Two-Time Grammy Winner Passes Away: He Will Be Missed

Variety and other outlets reported the loss of Grammy-winning jazz musician Chuck Mangione after an illustrious career on July 24, 2025. Variety says they got the news Mangione had died from WROC-TV, a station local to the singer’s hometown of Rochester, NY. They say the channel learned from Bartolomeo & Perreto Funeral Home that the performer died in his sleep on Tuesday, July 22. He was 84, per the report.

Chuck Mangione’s Grammy Wins

Mangione took home his first Grammy trophy in 1977 for the album “Bellavia,” which was awarded Best Instrumental Composition. WCNC says the project was named for his mother.

In 1979, his album “Children of Sanchez” was named Best Pop Instrumental Performance, per Grammy.com.

Fans Fondly Remember Chuck Mangione

On the day his death was publicly announced, fans flooded the YouTube comments with tributes to the singer as they reminisced on some of his best songs. Under the video for “Give It All You Got,” one fan wrote, “Everyone loves “Feels so Good” but THIS ONE was ALWAYS my jam since childhood. RIP Chuck. You gave it all you had.”

Another wrote, “Thank you, CHUCK MANGIONE for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. Your music was and still the background soundtrack of our lives,” before declaring the star “will not be forgotten.”

A third fan told Mangione to “rest well” before thanking the singer for “sharing your amazing talent with the entire world.”

Chuck Mangione Previously Explained His Instrument

In a television interview with Bill Boggs many years prior to his death, the star explained the flugelhorn for which he was so well known, and how it differs from a trumpet. “A lot of people see me and they say , ‘Oh, you’re playing a trumpet.’ This is a flugelhorn. It kinda looks like a trumpet that’s in the sixth month of pregnancy,” he joked, referencing the instrument’s greater size. “All the parts are kind of expanded.”

Mangione then told the tale of how he “fell in love” with his instrument, prompting him to select it as his specialty. “The first time I played it, it’s kind of like the ball player finds the right glove,” he revealed. The father of two then told Boggs about the instrument’s unique sound. “It’s got a darker, more mellow sound. It’s not known for its power or brilliance like the trumpet. And you certainly don’t use it in all musical situations,” he said.

Mangione concluded by saying, “When I became a musical dictator and formed my own group, this was the one. Yeah.”