• Abdul "Duke" Fakir – founding member of the Four Tops; heart failure; 88
• Henry Fambrough – The Spinners singer. 85
• Fatman Scoop (Isaac Freeman III) – New York rapper; collapsed during concert; 56
• Brian "Herbie" Flowers – rock bassist; 86
• Richard "Kinky" Friedman - leader of the Texas Jewboys; Parkinson's; 79
• Randy Fuller – Bobby Fuller Four bassist; 80
• Jimmy Gilmor - the Fireballs frontman, had No. 1 hit with "Sugar Shack" in 1963; Alzheimer's; 83
• Catherine "Cat" Glover – Prince dancer, choreographer and back-up singer; 62
• Benny Golson – jazz saxophonist; 95
• Nick Gravenites – singer and guitarist with Electric Flag and Paul Buttefield Blues Band; 85
• Françoise Hardy – French singer; 80
• John Hawken - Renaissance co-founder and keyboard player; 84
• Roy Haynes – jazz drummer; 99
• Albert "Tootie" Heath – jazz drummer with the Heath Brothers and others; leukemia; 88
• Clarence "Frogman" Henry – New Orleans-born R&B singer and pianist; 87
• Cissy Houston (Emily Drinkard) - singer, mother of Whitney; Alzheimer's; 91
• Zakir Hussein – popular Indian-born tabla player; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; 73
• Doug Ingle - Iron Butterfly singer/songwriter; 78
• Toriano "Tito" Jackson – one of the Jackson 5; heart attack; 70
• Jack Jones - singer known for "Call Me Irresponsible" (No. 75, 1963), "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (No. 35, 1966) and other pop hits; leukemia; 86
• Quincy Jones - winner of 28 Grammys; producer of Michael Jackson albums; jazz bandleader; movie soundtrack and score specialist; father of Rashida; pancreatic cancer; 91
• Juan Brujo (John David Lepe) - founder of Brujeria; heart attack; 61
• Toby Keith - Oklahoma-born singer had twenty-one No. 1 country hits in his 30-year career; stomach cancer; 62
• Greg Kihn - San Francisco based singer, had hits with "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (No, 15, 1981); Alzheimer's; 75 "Jeopardy" (No. 2, 1983); Alzheimer's; 75
• Wayne Kramer - Detroit-born co-founder/guitarist of the MC5, known as Brother Wayne; pancreatic cancer; 75
• Kris Kristofferson - Texas-born singer, actor and activist known best for "Me and Bobby McGee" (sung by Janis Joplin, No. 1, 1971), Cisco Pike and A Star Is Born; 88
