and composer, 58 March 28 – Moura Lympany, pianist, 88 March 30 – Derrick Plourde, drummer (Lagwagon and the Ataris), 33 (suicide) April 2 – Alexander Brott, conductor and composer, 90 April 7 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, 82 April 10 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist, 82 April 11 – Jerry Byrd, lap steel guitarist, 85 April 12 – Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, 63 April 13 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist, 80 April 14 – John Fred, pop singer, 64 April 18 – Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor, 75 April 19 Bryan Ottoson, guitarist of American Head Charge, 27 (overdose) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist, 58 April 21 – Cyril Tawney, traditional singer, 74 April 23 – Robert Farnon, composer, arranger, 87 April 25 – Hasil Adkins, American rockabilly musician, 67 April 28 – Percy Heath, jazz musician, 81 May–June May 8 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer, 36 (murdered) May 10 – David Wayne, former singer of Metal Church, 47 (injuries resulting from car crash) May 11 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter, 87 May 12 – Frankie LaRocka, rock drummer and producer, 51 May 14 – Jimmy Martin, bluegrass musician, 77 May 22 – Thurl Ravenscroft, US singer, 91 May 25 Ruth Laredo, pianist, 67 Domenic Troiano, guitarist The Guess Who, 59 May 29 Oscar Brown, jazz singer-songwriter, 78 George Rochberg, composer, 86 June 13 – David Diamond, American composer, 89 June 14 – Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor, 91 June 17 – Karl Mueller, bassist of Soul Asylum, 41 June 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist, 75 June 30 – Clancy Eccles, ska/reggae singer, 64 (complications after heart attack) July–August July 1 Luther Vandross, R&B singer, 54 Renaldo "Obie" Benson, R&B/soul singer (Four Tops), 69 July 5 Ray "Stingray" Davis, bassist (Parliament-Funkadelic), 65 Shirley Goodman, American singer (Shirley & Company), 69 July 6 – Richard Verreau, operatictenor, 79 July 7 – Henri Betti, French composer and pianist, 87 July 11 – Frances Langford, US singer and actress, 91 July 14 – Michael Dahlquist, drummer (Silkworm), 39 (car crash) July 17 – Laurel Aitken, ska singer, heart attack, 78 July 18 – John Herald songwriter, musician, member of The Greenbriar Boys, 65 July 21 – Long John Baldry, R&B singer, 64 July 22 – Eugene Record, singer (The Chi-Lites), 64 July 23 – Myron Floren, accordionist, 85 July 27 – Robert Wright, songwriter, 90 July 29 – Hildegarde, US singer, 99 August