List of deaths in rock and roll

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Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died".

The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.

Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider. In determining criteria for inclusion, this list uses as its basis reliable sources listing "rock deaths" or "deaths in rock and roll", as well as such sources as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1950s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Kansas Joe McCoy Harlem Hamfats	44	January 28, 1950	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart disease
Bertha Hill	45	May 7, 1950	New York City, New York, USA	Hit and run accident
Papa Charlie McCoy Harlem Hamfats	41	July 26, 1950	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Paralytic brain disease
Cecil Gant	37	February 4, 1951	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Pneumonia and heart attack
Luke Jordan	60	June 25, 1952	Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Hank Williams	29	January 1, 1953	Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA	Heart attack
Willie Love	46	August 19, 1953	Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bronchopneumonia
Carolina Slim	30	October 22, 1953	Newark, New York, USA	Heart attack
Danny Cedrone Bill Haley & His Comets	33	June 17, 1954	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Broken neck from falling down stairs
Lollypop Jones	56	August 22, 1954	USA
Hot Lips Page	46	November 9, 1954	New York, USA	Heart attack
Dink Johnson	62	November 29, 1954	USA
Papa Celestin Tuxedo Brass Band	70	December 15, 1954	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Johnny Ace	25	December 25, 1954	Houston, Texas, USA	Accidental shooting
Cow Cow Davenport	61	December 12, 1955	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tommy Johnson	60	November 1, 1956	Crystal Springs, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack
Ralph Willis	47	June 11, 1957	New York City, New York, USA
Walter Page	57	December 20, 1957	New York City, New York, USA	Kidney ailment and pneumonia
John Dolphin Record producer, concert, and record store owner	55	February 1, 1958	Los Angeles, California, USA	Murdered
W. C. Handy	84	March 28, 1958	New York City	Bronchial pneumonia
Leroy Foster	35	May 26, 1958	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Chuck Willis	32-30	April 10, 1958	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Peritonitis
Big Bill Broonzy	65	August 14. 1958	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Tiny Bradshaw	51	November 26, 1958	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Stroke
Henry "Son" Sims	68	December 26, 1958	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly & The Crickets	22	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident
The Big Bopper	28	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident
Ritchie Valens	17	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident
Guitar Slim	32	February 7, 1959	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Billie Holiday	44	July 17, 1959	New York City, New York, USA	Pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by liver cirrhosis
Al "Cake" Wichard	41-40	November 14, 1959	Los Angeles, California, USA

1960s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Jesse Belvin	27	February 6, 1960	Fairhope, Arkansas, USA	Car accident
Beverly Kenney	28	April 13, 1960	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide
Eddie Cochran	21	April 17, 1960	Chippenham, Wiltshire, England	Car accident
Smokey Hogg	46	May 1, 1960	McKinney, Texas, USA	Cancer
Eli Oberstein Record producer from Bluebird Records	58	June 12, 1960	Westport, Connecticut, USA
Johnny Horton	35	November 5, 1960	Milano, Texas, USA	Car accident
Stick McGhee	43	August 15, 1961	The Bronx, New York, USA	Lung cancer
Stuart Sutcliffe The Beatles	21	April 10, 1962	Hamburg, West Germany	Cerebral hemorrhage
Patsy Cline	30	March 5, 1963	Camden, Tennessee, USA	Plane accident
Elmore James	45	May 24, 1963	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Daddy Stovepipe	96	November 1, 1963	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bronchial pneumonia after a gall bladder operation
Dinah Washington	39	December 14, 1963	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Accidental overdose
Cyril Davies	31	January 7, 1964	London, England	Endocarditis and leukaemia
Rudy Lewis The Drifters	27	May 20, 1964	New York City, New York, USA	Choked to death in his sleep
Meade Lux Lewis	58	June 7, 1964	Minneapolla, Minnesota, USA	Car accident
Eric Dolphy	36	June 29, 1964	Berlin, Germany	Complications from diabetes
Johnny Burnette The Rock and Roll Trio	30	August 14, 1964	Clear Lake, California, USA	Drowning
Tiny Topsy	34	August 16, 1964	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Intracerebral hemorrhage
Joe Henderson	27	October 24, 1964	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Buster Pickens	48	November 24, 1964	Houston, Texas, USA	Stabbing
Sam Cooke The Soul Stirrers	33	December 11, 1964	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shot to death by Bertha Franklin
Alan Freed American disc jockey	43	January 20, 1965	Palm Springs, California, USA	Uremia and liver cirrhosis
Nat King Cole	45	February 15, 1965	Santa Monica, California	Lung cancer
Sonny Boy Williamson II	52	May 25, 1965	Helena, Arkansas, USA	Heart attack
Bill Black	39	October 21, 1965	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Brain tumor
Jazz Gillum	61	March 29, 1966	Chicago. Illinois, USA	Gunshot
Richard Fariña	29	April 30, 1966	Carmel Valley, California, USA	Motorcycle accident
Bobby Fuller The Bobby Fuller Four	23	July 18, 1966	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide (suspicious)
Peg Leg Howell	78	August 11, 1966	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Complications from diabetes
Johnny Kidd Johnny Kidd & The Pirates	30	October 7, 1966	Bury, Lancashire, England	Car accident
Smiley Lewis	53	October 7, 1966	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Stomach cancer
Mississippi John Hurt	74	November 2, 1966	Grenada, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack
Moon Mullican	57	January 1, 1967	Beaumont, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Joe Meek	37	February 3, 1967	London, England	Suicide by gunshot
Fats Pichon	60	February 25, 1967	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Elmo Hope	43	May 19, 1967	New York City, New York, USA	Heart failure
Brian Epstein Manager of The Beatles	32	August 27, 1967	London, England	Accidental overdose of sleeping pills
Rex Stewart	60	September 7, 1967	USA
Woody Guthrie	55	October 3, 1967	New York City, New York, USA	Huntington's disease
Peter Bocage	80	December 3, 1967	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Otis Redding	26	December 10, 1967	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Plane accident
Jimmie King Ronnie Caldwell Carl Cunningham Phalon Jones The Bar-Kays	Various (18-19)	December 10, 1967	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Plane accident
Robin Roberts The Wailers	27	December 22, 1967	San Mateo County, California, USA	Car accident
Bert Berns	38	December 30, 1967	New York City, New York, USA	Heart failure
Little Walter	37	February 15, 1968	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Coronary thrombosis due to injuries sustained while fighting
Frankie Lymon Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	25	February 27, 1968	New York City, New York, USA	Heroin overdose
Syd Nathan Record producer, music business executive and co-founder of King Records	63	March 5, 1968	Miami Beach, Florida, USA	Pneumonia
Lester Melrose	76	April 12, 1968	Lake, Florida, USA
Little Willie John	30	May 26, 1968	Walla Walla, Washington, USA	Heart attack
Bumble Bee Slim	63	June 8, 1968	Los Angeles, California
Wes Montgomery	45	June 15, 1968	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Heart attack
Luther Perkins	40	August 5, 1968	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Smoke inhalation
Joe Hinton	38	August 13, 1968	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Skin cancer
Red Foley	58	September 19, 1968	Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Respiratory Failure
Malcolm Hale Spanky and Our Gang	27	October 30, 1968	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning
Kokomo Arnold	67-72	November 8, 1968	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Dickie Pride	27	March 26, 1969	London, England	Drug overdose
Billy Bizor	55	April 4, 1969	Houston, Texas, USA
Benny Benjamin The Funk Brothers	43	April 20, 1969	New York City, New York, USA	Stroke
Don Drummond The Skatalites	37	May 6, 1969	Kingston, Jamaica	Possibly heart failure and alleged suicide
Martin Lamble Fairport Convention	19	May 12, 1969	Scratchwood Services, M1 Motorway, England	Car accident
Shorty Long	29	June 29, 1969	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Drowning
Brian Jones The Rolling Stones	27	July 3, 1969	Hartfield, East Sussex, England	Drowned in swimming pool
Wynonie Harris	53	July 4, 1969	Los Angeles, California, USA	Esophageal cancer
Roy Hamilton	40	July 20, 1969	New Rochelle, New York, USA	Stroke
Skip James	67	October 3, 1969	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Leonard Chess Record prouder, company executive and co-founder of Chess Records	52	October 16, 1969	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardiac arrest
Tommy Edwards	47	October 22, 1969	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Brain aneurysm
Pops Foster	77	October 29, 1969	USA
Magic Sam	32	December 1, 1969	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
James "Stump" Johnson	67	December 5, 1969	St. Louis, Missouri, USA

1970s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Billy Stewart	32	January 17, 1970	Selma, North Carolina, USA	Car accident
L. C. McKinley	51	January 19, 1970	East Chicago, Indiana, USA
Slim Harpo	46	January 31, 1970	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Ishmon Bracey	69-71	February 12, 1970	Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Darrell Banks	32	February 24, 1970	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Shot by police
Mary Ann Ganser The Shangri-Las	22	March 14, 1970	Forest Hills, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Tammi Terrell	24	March 16, 1970	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Brain cancer
Kid Thomas	35	April 5, 1970	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shooting
George Goldner Record producer, music executive from Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Crows and Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers and co-founded of Tico Records, End Records, Rama Records, Roulette Records, Gee Records, Gone Records and Red Bird Records	52	April 15, 1970	Turtle Bay, New York, USA	Heart attack
Earl Hooker	41	April 21, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Tuberculosis
Otis Spann	40-46	April 24, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Liver cancer
Frankie Lee Sims	53	May 5, 1970	Dallas, Texas, USA	Pneumonia
Johnny Hodges	62	May 11, 1970	New York City, USA	Heart attack
Alan Wilson Canned Heat	27	September 3, 1970	Topanga Canyon, California, USA	Suicide or accidental barbiturate overdose
Maxwell Davis	54	September 18, 1970	Los Angeles, California, USA
Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience	27	September 18, 1970	Kensington, London, England	Asphyxiation on vomit
Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Company	27	October 4, 1970	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Baby Huey Baby Huey & the Babysitters	26	October 28, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Drug related heart attack
Coot Grant	77	December 26, 1970	Riverside County, California, USA
Harold McNair Ginger Baker's Air Force	39	March 7, 1971	London, England	Lung cancer
Francis Wolff	63	March 8, 1971	New York City, USA
Arlester Christian Dyke & the Blazers	27	March 13, 1971	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Gunshot wounds
Donald McPherson The Main Ingredient	29	July 3, 1971	The Bronx, New York, USA	Leukemia
Jim Morrison The Doors Rick & the Ravens	27	July 3, 1971	Paris, France	Heart failure
Louis Armstrong	69	July 6, 1971	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Henry D. "Homer" Haynes Homer and Jethro	51	August 7, 1971	Hammond, Indiana, USA	Heart attack
King Curtis	37	August 13, 1971	New York City, New York, USA	Stabbing
Thomas Wayne	31	August 15, 1971	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Traffic collision
Lil Hardin Armstrong	73	August 27, 1971	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gene Vincent	36	October 12, 1971	California, USA	Burst stomach ulcer
Duane Allman The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos	24	October 29, 1971	Macon, Georgia, USA	Traffic collision
Art Laibly Record producer and manager	77	October 30, 1971
Junior Parker	39	November 18, 1971	Blue Island, Illinois, USA	Following surgery for brain tumor
Papa Lightfoot	47	November 20, 1971	Natchez, Mississippi, USA
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. Record producer and film producer of Alvin and the Chipmunks	52	January 16, 1972	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Heart attack
Mahalia Jackson	60	January 27, 1972	Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA	Heart failure and diabetes
Linda Jones	27	March 14, 1972	Newark, New Jersey, USA	Complications from diabetes
Leslie Harvey Stone the Crows	27	May 3, 1972	Swansea, Wales	Electrocuted by a live microphone on stage
Reverend Gary Davis	76	May 5, 1972	Hammonton, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Jimmy Rushing	70	June 8, 1972	New York City, New York, USA	Leukemia
Clyde McPhatter Billy Ward and His Dominoes The Drifters	39	June 13, 1972	Teaneck, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Mississippi Fred McDowell	66	July 3, 1972	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Lovie Austin	84	July 10, 1972	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Brian Cole The Association	29	August 2, 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Baby Tate	52	August 17, 1972	Columbia, South Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Calvin Frazier	57	September 23, 1972	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cancer
Rory Storm	34	September 28, 1972	Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England	Suicide
Billy Murcia The New York Dolls	21	November 6, 1972	London, England	Accidental suffocation due to drugs and alcohol
Raymond Jackson Record producer from Stax Records	31	November 10, 1972	USA	House fire
Berry Oakley The Allman Brothers Band	24	November 11, 1972	Macon, Georgia, USA	Traffic accident
Danny Whitten Crazy Horse	29	November 18, 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidental drug overdose
William Manuel Johnson	100	December 3, 1972	New Braunfels, Texas, USA
Kid Ory	86	January 23, 1973	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan The Grateful Dead	27	March 8, 1973	Corte Madera, California, USA	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage from alcoholism
Duke Henderson	48	April 9, 1973	Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sammy Babitzin	24	April 29, 1973	Jyväskylä, Finland	Visceral injuries caused by car accident
Clarence White The Kentucky Colonels, The Byrds	29	July 14, 1973	Palmdale, California, USA	Hit by drunk driver
Jimmy Radcliffe	36	July 27, 1973	The Bronx, New York, USA
Memphis Minnie	76	August 6, 1973	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Paul Williams The Temptations	34	August 17, 1973	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Gunshot, disputed suicide
Gram Parsons	26	September 19, 1973	Joshua Tree, California, USA	Drug overdose
Jim Croce	30	September 20, 1973	Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Plane accident
Maury Muehleisen Jim Croce's lead guitarist	24	September 20, 1973	Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Plane accident
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	58	October 9, 1973	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Stroke
Gene Krupa	64	October 16, 1973	Yonkers, New York, USA	Leukemia
John Rostill The Shadows	31	November 26, 1973	Radlett, Hertfordshire, England	Electrocuted by guitar
Bobby Darin	37	December 20, 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications following surgery
Packy Axton The Mar-Keys	32	January 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cirrhosis or heart attack
Bobby Bloom	28	February 28, 1974	USA	Suicide
Bobby Timmons	38	March 1, 1974	New York City, New York, USA
Harry Womack The Valentinos	28	March 9, 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stabbing
Roy Hawkins	71	March 19, 1974	Compton, California, USA
Arthur Crudup	68	March 28, 1974	Nassawadox, Virginia, USA	Complications of heart disease and diabetes
Graham Bond The Graham Bond Organisation Ginger Baker's Air Force	36	May 8, 1974	London, England	Suicide
Duke Ellington	75	May 24, 1974	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Don Rich The Buckaroos	32	July 17, 1974	San Luis Obispo, California, USA	Traffic accident
Gene Ammons	49	July 23, 1974	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Lightnin' Slim	61	July 27, 1974	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Stomach cancer
Cass Elliot The Mamas & the Papas	34	July 29, 1974	London, England	Heart failure
Bill Chase Chase	39	August 9, 1974	Jackson, Minnesota, USA	Plane accident
Robbie McIntosh Average White Band	24	September 23, 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidental drug overdose
Pink Anderson	74	October 12, 1974	Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Victor Olof Record producer from Decca Records and HMV Records	76	November 3, 1974	USA
Ivory Joe Hunter	60	November 8, 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Nick Drake	26	November 25, 1974	Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England	Suicide by acute amitriptyline poisoning
Louis Jordan Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	66	February 4, 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Dave Alexander The Stooges	27	February 10, 1975	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Pneumonia
J. B. Long	71	February 25, 1975	Elon, North Carolina, USA
T-Bone Walker	64	March 16, 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Pete Ham Badfinger	27	April 24, 1975	Surrey, England	Suicide
Tom Donahue Rock and roll radio disc jockey	46	April 29, 1975		Heart attack
Tim Buckley	28	June 29, 1975	Santa Monica, California, USA	Drug overdose
Don Robey Record producer	71	July 16, 1975	Houston, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Lefty Frizzell	47	July 19, 1975	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Cannonball Adderley	46	August 8, 1975	Gary, Indiana, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Otto Jefferies The "5" Royales	63	August 8, 1975
Al Jackson, Jr. Booker T. & the MG's	39	October 1, 1975	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Fiddlin' Joe Martin	75	November 2, 1975	Walls, Mississippi, USA
Gary Thain The Keef Hartley Band, Uriah Heep	27	December 8, 1975	Norwood Green, England	Drug overdose
Hound Dog Taylor	60	December 17, 1975	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Lung cancer
Howlin' Wolf	65	January 10, 1976	Hines, Illinois, USA	Congestive heart failure
Chris Kenner	46	January 25, 1976	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Rudy Pompilli Bill Haley & His Comets	51	February 5, 1976	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Lung cancer
Florence Ballard The Supremes	32	February 22, 1976	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Coronary thrombosis
Arthur Gunter	49	March 16, 1976	Port Huron, Michigan, USA	Pneumonia
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson	34	March 18, 1976	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Lung cancer
Paul Kossoff Free, Back Street Crawler	25	March 19, 1976	Flight from New York to Los Angeles, USA	Drug-related heart attack
Phil Ochs	35	April 9, 1976	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide by hanging
Keith Relf The Yardbirds	33	May 14, 1976	London, England	Electrocuted by guitar
Charles Stepney Record producer and arranger	45	May 17, 1976	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Melvin Jackson	60	May 30, 1976	Dallas, Texas, USA	Car accident
Jimmy Reed	50	August 29, 1976	Oakland, California, USA	Epileptic seizure
L. C. Robinson	61	September 26, 1976	Berkeley, California, USA	Heart attack
Leo Mintz Record store and music promoter	65	November 4, 1976	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Tommy Bolin Deep Purple, The James Gang, Zephyr	25	December 4, 1976	Miami, Florida, USA	Drug overdose
Freddie King	42	December 28, 1976	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Buddy Johnson	62	February 9, 1977	USA	Brain tumor and sickle cell anemia
Bukka White	67	February 26, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Annette Snell	32	April 4, 1977	New Hope, Georgia, USA	Southern Airways Flight 242 plane accident
Helmut Köllen Triumvirat	27	May 3, 1977	Cologne, Germany	Carbon monoxide poisoning
Lafayette Thomas	48	May 20, 1977	Brisbane, California, USA	Heart attack
Sleepy John Estes	77-78	June 5, 1977	Brownsville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Peter Laughner Pere Ubu	24	June 22, 1977	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Acute pancreatitis from alcohol and drug abuse
Baby Boy Warren	57	July 1, 1977	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Big John Wrencher	54	July 15, 1977	Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack
Elvis Presley	42	August 16, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Tarheel Slim	63	August 21, 1977	New York City, USA	Pneumonia brought on by chemotherapy
George Barnes	56	September 5, 1977	Concord, California, USA	Heart attack
Marc Bolan T. Rex	29	September 16, 1977	London, England	Car accident
Bing Crosby	74	October 14, 1977	Alcobendas, Spain	Heart attack
Cassie Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd	29	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA	Plane accident
Steve Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd	28	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA	Plane accident
Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd	29	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA	Plane accident
Peg Leg Sam	65	October 27, 1977	Jonesville, South Carolina, USA
Big Chief Ellis	63	December 20, 1977	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Heart failure
St. Louis Jimmy Oden	74	December 30, 1977		Bronchopneumonia
Terry Kath Chicago	31	January 23, 1978	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidentally shot himself
Gregory Herbert Blood, Sweat & Tears	30	January 31, 1978	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Drug overdose
Bill Kenny The Ink Spots	63	March 23, 1978	New Westminster, Canada	Respiratory illness
Money Johnson	60	March 28, 1978	New York City, USA
Sandy Denny Fairport Convention	31	April 21, 1978	London, England	Cerebral hemorrhage after accidental fall
Brian Pilling Fludd	29	June 28, 1978	Canada	Cancer
Juke Boy Bonner	46	June 29, 1978	Houston, Texas, USA	Cirrhosis
Glenn Goins Parliament-Funkadelic	24	July 29, 1978	USA	Hodgkin's lymphoma
Joe Negroni Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	37	September 5, 1978	New York City, New York, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Tom Wilson Record producer	47	September 6, 1978	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Keith Moon The Who	32	September 7, 1978	London, England	Drug overdose
Johnny O'Keefe	43	October 6, 1978	Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia	Heart attack
Chris Bell Big Star	27	December 27, 1978	East Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Car accident
Donny Hathaway	33	January 13, 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide or accidental fall
Grant Green	43	January 31, 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Sid Vicious Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vicious White Kids, The Flowers of Romance	21	February 2, 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide or drug overdose
Roy Montrell	51	March 16, 1979	Amsterdam, Netherlands, USA	Drug overdose
Joe Willie Wilkins	56-58	March 28, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
James Leroy Denim	32	May 10, 1979	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Suicide
Lowell George Little Feat	34	June 29, 1979	Arlington, Virginia, USA	Heart attack
Van McCoy	39	July 6, 1979	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Minnie Riperton Rotary Connection	31	July 12, 1979	Los Angeles, California, USA	Breast cancer
Dorsey Burnette The Rock and Roll Trio	46	August 19, 1979	Los Angeles, California, USA	Coronary thrombosis
Jimmy McCulloch Thunderclap Newman, Stone The Crows, Wings	26	September 27, 1979	London, England	Morphine poisoning
Gus Cannon	96	October 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Tiki Fulwood Parliament, Funkadelic	35	October 29, 1979	USA	Stomach cancer
John Glascock Jethro Tull	28	November 17, 1979	London, England	Congenital heart defect
Jackie Brenston Kings of Rhythm	49-51	December 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Voyle Gilmore Record producer and arranger	67	December 19, 1979

1980s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Georgeanna Tillman The Marvelettes	35	January 6, 1980	Inkster, Michigan, USA	Complications from sickle cell anemia and lupus
Larry Williams	44	January 7, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide
Professor Longhair	61	January 23, 1980	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Jimmy Durante	86	January 29, 1980	Santa Monica, California, USA	Pneumonia
Edward Lewis Record producer from Decca Records	79	January 29, 1980	Chelsea, London, UK	Cancer
Warren Smith	47	January 30, 1980		Heart attack
Bon Scott AC/DC	33	February 19, 1980	London, England	Alcohol poisoning
Jacob Miller Inner Circle	27	March 23, 1980	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Car accident
Ian Curtis Joy Division	23	May 18, 1980	Macclesfield, England	Suicide by hanging
Carl Radle Derek and the Dominos	37	May 30, 1980		Kidney infection
Malcolm Owen The Ruts	25	July 14, 1980	Hayes, Middlesex, England	Drug overdose
Keith Godchaux The Grateful Dead	32	July 23, 1980	Marin County, California, USA	Traffic accident
George Scott III The Raybeats, 8 Eyed Spy, James Chance and the Contortions, James White and the Blacks, Human Switchboard	26	August 5, 1980	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
