Musicians and singers who died in October 2022

• Musicians who died in 2022

October (75)

[31 Oct 2022] Michal Ambrož (Czech guitarist, singer and composer for Jasná Páka), 68 Rock singer, guitarist, composer and lyricist Michal Ambrož died on Monday at the age of 68. His teammate Radovan Jelínek informed ČTK about it. Ambrož was known as the frontman of the groups Jasná Páka, Hudba Praha, Divoký srdce and Michal Ambrož and Hudba Praha. ... via novinky.cz

[31 Oct 2022] Patrick Haggerty (American country singer-songwriter for Lavender Country), 78, stroke Patrick Haggerty, who led the proudly queer Lavender Country, has died. According to a statement posted to the band’s official social media pages, the 78-year-old activist and musician died on Monday (October 31) after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago. ... via pitchfork.com

[31 Oct 2022] Danny Javier (Filipino musician for APO Hiking Society), 75 Danny Javier of APO Hiking Society has passed away. He was 75 years old. His daughter Justine Javier Long confirmed the news on Facebook, Monday, saying he died from "complications due to his prolonged illnesses." ... via gmanetwork.com

[31 Oct 2022] Jeremy Mansfield (South African radio presenter for Radio 702), 59, liver cancer South African radio personality Jeremy Mansfield has passed away. Eyewitness News received confirmation of his passing on Monday morning. ... via 702.co.za

[30 Oct 2022] John McGale (Canadian musician and singer for Offenbach), 66 Canadian guitarist, flutist, saxophonist and singer John McGale has died after crashing his car in Lacolle, Que. on Sunday. He was 66 years old. ... via .iheartradio.ca

[29 Oct 2022] Ryan Karazija ( American-Icelandic musician for Low Roar), 40, complications from pneumonia Ryan Karazija, front man and lead singer for the Icelandic rock band Low Roar, passed away on October 29 at 40 years old. The band confirmed the news on social media, and asked that the privacy of Karazija's family be respected during this time. ... via gamedeveloper.com

[29 Oct 2022] Robin Sylvester (British bassist for RatDog), 71 Longtime RatDog bassist Robin Sylvester passed away today. The news was first announced by former RatDog guitarist Mark Karan and later confirmed to Relix and Jambands.com. ... via jambands.com

[28 Oct 2022] D. H. Peligro (American drummer for Dead Kennedys), 63, fall Dead Kennedys drummer D.H. Peligro died in his Los Angeles home yesterday. The news was confirmed by Dead Kennedys’ official Instagram account, which said in a statement that Peligro had died “from trauma to the head caused by an accidental fall.” He was 63. ... via stereogum.com

[28 Oct 2022] Helena Łazarska (Polish operatic and vocal pedagogue), 88 Prof. Helena Łazarska - The First Lady of Polish vocal pedagogy. She was, inter alia, initiator and creator of the concept of the International Festival and Competition of Vocal Art. Ada Sari in Nowy Sącz. She was 88 years old. ... via .rdc.pl

[28 Oct 2022] Jerry Lee Lewis (American Hall of Fame singer and pianist), 87, pneumonia Singer-pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, the hell-raising, larger-than-life rock ‘n’ roll pioneer and latter-day country star, has died, according to a rep, Zach Farnum. He was 87. ... via variety.com

[27 Oct 2022] Geraldine Hunt (American R&B singer), 77 She possessed a rich strong voice that shone largely under the radar for more than two decades before driving right to the top on her #1 smash single, “Can’t Fake The Feeling.” Today we say a sad goodbye to singer Geraldine Hunt, who has died at age 77. The news was reported on social media by her son, singer Freddie James. ... via soultracks.com

[27 Oct 2022] Hasse Burman (Swedish singer), 96 Hasse Burman, born Hans-Lennart Burman 17 January 1926 in Umeå, died 27 October 2022, was a Swedish entertainer and musician (singing, double bass, guitar, banjo). ... via wikipedia.org

[26 Oct 2022] Lia Origoni (Italian singer and stage actress), 103 The legendary singer and actress Lia Origoni died at the age of 103 in La Maddalena. She is an all-round artist, she has also been a stylist, educator, showgirl, and much more. In a life spent on the stage of theaters all over Europe until her retirement, in recent years, in her Sardinian home, where she has continued to follow the events of the whole world with enthusiasm and an incessant hunger for knowledge ... via unionesarda.it

