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Emmaretta Marks - sang with Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and others
Hector "Tito" Matos - Puerto Rican percussionist, played with Eddie Palmieri and others; 53
Tommy McConnell - drummer with New York R&B/disco girl group Skyy
Charles McCormick - bassist/vocalist with Kanass City-based R&B band Bloodstone, wrote their 1973 No. 10 hit, "Natural High"
Ian McDonald - founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner, played various instruments (sax, flute, keyboards, guitar); cancer; 75
Meatloaf (Marvin Aday) - rock singer from Dallas, won Grammy for "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"; Covid-related; 74
Eric Mercury - Canadian R&B singer; cancer; 77
Joe Messina - guitarist with the Funk Brothers Motown house band; kidney disease; 93
Ron Miles - Indianapolis-born jazz trumpeter and cornet player; cancer; 58
Charnett Moffett - New York-born jazz bassist, played with McCoy Tyner and many others; heart attack; 54
Denroy Morgan - reggae artist from Jamaica and father of the members of Morgan Heritiage, charged with possessing 25 pounds of ganja in 2011; cancer; 76
Barbara Morrison - Michigan-born jazz singer; heart disease; 72
James Mtume (James Forman) - percussionist and songwriter, played with Miles Davis, son of Jimmy Heath; 76
Rachel Nagy - Detroit Cobras lead singer/pianist; 37
Bobbie Nelson - Willie Nelson's piano-playing older "Sister Bobbie" performed in her brother's band for more than 40 years; 91
Sandy Nelson - house drummer for Imperial Records, played on "Ooo Poo Pa Doo" among many others; stroke; 83
OhTrapStar (Ernesto Carralero) - Miami rapper; car crash; 23