John Bonham Led Zeppelin	32	September 25, 1980	Windsor, England	Asphyxiation on vomit
Pat Hare	49	September 26, 1980	St. Paul Minnesota, USA	Lung cancer
Lincoln Chase	54	October 6, 1980	Metro Atlanta, USA
Steve Peregrin Took T. Rex	31	October 27, 1980	Ladbroke Grove, London, England	Asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry
O. V. Wright	41	November 16, 1980	Mobile, Alabama, USA	Heart attack
Darby Crash Germs	22	December 7, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by intentional drug overdose
John Lennon The Beatles	40	December 8, 1980	New York City, New York, USA	Shot to death by Mark David Chapman
Tim Hardin	39	December 29, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Morphine and heroin overdose
Robert Pete Williams	66	December 31, 1980	Rosedale, Louisiana, USA
Felton Jarvis Record producer	46	January 3, 1981	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Bill Haley Bill Haley & His Comets	55	February 9, 1981	Harlingen, Texas, USA	Brain tumor or heart attack
Mike Bloomfield The Electric Flag	37	February 15, 1981	San Francisco, California, USA	Drug overdose
Little Hat Jones	81	March 7, 1981	Naples, Texas, USA
Tampa Red Tampa Red and His Chicago Five	77	March 19, 1981	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bob Hite Canned Heat	38	April 6, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Kit Lambert Record producer from Golden Earring, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Thunderclap Newman and co-founded of Track Records	45	April 7, 1981	Middlesex, England	Cerebral hemorrhage after falling down stairs
Austin Pitre	63	April 8, 1981	Elton, Louisiana, USA
Steve Currie T. Rex	33	April 28, 1981	Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal	Car accident
Bob Marley The Wailers	36	May 11, 1981	Miami, Florida, USA	Acral lentiginous melanoma
Ernie Freeman	58	May 16, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Roy Brown	55	May 25, 1981	San Fernando, California, USA	Heart attack
Mary Lou Williams	71	May 28, 1981	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Bladder cancer
Chuck Wagon The Dickies	24	June 28, 1981	San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide
Rushton Moreve Steppenwolf	32	July 1, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Traffic accident
Hubert Johnson The Contours	40	July 11, 1981	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Suicide
Harry Chapin	38	July 16, 1981	Jericho, New York, USA	Traffic accident
Guy Stevens Record producer and manager from Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, Mott the Hoople, Free, The Clash	38	August 28, 1981	South London	Drug overdose
Sandra Tilley The Velvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas	38	September 9, 1981	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Complications from brain surgery
Furry Lewis	88	September 14, 1981	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure
Big Walter Horton	60	December 8, 1981	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart failure
Pigmeat Markham	77	December 13, 1981	The Bronx, New York, USA	Stroke
Tommy Tucker	48	January 22, 1982	Newark, New Jersey, USA	Food poisoning
Lightnin' Hopkins	69	January 30, 1982	Houston, Texas, USA	Esophageal cancer
Alex Harvey Sensational Alex Harvey Band	46	February 4, 1982	Zeebrugge, Belgium	Heart attack
John Belushi The Blues Brothers	33	March 5, 1982	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Samuel George The Capitols	39	March 17, 1982		Stabbing
Randy Rhoads Quiet Riot	25	March 19, 1982	Leesburg, Florida, USA	Plane accident
Floyd Smith	65	March 29, 1982	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Lester Bangs	33	April 30, 1982	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Neil Bogart Record producer from Kiss and music executive from Casablanca Records	39	May 8, 1982		Cancer
Rusty Day The Amboy Dukes	36	June 3, 1982	173 Parsons Road, Longwood, Florida, USA	Murder
Addie Harris The Shirelles	42	June 10, 1982	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Heart attack
Art Pepper	56	June 15, 1982	Los Angeles. California, USA	Stroke
James Honeyman-Scott The Pretenders	25	June 16, 1982	London, England	Heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance
Jane Vasey Downchild Blues Band	32-33	July 6, 1982	Canada	Leukemia
Bill Justis	55	July 15, 1982	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Nick Lucas	84	July 28, 1982	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Double pneumonia
Joe Tex	47	August 13, 1982	Navasota, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Dave Torbert Kingfish, New Riders of the Purple Sage	34	December 7, 1982		Heart attack
Marty Robbins	57	December 8, 1982	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Rebop Kwaku Baah Traffic, Can	38	January 12, 1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Cerebral hemorrhage
Lamar Williams The Allman Brothers Band	34	January 21, 1983		Lung cancer
Billy Fury	42	January 28, 1983	London, England	Heart attack
Lorraine Ellison	51	January 31, 1983		Ovarian cancer
Sam Chatmon	86	February 2, 1983	Hollandale, Mississippi, USA
Karen Carpenter The Carpenters	32	February 4, 1983	Downey, California, USA	Heart attack due to anorexia
Dig Richards	42	February 17, 1983	Sydney, Australia	Pancreatic cancer
Danny Rapp Danny & The Juniors	41	April 5, 1983	Parker, Arizona, USA	Suicide
Pete Farndon The Pretenders	30	April 14, 1983	London, England	Drowned in his bathtub after a drug overdose
Felix Pappalardi Mountain	43	April 17, 1983	New York City, New York, USA	Shot by his wife Gail Collins Pappalardi
Earl Hines	79	April 22, 1983	Oakland, California, USA	Heart attack
Muddy Waters	70	April 30, 1983	Westmont, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
J. B. Hutto	57	June 12, 1983	Harvey, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Buzz Shearman Moxy, Leigh Ashford	33	June 16, 1983	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Traffic accident
Walter Jackson	45	June 20, 1983	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Chris Wood Traffic	39	July 12, 1983	Birmingham, England	Pneumonia
Frank Fenter Record producer and music industry executive of Atlantic Records and Capricorn Records	47	July 21, 1983	Macon, Georgia, USA
Jimmy Liggins	64	July 21, 1983	Durham, North Carolina, USA
Wild Bill Moore	65	August 1, 1983	Los Angeles, California, USA
James Jamerson The Funk Brothers	47	August 2, 1983	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications of cirrhosis, heart failure and pneumonia
Klaus Nomi	39	August 6, 1983	New York City, New York, USA	Complications due to AIDS
Willie Bobo	49	September 15, 1983		Cancer
George "Harmonica" Smith	59	October 2, 1983	Los Angeles, California, USA
Hugh Mundell	21	October 14, 1983	Kingston, Jamaica	Murder by gunshot
James Booker	43	November 8, 1983	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
John Grimaldi Argent, Flux, Cheap Flights	28	November 15, 1983	USA
Tom Evans Badfinger	36	November 19, 1983	London, England	Suicide
Dennis Wilson The Beach Boys	39	December 28, 1983	Marina del Rey, California, USA	Accidental drowning
Alexis Korner	55	January 1, 1984	Westminster, London	Cancer
Jackie Wilson Billy Ward and his Dominoes	49	January 21, 1984	Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA	Complications of pneumonia
Paul Gardiner Tubeway Army	25	February 4, 1984	Northolt Middlesex, England	Drug overdose
Tom Jans	36	March 25, 1984	Los Angeles. California, USA	Drug overdose
Marvin Gaye	44	April 1, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Gunshot wounds
Ral Donner	41	April 6, 1984	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Lung cancer
Red Garland	60	April 23, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Count Basie	79	April 26, 1984	Hollywood, Florida, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Z. Z. Hill	48	April 27, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Moses "Whispering" Smith	52	April 28, 1984	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Meredith Willson	82	June 15, 1984	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heart failure
Harmonica Slim	49	June 16, 1984	Texarkana, Texas, USA
Big Mama Thornton	57	July 25, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Esther Phillips	48	August 7, 1984	Carson, California, USA	Drug overdose
Pat McAuley Them	40	August 11, 1984	USA	Drowning
Percy Mayfield	63	August 11, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Lenny Breau	43	August 12, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Murder by strangulation
Hammie Nixon	76	August 17, 1984	Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Shelly Manne	64	September 26, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Teddy Reig Record producer, record company executive and co-founded of Roost Records	58	September 29, 1984	Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Steve Goodman	36	September 30, 1984	Seattle, Washington, USA	Leukemia
Keith Hudson	38	November 14, 1984	New York, USA
Razzle Hanoi Rocks	24	December 8, 1984	Redondo Beach, California, USA	Traffic accident
Eddie "Bongo" Brown The Funk Brothers	52	December 28, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart ailment
Georgie Stoll Musical director from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer	79	January 18, 1985
Kenny Clarke	71	January 26, 1985	Montreuil, France
Barbara Cowsill The Cowsills	56	January 31, 1985	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	Emphysema
David Byron Uriah Heep	38	February 28, 1985	Reading, Berkshire, England	Alcohol-related complications
Robert Blackwell Record producer and arranger	66	March 9, 1985	Hacienda Heights, Whittier, California, USA	Pneumonia
Bob Shad Record producer from Big Brother and the Holding Company	65	March 13, 1985	Beverly Hills, California, USA
Willie Mabon	59	April 19, 1985	Paris, France
Johnny Fuller	56	May 20, 1985	Oakland, California, USA	Lung cancer
Pee Wee Crayton	70	July 25, 1985	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Kyu Sakamoto	43	August 12, 1985	Mount Osutaka, Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan	Plane accident
Philly Joe Jones	62	August 30, 1985	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Heart attack
Jo Jones	73	September 3, 1985	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Little Brother Montgomery	79	September 6, 1985	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Blind John Davis	71	October 12, 1985	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ricky Wilson The B-52's	32	October 12, 1985	New York City, New York, USA	Complications due to AIDS
Big Joe Turner	74	November 24, 1985	Inglewood, California, USA	Heart attack
Ian Stewart The Rolling Stones	47	December 12, 1985	London, England	Heart attack
Curley Moore	42	December 14, 1985	Algiers, Louisiana, USA
D. Boon The Minutemen	27	December 22, 1985	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Traffic accident
Gus Jenkins	54	December 22, 1985	Los Angeles, California, USA
Andy Chapin The Association	34	December 31, 1985	De Kalb, Texas, USA	Plane accident
Ricky Nelson	45	December 31, 1985	De Kalb, Texas, USA	Plane accident
Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy	36	January 4, 1986	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England	Heart failure and pneumonia caused by alcohol and drug use
Joe Farrell Return to Forever	48	January 10, 1986	Los Angeles, California, USA	Myelodysplastic syndrome
Albert Grossman	59	January 25, 1986	USA	Heart attack
Robbie Basho	45	February 28, 1986		Stroke
Richard Manuel The Band	42	March 4, 1986	Winter Park, Florida, USA	Suicide by hanging
Sonny Terry	74	March 11, 1986	Mineola, New York	Natural causes
Mark Dinning	52	March 22, 1986	Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Heart attack
O'Kelly Isley, Jr. The Isley Brothers	48	March 31, 1986	Alpine, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Hank Mobley	55	May 30, 1986	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Pneumonia
Benny Goodman	77	June 13, 1986	New York, New York, USA	Leukemia
William B. Williams American disc jockey	62	August 3, 1986	New York City, New York, USA	Acute anemia and respiratory failure
Thad Jones	63	August 20, 1986	Copenhagen, Denmark	Cancer
Cliff Burton Metallica	24	September 27, 1986	Ljungby Municipality, Sweden	Traffic accident
Moses Asch	80	October 19, 1986	New York City, New York
Esquerita	50	October 23, 1986	Harlem, New York, USA	HIV/AIDS
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis	64	November 3, 1986	Culver City, California, USA	Cancer
Bobby Nunn The Coasters	63	November 5, 1986	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Bea Booze	74	November 11, 1986	Scottsville, New York, USA
Scatman Crothers	76	November 22, 1986	Van Nuys, California, USA	Pneumonia and lung cancer
Lee Dorsey	61	December 1, 1986	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Emphysema
Hollywood Fats Canned Heat, The Blasters	32	December 8, 1986	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Kate Wolf	44	December 10, 1986	San Francisco, California, USA	Leukemia
Peter Lucia, Jr. Tommy James and the Shondells	39	January 6, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Bobby Peterson Co-writer of The Grateful Dead	49	January 12, 1987
Rauli Somerjoki	39	January 14, 1987	Helsinki, Finnish	Alcohol-related ailments
Alfred Lion Record executive and co-founder of Blue Note Records	78	February 2, 1987	San Diego, California, USA
Liberace	67	February 4, 1987	Palm Springs, California, USA	HIV/AIDS
Tony Destra Cinderella, Britny Fox	32	February 8, 1987
Norman Harris MFSB	39	March 14, 1987	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardiovascular disease
Dino Martin Dino, Desi & Billy	33	March 21, 1987	San Gorgonio Mountain, Canada, USA
Buddy Rich	69	April 2, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA	Brain tumor
Maxine Sullivan	75	April 7, 1987	New York City, New York, USA
Carlton Barrett The Wailers	36	April 17, 1987	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Irving Ashby	66	April 22, 1987	Perris, California, USA
Billy Johnson The Moonglows	58	April 28, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA
Paul Butterfield The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	44	May 4, 1987	North Hollywood, California, USA	Heart attack
Allen Jones Record producer from The Bar-Kays	46	May 5, 1987		Heart attack
Victor Feldman	53	May 12, 1987	Woodland Hills, California, USA	Heart attack
Gary Driscoll Rainbow	41	June 8, 1987	Ithaca, New York, USA	Murdered
Kid Thomas Valentine	91	June 18, 1987
Fred Astaire	88	June 22, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Elizabeth Cotten	94	June 29, 1987	Syracuse, New York, USA
Snakefinger The Residents	38	July 1, 1987	Linz, Austria	Heart attack
John Hammond Record producer from Columbia Records	76	July 10, 1987		Series of strokes
Pete King After the Fire, BAP, The Flys	28	July 15, 1987	USA	Testicular cancer
Howard McGhee	69	July 17, 1987	New York City, USA
Alex Sadkin Record producer from Arcadia, Simply Red, Thompson Twins, Boom Crash Opera and Duran Duran	38	July 25, 1987		Traffic collision
Joe Liggins	71	July 31, 1987	Lynwood, California, USA	Stroke
David A. Martin Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	50	August 2, 1987	USA	Heart attack
Scott La Rock Boogie Down Productions	25	August 27, 1987	New York City, New York, USA	Shot
Peter Tosh The Wailers	42	September 11, 1987	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Jaco Pastorius Weather Report	35	September 21, 1987	Wilton Manors, Florida, USA	Beaten to death
Ted Taylor The Cadets	53	October 2, 1987	Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA	Traffic accident
Woody Herman	74	October 29, 1987	West Hollywood, California, USA	Pneumonia
Luke "Long Gone" Miles	62	November 22, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA
Little Willy Foster	65	November 25, 1987		Cancer
Fat Larry James Fat Larry's Band	38	December 5, 1987	USA	Heart attack
Mark Mussler Village People	33	December 9, 1987	USA	AIDS
Will Shatter Flipper	31	December 9, 1987	USA	Drug overdose
Slam Stewart Slim & Slam	73	December 10, 1987	Binghamton, New York, USA
Conny Plank Record producer and also known as Moebius & Plank	47	December 18, 1987	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Cancer
John Spence No Doubt	18	December 21, 1987	Anaheim, California, USA	Suicide
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller	54	December 25, 1987	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Nat Tarnopol Record producer from Brunswick Records	56	December 25, 1987		Heart failure
John Dopyera	94	January 3, 1988	Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
Joe Albany	63	January 12, 1988	New York City, New York, USA	Respiratory failure
René Hall	75	February 11, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart disease
John Curulewski Styx	37	February 13, 1988	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Brain aneurysm
Alexander Bashlachev	27	February 17, 1988	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union	Falling from the window (most likely suicide)
Memphis Slim	72	February 24, 1988	Paris, France	Renal failure
Divine	42	March 7, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart enlargement after years of obesity
Andy Gibb Younger brother of the Bee Gees	30	March 10, 1988	Oxford, England	Myocarditis worsened by drug addiction
Moody Jones	79	March 23, 1988	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dave Prater Sam & Dave	50	April 9, 1988	Sycamore, Georgia, USA	Traffic accident
Brook Benton	56	April 9, 1988	Queens, New York City, USA	Meningitis
Pony Poindexter	62	April 14, 1988	Oakland, California, USA
Carolyn Franklin	43	April 25, 1988	Bloomfield, Michigan, USA	Breast cancer
B. W. Stevenson	38	April 28, 1988		Heart valve surgery complications
Claude Demetrius	71	May 1, 1988	New York City, New York, USA
Chet Baker	58	May 13, 1988	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Accident
Gil Evans	75	May 20, 1988	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Peritonitis
Ted Dunbar	51	May 29, 1988	New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA	Stroke
John Jordan The Four Vagabonds	74	June 16, 1988
Jesse Ed Davis	43	June 22, 1988	Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Hillel Slovak Red Hot Chili Peppers	26	June 25, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Jimmy Soul	45	June 25, 1988	Spring Valley, New York, USA	Heart attack
Nico	49	July 18, 1988	Ibiza, Spain	Head trauma caused by traffic accident
Priscilla Bowman	60	July 24, 1988	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Lung cancer
Fred Below The Aces	61	August 13, 1988	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Robert Calvert Hawkwind	43	August 14, 1988	Ramsgate, England	Heart attack
Roy Buchanan	48	August 14, 1988	Fairfax County, Virginia, USA	Suicide by hanging
Tim Davis The Steve Miller Band	44	September 20, 1988		Complications related to diabetes
J. C. Heard	71	September 27, 1988	Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Cliff Gallup	58	October 9, 1988	Norfolk, Virginia, USA	Heart attack
Son House	86	October 19, 1988	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Black Randy Black Randy and the Metrosquad	36	November 11, 1988		AIDS-related disease
Roy Orbison Traveling Wilburys	52	December 6, 1988	Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Sylvester	41	December 16, 1988	San Francisco, California, USA	AIDS
Paul Jeffreys Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel	36	December 21, 1988	Lockerbie, Scotland	Pan Am Flight 103 bombing and subsequent accident
Alvin "Bobby" Baylor The Solitaires	53	January 4, 1989	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Whistlin' Alex Moore	89	January 20, 1989	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Steve Wahrer The Trashmen	48	January 21, 1989		Cancer
Donnie Elbert	52	January 26, 1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Stroke
Blaze Foley	39	February 1, 1989	Austin, Texas, USA	Gunshot
Paul Robi The Platters	57	February 1, 1989	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns Homer and Jethro	68	February 4, 1989	Evanston, Illinois, USA	Prostate cancer
Joe Raposo Television writer and lyrics from Sesame Street	51	February 5, 1989	Bronxville, New York, USA	Lymphoma
King Tubby	48	February 6, 1989	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Shot
Hip Linkchain	52	February 13, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Vincent Crane The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Dexys Midnight Runners	45	February 14, 1989	Westminster, London, England	Drug overdose
Al Bennett Record producer from Cream Records and Liberty Records	58	March 1989
Dock Green Jr. The Five Crowns, The Drifters	54	March 10, 1989	Fresh Meadows, New York, USA	Cancer
Fatman Smith The Equadors	67	March 10, 1989	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Marek Blizinski	41	March 17, 1989	Warsaw, Poland
John Simmons The Reflections	46	March 16, 1989	USA
Ray Agee	68	April 15, 1989	Los Angeles, California, USA
Dmitry Selivanov	25	April 22, 1989	Novosibirsk, Russia	Suicide
Ron Wilson The Surfaris	44	May 7, 1989	Placer County, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
Good Rockin' Charles	56	May 17, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA
John Cipollina Quicksilver Messenger Service	45	May 29, 1989	San Francisco, California, USA	Emphysema
Vivian Carter Record producer, cpmpany executive and co-founded of Vee Jay Records	68	June 12, 1989		High blood pressure, diabetes and a stroke
Pete de Freitas Echo & the Bunnymen	27	June 14, 1989	London, England	Motorcycle accident
Greg Bloch It's a Beautiful Day	41	July 2, 1989	USA
Vic Maile	45	July 11, 1989		Cancer
Nesuhi Ertegun Record producer, record executive of Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group	71	July 15, 1989	New York City, USA	Complications of cancer surgery
Bull Moose Jackson	70	July 31, 1989	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
Larry Parnes	59	August 4, 1989	London, England	Meningitis
Sonny Thompson	65	August 11, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mickey Hawks	49	August 31, 1989	North Carolina, USA
Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	28	September 8, 1989
Tim Hovey New Riders of the Purple Sage	44	September 9, 1989	USA	Drug overdose
Cousin Joe	81	October 2, 1989	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes
Alan Murphy Go West, Level 42	35	October 19, 1989		HIV/AIDS
Ewan MacColl	74	October 22, 1989	Brompton, London, USA	Complications following heart surgery
Dickie Goodman Record producer	55	November 8, 1989	North Carolina, USA	Suicide
Freddie Waits	49	November 18, 1989	New York City, New York, USA	Kidney failure
Billy Lyall Bay City Rollers, Pilot	36	December 1, 1989		AIDS
Pattie Santos It's a Beautiful Day	40	December 14, 1989		Car crash
Floyd Jones	72	December 19, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA

1990s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Gene Phillips	74	January 10, 1990	Lakewood, California, USA
Melanie Appleby Mel and Kim	23	January 18, 1990		Pneumonia and following treatment for metastatic paraganglioma
Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd	37	January 23, 1990	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	Pneumonia
Peter Sweval Looking Glass	41	January 23, 1990		AIDS
Mel Lewis	60	February 2, 1990	New York City, USA
Del Shannon	55	February 8, 1990	Santa Clarita, California, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Johnnie Ray	63	February 24, 1990	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver failure due to chronic alcoholism
Cornell Gunter The Coasters	53	February 26, 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Homicide
David Prichard Armored Saint	26	February 28, 1990		Leukemia
Shakey Jake Harris	68	March 2, 1990	Forrest City, Arkansas, USA
Ric Grech Family, Traffic, Blind Faith	43	March 17, 1990	Leicester, England	Liver and kidney failure
Andrew Wood Malfunkshun Mother Love Bone	24	March 19, 1990	Seattle, Washington, USA	Heroin overdose
Sarah Vaughan	66	April 3, 1990	Hidden Hills, California, USA	Lung cancer
Thurston Harris The Sharps	58	April 14, 1990	Pomona, California, USA	Heart attack
Wesley Rose Music industry executive and record producer	72	April 26, 1990	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Sammy Lawhorn	54	April 29, 1990	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Emily Remler	32	May 4, 1990	Sydney, Australia	Heart attack
Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis's son	64	May 16, 1990	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Cancer
Morris Levy Record producer from Roulette Records	62	May 21, 1990		Liver cancer
Gary Usher The Beach Boys, The Byrds	51	May 25, 1990	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Stiv Bators The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church	40	June 4, 1990	Paris, France	Struck by taxi
Jim Hodder Steely Dan	42	June 5, 1990	Point Arena, California, USA	Drowned
Rob Graves Bags, 45 Grave, The Gun Club	31-32	June 28, 1990	USA
Gerry Boulet Offenbach	44	July 18, 1990		Cancer
Brent Mydland The Grateful Dead	37	July 26, 1990	Lafayette, California, USA	Drug overdose
Bobby Day	60	July 27, 1990	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Larry Birdsong	56	August 7, 1990	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Joel Rundell Better Than Ezra	24	August 8, 1990		Suicide
Lafayette Leake	71	August 14, 1990	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Diabetic coma
Viktor Tsoi Kino	28	August 15, 1990	Tukums, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union	Car accident
Boogie Bill Webb	66	August 22, 1990	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Stevie Ray Vaughan Double Trouble	35	August 27, 1990	East Troy, Wisconsin, USA	Helicopter accident
Tom Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival	48	September 6, 1990	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	Tuberculosis
Ray Stephens Village People	35	October 4, 1990		AIDS
Sam Taylor	74	October 5, 1990	Westchester, New York, USA
B.J. Wilson Procol Harum	43	October 8, 1990	Corvallis, Oregon, USA	Intentional drug overdose
Art Blakey	71	October 16, 1990	New York City, New York	Lung cancer
Gervasio Los Naúfragos	42	October 28, 1990	Talagante, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile	Murder
Bobby Scott	53	November 5, 1990	New York City, New York, USA	Lung cancer
Ronnie Dyson	40	November 10, 1990	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Heart failure
Lester Williams	70	November 13, 1990	Houston, Texas, USA
Dee Clark	52	December 7, 1990	Smyrna, Georgia, USA	Heart attack
Goree Carter	59	December 29, 1990	Houston, Texas, USA
Buck Ram	83	January 1, 1991	Las Vegas, Nevada
