2000 in music

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Deaths

• February 12 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (70), U.S. vocal artist
• February 28 - George Siravo US arranger and saxophonist
• March 1 - Dennis Danell, Social Distortion (38), brain aneurysm
• March 7 - Pee Wee King (86), heart attack on February 28.
• March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor, singer, of a brain aneurysm
• March 27 - Ian Dury (57), English rock musician
• April 27 - Vicki Sue Robinson, US disco singer
• May 20 - Jean Pierre Rampal, flautist
• July 24 - Oscar Shumsky, violinist
• September 21 - Bengt Hambraeus, composer for organ
• September 26 - Carl Sigman, songwriter
• October 3 - Benjamin Orr, bassist, vocalist for American rock group The Cars
• October 10 - Julie London, 74, US singer and actress
• October 28 - Carlos Guastavino, composer
• October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author
• December 24 - Nick Massi, 65, bass singer for the pop band The Four Seasons