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| Name | Dates | Age | Cause of Death |
 LES BROWN = AMERICAN = = Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Big Band Leader and Composer = |
Born: LESTER RAYMOND BROWN, Sr. 14 March 1912 Reinerton, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 4 January 2001 |
89 | Lung Cancer |
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MILAN HLAVSA = CZECH = = Musician = associated acts: Plastic People of the Universe {1967-1968} |
Born: 6 March 1951 Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Died: 5 January 2001 |
49 | Lung Cancer |
 JAMES CARR = AMERICAN = = Rhythm & Blues and Soul Singer = |
Born: 13 June 1942 Coahoma, Mississippi, USA | Died: 7 January 2001 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
58 | |
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BRYAN GREGORY = AMERICAN = = Rock Musician = associated acts: The Cramps |
Born: GREGORY BECKERLEG 20 February 1951 Detroit, Michigan, USA | Died: 10 January 2001 Anaheim, California, USA |
49 | Multiple Systems Failure |
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LEIF THYBO = DANISH = = Organist and Composer = |
Born: 12 June 1922 | Died: 24 January 2001 |
78 | |
 J J JOHNSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trombonist, Composer and Arranger = |
Born: JAMES LOUIS JOHNSON 22 January 1924 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Died: 4 February 2001 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
77 | |
 IANNIS XENAKIS = GREEK-FRENCH = = Composer, Music Theorist, Architect, and Engineer = |
Born: 29 May 1922 Brăila, ROMANIA | Died: 4 February 2001 Paris, FRANCE |
78 | |
 BUDDY TATE = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: GEORGE HOLMES TATE 22 February 1913 Sherman, Texas, USA | Died: 10 February 2001 Chandler, Arizona, USA |
87 | |
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GEORGE T. SIMON = AMERICAN = = Music Critic and Original Glenn Miller Orchestra Drummer = |
Born: GEORGE THOMAS SIMON 9 May 1912 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 13 February 2001 New York City, New York, USA |
88 | Pneumonia |
 CHARLES TRENET = FRENCH = = Singer, Songwriter = |
Born: LOUIS CHARLES AUGUSTE CLAUDE TRENET 18 May 1913 Narbonne, Aude, FRANCE | Died: 19 February 2001 Créteil, FRANCE |
87 | |
 RONNIE HILTON = ENGLISH = = Singer and Radio Presenter = |
Born: ADRIAN HILL 26 January 1926 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 21 February 2001 Hailsham, East Sussex, ENGLAND |
75 | |
 MALCOLM YELVINGTON = AMERICAN = = Rockabilly and Country Musician = |
Born: 14 September 1918 Tipton County, Tennessee, USA | Died: 21 February 2001 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
82 | |
 JOHN FAHEY = AMERICAN = = Guitarist, Indie Label Owner = |
Born: JOHN ALOYSIUS FAHEY 28 February 1939 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 22 February 2001 Salem, Oregon, USA |
61 | After undergoing a Sextuple Coronary Bypass Operation |
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GLENN HUGHES = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actor = original "Biker" character in the disco group "THE VILLAGE PEOPLE" {1977-1996} |
Born: GLENN MARTIN HUGHES 18 July 1950 New York, New York, USA | Died: 4 March 2001 New York, New York, USA |
50 | Lung Cancer |
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SIR LANCELOT = TRINIDADIAN = = Calypso Singer = |
Born: LANCELOT VICTOR EDWARD PINARD 24 March 1902 Cumuto, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Died: 12 March 2001 Anaheim, California, USA |
98 | |
 JOHN PHILLIPS = AMERICAN = = Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter and Promoter, = = most notably of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival = Co-Founder and leader of pop group "THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS" {1965–1968, 1971} |
Born: JOHN EDMUND ANDREW PHILLIPS 30 August 1935 Parris Island, South Carolina, USA | Died: 18 March 2001 Los Angeles, California, USA |
65 | Heart Failure |
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FRANCIS GRASSO = AMERICAN = = Soul Music Disc Jockey = |
Born: 25 March 1949 New York, USA | Died: 20 March 2001 |
51 | |
 MOE KOFFMAN = CANADIAN = = Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist, = = as well as Composer and Arranger = |
Born: MORRIS KOFFMAN 28 December 1928 Toronto, CANADA | Died: 28 March 2001 Orangeville, Ontario, CANADA |
72 | Cancer |