Steve Clark Def Leppard	30	January 8, 1991	London, England	Accidental overdose of painkillers, anti-depressants, and alcohol
Stan Szelest The Band	47	January 20, 1991	Woodstock, New York, USA	Heart Attack
Karen Young	39	January 26, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Roger Patterson Atheist	22	February 12, 1991		Car accident
George Motola Record producer from Modern Records	71	February 15, 1991	Los Angeles, California, USA
John McClung John & Emery McClung	84	February 15, 1991	USA
Bob Geddins Record producer	78	February 16, 1991		Liver cancer
Slim Gaillard Slim & Slam	75	February 26, 1991	London, England
Frank Esler-Smith Air Supply	42	March 1, 1991	Melbourne, Australia	Pneumonia
Doc Pomus	65	March 14, 1991	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Lung cancer
Roger Troy The Electric Flag	45	March 15, 1991
Billy Butler	66	March 20, 1991	Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Leo Fender	81	March 21, 1991	Fullerton, California, USA
Dave Guard The Kingston Trio	56	March 22, 1991	Rollinsford, New Hampshire, USA	Lymphatic cancer
Paul Gayten	71	March 26, 1991	Los Angeles, California, USA
Henry Glover	69	April 7, 1991	St. Albans, New York, USA	Heart attack
Per "Dead" Ohlin Mayhem	22	April 8, 1991	Oslo, Norway	Suicide
Steve Marriott Small Faces, Humble Pie	44	April 21, 1991	Essex, England	House fire
Miss Sandra The GTOs	42	April 23, 1991		Ovarian cancer
Johnny Thunders The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers	38	April 23, 1991	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug-related causes; suspicious
James Hopkins-Harrison Lake	41	May 16, 1991		Heroin overdose
Odia Coates	49	May 19, 1991	Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California, USA	Drug overdose
Will Sin The Shamen	30	May 23, 1991		Drowning
Gene Clark The Byrds	46	May 24, 1991	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Bleeding ulcer
David Ruffin The Temptations	50	June 1, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Adverse reaction to drugs of an accidental overdose
Stan Getz	64	June 6, 1991	Malibu, California, USA	Liver cancer
Richard Holmes	60	June 29, 1991	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Prostate cancer
Willie Nix	68	July 8, 1991	Leland, Mississippi, USA
Paula Pierce The Pandoras	31	August 10, 1991	Hollywood, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
Dootsie Williams Record producer from The Penguins	80	August 21, 1991	Los Angeles, California, USA
Mike Naumenko Zoopark	36	August 27, 1991	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union	Cerebral hemorrhage
Peter Slaghuis VideoKids	30	September 5, 1991	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Car accident
Rob Tyner MC5	46	September 18, 1991	Berkley, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Miles Davis	65	September 28, 1991	Santa Monica, California, USA	Pneumonia, respiratory failure, and stroke
J. Frank Wilson J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers	49	October 4, 1991	Lufkin, Texas, USA	Alcoholism and complications from diabetes
Ole Beich Guns N' Roses	36	October 16, 1991	Copenhagen, Denmark	Drowned in Skt. Jørgens Lake
Bill Graham Promoter of Various Bands	60	October 25, 1991	Vallejo, California, USA	Helicopter accident
Jim Reese The Bobby Fuller Four	49	October 26, 1991	Lufkin, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Mort Shuman	54	November 2, 1991	London, England	Cancer
Eric Carr Kiss	41	November 24, 1991	New York City, New York, USA	Heart cancer and subsequent brain hemorrhage
Freddie Mercury Queen	45	November 24, 1991	London, England	Complications due to AIDS
Headman Shabalala Ladysmith Black Mambazo	46	December 10, 1991		Shot
King Kolax	79	December 18, 1991	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Beaver Harris	55	December 22, 1991		Prostate Cancer
Johnny Rydh Strebers	27	January 3, 1992		Car accident
Jerry Nolan The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers	45	January 14, 1992	New York City, New York, USA	Stroke and subsequent coma
Dee Murray	45	January 15, 1992	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Skin cancer and subsequent stroke
Willie Dixon	76	January 29, 1992	Burbank, California, USA	Heart failure
Sudirman Arshad	37	February 22, 1992	Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Stroke
Al Silver Record producer from The Nutmegs, The Five Satins, The Turbans, and co-founded of Herald Records	78	March 4, 1992	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Mary Osborne	70	March 4, 1992	Bakersfield, California, USA	Cancer
Arthur Russell	40	April 4, 1992	New York City, New York, USA	AIDS-related illness
Sammy Price	92	April 14, 1992	New York City, USA	Heart attack
Johnny Shines	76	April 20, 1992	Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Brian MacLeod Chilliwack, Headpins	39	April 25, 1992	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Bone cancer
Sharon Redd	46	May 1, 1992	Westchester County, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Iosu Expósito Eskorbuto	31	May 31, 1992	Baracaldo, Spain	Heroin overdose
Peter Allen	48	June 18, 1992	San Diego, California, USA	HIV/AIDS
Stefanie Sargent 7 Year Bitch	24	June 27, 1992	Seattle, Washington, USA	Asphyxiation after taking alcohol and heroin
Howard Roberts	62	June 28, 1992	Seattle, Washington, USA	Prostate cancer
Boogie Woogie Red	66	July 2, 1992	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Paul Hackman Helix	38	July 5, 1992	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Car accident
Mary Wells	49	July 26, 1992	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia and throat cancer
Jeff Porcaro Toto	38	August 5, 1992	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack due to allergic reaction or cocaine use (disputed)
Tony Williams The Platters	64	August 14, 1992	New York City, New York, USA	Emphysema
Mark Heard	40	August 16, 1992	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Earl Van Dyke The Funk Brothers	62	September 18, 1992	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Prostate cancer
William Cowsill The Cowsills	66	September 29, 1992	Mexico	Leukaemia
Eddie Kendricks The Temptations	52	October 5, 1992	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Lung cancer
Larry Levan	38	November 8, 1992	Manhattan, New York City, USA	AIDS-related complications
Ronnie Bond The Troggs	52	November 13, 1992	USA
Bobby McClure	50	November 13, 1992	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Ricky Williams Flipper	36	November 21, 1992	El Camino, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Andy Kirk	94	December 11, 1992	New York City, New York, USA
Elbert Wilkins The Dramatics	45	December 13, 1992	Marshall, Michigan, USA	Heart Artack
Albert King	69	December 21, 1992	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Eddie Hazel Funkadelic	42	December 23, 1992	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Internal bleeding and liver failure
Dizzy Gillespie	75	January 6, 1993	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Helno Lucrate Milk	29	January 22, 1993	Paris, France	Heroin overdose
Toy Caldwell Marshall Tucker Band	45	February 25, 1993	Moore, South Carolina, USA
Marlena Davis The Orlons	48	February 27, 1993	USA	Lung cancer
Jake Porter Record producer and co-founder of Combo Records	76	March 25, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA
Eugene Church	55	April 3, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Mick Ronson Mott the Hoople, The Spiders from Mars	46	April 30, 1993	London, England	Liver cancer
Louis Brooks	82	May 5, 1993	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Marv Johnson	54	May 16, 1993	Columbia, South Carolina, USA	Stroke
Doctor Ross	67	May 28, 1993	Flint, Michigan, USA
Sun Ra	79	May 30, 1993		Pneumonia
Dupree Bolton	64	June 5, 1993	Oakland, California, USA	Cardiac Arrest
Conway Twitty	59	June 5, 1993	Springfield, Missouri, USA	Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Arthur Alexander	53	June 9, 1993		Heart attack
John Campbell	41	June 13, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	Heart failure
Luther Tucker	57	June 18, 1993	Greenbrae, California, USA	Heart attack
GG Allin The Jabbers, The Scumfucs, The Murder Junkies	36	June 28, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	Heroin overdose
Wong Ka Kui Beyond	31	June 30, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	Internal bleeding due to head injuries
Dave Rubinstein Reagan Youth	28	July 3, 1993		Suicide by anti-depressant induced overdose
Mia Zapata The Gits	27	July 7, 1993	Seattle, Washington, USA	Murdered
Boston Blackie	49	July 11, 1993		Stabbing
Richard Tee	49	July 21, 1993	The Bronx, New York, USA	Prostate cancer
Don Myrick Earth, Wind & Fire	53	July 30, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Gunshot
Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones The Wonder Stuff	29	July 31, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	Heroin
Randy Jo Hobbs The McCoys, Montrose	45	August 5, 1993	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Heart failure
Euronymous Mayhem	25	August 10, 1993	Oslo, Norway	Stabbed to death by Varg Vikernes
Phil Seymour Dwight Twilley	41	August 17, 1993	USA	Cancer
Bernie Lowe Record producer, arranger and co-founded of Parkway Records	75	September 1, 1993	Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA
Lefty Dizz	56	September 7, 1993	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Esophageal cancer
Wade Flemons Earth, Wind & Fire	53	October 13, 1993	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Cancer
Criss Oliva Savatage	30	October 17, 1993	Zephyrhills, Florida, USA	Car accident
James Baker New Birth	45	October 24, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA
River Phoenix Alexa's Attic	23	October 31, 1993	West Hollywood, California, USA	Combined Drug Intoxication
Albert Collins	61	November 24, 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Cancer
Jerry Edmonton Steppenwolf	47	November 28, 1993	Santa Barbara, California, USA	Car accident
Ray Gillen Black Sabbath, Badlands, Sun Red Sun	34	December 1, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	AIDS related
Frank Zappa The Mothers of Invention	52	December 4, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Doug Hopkins Gin Blossoms	32	December 5, 1993	Tempe, Arizona, USA	Suicide
Michael Clarke The Byrds	47	December 19, 1993	Treasure Island, Florida, USA	Liver failure
Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont The Morwells, Roots Radics	38	December 31, 1993	USA	Prostate Cancer
Silas Hogan	82	January 9, 1994	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Heart disease
Harry Nilsson	52	January 15, 1994	Agoura Hills, California, USA	Heart failure
Rhett Forrester Riot	37	January 22, 1994	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Gun shot
John Littlejohn	62	February 1, 1994		Renal failure
Gary B.B. Coleman	47	February 14, 1994	Center, Texas, USA
Papa John Creach Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, The Dinosaurs	76	February 22, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Dan Hartman	43	March 22, 1994	Westport, Connecticut, USA	Complications from AIDS
Kurt Cobain Nirvana	27	April 5, 1994	Seattle, Washington, USA	Suicide
Lee Brilleaux Dr. Feelgood	51	April 7, 1994	Canvey Island, Essex, England	Lymphoma
Larry Davis	57	April 19, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Haskell Sadler	59	May 6, 1994	Berkeley, California, USA	Complications from diabetes
Joe Pass	65	May 23, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver cancer
Eric Gale	55	May 25, 1994	Baja, California, Mexico	Lung cancer
Derek Leckenby Herman's Hermits	51	June 4, 1994	Manchester, England	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Kristen Pfaff Hole, Janitor Joe	27	June 16, 1994	Seattle, Washington, USA	Heroin overdose
Eddie Boyd	79	July 13, 1994	Helsinki, Finland, USA
Gary Farr Gary Farr & The T-Bones	49	July 29, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Bill Baker The Five Satins	58	August 10, 1994	New Haven, Connecticut, USA	Lung cancer
Major Lance	55	September 3, 1994	Decatur, Georgia, USA	Heart disease
Nicky Hopkins The Jeff Beck Group	50	September 6, 1994	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from intestinal surgery
Major Bill Smith Record producer and record label owner	72	September 12, 1994	Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Haywood Henry	81	September 15, 1994
Ken Montgomery D.O.A., Pointed Sticks, Subhumans	36	September 27, 1994		Heroin overdose
Danny Gatton	49	October 4, 1994	Newburg, Maryland, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Lee Allen	67	October 18, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA
Jimmy Miller Record producer for Blind Faith, Spooky Tooth, Motörhead, Primal Scream, and association with The Rolling Stones	52	October 22, 1994	Denver, Colorado, USA	Liver failure
Wilbert Harrison	65	October 26, 1994	Spencer, North Carolina, USA	Stroke
Robert White The Funk Brothers	57	October 27, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from open heart surgery
Fred "Sonic" Smith MC5 Sonic's Rendezvous Band	45	November 4, 1994	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart failure
Carmen McRae	72	November 10, 1994	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Stroke
Tommy McManus Mama's Boys	53	November 16, 1994	London, England	Lung infenction and following by a bone marrow
Chet Powers Quicksilver Messenger Service	57	November 16, 1994	Santa Rosa, California, USA
Cab Calloway	86	November 18, 1994	Hockessin, Delaware, USA	Stroke
Garnett Silk	28	December 9, 1994	Mandeville, Jamaica
Dan Hamilton Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	51	December 23, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cushig's syndrome
Ted Hawkins	58	January 1, 1995	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Johnny Carroll	57	January 13, 1995	Dallas, Texas, USA	Liver failure
Ruby Starr Black Oak Arkansas	45	January 14, 1995	Toledo, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
David Cole Record producer from C+C Music Factory	32	January 24, 1995	New York, New York, USA	Long illness
Richey Edwards Manic Street Preachers	27	February 1, 1995	Cardiff, Wales	Declared death in absentia
Tony Secunda Manager of rock groups from The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Motörhead, Steeleye Span, The Move and T-Rex	54	February 12, 1995	Tiburon, California, USA	Heart attack
Denny Cordell Record producer from The Hollies, The Moody Blues, The Move	51	February 18, 1995	Dublin, Ireland	Lymphoma
Bob Stinson The Replacements, Static Taxi	35	February 18, 1995	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Health undermined by years of alcohol and drug abuse
Melvin Franklin The Temptations	52	February 23, 1995	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Complications from a seizure
Willie Johnson	71	February 25, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Vivian Stanshall Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band	51	March 5, 1995	Muswell Hill, London, England	House fire
Delroy Wilson	46	March 6, 1995	Kingston, Jamaica	Cirrhosis of the liver
Ingo Schwichtenberg Helloween	29	March 8, 1995	Hamburg, West Germany	Suicide
Sunnyland Slim	88	March 17, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nike Ardilla	19	March 19, 1995	Bandung, Indonesia	Car accident
Alan Barton Smokie, Black Lace	41	March 23, 1995	Cologne, Germany	Bus accident
Eazy-E N.W.A	30	March 26, 1995	Compton, California, USA	Complications due to AIDS
Jimmy McShane Baltimora	37	March 29, 1995	Derry, Northern Ireland	Complications due to AIDS
Roland Wolf Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	29-30	March 29, 1995	Germany	Car crash
Paul A. Rothchild Record producer from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	59	March 30, 1995	Hollywood, California, USA	Lung cancer
Selena Selena y Los Dinos	23	March 31, 1995	Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Shot to death by Yolanda Saldívar
Burl Ives	85	April 14, 1995	Anacortes, Washington, USA	Oral cancer
Carl Albert Vicious Rumors	32	April 22, 1995		Car accident
Lonesome Sundown	66	April 23, 1995	Gonzales, Louisiana, USA
Clarence Paul	67	May 6, 1995	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications of heart disease and diabetes
Rory Gallagher	47	June 14, 1995	London, England	MRSA complications following a liver transplant
Phyllis Hyman	45	June 30, 1995	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Wolfman Jack American disc jockey	57	July 1, 1995	Belvidere, North Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Charlie Rich	62	July 25, 1995	Hammond, Louisiana, USA	Acute blood clot
Eddie Hinton	51	July 28, 1995	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Heart attack
Jerry Garcia The Grateful Dead	53	August 9, 1995	Forest Knolls, California, USA	Heart attack
Allan McCarthy Men Without Hats	38	August 11, 1995
Bobby DeBarge DeBarge, Switch	39	August 16, 1995	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	HIV/AIDS
Wild Bill Davis	76	August 17, 1995	Moorestown Township, New Jersey, USA
Dwayne Goettel Skinny Puppy	31	August 23, 1995	Edmonton, Canada, USA	Drug overdose
Ronald White Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	56	August 26, 1995	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Leukemia
Sterling Morrison The Velvet Underground	53	August 30, 1995	Poughkeepsie, New York, USA	Cancer
Salil Chowdhury	71	September 5, 1995	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Larry Gales	59	September 12, 1995
Jay Roberts The Primitives	49	September 21, 1995	USA
Shannon Hoon Blind Melon	28	October 21, 1995	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Cocaine overdose
Florence Greenberg Music executive and record producer	82	November 2, 1995	Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Jerry Daniels The Ink Spots	79	November 7, 1995
Alan Hull Lindisfarne	50	November 17, 1995	Newcastle, England	Heart thrombosis
Matthew Ashman Bow Wow Wow, Adam and the Ants	35	November 21, 1995	London, England	Diabetes
Peter Grant Music manager from Stone the Crows, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company and record executive from Swan Song Records	60	November 21, 1995	Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Tom Clay American radio personality and disc jockey	66	November 22, 1995	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stomach and lung cancer
Junior Walker Junior Walker & the All Stars	64	November 23, 1995	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Cancer
David Briggs Record producer from Crazy Horse	51	November 26, 1995	San Francisco, California, USA	Lung cancer
Dean Martin	78	December 25, 1995	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Lung cancer
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis	70	December 28, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
David Molina Let's Go Bowling	36	December 28, 1995
Clarence Satchell Ohio Players	55	December 30, 1995	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Brain aneurysm
Edem Ephraim London Boys	36	January 21, 1996	Eastern Alps, Austria	Car accident
Dennis Fuller London Boys	36	January 21, 1996	Eastern Alps, Austria	Car accident
Bob Thiele	73	January 30, 1996	Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA	Kidney failure
Wild Jimmy Spruill	61	February 3, 1996	Washington D.C., USA	Heart attack
Brownie McGhee	80	February 16, 1996	Oakland, California, USA	Stomach cancer
Terry Stafford	54	March 17, 1996	Amarillo, Texas, USA	Liver failuire
Billy Williamson Bill Haley & His Comets	71	March 22, 1996	Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA	Cancer
Don Murray The Turtles	50	March 22, 1996	Glendale, California, USA	Complications following ulcer surgery
Jeffrey Lee Pierce The Gun Club	37	March 31, 1996	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Guitar Gabriel	70	April 2, 1996	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Bernard Edwards Chic	43	April 18, 1996	Japan	Pneumonia
Johnny "Guitar" Watson	61	May 18, 1996	Yokohama, Japan	Myocardial infraction
Kevin Gilbert	29	May 18, 1996	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidental strangulation
Bradley Nowell Sublime	28	May 25, 1996	San Francisco, California, USA	Heroin overdose
John Kahn Legion of Mary, Old and in the Way	49	May 30, 1996	Heart attack
Ella Fitzgerald	79	June 15, 1996	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Complications from diabetes
Jim Ellison Material Issue	32	June 20, 1996	USA	Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning
Louis Gottlieb The Limeliters	72	July 11, 1996	Sebastopol, California, USA	Short illness
Jonathan Melvoin The Smashing Pumpkins	34	July 12, 1996	New York City, New York, USA	Heroin overdose
John Panozzo Styx	47	July 16, 1996	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Gastrointestinal hemorrhaging
Chas Chandler The Animals	57	July 17, 1996	Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England	Heart condition
Rob Collins The Charlatans	33	July 22, 1996	Wales	Car accident
Marge Ganser The Shangri-Las	48	July 28, 1996	New York City, New York, USA	Breast cancer
Jason Thirsk Pennywise, Humble Gods	28	July 29, 1996	Hermosa Beach, California, USA	Self-inflicted gunshot while intoxicated
Mel Taylor The Ventures	62	August 11, 1996	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Al Cleveland	66	August 14, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart disease
Tupac Shakur Outlawz	25	September 13, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Homicide
Bob Gibson	64	September 28, 1996	Portland, Oregon, USA	Degenerative brain disease
Chris Acland Lush	30	October 17, 1996	Burneside, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England	Suicide
Eva Cassidy	33	November 2, 1996	Bowie, Maryland, USA	Cancer
Bill Doggett	80	November 13, 1996	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
William Clarke	45	November 2, 1996	Fresno, California, USA
Tiny Tim	64	November 30, 1996	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Heart attack
Patty Donahue The Waitresses	40	December 9, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
Dawn Crosby Detente, Fear of God	33	December 15, 1996		Liver failure
Johnny Heartsman	60	December 27, 1996	Sacramento, California, USA	Stroke
Randy California Spirit	45	January 2, 1997	Molokai, Hawaii, USA	Drowned
Alexander Young Marcus Hook Roll Band, AC/DC	58	January 4, 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Lung cancer
Kenny Pickett The Creation	54	January 10, 1997	London, England	Heart attack
Keith Diamond	46	January 18, 1997	Manhattan, USA
Ron Holden	57	January 22, 1997	Rosarito Beach, Mexico	Heart attack
Billy Mackenzie Associates	39	January 22, 1997	Angus, Scotland	Prescription pill overdose
Richard Berry	61	January 23, 1997	Inglewood, California, USA	Heart failure
Seth Lover	87	January 31, 1997	Garden Grove, California, USA
Brian Connolly The Sweet	52	February 9, 1997	Slough, Berkshire, England	Kidney failure
Jack Owens	92	February 9, 1997	Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
The Notorious B.I.G.	24	March 9, 1997	Los Angeles, California, USA	Homicide
LaVern Baker	67	March 10, 1997	Queens, New York, USA	Coronary complications
Ronnie Barron Canned Heat	53	March 20, 1997		Heart failure
Harold Melvin Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes	57	March 24, 1997
Aaron Collins The Cadets	66	March 27, 1997	California
Gene Ames Ames Brothers	74	April 4, 1997
Laura Nyro	49	April 8, 1997	Danbury, Connecticut, USA	Ovarian cancer
Eldon Hoke Mentors, The Screamers	39	April 19, 1997	Riverside, California, USA	Struck by train
Lovie Lee	88	May 23, 1997	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jeff Buckley	30	May 29, 1997	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Accidental drowning
Ronnie Lane The Small Faces, Faces	51	June 4, 1997	Trinidad, Colorado, USA	Pneumonia
Arthur Prysock	73	June 14, 1997	Hamilton, Bermuda, USA	Aneurysm
John Wolters Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show	52	June 16, 1997
Bobby Helms	63	June 19, 1997	Martinsville, Indiana, USA	Emphysema and asthma
Lawrence Payton The Four Tops	59	June 20, 1997	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Cancer
Louis A. McCall, Sr. Con Funk Shun	45	June 25, 1997	Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA	Murder
Johnny Copeland	60	July 3, 1997	Harlem, New York, USA	Congential heart defect
Chuck Wayne	74	July 29, 1997	USA	Health problems
Luther Allison	57	August 12, 1997	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Metastasis
Raymond Barbieri Warzone, Agnostic Front	35	September 11, 1997	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Jimmy Witherspoon	77	September 18, 1997	Los Angeles, California, USA	Throat cancer
Nick Traina Link 80	19	September 20, 1997	USA	Suicide
Phil Medley	81	October 3, 1997
John Denver The John Denver Band	53	October 12, 1997	Pacific Grove, California, USA	Experimental plane crash
Glen Buxton	49	October 19, 1997	Clarion, Iowa, USA	Pneumonia
Henry Vestine Canned Heat	52	October 20, 1997	Paris, France	Heart and respiratory failure
Ralph Middlebrooks Ohio Players	55	November 1997	USA	Cancer
Epic Soundtracks Swell Maps, Crime & the City Solution, These Immortal Souls	38	November 6, 1997	West Hampstead, London, England	Inconclusive official cause
Tommy Tedesco	67	November 10, 1997	Northridge, California, USA	Lung cancer
Michael Hutchence INXS	37	November 22, 1997	Sydney, Australia	Suicide or accidental strangulation
Michael Hedges	43	December 2, 1997	Mendocino County, California, USA	Car crash
Kurt Winter The Guess Who	51	December 14, 1997		Kidney failure due to previous drug abuse
Nicolette Larson	45	December 16, 1997	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cerebral edema and liver failure
Jimmy Rogers	73	December 19, 1997	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Floyd Cramer	64	December 31, 1997		Lung cancer
Nick Venet Record producer and association with The Beach Boys	61	January 2, 1998	Eastside Los Angeles, USA	Burkitt's lymphoma
Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher	62	January 5, 1998	South Lake Tahoe, California, USA	Skiing accident
Ken Forssi The Surfaris, Love	54	January 10, 1998	Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Brain tumor
Junior Wells The Aces	63	January 15, 1998	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Sereve health problems include a cancer and a heart attack
Junior Kimbrough	67	January 17, 1998	Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA
Carl Perkins	65	January 19, 1998	Jackson, Tennessee, USA	Throat cancer
Johnny Funches The Dells	62	January 23, 1998	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Fat Pat	27	February 3, 1998	Houston, Texas, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Tim Kelly Slaughter	35	February 5, 1998	Bagdad, Arizona, USA	Car crash
