Deaths in May

With the first of the month falling on a Saturday, we’ve our regular round up of the music industry deaths during May.  Last month saw 53 people join the great gig in the sky.

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Chris Reccardi, 54, American musician, animator, storyboard artist, and cartoon director
John Starling, 79, American bluegrass musician, Grammy winner (1992)
Juan Vicente Torrealba, 102, Venezuelan harpist and composer

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Mose Se Sengo, 73, Congolese musician

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J.R. Cobb, 75, American musician
Dominique Lawalrée, 64, Belgian composer and keyboard player

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Pekka Airaksinen, 73, Finnish composer and musician
Jürgen Bräuninger, 62, South African composer
Peter Gammond, 93, British music critic and journalist

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Georg Katzer, 84, German composer
Subir Nandi, 66, Bangladeshi musician and playback singer
Fritz Novotny, 78, Austrian musician and composer

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Segundo Bautista, 85, Ecuadorian composer
Luther Jennings, 86, American singer
Yevgeny Krylatov, 85, Russian film composer

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Martin Canin, 88–89, American pianist
Preston Epps, 88, American musician
Arif Malikov, 85, Azerbaijani composer, People’s Artist of the USSR (1986)

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Malcolm Black, 58, New Zealand musician
Lee Hale, 96, American songwriter, musical director, and producer

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Khikmawan Santosa, Indonesian sound mixer

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Glenn Martin, 86, American country songwriter
Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer

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Jerome Callet, 89, American music teacher and instrument designer
Doris Day, 97, American singer, actress and animal welfare activist, Golden Globe winner (1958, 1960, 1963, 1989)
Mari Griffith, 79, Welsh singer, musician, author, and radio presenter
Behnam Safavi, 35, Iranian pop music singer

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Étienne Perruchon, 61, French composer
Leon Rausch, 91, American singer
Mike Wilhelm, 77, American musician

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Chuck Barksdale, 84, American singer

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Deane Cameron, 66, Canadian music executive
Mick Micheyl, 97, French actress, singer and sculptor
Agustín Pereyra Lucena, 71, Argentine guitarist and songwriter
Sol Yaged, 96, American jazz clarinetist

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Eric Moore, 67, American musician

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Melvin Edmonds, 65, American R&B singer
Geneviève Waïte, 71, South African singer, actress, and model

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Alfred Janson, 82, Norwegian composer and pianist

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Derek Holman, 88, British-born Canadian composer and conductor
Mira Zakai, 76, Israeli opera singer

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Jake Black, 59, Scottish musician

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François-René Tranchefort, 86, French musicologist

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Jaroslav Erik Frič, 69, Czech poet, musician and publisher

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Gabriel Diniz, 28, Brazilian singer and composer

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Willie Ford, 68, American soul singer
John Gary Williams, 73, American R&B singer

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Tony Glover, 79, American blues harmonicist
Jeff Walls, American guitarist

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Leon Redbone, 69, Cypriot-American singer-songwriter and actor

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Roky Erickson, 71, American singer-songwriter
Paddy Fahey, 102, Irish composer and fiddler
Đelo Jusić, 80, Croatian composer and guitarist

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