Paul Kossoff, guitarist, (Free), 25 (drug-related) 26 March - Duster Bennett, blues musician, 29 14 May - Keith Relf, vocalist (The Yardbirds), 33 (electrocuted) 15 May - David Munrow, early music performer, 33 (suicide) 26 May - Dame Maggie Teyte, operatic soprano, 88 30 May - Hugo Rignold, violinist and conductor, 71 24 August - Michael Head, pianist and composer, 76 26 October - Deryck Cooke, musicologist and broadcaster, 57 28 November - Harold Darke, organist and composer, 88 4 December - Benjamin Britten, composer, 63 date unknown - Malcolm Boyle, organist and composer, 74 See also 1976 in British radio 1976 in British television 1976 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1976 References External links BBC Radio 1's Chart Show The Official Charts Company British British music by year