Index to music necrology : 1985 necrology
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1986 |
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| Ahlert, Richard (b. 1921 d. 1985) | songwriter, composer |
| Alwyn, William (b. 1905 d. 1985) | composer, flute |
| Anderson, Bob (d. 1985) | bass |
| Anson, George (b. 1904 d. 1985) | piano, teacher |
| Balshaw, Clifford (d. 1985) | organ |
| Barnett, David (b. 1907 d. 1985) | piano, composer |
| Bennett, Harold M. (d. 1985) | flute, tenor saxophone |
| Blachut, Beno (b. 1913 d. 1985) | interprete, tenor |
| Breuer, Gustav J. (d. 1985) | author, writer |
| Brice, Carol (Lovette Hawkins) (b. 1918 d. 1985) | cast, contralto |
| Bruckner-Ruggeberg, Wilhelm (b. 1906 d. 1985) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Burrows, Lee Rosenberg (d. 1985) | singer, publisher |
| Burton, Margaret (d. 1985) | soprano |
| Carner, Mosco (b. 1904 d. 1985) | conferenziere, writer on music |
| Chiantia, Salvatore T. (d. 1985) | publisher |
| Clare, Kenny [Kenneth] (b. 1929 d. 1985) | drummer, drums |
| Clarke, Kenny [Klook] [Kenneth Spearman] (b. 1914 d. 1985) | drummer, drums |
| Clinton, Larry (b. 1909 d. 1985) | arranger, trombone |
| Cogane, Nelso (d. 1985) | lyricist |
| Condie, Richard (d. 1985) | retired director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| Coots, John Frederick (b. 1897 d. 1985) | piano, composer |
| Cox, Frederic Robert (d. 1985) | teacher |
| Creston, Paul (b. 1906 d. 1985) | composer, musicisti |
| Daniels, Ethel Lee (d. 1985) | organ |
| Davenport, Pembroke Mortimer (b. 1911 d. 1985) | composer, conductor |
| Desmond, Johnny (b. 1920 d. 1985) | cast, singer |
| Downey, Morton (b. 1901 d. 1985) | cast, tenor |
| Du Pre, William (d. 1985) | tenor |
| Duckles, Vincent Harris (b. 1913 d. 1985) | musicologist, librarian |
| Duvivier, George (b. 1920 d. 1985) | alto horn, bass (instrument) |
| Ellington, Ray (b. 1916 d. 1985) | drummer, drums |
| Elliott, William (d. 1985) | composer, conductor |
| Engel, Kent (d. 1985) | organ |
| Estes, Lewis Alden (d. 1985) | arranger |
| Ewen, David (b. 1907 d. 1985) | writer on music, editor |
| Falcone, Leonard Vincent (b. 1899 d. 1985) | band director, baritone horn |
| Fanelli, Nicholas A. (d. 1985) | guitar |
| Fified, Gary (d. 1985) | managing director of the Washington Opera |
| Fischer, Wayne (d. 1985) | organ |
| Fitchhorn, Elver Joseph (b. 1896 d. 1985) | inventor of the saxette |
| Fox, Valerian Edmund (d. 1985) | organ |
| Franci, Benvenuto (b. 1891 d. 1985) | baritone, baritono |
| Gambill, Roger (d. 1985) | performer |
| Gamsjaeger, Rudolf (d. 1985) | opera director |
| Gilels, Emil (Grigor'yevch) (b. 1916 d. 1985) | piano |
| Glade, Coe (b. 1906 d. 1985) | cast, contralto |
| Gomberg, Harold (b. 1916 d. 1985) | oboe, english horn |
| Guarnieri, Johnny [John Albert] (b. 1917 d. 1985) | piano, harpsichord |
| Hamilton, Nancy (b. 1908 d. 1985) | cast, composer |
| Hickman, Stan (d. 1985) | singer |
| Hillyer, Lonnie (b. 1940 d. 1985) | trumpet |
| Hoffman, Dennis (d. 1985) | singer |
| Horusitzky, Zoltan (b. 1903 d. 1985) | piano, composer |
| Jackson, Calvin (b. 1919 d. 1985) | arranger, piano |
| Jankelevitch, Vladimir (b. 1903 d. 1985) | philosopher, musicologist |
| Jones, Jo (b. 1911 d. 1985) | director, drummer |
| Jones, Philly Joe (b. 1923 d. 1985) | drummer, drums |
| Jory, Margaret Fairbank (b. 1936 d. 1985) | ASCAP director |
| Kahn, Emil (d. 1985) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Karas, Anton (b. 1906 d. 1985) | musicisti, zither |
| Katz, Mickey (b. 1909) | singer, bandleader |
| Kelly, Gilbert F. (d. 1985) | trombone |
| King, Benjamin Gibner (d. 1985) | accompanist, coach |
| King, Wayne Harold (b. 1901 d. 1985) | saxophone, bandleader |
| Kyser, Kay (b. 1906 d. 1985) | bandleader, director |
