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March Deaths

Given there were 84 music industry related deaths in March we thought it was inappropriate to post them yesterday; given it was April Fools Day.

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Peter Wieland, 89, German singer and entertainer
Susan Weinert, 54, German guitarist

03
Leslie Cauchi, 77, Maltese-born American singer
Alf Cranner, 83, Norwegian folk singer
Günther Müller, 95, German conductor

04
Barbara Martin, 76, American singer

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Charlie Baty, 66, American blues guitarist
Elinor Ross, 93, American operatic soprano
McCoy Tyner, 81, American jazz pianist

07
Jim Owen, 78, American country singer-songwriter
Laura Smith, 67, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
Houshang Zarif, 81, Iranian tar player

08
Martin Davorin-Jagodić, 84, Croatian composer

09
Anton Coppola, 102, American orchestra conductor and composer
Alain Marcel, 68, Algerian-born French composer and actor
Keith Olsen, 74, American record producer, sound engineer, and musician Eric Taylor, 70, American folk singer-songwriter

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Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine saxophonist
Beba Selimović, 80, Bosnian sevdalinka singer

11
Charles Wuorinen, 81, American composer

12
Don Burrows, 91, Australian jazz musician
Danny Ray Thompson, 72, American jazz musician

13
Richenel, 62, Dutch disco singer

14
Doriot Anthony Dwyer, 98, American flautist
Phil Phillips, 94, American singer and songwriter
Eva Pilarová, 80, Czech singer
Genesis P-Orridge, 70, English musician and performance artist

15
Jeremy Marre, 76, English music documentary filmmaker

16
Sergio Bassi, 69, Italian folk singer-songwriter
Jason Rainey, 53, American guitarist
Konstantin Ryabinov, 55, Russian musician and visual artist

17
Gerald Freedman, 92, American theatre director, librettist and lyricist.Hsiao Feng Hsien, 79, Taiwanese operatic singer and actress
Thái Thanh, 85, Vietnamese-American singer

18
Wray Downes, 89, Canadian jazz pianist
Kenneth Kafui, 68, Ghanaian composer
Jean Leber, 70–71, French violinist
Sir John Tooley, 95, British opera administrator, general director of the Royal Opera House (1970–1988)

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Black N Mild, 44, American bounce music deejay
Aurlus Mabélé, 66, Congolese singer and composer

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Enrique del Portal, 87, Spanish operatic tenor
Muhterem Nur, 87, Turkish singer and actress
Kenny Rogers, 81, American Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, and actor
Jerry Slick, 80, American rock drummer and cinematographer
Gino Volpe, 77, Italian singer-songwriter

21
Ray Mantilla, 85, American percussionist
Hellmut Stern, 91, German violinist

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Gabi Delgado-López, 61, Spanish-born German musician
Julie Felix, 81, American-British folk singer
Mike Longo, 83, American jazz pianist
Carmen de Mairena, 87, Spanish cuplé singer, actress, and television personality
Peter Stapleton, 65, New Zealand musician
Eric Weissberg, 80, American folk musician

23
Joe Amoruso, 60, Italian pianist
Apple Gabriel, 67–68, Jamaican reggae singer
Tres Warren, 41, American singer and guitarist

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Manu Dibango, 86, Cameroonian saxophonist
Anatoliy Mokrenko, 87, Ukrainian opera singer
Bill Rieflin, 59, American rock drummer
Gerard Schurmann, 96, Dutch-British composer and conductor
Edward Tarr, 83, American trumpeter,

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Donatien Laurent, 84, French musicologist and linguist
Liesbeth List, 78, Dutch singer, actress, and television personality
Detto Mariano, 82, Italian musician and composer

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Martinho Lutero Galati, 66, Brazilian conductor
Olle Holmquist, 83, Swedish trombonist
Bill Martin, 81, Scottish songwriter and music publisher
Naomi Munakata, 64, Japanese-Brazilian conductor
Luigi Roni, 78, Italian opera singer

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Bob Andy, 75, Jamaican reggae singer
Mirna Doris, 79, Italian singer
Delroy Washington, 67, British-Jamaican reggae singer

28
Nicolás Brizuela, 70, Argentine musician
Jan Howard, 91, American country singer and songwriter
Lou ‘L. A.’ Kouvaris, 66, Greek-born American guitarist
Sergei Rainchik, 48, Belarusian keyboardist and sound engineer
Hertha Töpper, 95, Austrian contralto

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Joe Diffie, 61, American country singer-songwriter
Alan Merrill, 69, American musician and songwriter
Paravai Muniyamma, 82, Indian folk singer and actress
Krzysztof Penderecki, 86, Polish composer

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Louise Ebrel, 87, French singer
Riachão, 98, Brazilian samba composer and singer

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Rafael Berrio, 63, Spanish composer and singer
Zoltán Peskó, 83, Hungarian conductor and composer
Wallace Roney, 59, American jazz trumpeter