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2002 John Entwistle, bass player, The Who, dies at 57

1996 Saul Bass, graphic designer, filmmaker, dies at 74

1996 Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44

1995 Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47

1994 Gottlob Frick, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, dies at 88

1994 John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67

1994 Kristen Pfaff, U.S. bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24

1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79

1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain

1987 Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season

1987 Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66

1986 Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24

1979 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery

1979 Lance Bass, American Musician

1976 Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest

1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California

1972 P[eter] J[ason] Farley, Hackensack, bass, Trixter-Give It To Me Good

1968 Frank Watkins, U.S. heavy metalist bass, Obituary, Cause of Death

1967 Tim Simenson, rocker, Bomb the Bass

1964 Tod Bass, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

1960 Rick Savage, bass player, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages

1960 John Crawford, Palo Alto California, bass, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away

1959 Mark Price, bass/vocals, All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged

1958 Mark King, bass/vocalist, Level 42-Standing in the Light, Love Games

1957 Pete Jones, born near Watford, England, rocker, British bass guitarist, member of Public Image Ltd.

1957 Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies

1956 Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist, Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator

1952 Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker

1952 Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law

1952 Charles F. Bass, American Politician

1952 Charles Foster Bass, American Politician

1951 Dan Fogelberg, born in Illinois, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, played piano, bass, guitar, mandolin

1948 Diane Kurys, [Emir Kusturica], Sarajevo, bass guitarist

1947 Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist

1947 Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band

1945 John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine'

1945 Matti Salminen, born in Turku, Finland, bass player, King Philipp-Don Carlos

1945 Johnny Cymbal, rocker, Mr Bass Man

1944 Tim Bogert, born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, musician, bass player, played rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, performed bass solos with Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice

1942 Greg Ridley, born in Cumberland, England, rock, bass guitarist, played for Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth, popular double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore

1942 Samuel Ramey, born in Colby, Kansas, bass, La Scala

1941 Les Braid, England, bass, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good

1941 Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens

1940 Fontella Bass, born in St. Louis, Missouri, vocalist, Rescue Me

1938 Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos

1934 Bryan Bass, headmaster, City of London School

1934 Thomas Paul, born in Chicago, Illinois, bass, New York City Opera 1963-70

1932 Henry Jay Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor/bass, LA Philharmonic 1955-59

1927 John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone

1921 Alfie Bass, born in London, England, actor, Moonraker, Are You Being Served

1920 Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo

1917 Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller

1914 Perry Bass, Texas billionaire

1914 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov

1914 Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman

1906 Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute

1892 Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery

1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show


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