Musicians Who Died in 1992

1992 Calendar

Feb 20 Andrew Schenck, American conductor, dies of melanoma at 51
Feb 21 Eva Jessye, American singer and choral director (Eva Jessye Choir - "Four Saints in Three Acts";"Porgy and Bess"), dies at 97
Feb 21 Jane Pickens, American stage (Regina) and pop-harmony, singer, dies of heart failure at 83
Feb 28 La Lupe [Guadalupe Yolí Raymond], Cuban salsa, boleros, and guarachas singer, dies of a heart attack at 53
Mar 4 Mary Osborne, American jazz guitarist (Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk), dies of leukemia at 70 [1]
Mar 8 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, dies of thyroid cancer at 76
Mar 10 Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
Mar 12 Karel Poons, Jewish-Dutch ballet dancer, educator, and Holocaust survivor, dies at 79
Mar 13 Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84
Mar 19 Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, dies at 85
Mar 20 Frank Westbrook, American Broadway dancer and choreographer, dies at 82
Mar 20 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
Mar 21 Natalie Sleeth, American composer, dies at 61
Mar 27 Harald Sæverud, Norwegian composer (Rondo Amoroso; Sinfonia Dolorosa), dies at 94
Mar 28 Josef Matej, Czech composer, dies at 70

Apr 1 Konstantin Sergeyev, Russian ballet dancer and director of the Kirov Ballet (Swan Lake), dies at 82 [1]
Apr 1 Nigel Preston, British drummer (The Cult), dies of a drug overdose at 28
Apr 2 Paula Kelly, American big band singer (The Modernaires), dies at 72 [1]
Apr 3 (Lloyd) "Slim" Andrews, American actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), comic, and singer-songwriter, dies at 85 [1]
Apr 4 Arthur Russell, American experimental classical-pop fusion cellist, and composer, dies of AIDS at 40
Apr 4 Rodolfo Holzmann, Peruvian composer, dies at 81
Apr 4 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
Apr 5 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band bandleader, dies at 65
Apr 8 Luc-Andre Marcel, French composer, dies at 73
Apr 11 Adele Dixon, British stage and screen actress and singer (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
Apr 12 Joe Medwick, American R&B singer, and songwriter ("Further On Up The Road"), dies at 61
Apr 14 Sammy Price, American boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader, dies at 83
Apr 16 Andy Russell, American drummer and vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
Apr 17 Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, American jazz and session saxophonist and clarinetist (Dorsey Brothers; Benny Goodman; Lawrence Wlek), dies at 80
Apr 17 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure

Apr 19 Rob Clayton, American alternative rock drummer (The Jody Grind), dies in car crash with a drunk driver at 22
Apr 19 Robert Hayes, American alternative rock bassist (The Jody Grind), dies in car crash with a drunk driver at 24
Apr 20 Johnny Shines, American delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76
Apr 25 Brian MacLeod, Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist (Chilliwack), dies of cancer at 39
Apr 25 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese pop musician dies of pulmonary edema at 26
Apr 27 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon; St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
Apr 27 Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter ("Hawaiian Cowboy"), dies at 72
May 1 Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945)
May 2 Joey Cuevas, American movie dancer, dies at 34
May 2 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
May 3 Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98

May 6 German American actress and singer (The Blue Angel, Shanghai Express), dies in Paris at 90