[26 Oct 2022] Agustín Ramírez (Mexican singer-songwriter for Los Caminantes), 70 Agustín Ramírez, who was the voice of Los Caminantes for more than four decades and the founder of the band along with his brothers, died on October 26, 2022 at the age of 70, according to a statement from the band in his official facebook profile ... via heraldodemexico.com

[25 Oct 2022] Zuzana Burianová (Czech singer and actress), 75 Although Zuzana Burianová was never an actress in the main film roles, viewers still remember her, for example, as the bubbly sister Zuzana from the series Hospital on the edge of the city (1978) … The hospital and the Village are crying: The beauty of the 60s has died! ... via blesk.cz

[25 Oct 2022] Branislav Hronec (Slovak composer, pianist and conductor), 81 Branislav Hronec was born on December 22, 1940 in the village of Hronsek in the district of Banská Bystrica in the family of an evangelical priest. He inherited musicality from his parents, as a 13-year-old he played the organ in the Evangelical church in Krtíš. Between 1955 and 1961, he studied piano and accordion at the Bratislava Conservatory ... via hudba.zoznam.sk

[25 Oct 2022] Paul Stoddard (American singer for Diecast) The Boston metalcore scene is mourning the loss of one of their own today. Paul Stoddard of the band Diecast has passed away. Paul joined Diecast in 2003, replacing then vocalist Colin Schleifer, and is featured on 2 of the band's studio albums Tearing Down Your Blue Skies and Internal Revolution. ... via lambgoat.com

[24 Oct 2022] Christine Farnon (American music industry executive for NARAS), 97 Christine Farnon, the Recording Academy’s first full-time employee and one of its longest-serving, died on Monday Oct. 24 in the Los Angeles area of natural causes. She was 97. ... via hollywoodreporter.com

[24 Oct 2022] Gregg Philbin (American rock bassist for REO Speedwagon), 75 Former REO Speedwagon bassist Gregg Philbin, who played on the band's first six studio albums and appeared on 1977's Live: You Get What You Play For, has died. ... via ultimateclassicrock.com

[24 Oct 2022] Tim Gough (British radio presenter for GenX Radio), 55, heart attack Tim Gough, 55, died from a suspected heart attack at his home in Lackford, Suffolk, while presenting GenX Radio's Monday breakfast show earlier. ... via bbc.com

[23 Oct 2022] Don Edwards (American cowboy singer), 86 Don Edwards, the beloved cowboy singer who frequently headlined the annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, died on Sunday at the age of 86. ... via signalscv.com

[23 Oct 2022] Galina Pisarenko (Russian opera singer for Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre and voice teacher Moscow Conservatory), 88 On the night of October 22-23, 2022, at the age of 89, the People's Artist of the RSFSR, an outstanding Russian singer, a legend of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theatre, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory Galina Alekseevna Pisarenko died. ... via muzlifemagazine.ru

[22 Oct 2022] Rodney Graham (Canadian visual artist and musician), 73 Rodney Graham, an artist whose dryly funny works about repetition made him one of Canada’s most celebrated artists, died at 73 on Saturday in Vancouver. ... via artnews.com

[22 Oct 2022] Luiz Galvão (Brazilian songwriter for Novos Baianos), 87 Luiz Galvão, founder of Novos Baianos, dies at 87 in São Paulo ... via globo.com

[21 Oct 2022] Robert Gordy (American music publishing executive and actor), 91 Music publishing executive Robert Louis Gordy, Sr., the younger brother of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, passed away. He was 91. ... via ratedrnb.com

[21 Oct 2022] Zuri Craig (American actor and singer for America's Got Talent), 44 Zuri Craig, an actor and singer who once was a finalist on the reality show America’s Got Talent, has passed away, reports Deadline. He was 44. ... via ebony.com

[20 Oct 2022] Tsin Ting (Taiwanese singer and voice actress), 88 The news of Jing Ting's death spread on social media on Thursday (October 20) morning, shocking many fans. In order to confirm the news, a reporter from Xinming Daily contacted Jingting's only daughter Ivy at noon with the help of friends ... via zaobao.com.sg

[20 Oct 2022] Atarah Ben-Tovim (British flautist), 82, cancer It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death of one of our longest serving Representatives, Atarah Ben-Tovim who passed away last week. ... via abrsm.org

[20 Oct 2022] Bettye Crutcher (American songwriter), 83 Bettye Crutcher, one of the distinctive songwriters of soul music’s golden era, has died. ... via commercialappeal.com

[20 Oct 2022] Lucy Simon (American composer and folk singer for The Simon Sisters), 82, breast cancer Lucy Simon, a Tony-nominated Broadway composer best known for “The Secret Garden” and the older sister of pop singer Carly Simon, died Thursday following a long battle with breast cancer. She was 82. ... via thewrap.com