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JOHN LEWIS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Pianist, Composer and Arranger = |
Born: JOHN AARON LEWIS 3 May 1920 La Grange, Illinois, USA | Died: 29 March 2001 New York City, New York, USA |
80 | After a long battle with Prostate Cancer |
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CHARLES PETTIGREW = AMERICAN = = Singer = member of "CHARLES & EDDIE" |
Born: 12 May 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 6 April 2001 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
37 | Cancer |
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GRAZIELLA SCIUTTI = ITALIAN = = Soprano Opera Singer and later Vocal Teacher and Opera Producer = |
Born: 17 April 1927 Turin, ITALY | Died: 9 April 2001 |
73 | |
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SANDY BULL = AMERICAN = = Folk Musician and Composer = |
Born: ALEXANDER BULL 25 February 1941 New York City, USA | Died: 11 April 2001 near Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
60 | Lung Cancer |
 GRACIELA NARANJO = VENEZUELAN = = Bolero Singer and Actress = |
Born: 25 December 1916 Maiquetía, VENEZUELA | Died: 11 April 2001 Caracas, VENEZUELA |
84 | |
 Sir HARRY SECOMBE = WELSH = = Comedian and Singer = |
Born: HARRY DONALD SECOMBE 8 September 1921 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK | Died: 11 April 2001 Guildford, Surrey, England, UK |
79 | Prostate Cancer |
 JOEY RAMONE = AMERICAN = = Musician, Singer-Songwriter = lead singer of The Ramones |
Born: JEFFREY ROSS HYMAN 19 May 1951 Queens, New York, USA | Died: 15 April 2001 Manhattan, New York, USA |
49 | Lymphoma |
 GIUSEPPE SINOPOLI = ITALIAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 2 November 1946 Venice, ITALY | Died: 20 April 2001 Berlin, GERMANY |
54 | Heart Attack |
 BILLY HIGGINS = AMERICAN = = Jazz Drummer = |
Born: 11 October 1936 Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 3 May 2001 Inglewood, California, USA |
64 | Kidney and Liver Failure |
 BOOZOO CHAVIS = AMERICAN = = Accordion Player, Singer, Songwriter and Bandleader = |
Born: WILSON ANTHONY CHAVIS 23 October 1930 Church Point, Louisiana, USA | Died: 5 May 2001 Austin, Texas, USA |
70 | Complications resulting from a Heart Attack |
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JAMES E. MYERS = AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Actor, Producer, and Raconteur = |
Born: JAMES EDWARD MYERS 26 October 1919 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 10 May 2001 Bonita Springs, Florida, USA |
81 | |
 PERRY COMO = AMERICAN = = Singer and Television Personality = |
Born: PIERINO RONALD COMO 18 May 1912 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 12 May 2001 Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, USA |
88 | |
 PRINCE ITAL JOE = DOMINICAN-born AMERICAN = = Reggae Singer and Musician = |
Born: JOE PAQUETTE 5 May 1963 Roseau, DOMINICA | Died: 16 May 2001 Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
38 | Car Accident |
 RENATO CAROSONE = ITALIAN = = Musician and Singer = |
Born: RENATO CARUSONE 3 January 1920 Naples, ITALY | Died: 20 May 2001 Rome, ITALY |
81 | |
 JOHN HARTFORD = AMERICAN = = Folk, Country and Bluegrass Composer and Musician = |
Born: JOHN COWAN HARFORD 30 December 1937 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 4 June 2001 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
63 | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma |
 CAROLE FREDERICKS = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: CAROLE DENISE FREDERICKS 5 June 1952 Springfield, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 7 June 2001 Dakar, SENEGAL |
49 | Heart Attack |
 MARCELO FROMER = BRAZILIAN = = Guitarist = member of Titãs = |
Born: 3 December 1961 São Paulo, BRAZIL | Died: 13 June 2001 São Paulo, BRAZIL |
39 | Rammed by a Motorcycle |
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DAVORIN POPOVIĆ = BOSNIAN = = Musician = lead singer of Indexi |
Born: 23 September 1946 Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR YUGOSLAVIA | Died: 18 June 2001 Sarajevo, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
54 | Pancreatic Cancer |
 JOHN LEE HOOKER = AMERICAN = = Blues Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist = |
Born: c. 22 August 1912 Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA | Died: 21 June 2001 Los Altos, California, USA |
believed to have been 88 years old |