May 10 Joan Merrill, American pop vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
May 10 Sylvia Syms [Blagman], American jazz and cabaret singer and actress ("I Could Have Danced All Night"; South Pacific - "Bloody May"), dies of a heart attack at 74
May 15 Barbara Lee, American pop singer (Chiffons - He's So Fine; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?), dies at 44
May 16 Chalino Sánchez, Mexican musician, murdered at 31
May 17 Lawrence Welk, American accordionist and orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89
May 17 Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser], American operatic tenor, dies at 71
May 19 Hans Vogt, German composer, dies at 81
May 22 Gyorgy Ranki, Hungarian composer, dies at 84
May 23 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer, composer, and guitarist, dies at 84
May 26 George Morrow, American jazz double-bassist (Max Roach and Clifford Brown; Sonny Rollins), dies at 66
May 29 Peter "Ollie" Halsall, British rock guitarist and vibraphone player (Patto; The Rutles; Kevin Ayers), dies of a heart attack at 43
May 29 Rudolf Alberth, German conductor, and composer, dies at 74
May 30 Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist and composer, dies at 72
May 31 Karl-Erik Welin, Swedish composer, dies at 58
Jun 8 Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer, dies at 83
Jun 9 Clarence Miller, American blues and jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
Jun 10 Hachidal Nakamura, Japanese composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
Jun 17 Dewey Balfa, American Cajun fiddler and singer, dies at 65
Jun 18 Peter Allen, Australian pop singer-songwriter ("I Go to Rio"' "I Honestly Love You"), and stage performer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
Jun 20 Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, Russian composer, dies at 62
Jun 21 Thomas Whitfield, American gospel vocalist, dies of a heart attack at 38
Jun 24 Tony LeMans [MansFortier], American singer-songwriter ("Cookie Crumbles"), dies in a motorcycle crash at 29
Jun 27 Allan Jones, American actor and singer (A Day at the Races; Showboat), dies at 84
Jun 27 Stefanie Ann Sargent, American guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of alcohol and heroin overdose at 24
Jun 28 Vitya Vronsky, Russian-American concert pianist (Vronsky & Babin), and educator (Cleveland Institute), dies at 82
Jun 30 Jim Alaimo, American vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
Jul 2 Camarón de la Isla [José Monge Cruz], Spanish flamenco singer, dies at 41
Jul 2 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist and educator, dies of cancer at 42
Jul 4 (Robert) "Sonny” Averona, American standards singer, dies of a heart attack while performing on stage at 55
Jul 4 Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player, and composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71
Jul 4 Joe Newman, American jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies at 69
Jul 5 Georgia Brown [Lilian Klot], British cabaret stage, and screen singer and actress (Oliver!; Shoulder To Shoulder), dies from complications of emergency intestinal surgery at 59
Jul 9 Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (Australian Ballet; Bolshoi Ballet), dies of AIDS related illness at 45
Jul 12 Carla van Neste, Belgian classical violinist (Trio Reine Elisabeth), dies at 78
Jul 15 Henk van der Molen, Dutch guitarist, composer, and writer (Martine Bijl), dies
Jul 22 David Wojuarowicz, American artist (U2 single "One" sleeve), dies of AIDS at 37
Jul 25 Alfred Drake [Capurro], American singer and actor (Trading Places, Hamlet, Kiss Me Kate), dies of heart failure at 78
Jul 26 Mary Wells, American pop and soul singer ("My Guy"), dies of laryngeal cancer at 49
Jul 29 William Mathias, Welsh composer (wrote for 1981 royal wedding), dies at 57
Aug 1 Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orchestra), dies of cancer at 72
Aug 2 Michel Berger [Hamburger], French singer-songwriter, and record producer. dies of a heart attack at 44
Aug 5 Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto - "Rosanna"; "Africa"), dies of cardiac arrest at 38
Aug 7 Titti Sotto, Cuban singer and composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies of respiratory and liver failure at 48
Aug 9 William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), dies at 87

Aug 14 Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters, 1953-59 - "Only You"; "Great Pretender"), dies at 64
Aug 15 Jackie Edwards, Jamaican songwriter (Keep On Running), dies at 53 or 54
Aug 16 Don "Pixie" Roberts, Australian jazz clarinetist, saxophone player, and record label executive (Swaggle), dies at 75
Aug 16 Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack
Aug 21 Theodor Berger, Austrian composer. (Sinfonia Parabolica), dies at 87
Aug 22 Paul Winter, American classical and session violinist (NBC Orchestra, 1937-58), dies at 78
Aug 24 Larrie Londin [Ralph Gallant], American session drummer (Motown and Nashville), dies of a heart attack at 48
Aug 25 Alma Graciela Haro Esmerelda, singer, dies of diabetes at 65
Sep 5 Armen Carapetyan, Americn musicologist and composer, dies at 83
Sep 7 Indra Kamadjojo [Broekveld], Indon/Dutch dancer (Stille Kracht), dies

Sep 12 American actor (Psycho; Friendly Persuasion; Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison), and singer, dies from AIDS-related pneumonia at 60 [1]