Joe Stubbs The Falcons, The Contours, The Originals	55-56	February 5, 1998	USA
Falco	40	February 6, 1998	Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic	Car accident
Carl Wilson The Beach Boys	51	February 6, 1998	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Grandpa Jones	84	February 19, 1998	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	2 strokes
Bob McBride Lighthouse	51	February 20, 1998	Toronto, Ontario, USA	Heart failure
Rockin' Sidney	59	February 25, 1998	Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
George Howard	41	March 20, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Rozz Williams Christian Death, Shadow Project, Premature Ejaculation	34	April 1, 1998	West Hollywood, California, USA	Suicide by hanging
Rob Pilatus Milli Vanilli	33	April 2, 1998	Frankfurt, Germany	Alcohol and prescription pill overdose
Cozy Powell The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath	50	April 5, 1998	Bristol, England	Car accident
Wendy O. Williams Plasmatics	48	April 6, 1998	Storrs, Connecticut, USA	Suicide by shooting
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney's wife	56	April 17, 1998	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Breast cancer
hide X Japan, Zilch	33	May 2, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Suicide by hanging
Eddie Rabbitt	56	May 7, 1998	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Frank Sinatra	82	May 14, 1998	West Hollywood, California USA	Heart attack
Jerry Capehart	69	June 7, 1998	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Brain Cancer
Dave "Chico" Ryan Sha Na Na	50	July 26, 1998	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Heart failure
Denniz Pop DJ music producer	35	August 30, 1998		Stomach cancer
Sonny Knight	64	September 5, 1998	Maui, Hawaii, USA
Johnny Adams	66	September 14, 1998	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Cancer
Oz Bach Spanky and Our Gang	59	September 21, 1998	Asheville, North Carolina, USA	Cancer
Gene Autry	91	October 2, 1998	Studio City, California, USA	Lymphoma
Frederick Johnson The Swallows	60	October 28, 1998
Lonnie Pitchford	43	November 8, 1998	Lexington, Mississippi, USA	HIV/AIDS
Eldridge Holmes	56	November 13, 1998	USA
Alexander White Patty & the Emblems	60	November 13, 1998
Barbara Acklin	55	November 27, 1998	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Pneumonia
Lynn Strait Snot	30	December 11, 1998	Santa Barbara, California, USA	Car accident
Bryan Maclean Love	52	December 25, 1998	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Johnny Moore The Drifters	64	December 30, 1998	London, England	Respiratory failure
Sonny Forriest The Coasters	64	January 10, 1999	Capitol Heights, Maryland, USA
Barry Pritchard The Fortunes	64	January 11, 1999	Birmingham, England
John Baker Saunders Mad Season The Walkabouts	44	January 15, 1999	Seattle, Washington, USA	Heroin overdose
Benjamin Smoke Smoke	39	January 29, 1999	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Liver failure
Baris Manço	56	February 1, 1999	Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey
David McComb The Triffids, Blackeyed Susans	36	February 2, 1999	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Heroin toxicity and rejection of his 1996 heart transplant
Gwen Guthrie	48	February 3, 1999	Orange, New Jersey, USA	Uterine cancer
Buddy Knox	65	February 14, 1999	Bremerton, Washington, USA	Lung cancer
Björn Afzelius Hoola Bandoola Band	52	February 16, 1999	Gothenburg, Sweden	Lung cancer
David Ackles	62	March 2, 1999	Tujunga, California, USA	Lung cancer
Dusty Springfield The Springfields	59	March 2, 1999	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England	Cancer
Lowell Fulson	77	March 7, 1999	Long Beach, California, USA
Peppermint Harris	73	March 19, 1999	Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Val Valentin Record proudcer and record engineer	79	March 24, 1999	Reno, Nevada, USA
Mighty Joe Young	71	March 24, 1999	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Pneumonia
Freaky Tah Lost Boyz	27	March 28, 1999	Queens, New York, USA	Shooting
Joe Williams	80	March 29, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Jesse Stone	97	April 1, 1999	Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA
Skip Spence Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape	52	April 16, 1999	Santa Cruz, California, USA	Lung cancer
Kemistry Kemistry & Storm	35	April 25, 1999	Winchester, Hampshire, England
Roger Troutman Zapp	47	April 25, 1999	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Murdered by his brother Larry Troutman
Larry Troutman Zapp	54	April 25, 1999	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Committed suicide after he murdered his brother Roger Troutman
Adrian Borland The Outsiders, The Sound	41	April 26, 1999	London, England	Suicide
Darrell Sweet Nazareth	51	April 30, 1999	New Albany, Indiana, USA	Heart attack
Mick Stubbs Home	51	May 5, 1999	London, England	Testicular cancer
William Tucker Ministry	38	May 14, 1999		Heart attack
Bruce Fairbairn Record producer from Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, AC/DC	49	May 17, 1999	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Augustus Pablo	44	May 18, 1999		Myasthenia gravis
Ernie Wilkins	76	June 5, 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark
Billy Brown The Freshmen	56	June 6, 1999
Eddie Kurdziel Redd Kross	38	June 6, 1999	Los Angeles, California, USA
Screaming Lord Sutch Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages	58	June 16, 1999	West Harrow, Middlesex, England	Suicide by hanging
Kami Malice Mizer	27	June 21, 1999		Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Dennis Brown	42	July 1, 1999	Kingston, Jamaica	Pneumothorax
Guy Mitchell	72	July 1, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Cancer surgery
Mark Sandman Morphine	46	July 3, 1999	Palestrina, Latium, Italy	On stage heart attack
Kevin Wilkinson	41	July 17, 1999
Gar Samuelson Megadeth	41	July 22, 1999	Orange City, Florida, USA	Liver failure
Tommy Ridgley	73	August 11, 1999		Kidney failure and lung cancer
Bobby Sheehan Blues Traveler	31	August 20, 1999	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug overdose
Rob Fisher Naked Eyes	42	August 25, 1999		Cancer
Katie Webster	63	September 5, 1999	League City, Texas, USA	Heart failure
Beau Jocque	45	September 10, 1999	Kinder, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Chuck Higgins	75	September 14, 1999	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Claude Bessy Catholic Discipline	53	October 2, 1999	Barcelona, Spain	Lung cancer
Erik Brødreskift Borknagar, Gorgoroth	29	October 4, 1999		Suicide by drug overdose
Hoyt Axton	61	October 26, 1999	Victor, Montana, USA	Heart attack
Wes Berggren Tripping Daisy	28	October 27, 1999	Dallas, Texas, USA	Drug overdose
Rob Hoeke	60	November 6, 1999	Krommenie, Netherlands, USA	Short illness
Herb Abramson Record company executive, record producer and co-founder of Atlantic Records	82	November 9, 1999	Henderson, Nevada, USA
Clifford Jarvis	58	November 26, 1999	London, England
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker	72	November 27, 1999	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Don "Sugarcane" Harris Don and Dewey	61	December 1, 1999	Los Angeles, California, USA
Charlie Byrd	74	December 2, 1999	Annapolis, Maryland, USA	Lung cancer
Bobby Marchan	69	December 5, 1999	Gretna, Louisiana, USA	Liver Cancer
Rick Danko The Band	56	December 10, 1999	Marbletown, New York, USA	Heart failure
Charles Earland	58	December 11, 1999	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Heart attack
Grover Washington Jr.	56	December 17, 1999	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Joe Higgs	59	December 18, 1999
Curtis Mayfield The Impressions	57	December 26, 1999	Roswell, Georgia, USA	Complications due to diabetes

2000s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Nat Adderley Cannonball Adderley's brother	68	January 2, 2000	Lakeland, Florida, USA	Diabetes
Wade Walton	76	January 10, 2000
Richard "Dimples" Fields	57	January 12, 2000	Novato, California, USA	Stroke
Dub Jones The Coasters	71	January 16, 2000	Long Beach, California, USA	Diabetes
Doris Coley The Shirelles	58	February 4, 2000	Sacramento, California, USA	Breast cancer
Dave Peverett Foghat	58	February 7, 2000	Orlando, Florida, USA	Kidney cancer
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	70	February 12, 2000	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France	Complications following surgery concerning aneurysm
Andy Lewis The Whitlams	33	February 12, 2000	USA
Oliver	54	February 12, 2000	Shreveport, Louisiana, USA	Cancer
William "Wee Gee" Howard The Dramatics	49	February 22, 2000	Bronxville, New York, USA	Heart attack
Dennis Danell Social Distortion	38	February 29, 2000	Costa Mesa, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
Ian Dury Ian Dury and the Blockheads	57	March 27, 2000	Upminster, London, England	Liver cancer
Heinz Burt The Tornados	57	April 7, 2000	Southampton, England	Motor neurone disease
Vicki Sue Robinson	45	April 27, 2000	Wilton, Connecticut, USA	Cancer
Bobbi Martin	60	May 2, 2000	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cancer
Geoff Goddard	62	May 15, 2000	USA
Johnnie Taylor	66	May 31, 2000	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Clive Westlake	67	June 17, 2000	Pegram, Tennessee, USA
Chuck Briggs U.S. Bombs	40	July 4, 2000		AIDS related complications
Yuri Klinskikh Sektor Gaza	35	July 4, 2000	Voronezh, Russia	Heart attack
Paul Young Mike + The Mechanics, Sad Café	53	July 15, 2000	Hale, Altrincham, USA	Cardiac arrest
Alan Caddy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates The Tornados	60	August 16, 2000		Complications due to alcoholism
Jack Nitzsche Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones	63	August 25, 2000	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac arrest
Allen Woody The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule	44	August 26, 2000	New York City, New York, USA	Heroin overdose
David Brown Santana	53	September 4, 2000		Liver and kidney failure
Stanley Turrentine	66	September 12, 2000	New York City, USA	Stroke
Benjamin Orr The Cars	53	October 3, 2000	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Joachim Nielsen Jokke & Valentinerne	36	October 17, 2000	Oslo, Norway	Heroin overdose
Little Mack Simmons	67	October 24, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Colorectal cancer
Bobby Sheen Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans	59	November 23, 2000	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Scott Smith Loverboy	45	November 30, 2000	San Francisco, Canada	Drowning
Joe Nanini Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Wall of Voodoo	45	December 4, 2000	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Kirsty MacColl	41	December 18, 2000	Cozumel, Mexico	Hit and killed by powerboat
Rob Buck 10,000 Maniacs	42	December 19, 2000	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Liver disease
Pops Staples The Staple Singers	85	December 19, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Injuries from fall
Nick Massi The Four Seasons	73	December 24, 2000	West Orange, New Jersey, USA	Cancer
Milan Hlavsa Plastic People of the Universe	49	January 5, 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Lung cancer
James Carr	58	January 7, 2001	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Laura Childress The Bobbettes	59	January 8, 2001		Colon cancer
Bryan Gregory The Cramps	49	January 10, 2001	Anaheim, California, USA	Multiple systems failure
Jack McDuff	74	January 23, 2001	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Heart Failure
Debbie Dean	73	February 17, 2001	Ojai, California, USA
John Fahey	61	February 22, 2001	USA
Glenn Hughes Village People	50	March 4, 2001	New York City, New York, USA	Lung Cancer
John Phillips The Mamas & the Papas	65	March 18, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Herbie Jones	74	March 19, 2001	New York City, USA	Diabetes
Big Daddy Kinsey	74	April 3, 2001		Prostate cancer
Paul Peek	63	April 3, 2001	Lithonia Georgia, USA
Charles Pettigrew Charles & Eddie	37	April 6, 2001	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cancer
Van Stephenson Blackhawk	47	April 8, 2001	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Sandy Bull	60	April 11, 2001
Joey Ramone The Ramones	49	April 15, 2001	New York City, New York, USA	Lymphoma
Al Hibbler	85	April 24, 2001	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Natural causes
Ernie Graham Eire Apparent, Help Yourself, Clancy	54	April 27, 2001	London, England	Several health problems
Boozoo Chavis	70	May 5, 2001	Austin, Texas, USA
James E. Myers Record producer from Bill Haley & His Comets	81	May 10, 2001	Bonita Springs, USA
Perry Como	88	May 12, 2001	Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Prince Ital Joe	38	May 16, 2001	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Car accident
Tony Ashton Family	55	May 28, 2001	London, England	Cancer
Carole Fredericks	49	June 7, 2001	Dakar, Senegal
Marcelo Fromer Titãs	39	June 13, 2001	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Hit by a motorcycle
George LeGros The Buckinghams	56	June 14, 2001
Davorin Popović Indexi	54	June 18, 2001	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
John Lee Hooker	83-88	June 21, 2001	Los Altos, California, USA	Natural causes
Ernie K-Doe	68	July 5, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Kidney and liver failure
Mimi Fariña	56	July 18, 2001	Mill Valley, California, USA	Neuroendocrine tumor
Judy Clay	62	July 19, 2001	Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Milt Gabler Record proudcer	90	July 20, 2001	Manhattan, New York, USA
Richie Lee Acetone	34	July 23, 2001		Suicide
Leon Wilkeson Lynyrd Skynyrd	49	July 27, 2001	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA	Natural causes
Ronald Townson The 5th Dimension	68	August 2, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Renal failure
Maurice Oberstein Record producer and music executive from CBS Records UK and BPI Records	72	August 13, 2001	London, England	Heart attack
Betty Everett	61	August 19, 2001	South Beloit, Illinois, USA
Aaliyah	22	August 25, 2001	Abaco Islands, Bahamas	Plane accident
Graeme Strachan Skyhooks, The Party Boys	49	August 29, 2001	Mount Archer, Queensland, Australia	Helicopter accident
Ted Mulry Ted Mulry Gang	54	September 1, 2001		Brain cancer
Carl Crack Atari Teenage Riot	30	September 6, 2001	USA
Carolyn Beug Record producer from Walt Disney Records	48	September 11, 2001	North Tower, One World Trade Center, New York City, New York, USA
Kenny Greene	32	October 1, 2001	New York City, New York, USA	Suffering from AIDS
Stony Browder Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band	52	October 6, 2001	New York City, USA
Rob Mitchell Record producer and co-founded of Warp Records	73	October 8, 2001
Peter Doyle The New Seekers	52	October 13, 2001	Castlemaine, Australia	Throat cancer
Panama Francis	82	November 13, 2001	Orlando, Florida, USA
Jack Rothstein The Wombles	75	November 16, 2001	London, England
Michael Karoli Can	53	November 17, 2001	Essen, Germany	Cancer
O.C. Smith	69	November 23, 2001	USA	Heart Attack
Melanie Thornton La Bouche	34	November 24, 2001	Bassersdorf, Switzerland
George Harrison The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys	58	November 29, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Chuck Schuldiner Death, Control Denied	34	December 13, 2001		Glioma
Bianca Halstead Humble Gods	36	December 15. 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Automobile accident
Rufus Thomas	84	December 15, 2001	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure
Stuart Adamson The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels	43	December 16, 2001	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Suicide
Frankie Gaye Marvin Gaye's brother	60	December 30, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Zac Foley EMF	31	January 3, 2002	Camden, New Jersey, USA	Drug overdose
Jon Lee Feeder	33	January 7, 2002	Miami, Florida, USA	Suicide by hanging
Hoagy Lands	65	January 12, 2002	Orange, New Jersey	Heart surgery
Peggy Lee	81	January 21, 2002	Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications of diabetes after following a heart attack
Peter Bardens Camel	57	January 22, 2002	Malibu, California, USA	Lung cancer
Henry Cosby	73	January 22, 2002	Royal Oak, Michigan, USA	Cardiac bypass
Paul Baloff Exodus, Hirax, Heathen	41	February 2, 2002	Oakland, California, USA	Stroke induced coma
Willie Draften Bloodstone	56	February 8, 2002
Dave Van Ronk	65	February 10, 2002	New York, New York, USA
Waylon Jennings	64	February 13, 2002	Chandler, Arizona, USA	Diabetic complications
Mick Tucker Sweet	54	February 14, 2002	Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England	Leukemia
Doreen Waddell Soul II Soul, The KLF	36	March 1, 2002	Shoreham, West Sussex, England	Traffic collision
Shirley Scott	67	March 10, 2002		Heart failure
Speedy Keen The Who, Thunderclap Newman	56	March 12, 2002	United Kingdom	Heart failure
Marc Moreland Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls	44	March 13, 2002	Paris, France	Liver failure
John Patton	66	March 19, 2002	Montclair, New Jersey, USA	Diabetes
Joe Schermie Three Dog Night	56	March 25, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe	51	March 26, 2002		Cancer
Randy Carr Social Distortion	45	March 27, 2002	Irvine, California, USA	Cushing's syndrome
Frank Tovey Fad Gadget	45	April 2, 2002	London, England	Heart attack
Layne Staley Alice in Chains, Mad Season	34	April 5, 2002	Seattle, Washington, USA	Drug overdose
Lisa Lopes TLC	30	April 25, 2002	La Ceiba, Honduras	Car accident
Otis Blackwell	71	May 6, 2002	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Little Johnny Taylor	59	May 17, 2002	Conway, Arkansas, USA
Andrew P. Bryan Reagan Youth	39	June 4, 2002		Heart attack
Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones	50	June 5, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Robbin Crosby Ratt	42	June 6, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
John Entwistle The Who	57	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Cocaine-induced heart attack
Russ Freeman	76	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Liver failure
Earle Brown	75	July 2, 2002
Jim Cherry Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down	30	July 7, 2002	Simi Valley, California, USA	Heart failure
Rosco Gordon	74	July 11, 2002	Queens, New York, USA	Heart Attack
Barbara Randolph	60	July 15, 2002	South Africa	Cancer
Otis Leavill Record producer	65	July 17, 2002	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Dave Carter Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer	49	July 19, 2002	Hadley, Massachusetts, USA	Heart attack
Alan Lomax	87	July 19, 2002	Safety Harbor, Florida, USA	Pneumonia
Little Jimmy King	37	July 19, 2002	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Gus Dudgeon Record producer	59	July 21, 2002	M4 motorway, Berkshire, England	Traffic collision
Michael Houser Widespread Panic	57	August 2, 2002	North Carolina, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Randy Palmer Pentagram, Bedemon	49	August 8, 2002		Car accident
Paul Samson Samson	49	August 9, 2002	Norwich, England	Cancer
Dave Williams Drowning Pool	30	August 14, 2002	Manassas, Virginia, USA	Cardiomyopathy
Lionel Hampton	94	August 31, 2002	New York City, New York, USA
Erma Franklin	64	September 17, 2002	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Darryl DeLoach Iron Butterfly	55	October 3, 2002	USA
Giuseppe Codeluppi Raw Power	45	October 6, 2002	Parma, Italy	Heart attack
Mike "Smitty" Smith Paul Revere & the Raiders	49	October 13, 2002	USA
Tom Dowd Audio engineer & record producer	77	October 27, 2002	Aventura, Florida, USA	Emphysema
Baby Lloyd Stallworth The Famous Flames	61	October 27, 2002
Jam Master Jay Run-DMC	37	October 30, 2002	New York City, New York, USA	Homicide
Lonnie Donegan	71	November 2, 2002	Peterborough, England	Heart attack
Billy Guy The Coasters	66	November 5, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Natural causes
Dave "Snaker" Ray	59	November 28, 2002	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Lung cancer
Denny Correll Blues Image	56	November 29, 2002
Ben Eberbaugh Black Lips	22	December 1, 2002	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Traffic accident
Zal Yanovsky The Lovin' Spoonful	57	December 13, 2002	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Congestive heart failure
Joe Strummer The Clash, The Mescaleros	50	December 22, 2002	Broomfield, Somerset, England	Congenital heart defect
Kevin MacMichael Cutting Crew	51	December 31, 2002	Halifax, Nova Scotia, USA	Lung cancer
Ken Hamann Record producer and sound engineer from The Lemon Pipers, The Human Beinz	74	Jamuary 10, 2003	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Complications after a surgery
Mickey Finn T. Rex	55	January 11, 2003	Croydon, Surrey, England	Alcohol-related liver problems
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees	53	January 12, 2003	Miami Beach, Florida, USA	Complications of a volvulus
Nell Carter	54	January 12, 2003	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Heart disease and complicated by diabetes
Vincent "Randy" Chin Record proudcer and record company owner	65	February 2, 2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	Diabetes
Ty Longley Great White	31	February 20, 2003	West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA	The Station nightclub fire
Tom Glazer	88	February 21, 2003	Rochester, New York, USA
Howie Epstein Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	47	February 23, 2003	Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Complications due to drug use
Hank Ballard The Midnighters	75	March 2, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Throat cancer
Adam Faith	62	March 8, 2003	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England	Heart attack
Ian Samwell The Shadows	66	March 13, 2003	Sacramento, California, USA	Heart ailment
Teemu Raimoranta Finntroll, Thy Serpent, Barathrum, Impaled Nazarene	25	March 16, 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Falling from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki while intoxicated
Edwin Starr	61	April 2, 2003	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Homer Banks	61	April 3, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Little Eva	59	April 10, 2003	Kinston, North Carolina, USA	Cervical cancer
Earl King	69	April 17, 2003	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Diabetes-related complications
Nick DeVito Four Lovers	78	April 23, 2003
Noel Redding The Jimi Hendrix Experience	57	May 11, 2003	County Cork, Republic of Ireland	Natural causes
Dewey Terry Don and Dewey	65	May 11, 2003
Jeremy Michael Ward The Mars Volta	27	May 25, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Mickie Most Record producer	64	May 30, 2003	Totteridge, London, England	Mesothelioma
Dave Rowberry The Animals	63	June 6, 2003	Hackney, East London, England	Ulcer hemorrhage
Skip Scarborough American arranger and record producer from L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire	58	July 3, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA
Barry White	58	July 4, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Renal failure
Skip Battin Skip & Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers	69	July 6, 2003	Salem, Oregon, USA	Alzheimer's disease
John Purdell Record producer and aaranger from Dream Theater, Kix, Heart and L.A. Guns	44	July 10, 2003	Quebec, Canada	Prostate cancer
Adam Cox Matt Fitzgerald Jeremy Gage The Exploding Hearts	23, 20 and 21	July 20, 2003	Eugene, Oregon, USA	Car accident on Interstate 5
Sam Phillips Businessman and record producer	80	July 30, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Respiratory insufficiency
Erik Brann Iron Butterfly	52	July 31, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack due to a birth defect
Ed Townsend	74	August 13, 2003	San Bernardino, California, USA	Heart attack
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis Fiasco	40	August 21, 2003	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Bruce Waibel FireHouse	45	September 2, 2003
Warren Zevon	56	September 7, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Mesothelioma
Bob Markley The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band	68	September 9, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA
Johnny Cash	71	September 12, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from diabetes
Chubby Newsom	83	September 13, 2003	Merriam, Kansas, USA
Sheb Wooley	82	September 16, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Leukaemia
Matthew Jay	24	September 25, 2003	London, England	Falling
Shawn Lane Black Oak Arkansas	40	September 26, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Breathing problems
Robert Palmer The Power Station	54	September 27, 2003	Paris, France	Heart attack
Paul Burlison The Rock and Roll Trio	74	September 27, 2003	Horn Lake, Mississippi, USA	Cancer
John Brim	81	October 1, 2003	Gary, Indiana	Cancer
John David Kimball Omen	45	October 3, 2003		Cancer
Robbie King Hometown Band	56	October 17, 2003	British Columbia, Canada	Cancer
Elliott Smith Heatmiser	34	October 21, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Knife wounds caused by suicide or homicide
Steve O'Rourke Manager from Pink Floyd	63	October 30, 2003	Miami, Florida, USA	Stroke
Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers	63	November 4, 2003	Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Cocaine-induced heart attack
Tony Thompaon The Power Station, Chic	48	November 12, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Renal cell carcinoma
Arthur Conley	57	November 17, 2003	Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands	Colon cancer
Michael Kamen New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, orchestrator for Pink Floyd, Rush	55	November 18, 2003	London, England	Heart attack
Greg Ridley Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie	56	November 19, 2003	Alicante, Spain	Pneumonia
Gary Stewart	59	December 16, 2003	Fort Pierce, Florida, USA	Suicide
Randy VanWarmer	48	January 12, 2004		Leukemia
Terje Bakken Windir	25	January 14, 2004	Reppastølen, Sogndal, Norway	Hypothermia
John Siomos	56	January 16, 2004	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Mel Pritchard Barclay James Harvest	56	January 28, 2004	Greenfield, Greater Manchester, England	Heart attack
Doris Troy	67	February 16, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Emphysema
J.J. Malone	68	February 20, 2004	Hawaii, USA	Cancer
Les Gray Mud	57	February 21, 2004	Algarve, Portugal	Heart attack, throat cancer.
