Deaths
- 9 January – Dave Dee, singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), 67
- 14 January – Angela Morley, conductor and composer, 84
- 15 January - Jean Adebambo, singer, 46 (suicide)
- 29 January – John Martyn, singer/songwriter, 60
- 9 February – Vic Lewis, jazz guitarist, 89
- 19 February - Kelly Groucutt, bass guitarist (Electric Light Orchestra), 63
- 1 March – Joan Turner, singer and actress, 86
- 10 April - Richard Arnell, composer, 91
- 17 July – Gordon Waller, singer (Peter and Gordon), 64
- 7 October - Helen Watts, operatic contralto, 81
- 12 October - Ian Wallace, singer, 90
- 15 November – Derek B, rapper, 44
- 24 November - Amy Black, operatic mezzo-soprano, 36 (heart condition)
- 2 December – Eric Woolfson, musician (The Alan Parsons Project), 64
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