1918 : Claude DeBussy, French composer, born Achille-Claude Debussy, died of rectal cancer at his home in Paris at the age of 55.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (22 August 1862)

2002 : Joe Schermie, American musician, born Joseph Edward Schermetzler, died from a massive heart attack in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 56. (Three Dog Night - bass guitar)
See also: This Day in Music History Births (12 February 1948)

2006 : Buck Owens, American musician, singer and songwriter, born Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr., died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack in Bakersfield, California, at the age of 76.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (12 August 1929)

2009 : Dan Seals, American musician, born Danny Wayland Seals, died from complications of mantle cell lymphoma in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 61. (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
See also: This Day in Music History Births (8 February 1948)