Carl Anderson	58	February 23, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia
Bob Mayo	53	February 23, 2004	Basel, Switzerland	Heart attack
Estelle Axton Co-founder of Stax Records	85	February 25, 2004
John McGeoch Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, Visage, The Armoury Show	48	March 4, 2004	Cornwall, England
Rust Epique Crazy Town	36	March 9, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart attack
Dave Schulthise The Dead Milkmen	47	March 10, 2004	North Salem, New York, USA	Suicide by a drug overdose
Edmund Sylvers The Sylvers	47	March 11, 2004	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Lung cancer
Johnny Bristol	65	March 21, 2004	Brighton Township, Michigan, USA	Natural causes
Jan Berry Jan & Dean	62	March 26, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from a seizure
Paul Atkinson The Zombies	58	April 1, 2004	Santa Monica, California, USA	Kidney disease
Niki Sullivan Buddy Holly & The Crickets	66	April 6, 2004	Sugar Creek, Missouri, USA	Heart attack
Coxsone Dodd Record producer	72	May 4, 2004		Heart attack
Barney Kessel	80	May 6, 2004	San Diego, USA	Stroke
John Whitehead McFadden & Whitehead	55	May 11, 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Murdered
Clint Warwick The Moody Blues	63	May 15, 2004	Birmingham, England	Liver disease
Alex Nelson Lizzy Borden	41	May 17, 2004		Car accident
Elvin Jones	76	May 18, 2004	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Heart failure
Gatemouth Moore	90	May 19, 2004	Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Robert Quine	61	May 31, 2004	New York, USA	Heroin overdose
Quorthon Bathory	38	June 7, 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Heart failure
Bill Lowery Record producer and music entrepreneur	79	June 8, 2004	Cancer
Ray Charles	73	June 10, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Liver cancer
Graeme Kelling Deacon Blue	47	June 10, 2004
Jeff Reid SR-71	36	June 11, 2004		Lung cancer
Syreeta Wright	57	July 6, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Breast cancer
Arthur Kane New York Dolls	55	July 13, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia
Rick James	56	August 6, 2004	Burbank, California, USA	Pulmonary failure and cardiac failure
Jak Airport Classix Nouveaux, X-Ray Spex	49	August 13, 2004		Cancer
Noble "Thin Man" Watts	78	August 24, 2004		Pneumonia and emphysema
Laura Branigan	52	August 26, 2004	East Quogue, New York, USA	Cerebral aneurysm
Carl Wayne The Move	61	August 31, 2004	Birmingham, England	Esophageal cancer
Raful Neal	68	September 1, 2004	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Cancer
Wildman Steve Comic entertainer, radio personality, promoter, MC and rock artist	78	September 1, 2004	Miami, Florida, USA
Jimmy Lewis The Drifters	66	September 11, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA
Johnny Ramone The Ramones	55	September 15, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Izora Armstead The Weather Girls	62	September 16, 2004	USA
Louis Satterfield Earth, Wind & Fire	67	September 27, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bruce Palmer Buffalo Springfield	58	October 1, 2004	Belleville, Ontario, Canada	Heart attack
Dave Gobin Record producer and co-founder of Soul City Records	68	October 15, 2004	Rotherham, United Kingdom
Greg Shaw Fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner, manager for Flamin' Groovies	55	October 19, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
C. P. Spencer The Originals	66	October 20, 2004		Heart attack
John Peel English DJ	65	October 25, 2004	Cuzco, Peru	Heart attack
Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack, Grand Funk Railroad	61	November 1, 2004	Temple, Texas, USA	Methamphetamine
Lenny Mayes The Dramatics	53	November 7, 2004	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Terry Melcher Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords	62	November 19, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Melanoma
Nadine Renee Planet Soul	32	December 2, 2004	Miami, Florida, USA	Pregnancy complications
Dimebag Darrell Pantera, Damageplan	38	December 8, 2004	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Alex Soria The Nils	38	December 13, 2004	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Suicide
Freddie Perren Record producer and arranger from The Jackson 5, The Sylvers and Peaches & Herb	61	December 16, 2004	Chatsworth, California, USA	Stroke
Dick Heckstall-Smith Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation	70	December 17, 2004	London, England	Acute liver failure
Son Seals	62	December 20, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Complications of diabetes
Spencer Dryden Jefferson Airplane	66	January 11, 2005	Penngrove, California, USA	Colon cancer
Jimmy Griffin Bread	61	January 11, 2005	Franklin, Tennessee, USA	Complications due to cancer
Marko Busch Dritte Wahl	35	January 17, 2005	Germany	Stomach cancer
Ray Peterson	65	January 25, 2005	Smyrna, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Jim Capaldi Traffic	60	January 28, 2005	London, England	Stomach cancer
Eric Griffiths The Quarrymen	64	January 29, 2005	Edinburgh, Scotland	Pancreatic cancer
Keith Knudsen The Doobie Brothers	56	February 8, 2005	Kentfield, California, USA	Chronic pneumonia
Tyrone Davis	66	February 9, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Stroke
Edward Patten Gladys Knight & the Pips	65	February 25, 2005	Livonia, Michigan, USA	Stroke caused by diabetes
Danny Joe Brown The Danny Joe Brown Band	53	March 10, 2005	Davie, Florida, USA	Renal failure
Jackie Neal	37	March 10, 2005	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Shot and killed
Lyn Collins	56	March 13, 2005	Pasadena, California, USA	Cardiac arrhythmia
Jakson Spires Blackfoot	53	March 16, 2005	Fort Pierce, Florida, USA	Brain aneurysm
Rod Price Foghat	57	March 22, 2005	Wilton, New Hampshire, USA	Heart attack
Paul Hester Crowded House, Split Enz	46	March 26, 2005	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Suicide
Derrick Plourde Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, Rich Kids on LSD	33	March 30, 2005		Suicide by gunshot
Billy "Bass Wolf" Guitar Wolf	38	March 31, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Heart attack
Grant Kitchings The Ravens, The Drifters	66	April 5, 2005		Diabetes
Stan Levey	79	April 19, 2005	Van Nuys, California	Cancer
Bryan Ottoson American Head Charge	27	April 19, 2005	USA	Drug overdose
Hasil Adkins	67	April 26, 2005	Boone County, West Virginia, USA
Jim Pash The Surfaris	56	April 29, 2005		Congestive heart failure
Johnnie Stewart Television producer and music program from Top of the Pops	87	April 29, 2005	East Dereham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Pierre Moerlen Gong	52	May 3, 2005	Strasbourg, France	Natural causes
David Wayne Metal Church, Reverend	47	May 10, 2005	Tacoma, Washington, USA	Car accident
Domenic Troiano The James Gang, The Guess Who	59	May 25, 2005	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Prostate cancer
Karl Mueller Soul Asylum	41	June 17, 2005	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Throat cancer
Renaldo Benson The Four Tops	69	July 1, 2005	Detroit Michigan, USA	Lung cancer
Luther Vandross Change	54	July 1, 2005	Edison, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Ray Davis Parliament, Funkadelic	65	July 5, 2005	New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA	Respiratory problems
Shirley Goodman Shirley and Company	69	July 5, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Keith Alexander Carnivore	41	July 11, 2005	Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, USA	Bicycle accident
Long John Baldry Blues Incorporated	64	July 21, 2005	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Severe chest infection
Eugene Record The Chi-Lites	64	July 22, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Dom Um Romão	79	July 27, 2005	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lucky Thompson	81	July 30, 2005	Seattle, Washington, USA
Little Milton	70	August 4, 2005	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Carlo Little The Rolling Stones	65	August 6, 2005	Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England	Lung cancer
Detroit Junior	73	August 9, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart failure
John Loder Sound engineer, record producer, founder of Southern Studios	59	August 12, 2005	London, England	Brain tumor
Francine Hurd Barker Peaches & Herb	58	August 13, 2005
Krzysztof Raczkowski Vader	34	August 20, 2005	Olsztyn, Poland, USA
Robert Moog Moog Synthesizer	71	August 21, 2005	Asheville, North Carolina, USA	Brain tumor
Harold Kalin Kalin Twins	71	August 24, 2005		Automobile accident
Barry Cowsill The Cowsills	50	August 29, 2005	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	81	September 10, 2005	Orange, Texas. USA	Lung cancer
Frank Fields	91	September 18, 2005	Zachary, Louisiana, USA
Willie Hutch	60	September 19, 2005	Dallas, Texas, USA	Natural causes
Paul Pena	55	October 1, 2005	San Francisco, California, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Hamilton Camp	70	October 2, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac tamponade and dessecting aotric hemorrhage
Mike Gibbins Badfinger	56	October 4, 2005	Oviedo, Florida, USA	Brain aneurysm
Shirley Ellis	76	October 5, 2005	Bronx, New York City, USA
Paul "Wine" Jones	59	October 9, 2005	Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Cancer
Nick Hawkins Big Audio Dynamite	40	October 10, 2005	Laa Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart attack
Baker Knight	72	October 12, 2005	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Natural causes
David Townsend The Isley Brothers, Surface, Sunrize	50	October 28, 2005	Northridge, California, USA
John Holohan Bayside	31	October 31, 2005	Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Car accident
Milt Holland	88	November 4, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA
Link Wray	76	November 5, 2005	Copenhagen, Denmark	Heart failure
Chris Whitley	45	November 20, 2005	Houston, Texas, USA	Lung cancer
Jay Owens	58	November 26, 2005	Orlando, Florida, USA
Joe Jones	79	November 27, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	Quadruple bypass surgery
Tony Meehan The Shadows	62	November 28, 2005	Paddington, London, England	Head injuries following a fall
Mike Botts Bread	61	December 9, 2005	Burbank, California, USA	Colon cancer
Richard "Bomer" Manzullo Rich Kids on LSD	38	December 12, 2005	Summerland, California, USA	Heart failure
Bryan Harvey House of Freaks, Gutterball	49	January 1, 2006	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Murdered during home robbery
Alex St. Clair Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	64	January 5, 2006	Lancaster, California, USA	Heart attack
Lou Rawls	72	January 6, 2006	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Dave Lepard Crashdïet	25	January 13, 2006	Uppsala, Sweden	Suicide
Wilson Pickett The Falcons	64	January 19, 2006	Ashburn, Virginia, USA	Heart attack
Gene McFadden McFadden & Whitehead	56	January 27, 2006	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Lung cancer
Jason Sears Rich Kids on LSD	38	January 31, 2006	Tijuana, Mexico	Pulmonary thrombosis
Johnny Ross Baby Huey & the Babysitters	63	February 9, 2006	USA	Appendicitis
Bill Cowsill The Cowsills, The Blue Shadows, Blue Northern	58	February 18, 2006	Calgary, Alberta, USA	Emphysema
Yuri Morozov	57	February 23, 2006	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Jack Wild	53	March 1, 2006	Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England	Mouth cancer
Willie Kent	70	March 2, 2006	Englewood, Illinois, USA	Colon cancer
King Floyd	61	March 6, 2006		Complications of a stroke and diabetes
Johnny Williams	99	March 6, 2006	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Buck Owens Buck Owens and The Buckaroos	76	March 25, 2006	Bakersfield, California, USA	Heart attack
Nikki Sudden Swell Maps, The Jacobites	49	March 26, 2006	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Peter Wells Rose Tattoo	59	March 27, 2006	Sydney, Australia	Prostate cancer
Martin Gilks The Wonder Stuff	41	April 3, 2006	London, England	Motorcycle accident
Gene Pitney	66	April 5, 2006	Cardiff, Wales	Cardiovascular disease
Henry Lewy	79	April 8, 2006		Stroke and heart surgery.
