1993 : Bob Crosby, born George Robert Crosby. American swing music singer and Dixieland bandleader and vocalist. (Bob-Cats), died from complications from cancer at the age of 79.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (23 August 1913)

1997 : The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper, born Christopher George Latore Wallace, was killed in a shooting in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 24.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (21 May 1972)

2000 : Ivo Robic, Croatian singer and songwriter, died in Rijeka, Croatia, at the age of 77.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (29 January 1923)

2005 : Chris LeDoux, American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion, died of cholangiocarcinoma and complications from its treatment in Casper, Wyoming, at the age of 56.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (2 October 1948)

2005 : George Scott, American baritone singer, born George Lewis Scott, died of complications from diabetes and a heart condition in Durham, North Carolina, at the age of 75. (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
See also: This Day in Music History Births (18 March 1929)

2007 : Brad Delp, American musician, singer and songwriter, born Bradley Edward Delp, committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in Atkinson, New Hampshire, at the age of 55. (Boston)
See also: This Day in Music History Births (12 June 1951)