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 CHET ATKINS = AMERICAN = = Country Musician, Songwriter, Producer = |
Born: CHESTER BURTON ATKINS 20 June 1924 Luttrell, Tennessee, USA | Died: 30 June 2001 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
77 | |
 JOE HENDERSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Tenor Saxophonist = |
Born: 24 April 1937 Lima, Ohio, USA | Died: 30 June 2001 San Francisco, California, USA |
64 | Heart Failure after a long battle with Emphysema |
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DELIA ANN DERBYSHIRE = ENGLISH = = Musician and Composer of Electronic Music and Musique Concrète = |
Born: 5 May 1937 Coventry, ENGLAND | Died: 3 July 2001 Northampton, England, UK |
64 | Renal Failure due to Chronic Alcoholism |
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JOHNNY RUSSELL = AMERICAN = = Country Singer, Songwriter, and Comedian = |
Born: JOHN BRIGHT RUSSELL 23 January 1940 Moorhead, Mississippi, USA | Died: 3 July 2001 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
61 | Diabetes-Related Complications |
 ERNIE K-DOE = AFRICAN-AMERICAN = = Rhythm-and-Blues Singer = |
Born: ERNEST KADOR, Jr. 22 February 1933 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 5 July 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
68 | Kidney and Liver Failure from years of Alcoholism |
 FRED NEIL = AMERICAN = = Folk Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: FREDERICK NEIL 16 March 1936 Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Died: 7 July 2001 Summerland Key, Florida, USA |
65 | Natural Causes from Skin Cancer |
 TOO POETIC aka GRYM REAPER = TRINIDADIAN-born AMERICAN = = Rapper and Producer = founding member of Gravediggaz |
Born: ANTHONY IAN BERKELEY 15 November 1964 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Died: 15 July 2001 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
36 | Colon Cancer |
 MIMI FARIÑA = AMERICAN = = Singer-Songwriter and Activist = |
Born: MARGARITA MIMI BAEZ 30 April 1945 Palo Alto, California, USA | Died: 18 July 2001 Mill Valley, California, USA |
56 | Neuroendocrine Cancer |
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RICHIE LEE = AMERICAN = = Singer and Bassist = member of Acetone |
Born: | Died: 23 July 2001 Los Angeles, California, USA |
34 | Suicide |
 HAROLD LAND = AMERICAN = = Hard Bop and Post-Bop Tenor Saxophonist = |
Born: HAROLD DE VANCE LAND 18 December 1928 Houston, Texas, USA | Died: 27 July 2001 Los Angeles, California, USA |
72 | Stroke |
 LEON WILKESON = AMERICAN = = Musician and Songwriter = bassist of Lynyrd Skynyrd {1972-2001} |
Born: LEON RUSSELL WILKESON 2 April 1952 Newport, Rhode Island, USA | Died: 27 July 2001 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA |
49 | |
 RONALD TOWNSON = AMERICAN = = Vocalist = original member of "THE 5TH DIMENSION" |
Born: 29 January 1933 St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Died: 2 August 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
68 | Renal Failure after a four-year battle with Kidney Disease |
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ROLAND CARDON = BELGIAN = = Composer, Pedagogue, Flautist, Clarinetist and Multi-Instrumentalist = |
Born: 15 April 1929 Ronse, BELGIUM | Died: 18 August 2001 |
72 | |
 AALIYAH = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: AALIYAH DANA HAUGHTON 16 January 1979 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 25 August 2001 Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, THE BAHAMAS |
22 | Plane Crash |
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KARL ULRICH SCHNABEL = AUSTRIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 6 August 1909 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 27 August 2001 Danbury, Connecticut, USA |
92 | |
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GRAEME "SHIRLEY" STRACHAN = AUSTRALIAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Radio & Television Presenter, = = and Carpenter = associated acts: Skyhooks = |
Born: GRAEME RONALD STRACHAN 2 January 1952 Malvern, Victoria, AUSTRALIA | Died: 29 August 2001 Mount Archer, Queensland, AUSTRALIA |
49 | Helicopter Accident |
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TED MULRY = AUSTRALIAN = = Singer, Songwriter, Bass Player and Guitarist = associated acts: Ted Mulry Gang |
Born: MARTIN ALBERT MULRY 2 September 1947 Oldham, Lancashire, ENGLAND | Died: 1 September 2001 Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