June Pointer The Pointer Sisters	52	April 11, 2006	Oakland, California, USA	Cancer caused by a history of drug and alcohol abuse
Phil Walden Record producer and co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based on Capricorn Records	66	April 22, 2006		Cancer
Grant McLennan The Go-Betweens	48	May 6, 2006	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Heart attack
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. Heatwave	56	May 13, 2006		Died at his sleep
Freddie Garrity Freddie and the Dreamers	69	May 19, 2006	Bangor, Wales	Emphysema
Desmond Dekker	64	May 25, 2006	Thornton Heath, Greater London, England	Heart attack
Vince McAllister Pentagram	51	May 26, 2006		Cancer
Vince Welnick The Grateful Dead	55	June 2, 2006	Sonoma County, California, USA	Suicide
Johnny Grande Bill Haley & His Comets	76	June 3, 2006	Clarksville, Tennessee, USA	Natural causes
Billy Preston	59	June 6, 2006	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	Kidney failure
Freddie Gorman The Originals	67	June 13, 2006		Lung cancer
Duane Roland Molly Hatchet	52	June 19, 2006	St. Augustine, Florida, USA	Natural causes
Claydes Charles Smith Kool & the Gang	57	June 20, 2006	USA
Back Alley John	51	June 22, 2006		Respiratory disease
Arif Mardin Music producer	74	June 25, 2006	New York City, New York, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Johnny Jenkins	67	June 26, 2006	Bibb County, Georgia, USA	Stroke
Joe Weaver	71	July 5, 2006	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Stroke
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd	60	July 7, 2006	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England	Pancreatic cancer
Milan Williams Commodores	58	July 9, 2006	USA	Cancer
Herbert Kalin Kalin Twins	72	July 21, 2006		Heart attack
Jessie Mae Hemphill	82	July 22, 2006	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Floyd Dixon	77	July 26, 2006	Orange County, USA	Kidney failure and having suffered from cancer
Arthur Lee Love	61	August 3, 2006	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Leukemia
John Locke Nazareth, Spirit	62	August 4, 2006	Ojai, California, USA	Cancer
Barbara George	63	August 10, 2006	Chauvin, Louisiana, USA
Jon Nödtveidt Dissection, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, The Black	31	August 13, 2006	Hässelby, Sweden	Self-inflicted gunshot wound
Bruce Gary The Knack	55	August 22, 2006	Tarzana, California, USA	Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Jesse Pintado Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Lock Up, Brujeria	37	August 27, 2006	Ridderkerk, Netherlands	Liver failure
Pip Pyle Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong	56	August 28, 2006	Paris, France	Natural causes
Jumpin' Gene Simmons	73	August 29, 2006	Tupelo, Mississippi, USA
Boz Burrell Bad Company, King Crimson	60	September 21, 2006	Marbella, Spain	Heart attack
Etta Baker	93	September 23, 2006	Fairfax, Virginia, USA	Stroke
Henry Townsend	96	September 24, 2006	Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
Prentiss Barnes The Moonglows	81	October 1, 2006	Magnolia, Mississippi, USA	Car accident
Larissa "Strickland" Stolarchuk L-Seven, Laughing Hyenas	46	October 9, 2006	North Port, Florida, USA	Alprazolam overdose
Jared Anderson Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal	31	October 14, 2006	Covington, Kentucky, USA
Snooky Pryor	85-87	October 18, 2006	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Sandy West The Runaways	47	October 21, 2006	San Dimas, California, USA	Lung cancer
Stuart Edwards Edison Lighthouse	73	October 23, 2006	USA	Cancer
Gerald Levert LeVert	40	November 10, 2006	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Drug overdose
Ruth Brown	78	November 17, 2006	Henderson, Nevada, USA	Complications following heart attack and stroke
Tony Silvester The Main Ingredient	65	November 27, 2006		Six-year struggle with multiple myeloma
Mariska Veres Shocking Blue	59	December 2, 2006	The Hague, Netherlands	Cancer
Jay McShann	90	December 7, 2006	Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Homesick James	96	December 13, 2006	Springfield, Missouri, USA
Ahmet Ertegun Record producer, record label executive and co-founder of Atlantic Records	83	December 14, 2006	New York City, New York, USA	Injuries from an accidental fall
Denis Payton The Dave Clark Five	63	December 17, 2006	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	Cancer
James Brown The Famous Flames, The J.B.'s	73	December 25, 2006	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Pneumonia
Tad Jones	54	January 1, 2007		Fall
Sneaky Pete Kleinow The Flying Burrito Brothers	72	January 6, 2007	Petaluma, California, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Brent Liles Social Distortion, Agent Orange	43	January 18, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Struck by road vehicle
Denny Doherty The Mamas & the Papas	66	January 19, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Kidney failure
Esmond Edwards Record producer, record engineering and co-founded of Prestige Records	79	January 20, 2007	Santa Barbara, California, USA
Crown Prince Waterford	90	February 1, 2007	Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Billy Henderson The Spinners	67	February 2, 2007	USA	Cancer
Joe Hunter The Funk Brothers	79	February 2, 2007	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Barbara McNair	72	February 4, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Throat cancer
Billy Henderson The Spinners	67	February 6, 2007		Diabetes
Eldee Young Young-Holt Unlimited	71	February 12, 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Heart attack
John Lane Bill Haley & His Comets	76	February 18, 2007
Charles Gocher Sun City Girls	54	February 19, 2007	Seattle, Washington, USA	Cancer
Ian Wallace King Crimson	60	February 22, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Esophageal cancer
Donnie Brooks	71	February 23, 2007	USA	Heart attack
Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs	61	February 28, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Myocardial infarction
Paul deLay	55	March 7, 2007		Leukaemia
Brad Delp Boston	55	March 9, 2007	Atkinson, New Hampshire, USA	Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning
Betty Hutton	86	March 11, 2007	Palm Springs, California, USA	Colon cancer
Luther Ingram	69	March 19, 2007	Belleville, Illinois, USA	Cardiovascular disease
Mark St. John Kiss	51	April 5, 2007	New York City, New York, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Egon Bondy The Plastic People of the Universe	77	April 9, 2007
Dakota Staton	76	April 10, 2007	New York, New York, USA	Stroke
Don Ho	76	April 14, 2007	Waikiki, Hawaii, USA	Congestive heart failure
San Fadyl The Ladybug Transistor	31	April 26, 2007	USA
Bobby Pickett The Crypt-Kickers	69	April 27, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia
Zola Taylor The Platters	69	April 30, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Wolfgang Jäger Extrabreit	54	May 3, 2007	Hagen, Germany	Illness
Big Joe Duskin	86	May 6, 2007	Avondale, Ohio, USA	Diabetes
Carey Bell	70	May 6, 2007	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart failure
Carson Whitsett Record producer from The Imperial Show Band	62	May 8, 2007		Cancer
Izumi Sakai Zard	40	May 27, 2007	Shinjuku, Tokyo
Tony Thompson Hi-Five	31	June 1, 2007	Waco, Texas, USA	Chlorodifluoromethane
John Pyke Ra Ra Riot	23	June 3, 2007
Freddie Scott	74	June 4, 2007	Jamaica, New York, USA
Richard Bell The Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band	61	June 15, 2007	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hank Medress The Tokens	68	June 18, 2007	USA	Lung cancer
Natasja Saad	33	June 24, 2007	Spanish Town, Jamaica, USA	Car accident
George McCorkle Marshall Tucker Band	59	June 29, 2007	Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Bill Pinkney The Drifters	81	July 4, 2007	Daytona Beach, Florida, USA	Heart attack
Kelly Johnson Girlschool	49	July 15, 2007	Clapham, London, England	Spinal cancer
Ron Miller	74	July 23, 2007
Trevor Hudson Bottom of the Hudson	27	July 29, 2007	USA	Car accident
Ron Miller Record producer from Motown	74	July 23, 2007	USA
Clarence Tex Walker The Coasters	61	August 8, 2007	Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Jon Lucien	65	August 14, 2007	Orlando, Florida, USA	Respiratory failure
Hilly Kristal Founder of CBGB, manager for The Dead Boys	75	August 28, 2007	New York City, New York, USA	Lung cancer
Kip Anderson	69	August 29, 2007	Anderson, South Carolina
Hughie Thomasson Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd	55	September 9, 2007	Brooksville, Florida, USA	Heart attack
Willie Tee	63	September 11, 2007	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Colon cancer
Joe Zawinul Weather Report	75	September 11, 2007	Vienna, Austria	Skin cancer
Bobby Byrd The Famous Flames, The JB's	73	September 12, 2007	Loganville, Georgia, USA	Cancer
Patrick Bourque Emerson Drive	29	September 25, 2007
Jacqueline Breyer Psychic TV	38	October 9, 2007	USA
Backwards Sam Firk	64	October 11, 2007	Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Lucky Dube	43	October 18, 2007	Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa	Murder
Paul Fox The Ruts	56	October 21, 2007	United Kingdom	Lung cancer
Lance Hahn Cringer, J Church	40	October 21, 2007	Austin, Texas, USA	Nephropathy complications
Linda S. Stein American talent agent	62	October 30, 2007	Manhattan, New York, USA	Breast cancer
John Petersen Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels	65	November 11, 2007
Jim Ford	66	November 18, 2007	Fort Bragg, California, USA
Kevin DuBrow Quiet Riot	52	November 19, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Accidental cocaine overdose
Ernest "Doc" Paulin	100	November 25, 2007	Marrero, Louisiana, USA
Lynette Knackstedt Skankin' Pickle	37	December 7, 2007	San Francisco, California, USA	Drug overdose
Ike Turner Kings of Rhythm Ike & Tina Turner	76	December 12, 2007	San Marcos, California, USA	Cocaine overdose
Dan Fogelberg	56	December 16, 2007	Deer Isle, Maine, USA	Prostate cancer
Joe Ames Ames Brothers	86	December 22, 2007
Oscar Peterson	82	December 23, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Ken Nelson Record producer and manager from Capitol Records	96	January 6, 2008	Somis, California, USA
Dave Day The Monks	66	January 10, 2008		Heart attack
John Stewart The Kingston Trio	68	January 19, 2008	San Diego, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
Trevor Taylor Bad Boys Blue	50	January 19, 2008	Cologne, Germany	Heart attack
Francis Clay	84	January 21, 2008	San Francisco, California, USA
Ben McMillan Gruntruck	46	January 26, 2008	USA	Diabetes
Scot Halpin The Who	54	February 9, 2008	Bloomington, Indiana
Yegor Letov Grazhdanskaya Oborona	43	February 19, 2008	Omsk, Russia	Cadriac arrest
Buddy Miles	60	February 26, 2008	Austin, Texas, USA	Congestive heart failure
Mike Smith The Dave Clark Five	64	February 28, 2008	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England	Pneumonia
Mike Conley M.I.A.	49	February 28, 2008	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Head injuries from falling
Jeff Healey The Jeff Healey Band	41	March 2, 2008	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Retinoblastoma
Norman Smith Record producer and audio engineer	85	March 3, 2008	East Sussex, England
Mikey Dread The Clash	53	March 15, 2008	Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Klaus Dinger Kraftwerk, Neu!, La! Neu?	61	March 21, 2008		Heart failure
Sean Levert LeVert	39	March 30, 2008	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Sarcoidosis
Larry Brown Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	63	April 6, 2008
George Butler Record producer	76	April 9, 2008	Castro Valley, California, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Ozzie Cadena Record producer from Savoy Records	83	April 9, 2008	Torrance, California, USA	Pneumonia and complications from a stroke
Sean Costello	28	April 15, 2008	Atlanta, USA
Brian Davison The Nice	65	April 15, 2008	United Kingdom
Danny Federici Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band	58	April 17, 2008	New York City, New York, USA	Melanoma
Al Wilson	68	April 21, 2008	Fontana, California, USA	Kidney failure
Bob Childers	61	April 22, 2008	Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA	Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Paul Davis	60	April 22, 2008	Meridian, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack
Micky Waller The Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group	66	May 8, 2008	London
John Rutsey Rush	55	May 11, 2008	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Diabetes
Michelle Meldrum Phantom Blue, Meldrum	39	May 21, 2008	Burbank, California, USA	Brain hemorrhage
Jimmy McGriff	72	May 24, 2008	Voorhees Township, New Jersey, USA	Multiple sclerosis
Jerry Cole	68	May 28, 2008	Corona, California, USA	Heart attack
Al Jones	62	June 1, 2008	United Kingdom
Bo Diddley	79	June 2, 2008	Archer, Florida, USA	Heart failure
Robert White Paul Revere & the Raiders	68	June 11, 2008	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lula Reed	82	June 21, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Mel Galley Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena	60	July 1, 2008	Cannock, England	Esophageal cancer
Ulysses Kae Williams, Jr. Record producer from Pretty Poison	52	July 11, 2008	USA
Jo Stafford	90	July 16, 2008	Century City, California, USA	Congestive heart failure
Isaac Hayes	65	August 10, 2008	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Complications due to stroke
Jerry Wexler Music journalist and record producer	91	August 15, 2008	Sarasota, Florida, USA	Congestive heart failure
Pervis Jackson The Spinners	70	August 18, 2008		Cancer
Little Arthur Duncan	74	August 20, 2008	Northlake, Illinois, USA	Following by a brain surgery
Jerry Finn Record producer	39	August 21, 2008	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Richard Wright Pink Floyd	65	September 15, 2008	London, England	Cancer
Norman Whitfield Record producer from The Temptations and co-founder of Motown and Whitfield Records	68	September 16, 2008	Los Angeles, California, USA
Earl Palmer	83	September 19, 2008	Banning, California, USA
Nappy Brown	78	September 20, 2008	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Died in his sleep
Cherry Smith The Wailers	65	September 24, 2008
Nick Reynolds The Kingston Trio	75	October 1, 2008	San Diego, California, USA	Acute respiratory disease
Gidget Gein Marilyn Manson	39	October 8, 2008	Burbank, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Alton Ellis	70	October 10, 2008	London, England
Cliff Nobles	67	October 12, 2008	Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Frankie Kerr Teenage Head	51	October 15, 2008	Canada	Cancer
Levi Stubbs The Four Tops	72	October 17, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Natural causes
Dee Dee Warwick	66	October 18, 2008	Essex County, New Jersey, USA	Nursing home
Virgil Gonsalves Pacific Gas & Electric	76	October 20, 2008
Merl Saunders Legion of Mary	74	October 24, 2008
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery	45	October 29, 2008		Heart attack
Frank Navetta Descendents	46	October 31, 2008
Jimmy Carl Black The Mothers of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart	70	November 1, 2008	Siegsdorf, Germany	Lung cancer
Nathaniel Mayer	64	November 1, 2008		Stroke
Jody Reynolds The Storms	75	November 7, 2008	Palm Desert, California, USA	Liver cancer
Mitch Mitchell The Jimi Hendrix Experience	62	November 12, 2008	Portland, Oregon, USA	Natural causes
Munetaka Higuchi Loudness	49	November 30, 2008	Osaka, Japan	Hepatocellular carcinoma
Odetta	77	December 2, 2008	New York City, New York, USA
Chico Banks	46	December 3, 2008	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Faulty heart valve
Steve Isham Autograph	56	December 9, 2008	USA
Dennis Yost Classics IV	65	December 9, 2008
Sandeé Exposé	46	December 15, 2008	Hollywood, Florida, USA	Seizure
Feliciano Vierra Tavares Tavares	88	December 17, 2008	Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA	Prostate cancer
Robert Ward Ohio Players	70	December 25, 2008	Dry Branch, Georgia, USA	Died at home
Delaney Bramlett Delaney & Bonnie	69	December 27, 2008	Los Angeles, California, USA	Gallbladder
Ron Asheton The Stooges	60	January 6, 2009	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Lamya	35	January 8, 2009	Oman	Heart attack
Andy DeMize Nekromantix	25	January 11, 2009	Fullerton, California, USA	Car accident
Alejandro Sokol Las Pelotas	48	January 12, 2009	Río Cuarto, Córdoba	Respiratory insufficiency
David "Fathead" Newman	75	January 20, 2009	Kingston, New York, USA	Complications of pancreatic cancer
Billy Powell Lynyrd Skynyrd	56	January 28, 2009	Orange Park, Florida, USA	Heart attack
Hank Crawford	74	January 29, 2009	USA
Dewey Martin Buffalo Springfield	68	January 31, 2009	Van Nuys, California, USA	Natural causes
Cornelius Johnson Ohio Players	71	February 1, 2009
Lux Interior The Cramps	62	February 4, 2009	Glendale, California, USA	Aortic dissection
Estelle Bennett The Ronettes	67	February 11, 2009	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Colon cancer
Morris Broadnax	78	February 17, 2009
Miika Tenkula Sentenced	34	February 18, 2009	Muhos, Finland	Heart attack
Snooks Eaglin	72	February 18, 2009	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Kelly Groucutt Electric Light Orchestra	63	February 19, 2009	Worcester, England	Heart attack
Randall Bewley Pylon	53	February 25, 2009	Athens, Georgia, USA	Heart attack
Jimmy Boyd	70	March 7, 2009	Santa Monica, California, USA	Cancer
Kent Henry Blues Image, Steppenwolf	60	March 18, 2009	Portland, Oregon, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Mel Brown	69	March 20, 2009	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Complications from emphysema
Uriel Jones The Funk Brothers	74	March 24, 2009	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Dan Seals England Dan and John Ford Coley	61	March 25, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Mantle cell lymphoma
John Mayhew Genesis	61	March 26, 2009	Glasgow, Scotland	Heart condition
Nancy Overton The Chordettes	83	April 5, 2009	Blairstown, New Jersey, USA	Esophageal cancer
Tam Paton Bay City Rollers	70	April 8, 2009		Heart attack
Rocky Hill Dusty Hill's oldest brother and association of American Blues	62	April 10, 2009	Houston, Texas, USA
Ron Stallings Huey Lewis and the News	62	April 13, 2009		Multiple myeloma
Betty Hall Jones	98	April 20, 2009	USA
Ean Evans Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws	48	May 6, 2009	Columbus, Mississippi,	Lung cancer
Uli Trepte Guru Guru	68	May 21, 2009	Berlin, Germany	Cancer
Jay Bennett Wilco	45	May 24, 2009	Urbana, Illinois, USA	Hip replacement surgery
Koko Taylor	80	June 3, 2009	Kildeer, Illinois, USA
Bob Bogle The Ventures	75	June 14, 2009	Vancouver, Washington, USA	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Sky Saxon The Seeds	71	June 25, 2009	Austin, Texas, USA	Heart and kidney failure due to infection
Michael Jackson The Jackson 5	50	June 25, 2009	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac arrest
Fayette Pinkney The Three Degrees	61	June 27, 2009	Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA	Respiratory insufficiency
Allen Klein Record label executive and co-founder of ABKCO Records	77	July 4, 2009	New York, New York, USA
Drake Levin Paul Revere & the Raiders	62	July 4, 2009	San Francisco, California, USA	Cancer
George William Fullerton	86	July 4, 2009	Fullerton, California, USA
Midnight Crimson Glory	47	July 8, 2009	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA	Stomach aneurysm
Gordon Waller Peter and Gordon	64	July 17, 2009	Ledyard, Connecticut, USA	Cardiac arrest
Marcel Jacob Talisman	45	July 21, 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Suicide
Andrew Thomas Bad Boys Blue	63	July 23, 2009
Titus "Baatin" Glover Slum Village	61	July 31, 2009	USA
Andy Parle Space	42	August 1, 2009	Liverpool, England	Fell while crossing the road on Dingle, Liverpool
Mbah Surip	52	August 4, 2009	Jakarta
Willy DeVille Mink DeVille	58	August 6, 2009	New York City, New York, USA	Pancreatic canccer
Mike Seeger	75	August 7, 2009	Lexington, Virginia, USA	Cancer
David Van De Pitte Record producer, arranger and co-founded of Motown Records	67	August 9, 2009	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Cancer
Rashied Ali	76	August 12, 2009	New York City, New York, USA
Les Paul	94	August 13, 2009	White Plains, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Larry Knechtel Bread	69	August 20, 2009	Yakima, Washington, USA	Cardiac arrest
Johnny Carter The Flamingos, The Dells	75	August 21, 2009	Harvey, Illinois, USA	Natural causes
Ellie Greenwich	68	August 26, 2009	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Jake Drake-Brockman Echo & the Bunnymen	53	September 1, 2009	Isle of Man
Guy Babylon	52	September 2, 2009		Heart attack
Jim Carroll	60	September 11, 2009	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Mary Travers Peter, Paul And Mary	72	September 16, 2009	Danbury, Connecticut, USA	Complications arising from chemotherapy
Sam Carr The Jelly Roll Kings	83	September 21, 2009	Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA	Congestive heart failure
Greg Ladanyi Record producer	57	September 29, 2009	Nicosia, Cyprus
Mike Alexander Evile	32	October 5, 2009	Luleå, Sweden	Pulmonary embolism
Steve Ferguson NRBQ	60	October 7, 2009
Stephen Gately Boyzone	33	October 10, 2009	Majorca, Spain	Pulmonary edema
Dickie Peterson Blue Cheer	61	October 12, 2009	Germany	Liver cancer
Brendan Mullen Music promoter, founder of Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque	60	October 12, 2009	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Sirone	69	October 21, 2009	USA
Chris Bartley	62	October 26, 2009		Kidney failure
Luther Dixon Recors proudcer from The Platters, The Shirelles, The Four Buddies	78	October 22, 2009	Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Norton Buffalo The Steve Miller Band	58	October 30, 2009	Paradise, California, USA	Lung cancer
Jerry Fuchs !!!, Maserati	34	November 8, 2009	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Elevator accident
Haydain Neale Jacksoul	39	November 22, 2009	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Lung cancer
Al Alberts The Four Aces	87	November 27, 2009	Arcadia, Florida, USA	Natural causes
Bob Keane	87	November 28, 2009	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA	Kidney failure
Eric Woolfson The Alan Parsons Project	64	December 2, 2009	London, England	Cancer
Liam Clancy Makem and Clancy, The Clancy Brothers	74	December 4, 2009	Cork, Ireland	Pulmonary fibrosis
Jack Rose Pelt	38	December 5, 2009	Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA	Heart attack
James Gurley Big Brother and the Holding Company	69	December 20, 2009	Palm Desert, California, USA	Heart attack
Mick Cocks Rose Tattoo	54	December 22, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Liver cancer
Arnold S. Capln Record producer, co-founder and record label owner of Historical Records and Biograph Records	80	December 25, 2009	Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Vic Chesnutt	45	December 25, 2009	Athens, Georgia, USA	Suicide or accidental drug overdose related to a permanent illness (quadriplegia)
Tony Bellamy Redbone	63	December 25, 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Liver failure
The Rev Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends	28	December 28, 2009	Huntington Beach, California, USA	Effects of mixed drugs
Rowland S. Howard The Birthday Party	50	December 30, 2009	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Liver cancer
Earl Gaines	74	December 31, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2010s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Gregory Slay Remy Zero	40	January 1, 2010	Bodega Bay, California, USA	Cystic fibrosis
Willie Mitchell	81	January 5, 2010	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cardiac arrest
Mick Green Johnny Kidd & The Pirates	65	January 11, 2010	Ilford, Essex, England	Heart failure
Brian Damage The Misfits	46	January 12, 2010	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver cancer
Yabby You	63	January 12, 2010	Clarendon Parish, Jamaica	Brain aneurysm
Jay Reatard Lost Sounds	29	January 13, 2010	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cocaine and alcohol toxicity
Teddy Pendergrass Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	59	January 13, 2010	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA	Illness related to his paralysis condition
Jim Korthe 3rd Strike, Phantasm	39	January 13, 2010	San Pedro, California, USA	Natural causes
Bobby Charles	71	January 14, 2010	Abbeville, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes
Kate McGarrigle	63	January 18, 2010	St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada	Cancer
Geoff Workman Record producer from Toto, The Cars, Drivin N Cryin, Foreigner and Mötley Crüe	62	January 21, 2010	Aurora, Colorado, USA	Liver failure
Robert "Squirrel" Lester The Chi-Lites	67	January 22, 2010	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Liver cancer
Mallia Franklin Parliament	57	February 5, 2010	USA
Richard Delvy The Bel-Airs The Challengers	67	February 6, 2010	West Hills, California, USA	Complications from an illness
Dale Hawkins	73	February 13, 2010	Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Colon cancer
Doug Fieger The Knack	57	February 14, 2010	Woodland Hills, California, USA	Cancer
Tom Wolk	58	February 28, 2010	Pawling, New York, USA	Heart attack
Ron Banks The Dramatics	58	March 4, 2010	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Lolly Vegas Redbone	70	March 4, 2010	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Bud Cockrell It's a Beautiful Day	59	March 6, 2010	Hinds County, Mississippi, USA	Dialysis
Mark Linkous Sparklehorse	47	March 6, 2010	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Lesley Duncan	66	March 12, 2010	Isle of Mull, Scotland	Cerebrovascular disease
Alex Chilton The Box Tops, Big Star	59	March 17, 2010	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Diz Disley	78	March 22, 2010	London, England
Johnny Maestro Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, The Crests	70	March 24, 2010	Cape Coral, Florida, USA	Cancer
Jim Marshall Rock and roll photographer	74	March 24, 2010	New York City, New York, USA	Died in sleep
Jerry Byrne	69	April 7, 2010	Morgan City, Louisiana, USA	Lung cancer
Eddie Johnson	89	April 7, 2010
Malcolm McLaren Manager for Sex Pistols	64	April 8, 2010	New York City, New York, USA	Mesothelioma
Peter Steele Type O Negative, Carnivore	48	April 14, 2010	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Heart failure
Owsley	44	April 30, 2010	Franklin, Tennessee, USA	Suicide
Bob Mercer Record label and company executive from Now That's What I Call Music!	65	May 5, 2010	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Lena Horne	92	May 9, 2010	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Congestive heart failure
Ronnie James Dio Dio, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf	67	May 16, 2010	Houston, Texas, USA	Stomach cancer
Hank Jones	91	May 16, 2010	The Bronx, New York, USA
Paul Gray Slipknot	38	May 24, 2010	Urbandale, Iowa, USA	Accidental morphine and fentanyl overdose
Ali-Ollie Woodson	58	May 30, 2010	Los Angeles, California, USA	Battling with leukemia
Marvin Isley The Isley Brothers	56	June 6, 2010	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Complications due to diabetes
Calvin Leavy	70	June 6, 2010	Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Stuart Cable Stereophonics	40	June 7, 2010	Llwydcoed, Wales
Walt Woodward III Twisted Sister, Shark Island, The Painkillers, Sweet Savage	51	June 8, 2010		Alcohol poisoning
Harold Ivory Williams	60	June 9, 2010	USA
Garry Shider Parliament-Funkadelic	56	June 14, 2010	Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA	Lung cancer
Peter Quaife The Kinks	66	June 23, 2010	Denmark	Kidney failure
Harvey Fuqua The Moonglows	80	July 6, 2010	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart failure
Sugar Minott	54	July 10, 2010	Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Andy Hummel Big Star	59	July 19, 2010	Weatherford, Texas, USA	Cancer
Phillip Walker	73	July 22, 2010	USA	Heart failure
Al Goodman Ray, Goodman & Brown	67	July 26, 2010	USA	Heart Failure
Ben Keith Great Speckled Band	73	July 26, 2010	La Honda, California, USA	Blood clot in the lungs
Derf Scratch Fear	59	July 28, 2010	Camarillo, California, USA	Liver disease
