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Notable Deaths 2023: Music

Notable Deaths 2023: Music

Denny Laine, 79

Founding member of the Moody Blues and Wings

Shane MacGowan, 65

Songwriter who fused punk and Irish rebellion

Jean Knight, 80

Singer who struck platinum with “Mr. Big Stuff”

David Del Tredici, 86

Pulitzer-winning composer who redefined his style

Dwight Twilley, 72

Power-pop hitmaker

Carla Bley, 87

Jazz composer, arranger and provocateur

Rudolph Isley, 84

An original and enduring Isley Brother

Russell Sherman, 93

Poetic interpreter at the piano

Terry Kirkman, 83

A founder of hitmaking ’60s band the Association

Roger Whittaker, 87

Balladeer with an international reach

Larry Chance, 82

Keeper of doo-wop’s flame

Len Chandler, 88

Early fixture of the folk revival

Gary Wright, 80

Singer-songwriter of infectious ’70s hits

Steve Harwell, 56

Smash Mouth’s voice

Jimmy Buffett, 76

Roguish bard of island escapism

Jerry Moss, 88

The “M” of A&M Records

Rodriguez, 81

Singer whose career was resurrected

Robbie Robertson, 80

Chief songwriter and guitarist for the Band

Leny Andrade, 80

“The first lady of Brazilian jazz”

Randy Meisner, 70

Founding member of the Eagles

Sinead O’Connor, 56

Evocative and outspoken singer

João Donato, 88

Bossa nova pioneer

Tony Bennett, 96

Jazzy crooner of the American songbook

Jane Birkin, 76

Singer, actress and fashion inspiration

André Watts, 77

One of classical music’s first Black superstars

Peter Nero, 89

Pianist who straddled genres

Bobby Osborne, 91

Half of a groundbreaking bluegrass duo

Max Morath, 96

Pianist who staged a one-man ragtime revival

George Winston, 74

Pianist with a popular, soothing sound

Astrud Gilberto, 83

Singer of “The Girl From Ipanema”

Ed Ames, 95

Singing star who became a familiar face on TV

Bill Lee, 94

Bassist and composer of son Spike’s films

Tina Turner, 83

Explosively powerful and globally popular singer

Chris Strachwitz, 91

Folklorist who dug up the roots of American music

Rita Lee, 75

Convention-flouting titan of Brazilian music

Menahem Pressler, 99

Pianist who co-founded the Beaux Arts Trio

Gordon Lightfoot, 84

Hitmaking singer-songwriter

Harry Belafonte, 96

Pop and film superstar who was a civil rights force

Ahmad Jamal, 92

Jazz pianist whose spare style inspired generations

Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71

Oscar-winning composer

Mark Russell, 90

Piano-playing political satirist

Gary Rossington, 71

Last of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd

Wayne Shorter, 89

Innovator during an era of change in jazz

Friedrich Cerha, 96

Composer who finished an incomplete masterpiece

Trugoy the Dove, 54

Part of influential rap trio De La Soul

Burt Bacharach, 94

Composer who added a high gloss to the ’60s

Charlie Thomas, 85

A Drifter in song nearly all his life

Barrett Strong, 81

Singer-songwriter whose “Money” launched Motown

Tom Verlaine, 73

Punk scene’s influential guitarist and songwriter

David Crosby, 81

With Still, Nash & Young, a voice of ’60s folk rock

Yukihiro Takahashi, 70

Pioneer of electronic pop music

Lisa Marie Presley, 54

Singer-songwriter and daughter of Elvis

Jeff Beck, 78

Among the most admired guitarists in rock history

Gangsta Boo, 43

One of the first women to use the gangster rap style

Anita Pointer, 74

Frequent lead singer of famed sister act

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