Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter, 70 July 21 – Herbie Kalin, American singer, 72 July 22 – Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter, 82 July 23 – Bobby Paterson, Scottish pop rock bass guitarist of Love and Money July 30 – Anthony Galla-Rini, accordionist, composer, and conductor, 102 July 31 – Rufus Harley, American jazz bagpiper, 70 August 2 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German operatic soprano, 90 August 3 – Arthur Lee, American guitarist and vocalist of Love, 61 August 11 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host, 86 August 16 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer of Dissection, 31 *August 17 – Walter Jagiello, polka musician, 76 August 19 – Joseph Hill, Jamaican lead singer of roots reggae group Culture, 57 August 21 – Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player, 90 August 22 – Bruce Gary, American drummer of The Knack, 55 August 24 – John Weinzweig, Canadian composer of classical music, 93 August 27 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist with Napalm Death, 37 August 28 – Pip Pyle, English drummer for Hatfield and the North, National Health and Gong, 56 September–October September 3 – Eva Knardahl, Norwegian classical pianist, 79 September 4 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano, 88 September 10 – Bennie Smith, American blues musician, 72 September 13 – Lou Richards, American guitarist of Hatebreed, 35 September 14 – Norman Brooks, Canadian singer, 78 September 19 – Danny Flores, Mexican-American saxophonist of The Champs, 77 September 20 – Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor, 74 September 21 – Boz Burrell, English bass guitarist of Bad Company and King Crimson, 60 September 23 Malcolm Arnold, English composer, 84 Etta Baker, American blues guitarist and singer, 93 September 25 – Jamie Lyons, American rock singer (The Music Explosion), 57 September 28 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer, 30 September 30 – Isabel Bigley, American singer and actress, 78 October 1 – Prentiss Barnes, American R & B singer, 81 October 10 – Ed Summerlin, American composer, arranger, jazz saxophonist and music educator, 78 October 14 – Freddy Fender, American singer, 69 October 18 – Anna Russell, UK singer and comedian, 94 October 21 – Sandy West, American drummer of The Runaways, 47 October 23 Lebo Mathosa, singer, 29 Leonid Hambro, pianist, 86 October 26 – Rogério Duprat, composer, 74 November–December November 1 Jason DiEmilio, guitarist (The Azusa Plane), 36 Buddy Killen, record producer and founder of Dial Records, 73 Silvio Varviso, conductor,