Mitch Miller	99	July 31, 2010	New York, New York, USA	Short illness
Bobby Hebb	72	August 3, 2010	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Catfish Collins Parliament-Funkadelic	66	August 6, 2010	Cincinnati, Ohio	Cancer
Chris Dedrick The Free Design	66	August 6, 2010
Abbey Lincoln	80	August 14, 2010	New York, New York, USA
Kenny Edwards The Stone Poneys	64	August 18, 2010	Santa Barbara, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Michael Been The Call	60	August 19, 2010	Hasselt, Belgium	Heart attack
Charles Haddon Ou Est le Swimming Pool	22	August 20, 2010	Pukkelpop, Belgium.	Suicide from a fall
Mike Edwards Electric Light Orchestra	62	September 3, 2010	Halwell, Devon, England	Car accident
Rich Cronin LFO	36	September 8, 2010	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Leukemia
King Coleman	78	September 11, 2010	Miami, Florida, USA
John Hansen The Slickee Boys	47	September 17, 2010		Suicide
Chris Rybicki Unearth	39	September 20, 2010	USA	Car accident
Eddie Fisher	82	September 22, 2010	Berkeley, California, USA	Complications from hip surgery
Dick Griffey Founder of SOLAR Records	71	September 24, 2010	Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from coronary artery bypass surgery
Ed Wiley, Jr.	80	September 27, 2010		Fall
Steve Lee Gotthard	47	October 5, 2010	Mesquite, Nevada, USA	Motorbike accident
Solomon Burke	70	October 10, 2010	Badhoevedorp, Netherlands	Heart attack
General Johnson Chairmen of the Board, The Showmen	69	October 13, 2010	Atlanta, USA	Lung cancer
Ari Up The Slits	48	October 20, 2010	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Denis Simpson The Nylons	59	October 22, 2010	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Brain hemorrhage
Gregory Isaacs	59	October 25, 2010	London, England	Lung cancer
John King Steve Miller Band	63	October 26, 2010	Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
Jim Clench April Wine, Loverboy, Bachman–Turner Overdrive	61	November 3, 2010	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Lung Cancer
J.P. Toulon Old Skull	31	November 11, 2010		Overdose
Woolly Wolstenholme Barclay James Harvest	63	December 13, 2010		Suicide
Captain Beefheart Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band	69	December 17, 2010	Glendale, California, USA	Complications from multiple sclerosis
Jack Tracy Record producer and music journalist	84	December 21, 2010	Nooksack, Washington, USA
Myrna Smith The Sweet Inspirations	69	December 24, 2010	Canoga Park, Los Angeles, USA	Kidney failure
Teena Marie	54	December 26, 2010	Pasadena, California, USA	Epileptic seizure
Bernard Wilson Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	64	December 26, 2010		Stroke and a heart attack
Mick Karn Japan	52	January 4, 2011	Chelsea, London, England	Cancer
Gerry Rafferty Stealers Wheel	63	January 4, 2011	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	Liver failure
Phil Kennemore Y&T	57	January 7, 2011	California, USA	Lung cancer
Bobby Robinson Record producer and record label executive	93	January 7, 2011	Harlem, New York City	A period of declining health
Alex Kirst The Nymphs	47	January 13, 2011	Cathedral City, California, USA	Car accident
Trish Keenan Broadcast	42	January 14, 2011	Birmingham, England	Pneumonia
Steve Prestwich Cold Chisel, Little River Band	56	January 16, 2011		Brain tumor
Don Kirshner Producer of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert	76	January 17, 2011	Boca Raton, Florida, USA	Heart failure
Gladys Horton The Marvelettes	65	January 26, 2011	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Stroke
Eddie Mordue The Wombles	83	January 28, 2011
Mark Ryan The Moors Murderers, Adam and the Ants	51	January 31. 2011	Cardiff, Wales, England	Complication
Clay Hammond	74	February 4, 2011	Houston, Texas, USA
Gary Moore Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II	58	February 6, 2011	Estepona, Málaga, Spain	Heart attack
Mark Tulin The Electric Prunes	62	February 26, 2011	Avalon, California, USA
Eddie Kirkland	87	February 28, 2011	Crystal River, Florida, USA	Car accident
Johnny Preston	71	March 4, 2011	Beaumont, Texas, USA	Heart failure
Mike Starr Alice in Chains	44	March 8, 2011	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Prescription drug overdose
Big Jack Johnson	70	March 14, 2011	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Disclosing illness
Nate Dogg	41	March 15, 2011	Long Beach, California, USA	Stroke
Melvin Sparks	64	March 15, 2011	Mount Vernon, New York, USA	Diabetes and a high blood pressure
Jet Harris The Shadows	71	March 18, 2011	Winchester, England
Loleatta Holloway	64	March 21, 2011	Los Angeles, California, USA
Pinetop Perkins	97	March 21, 2011	Austin, Texas, USA
Frankie Sparcello Exhorder	44	March 22, 2011	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Zoogz Rift	57	March 22, 2011		Complications due to diabetes
Ken Arcipowski Randy & the Rainbows	66	March 23, 2011	USA
Henke Frykman Disfear	40	March 25, 2011	Sweden	Cancer
Calvin Russell	62	April 3, 2011	Garfield, Texas, USA	Liver cancer
Scott Columbus Manowar	54	April 4, 2011
Gerard Smith TV on the Radio	36	April 20, 2011
Tom King The Outsiders	68	Apriul 23, 2011		Congestive heart failure
Poly Styrene X-Ray Spex	53	April 25, 2011	USA	Breast cancer
Phoebe Snow	60	April 26, 2011	Edison, New Jersey, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
L.V. Banks	78	May 2, 2011	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart Failure
Nigel Pickering Spanky and Our Gang	81	May 5, 2011	St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Cornell Dupree	68	May 8, 2011	Fort Worth, USA	Lung transplant as a result of suffering from emphysema
Ivo Pešák Banjo Band	66	May 9, 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Complications from bypass surgery
Jack Richardson Record producer from The Guess Who	81	May 11, 2011	London, Ontario, Canada
Bob Flanigan The Four Freshmen	84	May 15, 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart failure
Gil Scott-Heron	62	May 27. 2011	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Simon Brint	60	May 29, 2011		Suicide
Andrew Gold Wax	59	June 3, 2011	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Benny Spellman	79	June 3, 2011	Pensacola, Florida, USA	Respiratory insufficiency
David "Frankie" Toler Great Southern, The Allman Brothers Band	59	June 4, 2011	Bradenton, Florida, USA	Complications from liver transplant
Chumly Porter Dirty Rotten Imbeciles	41	June 6, 2011		Suicide
Seth Putnam Anal Cunt, Upsidedown Cross	43	June 11, 2011		Heart attack
Jamie Toulon Old Skull, Star Fucking Hipsters	30	June 12, 2011	Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Carl Gardner The Coasters	83	June 12, 2011	Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA	Congestive heart failure and vascular dementia
Mario Comesanas Liquid Metal	30	June 13, 2011	Jersey City, New Jersey, USA	Brain hemorrhage
Clarence Clemons E Street Band	69	June 18, 2011	Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Complications caused by stroke
Würzel Motörhead	61	July 9, 2011		Ventricular tachycardia
Rob Grill The Grass Roots	67	July 11, 2011	Orlando, Florida, USA	Complications caused by stroke and subsequent head injury
Jerry Ragovoy	80	July 13, 2011		Stroke
Taiji Sawada X Japan, Loudness	45	July 17, 2011	Saipan, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, USA	Suicide by hanging
Amy Winehouse	27	July 23, 2011	London, England	Alcohol poisoning
Bill Morrissey	59	July 24, 2011	Dalton, Georgia, USA	Heart Disease
Dan Peek America	60	July 24, 2011	Farmington, Missouri, USA	Heart disease
Daniel Bobis Cipher	32	Went missing on July 24, 2011 Body found July 28, 2011	Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia	Lost at sea by surfing
Gene McDaniels	76	July 29, 2011	Kittery Point, Maine, USA
Andrew McDermott Threshold	45	August 4, 2011	England	Kidney failure
Jani Lane Warrant	47	August 11, 2011	Los Angeles, California, USA	Acute alcohol poisoning
Jerry Leiber Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	78	August 22, 2011	San Francisco, California, USA	Cardiopulmonary failure
Nickolas Ashford Ashford & Simpson	70	August 22, 2011	New York City, New York, USA	Throat cancer
Johnny Giosa BulletBoys	42	August 28, 2011	Los Angeles, California, USA	Car crash
David "Honeyboy" Edwards	96	August 29, 2011	USA	Congestive heart failure
McKinley Williams Percussionist for Maze	65	September 2, 2011	Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA	Cardiopulmonary failure
Jonas Bergqvist Lifelover	25	September 9, 2011	Sweden	Possible heart failure
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith	75	September 16, 2011	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Stroke
John Du Cann Atomic Rooster	65	September 21, 2011	Hampstead, North West London, England
Vesta Williams	53	September 22, 2011	El Segundo, California, USA	Hypertensive heart disease
Sylvia Robinson	75	September 29, 2011	Secaucus, New Jersey, USA	Congestive heart failure
Marv Tarplin The Miracles	70	September 30, 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Natural causes
Mikey Welsh Weezer	40	October 8, 2011	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardiac arrest
Flattus Maximus Gwar	34	November 3, 2011	North Dakota, USA	Heart attack
Andrea True	68	November 7, 2011	Kingston, New York, New York, USA	Congestive heart failure
Heavy D Heavy D & the Boyz	44	November 8, 2011	Los Angeles, California, USA	Blood clot in the lungs
Jonas R."Slavia" Christiansen Koldbrann	31	November 17, 2011		Cancer
Lisa Faye Beatty 7 Year Bitch	47	November 25, 2011	Mentone, California, USA
Don DeVito Record producer, music business and company executive from Columbia Records	72	November 25, 2011		Prostate cancer
Keef Hartley Keef Hartley Band	67	November 26, 2011	USA
J. Blackfoot	65	November 30, 2011	Germantown, Tennessee, USA	pancreatic cancer
Howard Tate	72	December 2, 2011	Burlington, New Jersey, USA	Multiple myeloma and leukaemia
Ronald Mosley Ruby & the Romantics	72	December 3, 2011
Hubert Sumlin	80	December 4, 2011	Wayne, New Jersey, USA	Heart failure
Dobie Gray	71	December 6, 2011	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Sean Bonniwell The Music Machine	71	December 20, 2011	Visalia, California, USA	Lung cancer
David Gold Woods of Ypres	31	December 21, 2011	Barrie, Ontario, Canada	Car accident
Jim Sherwood The Mothers of Invention	69	December 25, 2011
Freddie Milano Dion And The Belmonts	72	January 1, 2012	Massapequa, New York, USA	Respiratory failure
Larry Reinhardt Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond	63	January 2, 2012	Bradenton, Florida, USA	Complications from cirrhosis of the liver
Bob Weston Fleetwood Mac	64	January 3, 2012	Brent Cross, London, England	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Nicole Bogner Visions of Atlantis	27	January 5, 2012		Severe disease over a long period of time
Dave Alexander	73	January 8, 2012	Marshall, Texas, USA	Suicide
Robbie France Alphaville, Skunk Anansie	52	January 14, 2012	Spain
Jimmy Castor The Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Teenagers	71	January 16, 2012	Henderson, Nevada, USA	Heart failure
Johnny Otis	90	January 17, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Natural causes
Etta James	73	January 20, 2012	Riverside, California, USA	Leukemia
King Stitt	71	January 31, 2012	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Prostate cancer
Don Cornelius Host of Soul Train	75	February 1, 2012	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Self-inflicted wound
David Peaston	54	February 1, 2012	St. Louis Missouri, USA	Diabetes
Luis Alberto Spinetta Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible, Spinetta Jade	62	February 8, 2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Lung cancer
Whitney Houston	48	February 11, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drowned
Tonmi Lillman Sinergy, To/Die/For, Lordi, Kylähullut	38	February 13, 2012
Dory Previn	86	February 14, 2012	Southfield, Massachusetts, USA	Natural causes
Michael Davis MC5, Destroy All Monsters	68	February 17, 2012	Chico, California, USA	Liver failure
Billy Strange	81	February 22, 2012	Franklin, Tennessee, USA
Louisiana Red	79	February 25, 2012	Hanover, Germany	Stroke
Roland Bautista Earth, Wind & Fire	60	February 29, 2012	USA	Natural causes
Davy Jones The Monkees	66	February 29, 2012	Indiantown, Florida, USA	Heart attack
Ronnie Montrose Montrose	64	March 3, 2012	San Francisco Bay Area, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Robert B. Sherman The Sherman Brothers	86	March 6, 2012	London, England
Jerry Labmur Paul Revere & The Raiders	73	March 10, 2012
Michael Hossack The Doobie Brothers	65	March 12, 2012	Dubois, Wyoming, USA	Cancer
Ken Lyons 38 Special	59	March 20, 2012	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Vince Lovegrove The Valentines	65	March 24, 2012	Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia	Car accident
Jerry McCain	81	March 28, 2012	Gadsden, Alabama, USA
Jim Marshall Founder and owner of Marshall Amplification	88	April 5, 2012	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England	Natural causes
Andrew Love	70	April 12, 2012	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Alzheimer's Disease
Graham Simpson Roxy Music	68	April 16, 2012	London, England	Cancer
Dick Clark Host of American Bandstand	82	April 18, 2012	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heart attack
Levon Helm The Band	71	April 19, 2012	New York City, New York, USA	Cancer
Greg Ham Men At Work	58	April 19, 2012	Carlton North, Victoria, Australia	Heart attack
Chris Etheridge International Submarine Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers	65	April 23, 2012	Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Tommy Marth The Killers	33	April 23, 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Suicide
Adam Yauch Beastie Boys	47	May 4, 2012	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Parotid gland cancer
Rob Doherty Into Eternity	41	May 5, 2012
Joe Russell The Persuasions	72	May 5, 2012	USA
Michael Burks	54	May 6, 2012	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Heart attack<>Associated Press (May 7, 2012). "Arkansas bluesman Michael "Iron Man" Burks dies after collapsing at Atlanta airport". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved May 14, 2012.</ref>
Everett Lilly The Lilly Brothers	87	May 8, 2012
Donald "Duck" Dunn Booker T. & the M.G.'s	70	May 13, 2012	Tokyo, Japan	Natural causes
Chuck Brown	75	May 16, 2012	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Multiple organ failure
Donna Summer	63	May 17, 2012	Englewood, Florida, USA	Lung cancer
Robin Gibb Bee Gees	62	May 20, 2012	Chelsea, London, England	Liver and kidney failure
John Harrison Hawkwind	69	May 26, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Huntington's disease
Doc Watson	89	May 29, 2012	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA	Complications following colon surgery
Herb Reed The Platters	83	June 4, 2012	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Complications from heart disease
Bob Welch Fleetwood Mac	66	June 7, 2012	Antioch, Tennessee, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Gerry Bron Record producer and band manager from Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band	79	June 18, 2012
Brian Hibbard The Flying Pickets	65	June 18, 2012	Cardiff, Wales	Prostate cancer
Dennis Flemion The Frogs	57	July 7, 2012	Racine County, Wisconsin, USA	Drowning
Bob Babbitt MFSB	74	July 16, 2012	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Brain cancer
Jon Lord Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, The Flower Pot Men	71	July 16, 2012	London, England	Pulmonary embolism
Larry Hoppen Orleans	61	July 24, 2012		Suicide
Tony Martin	98	July 27, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Natural causes
Tony Sly No Use for a Name	41	July 31, 2012		Drug overdose
Jimmy Jones	75	August 2, 2012	Aberdeen, North Carolina, USA
Jason Noble Rachel's	40	August 4, 2012	USA	Cancer
Carl Davis Record producer	77	August 9, 2012	Summerville, South Carolina, USA	Pulmonary fibrosis
Bob Birch The Elton John Band	56	August 15, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by gunshot wound
Scott McKenzie	73	August 19, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Guillain–Barré syndrome
Joe South	72	September 5, 2012	Buford, Georgia, USA	Heart failure
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	77	September 15, 2012	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Andy Williams The Williams Brothers	84	September 25, 2012	Branson, Missouri, USA	Bladder cancer
R. B. Greaves	68	September 27, 2012	Granada Hills, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Frank Wilson Record producer from Motown Records	74	September 27, 2012	Duarte, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Berkant	73	October 1, 2012	Istanbul, Turkey	Lung cancer
Big Jim Sullivan	71	October 2, 2012	Billingshurst, West Sussex, England	Heart disease and diabetes
Kathi McDonald	64	October 3, 2012	Seattle, Washington, USA
Nick Curran The Fabulous Thunderbirds	35	October 6, 2012		Oral cancer
Joe Siracuse Sons of Azrael	29	October 9, 2012
Bill Dees	73	October 24, 2012	Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
Natina Reed Blaque	31	October 26, 2012	Duluth, Georgia, USA	Road accident
Terry Callier	67	October 27, 2012	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Mitch Lucker Suicide Silence	28	November 1, 2012	Huntington Beach, California, USA	Motorcycle accident
Major Harris	65	November 9, 2012	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Congestive heart and lung failure
Paul Frost The Rattlesnakes	64	November 17, 2012	England	Cancer
Michael Dunford Renaissance	68	November 20, 2012	Surrey, England	Cerebral hemorrhage
Earl Carroll The Cadillacs, The Coasters	75	November 25, 2012	New York City, New York	Compilations from a stroke and diabetes
Chris Stamp Record producer from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Golden Earring and co-founded of Track Records	70	November 24, 2008	New York City, New York, USA	Cancer
Mickey Baker	87	November 27, 2012	Toulouse, France	Heart and kidney failure
Dave Brubeck	91	December 5, 2012	Norwalk, Connecticut, USA	Congestive heart failure
Ed Cassidy Spirit	89	December 6, 2012	San Jose, California, USA	Cancer
Huw Lloyd-Langton Hawkwind, Widowmaker	61	December 6, 2012	Dorset, England	Cancer
Eddie "Guitar" Burns	84	December 12, 2012	USA	Heart failure
Jimmy McCracklin	91	December 20, 2012	San Pablo, California, USA
Lee Dorman Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond	70	December 21, 2012	Laguna Niguel, California, USA	Natural causes
Marva Whitney	68	December 22, 2012	Kansas City, Kansas, USA	Pneumonia
Mike Scaccia Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks	47	December 22, 2012	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Fontella Bass	72	December 26, 2012	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Heart attack
Patti Page	85	January 1, 2013	Encinitas, California, USA	Heart and lung disease
Sammy Johns	66	January 4, 2013	Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Sam Page The Esquires	68	January 7, 2013	USA
Trevor Gordon The Marbles	64	January 10, 2013	London, England	Natural causes
Precious Bryant	71	January 12, 2013	Columbus, Georgia, USA	Complications from diabetes and congestive heart failure
Morten Mølster The September When	50	January 14, 2013		Cardiac arrest
Claudio Leo Lacuna Coil	40	January 17, 2013	Ceglie Messapica, Italy
Chicago Bob Nelson	68	Jamuary 17, 2013
Bobby Bennett The Famous Flames, Bobby Bennett & The Dynamics	74	January 18, 2013	Maryland, USA	Complications from diabetes
Steve Knight Mountain, The Devil's Anvil	77	January 19, 2013	Riverdale, New York, USA	Parkinson's disease
Bob Engemann The Lettermen	77	January 20, 2013
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner Ohio Players	69	January 26, 2013	Trotwood, Ohio, USA	Cancer
Kenny Hodges Spanky and Our Gang	76	January 29, 2013	Papillion, Nebraska, USA	Viral pneumnoia
Mickey Finn Heavy Metal Kids	65	February 1, 2013	Paris, France	Cancer
Donald Byrd	80	February 4, 2013	Dover, Delaware, USA
Reg Presley The Troggs	71	February 4, 2013	Andover, Hampshire, England	Lung cancer
Mo-Do ZYX Music, Dancing Ferret	46	February 6, 2013	Udine, Italy	Suicide
Tony Sheridan	72	February 16, 2013	Hamburg, Germany
Mindy McCready	37	February 17, 2013	Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA	Suicide by shotgun
Damon Harris The Temptations	62	February 18, 2013	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Prostate cancer
Kevin Ayers Soft Machine	68	February 18, 2013	Montolieu, France
Cleotha Staples The Staple Singers	78	February 21, 2013	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Magic Slim	75	February 21, 2013	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dan Toler Great Southern, The Allman Brothers Band	64	February 25, 2013	Manatee County, Florida, USA	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Richard Street The Temptations	70	February 27, 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Pulmonary embolism
Jewel Akens Record producer from Era Records	79	March 1, 2013	Inglewood, California, USA	Complications following back surgery
Jim Murray Quicksilver Messenger Service	70	March 1, 2013
Bobby Rogers The Miracles	73	March 3, 2013	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Complications from diabetes
Alvin Lee Ten Years After	68	March 6, 2013	Marbella, Spain
Peter Banks Yes	65	March 7, 2013	London, England	Heart failure
Sammy Masters	82	March 8, 2013
Clive Burr Iron Maiden	56	March 12, 2013	London, England	Multiple sclerosis
Hardrock Gunter	88	March 15, 2013		Complications of pneumonia
Jason Molina	39	March 16, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Alcohol abuse-related organ failure
Bobby Smith The Spinners	76	March 16, 2013	Orlando, Florida, USA	Complications of influenza and pneumonia
Floyd McRae The Chords	85	March 19, 2013
Deke Richards Motown record producer	68	March 24, 2013	Bellingham, Washington, USA	Esophageal cancer
Phil Ramone Record engineer and record producer	79	March 26, 2013	New York City, New York, USA	Aortic aneurysm
Dale Hyatt	87	March 28, 2013
Chris Bailey The Angels, GANGgajang	62	April 4, 2013	Sydney, Australia	Throat cancer
Andy Johns Sound engineer and record producer	62	April 7, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stomach ulcer
Jimmy Dawkins	76	April 10, 2013	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Don Blackman Twennynine, Parliament, Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire	59	April 11, 2013	New York City, USA	Cancer
Sue Draheim	63	April 11, 2013	Berea, Kentucky, USA	Camcer
Chi Cheng Deftones	42	April 13, 2013	Sacramento, California, USA	Cardiac arrest
George Jackson	68	April 14, 2013	Ridgeland, Mississippi, USA	Cancer
Scott Miller Alternate Learning, Game Theory, The Loud Family	53	April 15, 2013	USA
Chrissy Amphlett Divinyls	53	April 21, 2013	New York City, New York, USA	Breast cancer
Richie Havens	72	April 22, 2013	Jersey City, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Bob Brozman	59	April 23, 2013	Ben Lomond, California, USA	Suicide
George Jones	81	April 26, 2013	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Hypoxic respiratory failure
Chris Kelly Kris Kross	34	May 1, 2013	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Drug overdose
Jeff Hanneman Slayer	49	May 2, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver failure
Ken Whaley Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe	66	May 8, 2013	London, England	Lung cancer
Alan O'Day	72	May 17, 2013	Westwood, California, USA	Brain cancer
Phil Buerstatte White Zombie	44	May 20, 2013	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Ray Manzarek The Doors	74	May 20, 2013	Rosenheim, Germany	Bile duct cancer
Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep	62	May 21, 2013	Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	Pancreatic cancer
Tyrone Brunson	57	May 25, 2013	Washington D.C., USA
Marshall Lytle Bill Haley & His Comets	79	May 25, 2013	New Port Richey, Florida, USA	Lung cancer
Clarence Burke, Jr. The Five Stairsteps	64	May 26, 2013	USA
Little Tony	72	May 27, 2013	Rome, Italy
Marvin Junior The Dells	77	May 29, 2013	USA
Zach Sobiech	18	May 30, 2013	Lakeland, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Complications from osteosarcoma
Shelbra Bennett The Soul Children	66	May 31, 2013	USA
Rob Morsberger	53	June 2, 2013	Hudson Valley, USA
MickDeth Eighteen Visions Bleeding Through	35	June 3, 2013	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Heart condition
Joey Covington Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane	67	June 4, 2013	Palm Springs, California, USA	Car accident
Cornelius "Nini" Harp The Miracles	73	June 4, 2013	USA
Jim Sundquist The Fendermen	75	June 4, 2013		Cancer
Marshall Sewell The Edsels	75	June 5, 2013
Darondo	66	June 9, 2013	Sacramento, California, USA	Heart failure
Filip Topol Psí vojáci	48	June 19, 2013	Prague, Czech Republic
Paul Smith	91	June 20, 2013	Torrance, California, USA	Heart failure
Mary Love	69	June 21, 2013	USA
Bobby Bland	83	June 23, 2013	Germantown, Tennessee, USA
Little Willie Littlefield	81	June 23, 2013	Voorthuizen, Netherlands, USA	Cancer
Alan Myers Devo	58	June 24, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stomach cancer
Paul Giacalone The Fireflies	73	June 27, 2013	USA
Texas Johnny Brown	85	July 1, 2013	Houston, Texas, USA	Lung cancer
Brett Walker	51	July 9, 2013	Draper, Utah, USA
Cory Monteith Known from Glee	31	July 13, 2013	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Mixed drug toxicity
Herman "Junior" Denby The Swallows	82	July 14, 2013	West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio, USA	Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia
T-Model Ford	90	July 16, 2013	Greenville, Mississippi, USA	Respiratory failure
Mikhail Gorsheniov Korol i Shut	39	July 19, 2013	Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation	Heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy
Faye Hunter Let's Active	59	July 21, 2013	USA
Puff Johnson	40	July 24, 2013		Cervical cancer
Mike Shipley Record producer and music engineer	56	July 25, 2013	Studio City, Los Angeles, USA	Suicide
JJ Cale	74	July 26, 2013	La Jolla, California, USA	Heart attack
Paul Giacalone The Fireflies	73	June 27, 2013	Long Island, New York, USA	Cancer
Rita Reys	88	July 28, 2013	Breukelen, Netherlands	Brian hemorrage
Tim Wright Pere Ubu	63	August 4, 2013	Claveland, Ohio, USA	Cancer
George Duke	67	August 5, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia
James Grey Blue Rodeo	52	August 5, 2013	USA
Allen Lanier Blue Öyster Cult	67	August 14, 2013	USA	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Joey LaCaze Eyehategod	42	August 23, 2013	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Respiratory failure
Joe Kelley The Shadows of Knight	67	September 1, 2013
Forrest	60	September 6, 2013	Tilburg, Netherlands, USA	Stroke
Paul Despiegelaere The Machines	61	September 7, 2013
Patti Webster	49	September 13, 2013	Somerville, New Jersey, USA	Cancer
Mac Curtis	74	September 15, 2013	Weatherford, Texas, USA
Jimmy Ponder	67	September 16, 2013	Pittsburgh, USA
Billy Mure	97	September 25, 2013
Keith "Sabu" Crier GQ	58	September 30, 2013
Philip Chevron The Pogues, The Radiators from Space	56	October 8, 2013	Dublin, Ireland	Esophageal cancer
Jan Kuehnemund Vixen	51	October 10, 2013	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Cancer
Gloria Lynne	83	October 15, 2013	Newark, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Ronald Shannon Jackson Last Exit	73	October 19, 2013	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Leukemia
Gypie Mayo Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds	62	October 23, 2013
Al Johnson The Unifics	65	October 26, 2013	USA
Lou Reed Velvet Underground	71	October 27, 2013	Long Island, USA	Liver disease
Pete Haycock Climax Blues Band	62	October 30, 2013	Frankfurt, Germnany	Heart attack
Bobby Parker	76	October 31, 2013	Bowie, Maryland, USA	Heart attack
Arash Farazmand The Yellow Dogs	28	November 11, 2013	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Soroush Farazmand The Yellow Dogs	27	November 11, 2013	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Oliver Cheatham	65	November 29, 2013	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Dick Dodd The Standells	68	November 29, 2013	Fountain Valley, California, USA	Cancer
Richard Coughlan Caravan	66	December 1, 2013	Herne Bay, Kent, England	Pneumonia
Junior Murvin	67	December 2, 2013	Port Antonio, Jamaica	Diabetes.