| Le Flemming, Christopher (d. 1985) | composer |
| Leavitt, Donald (Lee) (b. 1929 d. 1985) | librarian |
| Ledford, Lila May (b. 1917 d. 1985 a. 1938) | banjo, singer |
| List, Eugene (b. 1918 d. 1985) | Klavier, piano |
| London, George (b. 1919 d. 1985) | bass-baritone, interprete |
| Lothar, Mark (b. 1902 d. 1985) | celesta, composer |
| Lowinsky, Edward Elias (b. 1908 d. 1985) | musicologist |
| Lybolt, Frank D. (d. 1985) | organ |
| MacWilliams, Robert D. (d. 1985) | president of E.C. Schirmer |
| Margrave, Oliver Wendall (d. 1985) | teacher, musicologist |
| Marks, Johnny (b. 1909 d. 1985) | composer, drums |
| Matacic, Lovro (b. 1899 d. 1985) | conductor, direttore |
| Mayer, Robert (b. 1879 d. 1985) | music patron |
| Mayo, Mary (d. 1985) | big band vocalist, vocals |
| McNeill, Dowell (d. 1980) | organ |
| Miles, Maurice Edward (b. 1908 d. 1985) | conductor |
| Mills, Irving (b. 1884 d. 1985) | cast, composer |
| Morgan, Robert Duke (b. 1896 d. 1985) | songwriter |
| Movshon, George (d. 1985) | critic |
| Myers, Roland (Hugh) (b. 1892 d. 1985) | critic, writer on music |
| Nelson, Rick [Eric Hilliard] (b. 1940 d. 1985) | cast, rock & roll singer |
| Ormandy, Eugene (b. 1899 d. 1985) | card, conductor |
| Owen, Charles E. (b. 1912 d. 1985) | music educator, percussion |
| Owens, Barbara (d. 1985) | director |
| Paris, Herbert (d. 1985) | opera administrator |
| Peck, Seymour (d. 1985) | editor, writer |
| Pennington, Lily May Ledford (d. 1985) | writer, banjo |
| Perryman, William Lee (b. 1911 d. 1985) | piano, singer |
| Petti, Anthony (d. 1985) | musicologist |
| Pickering, Bill (d. 1985) | musician |
| Profeta, Rubino (d. 1985) | composer, writer |
| Ray, Don (d. 1985) | conductor, composer |
| Reutter, Hermann (b. 1900 d. 1985) | composer, Komponist |
| Riddle, Nelson (b. 1921 d. 1985) | arranger, cast |
| Roemheld, Heinz Eric (b. 1901 d. 1985) | composer, film composer |
| Rosenstock, Josef (b. 1895 d. 1985) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Saint-Marcoux, Micheline Coulombe (b. 1938 d. 1985) | composer, teacher |
| Sarabia, Guillermo (b. 1937 d. 1985) | baritone |
| Schick, George (b. 1908 d. 1985) | conductor, music director |
| Schmitt-Walter, Karl (b. 1900 d. 1985) | baritone, Sanger |
| Sessions, Roger (Huntington) (b. 1896 d. 1985) | composer, piano |
| Shore, Bernard (Alexander Royle) (b. 1896 d. 1985) | viola |
| Sims, Zoot (b. 1925 d. 1985) | soprano sax, tenor sax |
| Singing Nun (b. 1933 d. 1985) | nun, vocals |
| Skei, Allen Bennett (b. 1935 d. 1985) | critic, writer |
| Smith, Paul Joseph (b. 1906 d. 1985) | composer |
| Smith, Rollin (d. 1985) | singer, piano |
| Sorkin, Leonard (b. 1916 d. 1985) | violin, music director |
| Sour, Robert B. (d. 1985) | composer, lyricist |
| Spoliansky, Mischa (b. 1898 d. 1985) | composer, piano |
| Stewart, Wynn [Wynnford Lindsey] (b. 1934 d. 1985) | singer, guitar |
| Suttie, James C. (d. 1985) | organ |
| Swain, Freda Mary (b. 1902 d. 1985) | piano, composer |
| Thompson, Clyde (d. 1985) | composer, bass |
| Turner, Big Joe (b. 1911 d. 1985) | jazz bluesman |
| Val, Joe (d. 1985) | bluegrass mandolinist, singer |
| Wall, Edmund C. (d. 1985) | clarinetist with the Sousa Band, interprete |
| Watson, Merla (a. 1987) | country music singer |
| Wells, Dickie [William] (b. 1907 d. 1985) | cast, trombone |
| Whiting, Chester Earl (b. 1901 d. 1985) | military musician, bandmaster |
| Williams, Cootie [Charles Melvin] (b. 1910 d. 1985) | trumpeter, bandleader |
| Wollman, Joseph (d. 1985) | piano, music director |
| Wooding, Sam [Samuel David] (b. 1895 d. 1985) | music director, piano |
| Woods, Chris [Christopher Columbus] (b. 1925 d. 1985) | alto saxophone |
| Wright, Eleanor (d. 1985) | organ |
| Zimbalist, Efrem (Alexandrovich) (b. 1889 d. 1985) | composer, violin |