Ralph Willis - blues musician - died on 1957-06-11.
Thomas Shaw - blues musician - died in 1977.
James Thomas - blues musician - died in 1993.
Jim Brewer - blues musician - died in 1988.
Frank Edwards - blues musician - died in 2002.
Bill Gaither - blues musician - died in 1970.
Roy Brown - blues musician - died on 1981-05-25.
Sam Taylor - blues musician - died on 2009-01-04.
Johnny Williams - blues musician - died on 2006-03-06.
Robert Ward - blues musician - died on 2008-12-25.
Clarence Edwards - blues musician - died on 1993-05-20.
The blues musician Muddy Waters, whose real name is McKinley Morganfield and is considered the father of modern chicago blues, died on the date of April 30, 1983.
Don Willis died in 1984.