[19 Oct 2022] Geoff Nuttall (Canadian violinist for St. Lawrence String Quartet), 56 American violinist Geoff Nuttall has died after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 56. Nuttall was co-founder and first violinist with the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ). Founded in 1989, the quartet recorded exclusively with EMI Classics, received two Grammy nominations and won multiple awards including the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Young Concert Artist Auditions. ... via thestrad.com

[19 Oct 2022] Joanna Simon (American opera singer), 85, thyroid cancer In a very sad development, Carly Simon lost both of her sisters this week, with Broadway composer Lucy Simon dying of breast cancer Thursday and former opera singer Joanna Simon passing from thyroid cancer on Wednesday. ... via deadline.com

[18 Oct 2022] Franco Gatti (Italian singer, guitarist and keyboardist for Ricchi e Poveri), 80 Franco Gatti, the 'mustache' of the Rich and the Poor, is dead. The singer passed away at the San Martino hospital in Genoa at the age of 80, leaving behind his wife and daughter ... via repubblica.it

[18 Oct 2022] Robert Gordon (American rockabilly singer), 75 Robert Gordon, one of the early rockabilly revivalists and a familiar presence in New York City’s punk rock scene in the 1970s, died Tuesday at the age of 75, his record label confirms. diverse. No cause of death was mentioned ... via unlimited-tech.com

[17 Oct 2022] Michael Ponti (German pianist), 84 The concert pianist Michael Ponti is dead. The internationally renowned musician died on Monday at the age of 84 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, as his son Maximilian Ponti confirmed to the dpa news agency. ... via br.de

[16 Oct 2022] Nosfe (Romanian rapper), 37, heart attack Nosfe, real name Darius Vlad Crețan, was the co-founder of Şatra Benz, and according to some sources, he suffered a heart attack last night, after a concert in Bucharest, at Romaero. ... via antena3.ro

[15 Oct 2022] Noel Duggan (Irish musician for The Duggans), 73 It's been announced that founding member of legendary Irish band Clannad Noel Duggan has died. ... via rte.ie

[15 Oct 2022] Mikaben (Haitian singer, songwriter, and producer), 41, cardiac arrest Michael Benjamin, who was better known by his stage name, Mikaben, died Saturday after collapsing on stage in Paris while performing with the Haitian konpa band CaRiMi. He was 41. ... via miamiherald.com

[15 Oct 2022] Marty Sammon (American blues pianist for Buddy Guy), 45 Chicago’s beloved blues pianist Marty Sammon has passed away unexpectedly at the age of 45, his sudden death happening just one day after he celebrated his birthday. ... via thefocus.news

[15 Oct 2022] Joyce Sims (American R&B singer-songwriter), 63 She burst onto the R&B music scene in the 1980s with a powerful voice a string of hits that showed off her songwriting skills. Today we mourn the passing of singer Joyce Sims at age 63, cause of death unknown. ... via soultracks.com

[15 Oct 2022] Thomas Sleeper (American composer and conductor), 66, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis With profound sadness and grief, we mourn the death of our dear friend and colleague, Thomas Sleeper. After a courageous battle against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Thom passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at 66. ... via miami.edu

[14 Oct 2022] Mariana Nicolesco (Romanian operatic soprano), 73 "Smooth road, Mariana Nicolesco! One of the great voices of opera in our country. The artist was 73 years old", Electrecord announced on Facebook on Friday evening. ... via mediafax.ro

[13 Oct 2022] Mike Schank (American musician and actor ), 53, cancer Musician Mike Schank, best known for his good guy role in the award-winning documentary film “American Movie,” has died, according to a close friend. He was 53. ... via mediafax.ro

[13 Oct 2022] Fuzzy (Danish composer for Eight Hours Don't Make a Day ), 83 The multi-musician Jens Vilhelm Pedersen died on Thursday morning at the age of 83. The family informs Ritzau. ... via nyheder.tv2.dk

[13 Oct 2022] Christina Moser (Swiss singer and composer for Krisma ), 70 Christina Moser leaves us at 70. In 2015 her husband Maurizio Arcieri, musical partner and husband with whom she formed Krisma, passed away ... via rumoremag.com

[12 Oct 2022] Monsta O (American rapper for Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. ), 56 Danny “Monsta O” Devoux, of the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., has passed away. West Coast Styles extends our condolences to his friends, family, fans, and loved ones. ... via westcoaststyles.com

