1960s

Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025)

NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky
1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled
by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J. Blige, N.W.A.,
Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos Def and Ice Cube, has died.

The Ayers family said in a Facebook post that he died Tuesday
in a New York City hospital after suffering from a long illness.

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)  

Harrison was an English musician, singer and songwriter who
achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

On 29 November 2001, Harrison died at a property belonging
to McCartney, on Heather Road in Beverly Hills, California. He
was 58 years old.

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Troyal Garth Brooks is a country singer/songwriter. He’s
64 years old today.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791)
(Unfinished portrait,1782)

Mozart was a composer, instrumentalist, and music
teacher.

His full baptized name was Johannes Chrysostomus
Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.

He was born in Salzburg (then a free archbishopric
city within the Holy Roman Empire, now Austria).

He wrote more than 800 musical works including many
chamber pieces, church music, minuets, dances, songs,
and a Requiem. Along with Bach and Beethoven, Mozart
is viewed as one of the greatest composers who ever lived.

Mozart also had his own special violin. It is called the
"Klotz" violin. The violin still exists today and is in a
museum called the Salzburg Mozarteum.  
       
Mozart died on December 5, 1791 at the age of 35. The
cause of death is uncertain.
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