Deaths
- 8 January - Sir Michael Tippett, composer, 95
- 24 February - Geoffrey Bush, organist and composer, 77
- 13 March – Judge Dread, ska and reggae performer, 52, (heart attack on stage)
- 5 April - Cozy Powell, rock drummer, 50 (car crash)
- 17 April – Linda McCartney, US-born wife of Paul McCartney, businesswoman and member of Wings, 56 (breast cancer)
- 19 May - Edwin Astley, composer, 76
- 3 July - George Lloyd, composer, 85
- 25 October - Dick Higgins, composer, poet, printer and artist, 60 (heart attack)
- 7 December - John Addison, film composer, 78
- 21 December – Karl Denver, Scottish singer, 67
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