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  • Lemmy (December 24, 1945 –December 28, 2015), (born Ian Fraiser Kilmister) Brit bassist with Hawkwind, Motörhead, would have turned 79 this year.
  • Woody Shaw (December 24, 1944 –May 10, 1989), American trumpeter, would have turned 80 this year.
  • Volker Kriegel (December 24, 1943 –June 14, 2003), German guitarist, would have turned 81 this year.
  • Bernt Rosengren (December 24, 1937 –May 15, 2023), Swedish tenor saxophonist, would have turned 87 this year.
  • Chris McGregor (December 24, 1936 –May 26, 1990), South African bandleader and pianist, would have turned 88 this year.
  • John Critchinson (December 24, 1934–December 15, 2017), Brit hard bop pianist, would have turned 90 this year.
  • Tatsuya Takahashi (December 24, 1931 –February 29, 2008), Japanese bandleader and tenor saxophonist, would have turned 93 this year.
  • Mauricio Kagel (December 24, 1931 –September 18, 2008), Argentine composer, would have turned 93 this year.
  • Ray Bryant (December 24, 1931 –June 02, 2011), American jazz pianist, would have turned 93 this year.
  • Jimmy Campbell (1928 – 1998), American session musician (drummer), would have turned 96.
  • Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1925 –July 31, 1981), Indian actor and playback singer, would have turned 99 this year.
  • Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 –December 01, 1986), American singer, would have turned 100 this year.
  • Henry Coker (December 24, 1919 –November 23, 1979), American trombonist, would have turned 105 this year.
  • Dave Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 –June 23, 2019), American songwriter, arranger, trumpeter and vocalist, would have turned 106 this year.
  • Al Drootin (December 24, 1916 –January 10, 2016), American clarinetist, would have turned 108 this year.
  • Ralph Marterie (December 24, 1914 –October 10, 1978), American big band trumpeter and bandleader, would have turned 110 this year.
  • Fumio Nanri (December 24, 1910 –August 04, 1975), Acclaimed Japanese jazz trumpeter, would have turned 114 this year.
  • Jabbo Smith (December 24, 1908 –January 16, 1991), (born Cladys Smith) American trumpeter and vocalist, would have turned 116 this year.
  • Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906 –February 24, 1967), American composer, would have turned 118 this year.
  • Baby Dodds (December 24, 1898 –February 14, 1959), (born Warren Dodds) American drummer, would have turned 126 this year.
  • Punch Miller (December 24, 1894 –December 02, 1971), (born Ernest Miller) American dixieland trumpeter, would have turned 130 this year.
  • Harry Warren (December 24, 1893 –September 22, 1981), (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna) American composer and lyricist, would have turned 131 this year.
  • Henry Russell (December 24, 1812 –December 08, 1900), Brit composer and baritone vocalist, would have turned 212 this year.