Deaths
- 1 January – Alexis Korner, blues musician, 55 (lung cancer)
- 9 March – Imogen Holst, conductor and composer, 76
- 6 April - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter, 81
- 8 June - Gordon Jacob, composer, 89
- 21 June - Webster Booth, tenor, 82
- 22 June – Dill Jones, jazz pianist, 60
- 14 August - Peter Wishart, composer, 63
- 3 September - Dora Labbette, operatic soprano, 86
- date unknown - Arthur Fear, operatic bass-baritone
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