country singer and guitarist, 76 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress, 62 March 26 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter, 49 March 30 – Jackie McLean, American jazz alto saxophonist, 74 April 2 – Bernard Seigal, guitarist and critic, 48 April 5 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter, 66 April 11 June Pointer, American singer of Pointer Sisters, 52 Proof (DeShaun Holton), American rapper of D12, 32 April 23 – Phil Walden, co-founder of Capricorn Records, 66 April 24 Erik Bergman, Finnish composer of classical music, 94 Bonnie Owens, American country singer, 76 April 28 – Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, 80 May–June May 1 – Naushad, Indian composer, 86 May 6 – Grant McLennan, Australian guitarist and songwriter of The Go Betweens, 48 May 7 – Steve Bender, Dschinghis Khan, The Poor Things, 60 May 10 Soraya, Colombian-American singer, 37 John Hicks, American jazz pianist, 65 May 13 – Johnnie Wilder, American singer of Heatwave, 56 May 15 – Cheikha Rimitti, Algerian singer, 83 May 18 – Andy Capps, American drummer of Built to Spill, 37 May 19 – Freddie Garrity, English singer of Freddie and the Dreamers, 69 May 23 Clifford Antone, American music executive, 56 Ian Copeland, American music promoter, 57 May 25 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska and reggae performer, 64 June 1 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, 62 June 2 Johnny Grande, American keyboardist of Bill Haley & His Comets, 76 Vince Welnick, American keyboardist of Grateful Dead, 55 June 6 Billy Preston, American soul keyboardist, 59 Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist, 54 June 12 – György Ligeti, Hungarian composer, 83 June 20 – Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist of Kool and the Gang, 57 June 26 – Arif Mardin, Turkish-American music producer, 74 June 27 – Eileen Barton, American singer, 76 June 29 – Joyce Hatto, British concert pianist and piano teacher, 77 July–August July 3 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American mezzo-soprano, 52 Jack Smith, American singer, 92 July 7 Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of Pink Floyd, 60 Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Irish singer and guitarist of The Bothy Band, 54 July 8 – June Allyson, American actress, singer and dancer, 88 July 9 – Milan Williams, American keyboardist of The Commodores, 58 July 11 – Bill Miller, American jazz pianist, 91 July 16 – Malachi Thompson, American jazz trumpeter, 56 July 17 John G. Blowers, Jr., swing era drummer, 95