[12 Oct 2022] Bernardo Adam Ferrero (Spanish composer, conductor and musicologist), 80 The composer, director and musicologist, Bernardo Adam Ferrero, has died at the age of 80. In addition to his work as a director, Adam Ferrero will be remembered as one of the great innovators of music for bands ... via levante-emv.com

[11 Oct 2022] Willie Spence (American singer from American Idol), 23, traffic collision Willie Spence, a singer who finished as runner-up on Season 19 of American Idol last year, has died. He was 23. The Douglas, Tennessee native was killed after being involved in a motor vehicle accident, according to a report from local news outlet DouglasNow. ... via tvinsider.com

[11 Oct 2022] Angela Lansbury (British-American-Irish actressand singer), 96 Angela Lansbury, 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Beauty and the Beast' star, dies at 96 Lansbury was a versatile actor who wowed generations of fans as a murderous baker, a singing teapot, a Soviet spy and a small-town sleuth, among many other memorable roles. ... via .nbcnews.com

[10 Oct 2022] Leon Schidlowsky (Chilean-Israeli composer), 91 Due to natural causes, the Chilean composer León Schidlowsky Gaete (1931-2022) ceased to exist in Tel Aviv. Last July he turned 91 years old ... via .adnradio.cl

[10 Oct 2022] Anita Kerr (American singer), 94 Grammy winning singer and arranger Anita Kerr, whose vocal ensemble the Anita Kerr Singers became a staple of hit pop and country recordings in the 1950s and ’60s, has died at age 94. ... via variety.com

[09 Oct 2022] Josep Soler i Sardà (Spanish composer, writer, and music theorist), 87 The composer, music theorist and pedagogue Josep Soler died this Sunday at the age of 87. He left an immense body of work: 150 pieces for piano, 7 symphonies, string quartets, oratorios... and 16 operas, of which only "Oedipus et Iocasta" was premiered in Catalonia. ... via ccma.cat

[09 Oct 2022] Alexander Belyaev (Russian music journalist, music critic and translator), 47 On Sunday, October 9, Alexander Belyaev, a well-known journalist, music critic, writer, author of an autofiction book about life with a terrible diagnosis and the fight against cancer, The Man in a Bandana, died in Moscow. ... via moslenta.ru

[09 Oct 2022] Andrés Cuervo (Colombian singer-songwriter), 34 The model and singer from Barranquilla Andrés Cuervo died in unknown circumstances in the city of Paris, at the age of 34. The news was confirmed by Manuel Francisco 'Kiko' Becerra, former comptroller general of the Republic of Colombia and relative of the artist, through his social networks. ... via eltiempo.com

[08 Oct 2022] Charlie Brown (aka Ed Weiss) (American radio presenter and DJ for WKIX), 80 Ed Weiss, a longtime radio DJ credited with helping to bring Beach music into the mainstream, died at home Saturday night, his wife posted on Facebook. Weiss, better known by his on-air name “Charlie Brown” (a 1959 hit by the R&B group The Coasters) was 80. His radio show, “On The Beach,” was syndicated on about 40 stations across the Southeast ... via newsobserver.com

[07 Oct 2022] Kelly Michael Durham (American musician), 24 Kelly Michael Durham, 24, of Campbellsville, KY died Friday, October 7, 2022 as a result from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Green County.  ... via wvlc.com

[07 Oct 2022] Jure Robežnik (Slovenian pianist and composer), 89 Radio Slovenija was the first to report on the death of a long-time member of the RTV Slovenija team. He was born in August 1933 in Ljubljana. He acquired his pianistic skills during an eight-year piano study at the Glasbena matica in Ljubljana. ... via rtvslo.si

[07 Oct 2022] Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japanese composer and pianist), 89 Toshi Ichiyanagi, a composer and recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit who led the contemporary music world in Japan and was known for his unique style, passed away on the 7th. He was 89 years old. His funeral will be held at his immediate family. ... via yomiuri.co

[07 Oct 2022] Ronnie Cuber (American jazz saxophonist), 80 The great baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber passed away on October 7, at the age of 80. At the moment, the causes of death are not known precisely. We learned the news from his friend and colleague Eddie Palmieri's fb page, who also remembers his contribution to his bands. ... via traccedijazz.com

[07 Oct 2022] Davron Gaipov (Uzbek singer), 61 Legendary Uzbek rock and pop singer Davron Gaipov died on October 7 at the age of 61. This was confirmed by several sources to Gazeta.uz, as well as singer Tolibjon Isroilov on Instagram. ... via gazeta.uz

