Deaths
- 3 January - Alex Campbell, folk singer, 61
- 10 January – Marion Hutton, singer and actress, 67
- 13 March - Gerald Moore, pianist, 87
- 18 March - Elizabeth Poston, composer, 81
- 24 May – Hermione Gingold, actress and singer, 89
- 24 August - Douglas Byng, comic singer and songwriter, 94
- 19 October – Jacqueline du Pré, cellist, 42 (multiple sclerosis)
- 3 December - Marjorie Eyre, operatic soprano, 90
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