIGO VIDRE, 1st Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez 22 November 1901 Sagunto, Valencia, SPAIN | Died: 6 July 1999 Madrid, SPAIN |
97 | |
 HELEN FORREST = AMERICAN = = Big Band Singer = |
Born: HELEN FOGEL 12 April 1917 Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | Died: 11 July 1999 Los Angeles, California, USA |
82 | Congestive Heart Failure |
 KEVIN WILKINSON = ENGLISH = = Session Drummer = |
Born: KEVIN MICHAEL WILKINSON 11 June 1958 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ENGLAND | Died: 17 July 1999 Baydon, near Swindon, ENGLAND |
41 | Committed Suicide by Hanging Himself |
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LESLEY PITTS = = = Music Publicist = |
Born: | Died: 3 August 1999 |
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BOBBY SHEEHAN = AMERICAN = = Musician and Songwriter = founding member and bassist for Blues Traveler |
Born: ROBERT VAUGHAN SHEEHAN 12 June 1968 Summit, New Jersey USA | Died: 20 August 1999 New Orleans, Louisiana USA |
31 | Accidental Overdose of Heroin, Cocaine and Valium |
 ROB FISHER = ENGLISH = = Keyboardist, Songwriter, Producer = = Studio Oowner (The Stone Room, London in Shepherd's Bush) = member of: Naked Eyes Climie Fisher |
Born: 5 November 1956 Cheltenham, ENGLAND | Died: 25 August 1999 Surrey, ENGLAND |
42 | Following Bowel Surgery for Cancer |
 ALFREDO KRAUS = SPANISH = = Tenor Opera Singer = |
Born: ALFREDO KRAUS TRUJILLO 24 November 1927 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands of SPAIN | Died: 10 September 1999 Madrid, SPAIN |
71 | After a long illness |
 ART FARMER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician and Composer = |
Born: ARTHUR STEWART FARMER 21 August 1928 Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA | Died: 4 October 1999 New York City, New York, USA |
71 | Heart Attack |
 AMALIA RODRIGUES = PORTUGUESE = = Singer = |
Born: AMÁLIA REBORDÃO RODRIGUES 23 July 1920 Lisbon, PORTUGAL | Died: 6 October 1999 Lisbon, PORTUGAL |
79 | |
 MILT JACKSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Vibraphonist = |
Born: MILTON JACKSON 1 January 1923 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 9 October 1999 New York City, New York, USA |
76 | |
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ROBERT WRIGHT = = = Songwriter and Librettist = |
Born: | Died: 10 October 1999 |
90 | |
 ELLA MAE MORSE = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: 12 September 1924 Mansfield, Texas, USA | Died: 16 October 1999 Bullhead City, Arizona, USA |
75 | Respiratory Failure |
 HARRY BANNINK = DUTCH = = Composer, Arranger and Pianist = |
Born: 10 April 1929 Enschede, NETHERLANDS | Died: 19 October 1999 Bosch en Duin, NETHERLANDS |
70 | |
 REX GILDO = GERMAN = = Singer = |
Born: LUDWIG FRANZ HIRTREITER 2 July 1936 Straubing, GERMANY | Died: 26 October 1999 Munich, GERMANY |
63 | Having spent three days in an artificially-induced coma after attempting suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment building |
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ROBERT LINN = AMERICAN = = Composer and Teacher = |
Born: 11 August 1925 San Francisco, California, USA | Died: 28 October 1999 Los Angeles, California, USA |
74 | |
 DOUG SAHM = AMERICAN = = Country and Rock Musician = |
Born: DOUGLAS WAYNE SAHM 6 November 1941 San Antonio, Texas, USA | Died: 18 November 1999 Taos, New Mexico, USA |
58 | Heart Attack |
 SCATMAN JOHN = AMERICAN = = Music Artist = |
Born: JOHN PAUL LARKIN 13 March 1942 El Monte, California, USA | Died: 3 December 1999 Los Angeles, California, USA |
57 | Lung Cancer |
 TODD BARNES = AMERICAN = = Drummer = member of T.S.O.L. {1978-1983, 1991, 1999} |
Born: | Died: 6 December 1999 |
34 | Brain Aneurysm |
 RICK DANKO = CANADIAN = = Musician, Bassist, Songwriter and Singer = member of The Band |
Born: RICHARD CLARE DANKO 29 December 1943 Blayney, Norfolk County, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 10 December 1999 Marbletown, New York, USA |
55 | Heart Failure, arising largely from years of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction |
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GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. = AMERICAN = = Jazz-Funk / Soul-Jazz Saxophonist = |
Born: 12 December 1943 Buffalo, New York, USA | Died: 17 December 1999 Manhattan, New York, USA |
56 | Heart Attack |
 CURTIS MAYFIELD = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist, and Record Producer = |
Born: CURTIS LEE MAYFIELD 3 June 1942 Chicago, Illinois, USA | Died: 26 December 1999 Roswell, Georgia, USA |
57 | Complications of type 2 Diabetes |
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