In memoriam: Celebrating musicians lost in 2023 Interlochen Public Radio | By Amanda Sewell Published December 26, 2023 at 5:40 AM EST Tony Bennett Celebrate the lives and legacies of musicians lost during 2023, from Burt Bacharach to Tony Bennett to Jimmy Buffett to Grace Bumbry. January Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78 Gangsta Boo, a former member of Three 6 Mafia, dies at 43 Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder David Crosby has died at 81 Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has died at age 74 Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's only child and a singer in her own right, dies Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists and known for 'Money,' dies at 81 Tom Verlaine, guitarist and singer of influential rock band Television, dies at 73 February Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, has died at 94 Listen • 7:58 Former Interlochen president Edward J. Downing dies Remembering De La Soul co-founder David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove Listen • 19:18 March The lessons of Wayne Shorter, engine of imagination Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died April Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92 Remembing groundbreaking singer, actor and lifelong activist Harry Belafonte Listen • 6:21 May Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83 Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84 Listen • 3:43 Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86 Listen • 3:55 June Astrud Gilberto, 'The Girl from Ipanema' singer, dies at 83 Listen • 4:34 Kaija Saariaho, the composer who explored color and light, has died at age 70 The Women Behind The Songs: Cynthia Weil Listen • 5:19 July Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibility DJ Deeon, influential and iconic Chicago house music DJ, dead at 56 Jane Birkin, British actress, singer and French icon, dies at 76 Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96 Listen • 7:02 Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, dies at 80 Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has died at 56 Listen • 2:07 August Remembering classical music commentator Miles Hoffman who died at 71 Listen • 2:42 DJ Casper, creator of the iconic and ubiquitous 'Cha Cha Slide,' dies at 58 Listen • 2:12 Stars of the Lid co-founder Brian McBride has died at 53 Listen • 3:53 Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band and Bob Dylan, dies at 80 Listen • 2:05 September Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth, dies at 56 Listen • 2:48 Charles Gayle, the fierce saxophonist who created his own path, has died at 84 Jimmy Buffett, who sang of wastin' away in 'Margaritaville', dies at 76 October Carla Bley, prolific and expansive jazz pianist, dies at 87 Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers, has died at 84 November Interlochen Center for the Arts President Emeritus Dean Boal dies 'Mr. Big Stuff' singer Jean Knight has died at age 80 Listen • 2:25 December Denny Laine, co-founder of the Moody Blues and Wings, dies at 79 Listen • 0:26 More from Classical IPR Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa: Recycling Leaves Interlochen Horn Quartet to compete in Fischoff quarterfinals AAPI Classical Musicians of Interlochen: Soyeon Kate Lee