Stonewall Jackson (1932 - 2021) December 5 John Miles (b. 1949) December 4 Stonewall Jackson - Vascular dementia (b. 1932) December 2 Richard Cole , Tour manager for Led Zeppelin (b. 1946) December 1 Alvin Lucier , Experimental music composer - Complications of a fall (b. 1931) Jacqueline Avant , wife of music producer Clarence Avant - Murdered (b. 1940) November 30 Kal Rudman , DJ, publisher of Friday Morning Quarterback (b. 1930) November 26 Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930) Marilyn McLeod , Motown singer-songwriter ("Love Hangover") (b. 1939) (death announced) November 24 Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken for Stars - Esophageal cancer November 22 Joanne Shenandoah , Native American singer-songwriter (b. 1956 or 1957) Kenny Daniel of Kenny & the Casuals (b. 1946) November 20 Billy Hinsche of Dino, Desi & Billy & the Beach Boys - Lung cancer (b. 1951) David Longdon of Big, Big Train - Accident (b. 1965) Jim Gallagher of the Astronauts (b. 1943) November 19