[06 Oct 2022] Jody Miller (American country singer), 80,Parkinson's disease Grammy-winning Oklahoma music artist Jody Miller died Thursday in Blanchard due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 80. Miller won a Grammy for best female vocal performance for her song “Queen of the House.” It was her biggest hit and it was a “counter” to fellow Oklahoman Roger Miller’s chart-topping song “King of the Road.” ... via tulsaworld.com

[06 Oct 2022] Adriana Breukink (Dutch recorder player and maker) We are devastated to receive the incredibly sad news that recorder maker Adriana Breukink passed away on Thursday 6 October 2022. ... via royalwindmusic.org

[06 Oct 2022] Hafida El Hasnaouia ( حفيظة الحسناوية،( (Moroccan singer) Today, in the city of Safi, the Moroccan art of Al-Aita lost one of its professional pioneers, following the death of Hafida Al-Hasnawi, the daughter of the late Fatna bint Al-Hussein, after her long struggle with illness. ... via hespress.com

[06 Oct 2022] Ivy Jo Hunter (American songwriter), 82 For those of us who grew up on the iconic music of Motown, the last few years have brought us news of too many deaths of friends. And tonight, we mourn that passing of Motown singer, songwriter and producer, the great Ivy Jo Hunter. He was 82. ... via soultracks.com

[05 Oct 2022] Lenny Lipton (American poet and lyricist), 82, brain cancer Lenny Lipton, who wrote the poem that became the Peter, Paul and Mary hit “Puff the Magic Dragon” and developed technology used for today’s digital 3D theatrical projection systems, has died. He was 82. ... via hollywoodreporter.com

[05 Oct 2022] Bernard McGuirk (American radio personality), 64, brain cancer Legendary New York City radio host Bernard McGuirk has died at the age of 64 following a “courageous” battle with prostate cancer, his station announced Thursday. ... via nypost.com

[05 Oct 2022] Ann Christine (Finnish singer), 78 Ann-Christine Nyström-Silén, who represented Finland in Eurovision in 1966 with her song Playboy, has passed away at the age of 78. ... via nypost.com

[04 Oct 2022] Jean Gallois (French musicologist), 93 Author of numerous musical biographies, connoisseur of French music and expert on Ernest Chausson, Jean Gallois died at the age of ninety-three. ... via diapasonmag.fr

[04 Oct 2022] Loretta Lynn (American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter), 90 Loretta Lynn, the acclaimed singer and songwriter whose ascent from a small Kentucky coal-mining community to national country music stardom became the stuff of Hollywood legend, has died. She was 90. ... via hollywoodreporter.com

[03 Oct 2022] Mon Legaspi (Filipino rock bassist for Wolfgang), 54, cardiac arrest Bassist Mon Legaspi passed away Monday evening due to cardiac arrest, according to the social media post of the band The Dawn. ... via gmanetwork.com

[02 Oct 2022] Alexander Scriabin (Александр Серафимович Скрябин) (Russian musicologist and composer), 75 Alexander Serafimovich Skryabin, composer, university lecturer and member of the Union of Composers of Russia, died at the age of 76. This was reported by the REN TV channel. ... via ctnews.ru

[02 Oct 2022] Béla Szakcsi Lakatos (Hungarian pianist and composer), 79 Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, an iconic figure of Hungarian jazz, died on Sunday morning, at the age of 79, Hungarian news agency MTI reported. Multiple award-winning Szakcsi Lakatos was a pianist, composer, holder of the Artist of the Nation title, and “a towering figure of Hungarian jazz,” the Hungarian Jazz Federation posted on Facebook. ... via hungarytoday.hu

[02 Oct 2022] Joy Vincent (Indian guitarist), 63 Joy Vincent was a guitarist who filled the stage with Malayalam film musicians of many eras. One of the famous guitarists of Kerala has passed away. ... via postsen.com

[01 Oct 2022] Stamatis Kokotas (Greek singer), 85 Legendary singer Stamatis Kokotas died at Asklipio Hospital in Athens, Greece according to an official announcement. He was eighty-five years old. ... via greekreporter.com

[01 Oct 2022] Bin Valencia (Argentine drummer for Almafuerte), 61, heart attack Bin Valencia, drummer recognized for having been part of Almafuerte from 2001 until the dissolution of the group in 2016, died this Saturday at the age of 61 while performing with Sirio, the band he was part of with his two children and his wife, at La Quadra Rock Club, located in the Buenos Aires town of Ramos Mejía. ... via infobae.com