53 | Brain Cancer |
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CARL CRACK = SWAZI-born GERMAN = = Techno Artist = associated acts: Atari Teenage Riot {1992-2000} |
Born: KARL BÖHM 5 May 1971 SWAZILAND | Died: 6 September 2001 |
30 | |
 ISAAC STERN = UKRAINIAN-born AMERICAN = = Violinist and Conductor = |
Born: 21 July 1920 Kremenets (Krzemieniec), then in the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic (present day UKRAINE) | Died: 22 September 2001 |
81 | |
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TATIANA MENOTTI = ITALIAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 24 June 1909 Boston, USA | Died: 3 October 2001 Barcelona, SPAIN |
92 | |
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IVAN HRUŠOVSKÝ = SLOVAK = = Composer and Educator = |
Born: 23 February 1927 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA (CZECHOSLOVAKIA at the time) | Died: 5 October 2001 |
74 | |
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BARRY McCAULEY = AMERICAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 25 June 1950 Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 10 October 2001 Oradell, New Jersey, USA |
51 | Lung Cancer |
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JAY LIVINGSTON = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: JACOB HAROLD LEVISON 28 March 1915 McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 17 October 2001 Los Angeles, California, USA |
86 | |
 MICHAEL KAROLI = GERMAN = = Guitarist, Violinist and Composer = |
Born: 29 April 1948 Straubing, GERMANY | Died: 17 November 2001 Essen, GERMANY |
53 | Undisclosed form of Cancer |
 RALPH BURNS = AMERICAN = = Songwriter, Bandleader, Composer, Conductor, = = Arranger and Bebop Pianist = |
Born: RALPH JOSE P. BURNS 29 June 1922 Newton, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 21 November 2001 Los Angeles, California, USA |
79 | Complications of a recent Stroke and Pneumonia |
 NORMAN GRANZ = AMERICAN = = Jazz Music Impresario and Record Producer = |
Born: 6 August 1918 Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 22 November 2001 Geneva, SWITZERLAND |
83 | |
 MELANIE THORNTON = AMERICAN = = Singer = voice of La Bouche |
Born: MELANIE JANENE THORNTON 13 May 1967 Charleston, South Carolina, USA | Died: 24 November 2001 Bassersdorf, near Zürich, SWITZERLAND |
34 | Plane crash of Crossair Flight 3597 |
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KAL MANN = AMERICAN = = Lyricist = |
Born: KALMAN COHEN 6 May 1917 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 28 November 2001 Pompano Beach, Florida, USA |
84 | |
 GEORGE HARRISON = ENGLISH = = Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist, Singer and Songwriter = = and Music and Film Producer = associated acts: "THE BEATLES" "THE TRAVELLING WILBURY'S" |
Born: 25 February 1943 Liverpool, ENGLAND | Died: 29 November 2001 Los Angeles, California, USA |
58 | Cancer |
 CHUCK SCHULDINER = AMERICAN= = Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist = associated acts: Death |
Born: CHARLES MICHAEL SCHULDINER 13 May 1967 Long Island, New York, USA | Died: 13 December 2001 |
34 | Cancer |
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RUFUS THOMAS = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: RUFUS C. THOMAS, Jr. 26 March 1917 Cayce, Mississippi, USA | Died: 15 December 2001 Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
84 | |
 STUART ADAMSON = SCOTTISH = = Guitarist, Vocalist, and Songwriter = associated acts: "SKIDS" (1977-1980) "BIG COUNTRY" (1981-2001) |
Born: WILLIAM STUART ADAMSON 11 April 1958 Manchester, ENGLAND | Died: 16 December 2001 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
43 | Suiciide by self-strangulation |
 DÉBRIA BROWN = AMERICAN = = Operatic Mezzo-Soprano = |
Born: DÉBRIA M. BROWN 26 October 1936 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | Died: 17 December 2001 Houston, USA |
65 | |
 GILBERT BÉCAUD = FRENCH = = Singer, Composer, Pianist and Actor = |
Born: FRANÇOIS GILBERT LÉOPOLD SILLY 24 October 1927 Toulon, FRANCE | Died: 18 December 2001 Paris, FRANCE |
74 | Cancer |
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CÁSSIA ELLER = BRAZILIAN = = Singer = |
Born: CÁSSIA REJANE ELLER 10 December 1962 Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL | Died: 29 December 2001 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
39 | Heart Attack |
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