Sep 18 Earl Van Dyke, American jazz and session piano, Hammond B-3, and harpsichord player (Motown Records' Funk Brothers, 1964-72), dies of prostate cancer at 62
Sep 29 Paul Jabara, American singer-songwriter and actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44
Oct 1 Harry Ray, American soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown), dies of a stroke at 45
Oct 5 Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations, 1960-71 - "I Can't Get Next To You"; "Just My Imagination"), dies of lung cancer at 52
Oct 5 Laurie Anders, American actress and singer, dies of cancer at 70
Oct 5 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher (Music Express) and impresario (North Sea Jazz Festival), dies of lung cancer at 69
Oct 7 Ed Blackwell, American jazz drummer (Ornette Colman Quartet), dies at 62
Oct 19 Maurice Le Roux, French conductor and film score composer (Kamouraska), dies at 69
Oct 20 Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1963-77; Bangor Symphony, 1981-92), dies of cancer at 66
Oct 22 Josef Veselka, Czech choral conductor (Prague Philharmonic Choir, 1959-81), and pedagogue, dies at 82
Oct 23 William Masselos, American pianist, dies of Parkinson's complications at 72

Oct 26 Jerome Andrews, American-French dancer and choreographer, dies at 84
Oct 28 Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
Nov 7 Henri Temianka, Scottish-born Polish composer (California Chamber Symphony), dies at 85
Nov 8 Keith "Red" Mitchell, American jazz double bassist, composer, and lyricist (Hampton Hawes; André Previn), dies from a stroke at 65
Nov 12 Charles "Honi" Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 81
Nov 13 Bobby McClure, American gospel (The Soul Stirrers) and soul singer ("Don't Mess Up A Good Thing"), dies from a stroke at 50
Nov 13 Maurice Ohana, French classical pianist and composer, dies at 79
Nov 13 Ronnie Bond, British drummer (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), dies at 52
Nov 14 George Adams, American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist (Charles Mingus; Gil Evans; McCoy Tyner; Adams/Pullen Quartet), dies at 52
Nov 14 John J. Cascella, American rock keyboard and accordion player (John Mellencamp), dies of a heart attack at 45
Nov 18 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), dies from stroke at 82
Nov 19 Bobby Russell, American songwriter ("Honey"; "Little Green Apples"), dies at 52
Nov 21 Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies at 73
Nov 23 Roy Acuff, American country fiddler, singer ("Wabash Cannonball"; Grand Ole Opry), and music publisher (Acuff-Rose Music), dies of congestive heart failure at 89
Nov 24 Henriette Puig-Roget, French pianist, organist (Oratory of the Louvre, 1935-79), and music educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1957-79), dies at 82
Nov 24 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer and actress (Bridge Too Far), dies at 85
Nov 24 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, dies at 58
Nov 29 Cary Scott Lowenstein, American dancer and singer, dies of AIDS at 30
Nov 30 Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45
Dec 5 Felipe Padilla de León, Filipino composer, dies at 80
Dec 6 (Karl) Yngve Sköld, Swedish organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 93
Dec 10 Bernard Reichel, Swiss composer, dies at 91
Dec 11 Andy Kirk, American jazz saxophonist, tuba player, and bandleader (Clouds Of Joy - "I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)"), dies at 94
Dec 13 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist and orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies at 73
Dec 18 Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer. and teacher (Saugatuck Suite), dies at 83
Dec 21 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer (BB King & Friends; Blues Alive), dies of a heart attack at 69
Dec 21 Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American Grammy Award-winning concert violinist, transcriber and composer, dies at 87
Dec 21 Philip Farkas, American classical horn player (Chicago Symphony) and educator (University of Indiana), dies at 78
Dec 22 Harry Bluestone, British-American jazz and session violinist, bandleader, and music publisher, dies from Parkinson's disease at 85
Dec 23 Eddie Hazel, American pop guitarist (Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), dies at 42
Dec 24 Bobby LaKind, American conga player, vocalist, songwriter and occasional backup drummer (The Doobie Brothers), dies from terminal colon cancer at 47
Dec 26 Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian-Swiss pianist (1st to record Chopin's complete works), dies at 80
Dec 28 Mort Greene [Greenberger], American songwriter (Theme to "Leave It To Beaver"; "Sleepy Serenade"), dies at 80
Dec 29 Vivienne Segal, American Broadway stage actress and singer (Pal Joey), dies at 95

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