Gail Collins Pappalardi	72	December 6, 2013	Ajijic Jalisco, Mexico	Cancer
Stan Tracey	86	December 6, 2013		Cancer
Jim Hall	83	December 10, 2013	Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
David Richards Record producer from Queen	57	December 20, 2013		Heart disease
Yusef Lateef	93	December 23, 2013	Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA	Prostate cancer
Ricky Lawson	59	December 23, 2013	Long Beach, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
Benjamin Curtis Tripping Daisy, Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, UFOFU	35	December 29, 2013	New York City, New York, USA	T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma
Tabby Thomas	84	January 1, 2014	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Jay Traynor Jay and the Americans, The Tokens	70	January 2, 2014	Tampa, Florida, USA	Liver cancer
Phil Everly Everly Brothers	74	January 3, 2014	Burbank, California, USA	Lung disease
Maureen Gray	65	January 7, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bile duct cancer
Dennis Frederiksen Toto, Angel	62	January 18, 2014	Mound, Minnesota, USA	Cancer
Rusty York	78	January 26, 2014	Redington Shores, Florida, USA	Degenerative brain disease
Pete Seeger	94	January 27, 2014	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Natural causes
The Mighty Hannibal	74	January 30, 2014	The Bronx, New York, USA
Anna Gordy Gaye	92	January 31, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA
Bunny Rugs Bunny & Ricky, Third World, Inner Circle	65	February 2, 2014	Orlando, Florida, USA	Leukaemia
Bob Casale Devo	61	February 17, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Chip Damiani The Remains	68	February 23, 2014	USA	Brain hemorrhage
Franny Beecher Bill Haley & His Comets	92	February 24, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Natural causes
Kelly Holland Cry of Love	52	February 24, 2014	USA
Frank Reed The Chi-Lites	59	February 26, 2014		Stroke
Frankie Sardo	77	February 26, 2014	Somers, New York, USA	Cancer
Charles Love Bloodstone	68	March 6, 2014	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Pneumonia
Jerry Corbitt The Youngbloods	71	March 8, 2014	Smiley, Texas	Lung cancer
Buren Fowler Drivin' n' Cryin', R.E.M.	54	March 8, 2014	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Several health problems
Gary Burger The Monks	71	March 14, 2014	Turtle River, Minnesota, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Scott Asheton The Stooges	64	March 15, 2014	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Joe Lala Co-founder of the Blues Image	66	March 18, 2014	Tampa, Florida, USA	Lung cancer
Dave Brockie Gwar	50	March 23, 2014	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Accidental heroin overdose.
Geoff Bradford	80	March 23, 2014	Enfield, England
King Fleming	91	April 1, 2014	Manteno, Illinois, USA
Joe Frazier The Impalas	70	April 1, 2014	USA
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith	93	April 3, 2014	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Jason McCash The Gates of Slumber	38	April 5, 2014
George Shuffler The Stanley Brothers, The Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys	88	April 7, 2014	Valdese, North Carolina, USA
Little Joe Cook Little Joe & The Thrillers	91	April 15, 2014	Framingham, Massachusetts, USA	Cancer
Shane Gibson Korn	35	April 15, 2014	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Blood clotting disorder
Deon Jackson	68	April 18, 2014	Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA	Brain hemorrhage
DJ E-Z Rock Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock	46	April 27, 2014	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Diabetic seizure
Paul Goddard Atlanta Rhythm Section	68	April 29, 2014	USA
Larry Ramos The Association	72	April 30, 2014	Clarkston, Washington, USA	Heart attack
Jessica Cleaves The Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire	65	May 2, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA
Bobby Gregg	78	May 3, 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Ed Gagliardi Foreigner, Spys	62	May 11, 2014	USA	Cancer
Jerry Vale	83	May 18, 2014	Palm Desert, California, USA	Natural causes
Doc Neeson The Angels, Red Phoenix	67	June 4, 2014	Sydney, Australia	Brain tumor
Alan Douglas Record producer	82	June 7, 2014		Complications after a fall
Casey Kasem Host of Casey's Top 40, Casey's Top 20 & Casey's Countdown	82	June 15, 2014	Gig Harbor, Washington, USA	Sepsis
Jimmy Scott	88	June 12, 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Cardiac arrest
Horace Silver	85	June 18, 2014	New Rochelle, New York, USA	Alzeimer's disease
Gerry Goffin	75	June 19, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA
Teenie Hodges Hi Rhythm Section	68	June 22, 2014	Dallas, Texas, USA	Complications of emphysema
Bobby Womack The Valentinos	70	June 27, 2014	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Multiple diseases
Lois Johnson	72	July 7, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Richard Cowsill The Cowsills	64	July 8, 2014	Rio Rancho, New Mexico	Lung cancer
John Spinks The Outfield	60	July 9, 2014		Liver cancer
Tommy Ramone The Ramones	65	July 11, 2014	New York City, New York, USA	Bile duct cancer
Vange Leonel Nau	51	July 14, 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Ovarian cancer
Johnny Winter	70	July 16, 2014	Zurich, Switzerland	Emphysemia and pneumonia
Ernie Lancaster	60	July 17, 2014	Mount Dora, Florida, USA	Cancer
James Govan	64	July 18, 2014
Christian Falk Imperiet	52	July 23, 2014		Pancreatic cancer
Adolph Jacobs The Coasters	74	July 23, 2014	USA
Johnny Rebb	75	July 28, 2014	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Dick Wagner Alice Cooper, The Frost	71	July 30, 2014	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Respiratory failure
Michael Johns	35	August 1, 2014	Tustin, California, USA	Dilated cardiomyopathy
Rosetta Hightower The Orlons	70	August 2, 2014	Clapham, London, England
Lynwood Slim	60	August 4, 2014
Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri Astarte	37	August 10, 2014	Greece	Complications from leukemia
Velva Darnell	75	August 12, 2014	Battletown, Kentucky, USA
Buddy Jones	77	August 13, 2014	Barton, Vermont, USA
Rick Parashar Record producer from Temple of the Dog, Nickelback, Alice in Chains, Litfiba, Pearl Jam	50	August 20, 2014	Queen Anne, Washington, USA	Natural causes
Jean Redpath	77	August 21, 2014	Arizona, USA	Cancer
Talmadge Gough The Crests	74	August 24, 2014
Joe Bethancourt	68	August 28, 2014	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Illness
Glenn Cornick Jethro Tull	67	August 28, 2014	Hilo, Hawaii, USA	Heart failure
Jimi Jamison Survivor	63	August 31, 2014	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
EunB Ladies' Code	21	September 3, 2014	Suwon, South Korea	Traffic collision
Gustavo Cerati Soda Stereo	55	September 4, 2014	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Respiratory arrest after a stroke
Simone Battle G.R.L.	25	September 5, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by hanging
Kerrie Biddell	67	September 5, 2014		Stroke
RiSe Ladies' Code	23	September 7, 2014	Suwon, South Korea	Traffic collision
Gerald Wilson	96	September 8, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Robert Young Primal Scream	49	September 9, 2014	Hove, England
John Gustafson Ian Gillan Band, Roxy Music	72	September 11, 2014		Heart failure
Joe Sample The Crusaders	75	September 12, 2014	Houston, Texas, USA	Lung cancer
Peter Gutteridge	53	September 15, 2014	Auckland, New Zealand
George Hamilton IV	77	September 17, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from a heart attack
Kenny Wheeler	84	September 18, 2014	London, England	Natural causes
Paul Revere Paul Revere & the Raiders	76	October 4, 2014	San Francisco, California, USA	Cancer
Sista Monica Parker	58	October 9, 2014	Modesto, California, USA	Lung cancer
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens The Mars Volta, Free Moral Agents	39	October 14, 2014	Cholula, Puebla, Mexico	Heart attack
Tim Hauser The Manhattan Transfer	72	October 16, 2014	Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardiac arrest
Paul Craft	76	October 18, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Multiple diseases
Tyson Stevens Scary Kids Scaring Kids	29	October 21, 2014	Gilbert, Arizona, USA	Heroin overdose
Jeanne Black	76	October 25, 2014	Orem, Utah, USA	Heart failure
Jack Bruce The Graham Bond Organisation	71	October 25, 2014	Suffolk, England	Liver disease
Alvin Stardust	72	October 25, 2014	Ifold, West Sussex, England	Prostate cancer
Jack Bruce Cream	71	October 25, 2014	Suffolk, England	Liver disease
Wayne Static Static-X	48	November 1, 2014	Landers, California, USA	Alcohol, accidental overdose
Michael Coleman	58	November 2, 2014	USA
Rick Rosas	65	November 6, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung disease
Jonathan Athon Black Tusk	32	November 9, 2014
Big Bank Hank The Sugarhill Gang	58	November 11, 2014	New York City, New York, USA	Cancer
Buddy Catlett	81	November 12, 2014	Seattle, Washington, USA	Multiple diseases
Mike Burney Wizzard	70	November 13, 2014	Birmingham, England	Cancer
Jeff Fletcher Northern Uproar	36	November 17, 2014	Stockport, England	Decapitation when hit by road vehicle
Jimmy Ruffin	78	November 17, 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Dave Appell	92	November 18, 2014	USA
Joe Bonner	66	November 21, 2014	Denver, Colorado, USA
Clive Palmer The Incredible String Band	71	November 23, 2014	Penzance, England
Damon Core AZ Yet	40	November 25, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bobby Keys The Rolling Stones	70	December 2, 2014	Franklin, Tennessee, USA	Cirrhosis
Nick Talbot Gravenhurst	37	December 2, 2014
Edward Bivins The Manhattans	78	December 2, 2014	USA
Ian McLagan Small Faces, Faces	69	December 3, 2014	Austin, Texas, USA	Stroke
Bob Montgomery	77	December 4, 2014	Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA	Parkinson's disease
Brian Roy Goble Subhumans	57	December 7, 2014	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Heart attack
Winfred Lovett The Manhattans	78	December 9, 2014
Dawn Sears	53	December 11, 2014	Gallatin, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Joe Carr Joe Carr & the Texas Lone Star Band	63	December 14, 2014	Levelland, Texas, USA	Stroke
Millie Kirkham	91	December 14, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications after stroke
Wendy Rene	67	December 16, 2014		Complications after stroke
John Fry Record producer	69	December 18, 2014		Cardiac arrest
Larry Henley The Newbeats	77	December 18, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Dementia with Lewy bodies
Joe Cocker The Grease Band	70	December 22, 2014	Crawford, Colorado, USA	Lung cancer
Alberta Adams	97	December 25, 2014	Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Frankie Randall	76	December 28, 2014	Indio, California, USA	Lung cancer
Matthew Cogley Failsafe	30	January 1, 2015
Jeff Golub	59	January 1, 2015	New York City, New York, USA	Progressive supra-nuclear palsy
Little Jimmy Dickens	94	January 2, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure
Pino Daniele	59	January 4, 2015	Rome, Italy	Heart attack
Curtis Lee	75	January 8, 2015	Yuma, Arizona, USA	Cancer
Popsy Dixon The Holmes Brothers	77	January 9, 2015		Bladder cancer
Tim Drummond	74	January 11, 2015	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
A. J. Masters	72	January 12, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Prostate cancer
Trevor Ward-Davies Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	70	January 13, 2015		Cancer
Ward Swingle The Swingle Singers	87	January 19, 2015	Eastbourne, England
Dallas Taylor Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	66	January 18, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Bo Dollis The Wild Magnolias	71	January 20, 2015	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream	70	January 20, 2015	Vienna, Austria	Pulmonary embolism
Demis Roussos Aphrodite's Child	68	January 25, 2015	Athens, Greece
Don Covay	78	January 31, 2015	Franklin Square, New York, USA	Stroke
Andriy Kuzmenko Skryabin	46	February 2, 2015	Lozuvatka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine	Car accident
Joe B. Mauldin The Crickets	74	February 7, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Calvin Jackson	54	February 10. 2015	Senatobia, Mississippi, USA
Steve Strange Strange Cruise, The Moors Murderers, The Photons, Visage	55	February 12, 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Heart attack
Sam Andrew Big Brother and the Holding Company	73	February 12, 2015	San Francisco, California, USA	Complication after open heart surgery
David Maxwell	71	February 13, 2015	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Prostate cancer
Lesley Gore	68	February 16, 2015	Manhattan, New York, USA	Lung cancer
Clark Terry	94	February 21, 2015	Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA	Diabetes
Jimmy Greenspoon Three Dog Night	67	March 11, 2015	North Potomac, Maryland, USA	Melanoma
Daevid Allen Gong, Soft Machine	59	March 13, 2015	Australia	Cancer
Mike Porcaro Toto	59	March 15, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Bruce Crump Molly Hatchet	57	March 16, 2015
Andy Fraser Free, Sharks	62	March 16, 2015	California, USA
A. J. Pero Twisted Sister, Adrenaline Mob	55	March 20, 2015	Poughkeepsie, New York, USA	Heart attack
John Renbourn Pentangle	70	March 26, 2015	Hawick, Scotland	Heart attack
Billy Butler	69	March 31, 2015	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bob Burns Lynyrd Skynyrd	64	April 3, 2015	Bartow County, Georgia, USA	Car accident
Percy Sledge	74	April 14, 2015	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Liver cancer
Billy Ray Hearn Record producer and co-founded of Myrrh Records and Sparrow Records	85	April 15, 2015		Heart disease
Johnny Kemp	55	April 16, 2015	Montego Bay, Jamaica	Hit and fall from the Tom Joyner Cruise
Jack Ely The Kingsmen	71	April 27, 2015	Terrebonne, Oregon, USA
Guy LeBlanc Camel	54	April 27, 2015		Kidney cancer
Ben E. King The Drifters	76	April 30, 2015	Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA	Natural causes
Craig Gruber Rainbow, Elf, Gary Moore	63	May 5, 2015	Florida, USA	Prostate cancer
Errol Brown Hot Chocolate	71	May 6, 2015	Bahamas	Liver cancer
B.B. King	89	May 14, 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Vascular dementia
Louis Johnson The Brothers Johnson	60	May 21, 2015	USA
Dennis Sheehan Tour manager for U2	68	May 26, 2015	West Hollywood, California, USA	Heart attack
Ornette Coleman	85	June 11, 2015	New York City, New York, USA	Cardiac arrest
Big Time Sarah	62	June 13, 2015	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart complications
Chris Squire Yes	67	June 27, 2015	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Acute erythroid leukemia
Ernie Maresca The Regents	76	July 8, 2015	Florida, USA
Michael Masser	74	July 9, 2015	Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Eric Wrixon Them, Thin Lizzy	68	July 13, 2015	Italy
Dave Somerville The Diamonds	81	July 14, 2015		Cancer
Buddy Buie	74	July 18, 2015	Dothan, Alabama, USA	Heart attack
Dieter Moebius Moebius & Plank	71	July 20, 2015		Cancer
Justin Lowe After the Burial	32	July 21, 2015
Mitch Aliotta Rotary Connection	71	July 22, 2015	USA	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Eddie Hardin The Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point	66	July 22, 2015		Heart attack
Cilla Black	72	August 1, 2015	Estepona, Costa del Sol, Spain	Stroke after a fall
Bob Johnston	83	August 14, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Danny Sembello	52	August 15, 2015	Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, USA	Drowned
Don Griffin The Miracles	60	September 2, 2015		Traffic collision
Smokey Wilson	79	September 8, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA
Bryn Merrick The Damned	56	September 12, 2015	Cardiff, Wales	Cancer
Gary Richrath REO Speedwagon	65	September 13, 2015
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones	74	September 15, 2015	Decatur, Illinois, USA
Ben Cauley The Bar-Kays	67	September 21, 2015	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Wilton Felder The Crusaders	75	September 27, 2015	Whittier, California, USA	Multiple myeloma
Frankie Ford	76	September 28, 2015	Gretna, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes
Billy Joe Royal	73	October 6, 2015	Morehead City, North Carolina, USA	Natural causes
Jim Diamond	64	October 8, 2015	London, England
Bruce Nazarian Brownsville Station	66	October 9, 2015	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Robbin Thompson Steel Mill	66	October 10, 2015		Cancer
Smokin' Joe Kubek	58	October 11, 2015		Heart attack
Paul King Music promoter for The Police, Dire Straits	63	October 12, 2015		Cancer
Frank Watkins Obituary, Gorgoroth	47	October 18, 2015		Cancer
Cory Wells Cory Wells & The Enemys, Three Dog Night	74	October 20, 2015	Dunkirk, New York, USA	Complications from multiple myeloma
Vlad Telea Goodbye to Gravity	37	October 31, 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Colectiv nightclub fire
Mihai Alexandru Goodbye to Gravity	39	October 31, 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Colectiv nightclub fire
Raul Rekow Santana	61	November 2, 2015	California, USA	Cancer
Eddie Hoh The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees	71	November 7, 2015
Bogdan Lavinius Goodbye to Gravity	34	November 8, 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Colectiv nightclub fire
Sterling Von Scarborough Morbid Angel	50	November 9, 2015
Andy White The Beatles	85	November 9, 2015	New Jersey, USA	Stroke
Allen Toussaint	77	November 10, 2015	Madrid, Spain	Heart attack
Alex Pascu Goodbye to Gravity	33	November 11, 2015	Paris, France	Colectiv nightclub fire
Phil Taylor Motörhead	61	November 11, 2015	Hasland, England	Liver disease
P.F. Sloan	70	November 15, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Cynthia Robinson Sly and the Family Stone	69	November 23, 2015	Carmichael, California, USA	Cancer
John Theunissen Pussycat	66	November 24, 2015
Ronnie Bright The Cadillacs, The Coasters, The Deep River Boys, The Valentines	77	November 26, 2015
Wayne Bickerton	74	November 29, 2015	Rhyl, Wales
Scott Weiland Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver	48	December 3, 2015	Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
John Garner Sir Lord Baltimore	63	December 5, 2015		Liver failure
Bonnie Lou	91	December 8, 2015	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Dementia
Rainer Bloss	69	December 10, 2015	USA
Adam Roth The Del Fuegos	57	December 18, 2015		Cancer
Stevie Wright The Easybeats	68	December 27, 2015	South Coast, New South Wales, Australia	Pneumonia
Lemmy Motörhead, Hawkwind	70	December 28, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia, and congestive heart failure
John Bradbury The Specials	62	December 28, 2015	England
Natalie Cole	65	December 31, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Congestive heart failure"
Long John Hunter	84	January 4, 2016	Phoenix, Arizona
Robert Stigwood Manager for The Bee Gees, Cream	81	January 4, 2016	Australia
Nick Caldwell The Whispers	71	January 5, 2016	San Francisco, California, USA	Heart failure
Otis Clay	73	January 8, 2016	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
David Bowie Arnold Corns, The Riot Squad, Tin Machine	69	January 10, 2016	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Liver cancer
Giorgio Gomelsky Manager for The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Paramounts	81	January 13, 2016	New York City, New York, USA	Cancer
Pete Huttlinger The John Denver Band	54	January 15, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Gary Loizzo The American Breed	70	January 16, 2016	USA	Pancreatic cancer
Blowfly	76	January 17, 2016	Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, USA	Liver cancer
Mic Gillette Tower of Power	64	January 17, 2016		Heart attack
Dale Griffin Mott the Hoople, British Lions	67	January 17, 2016	USA	Alzheimer's disease
Glenn Frey Eagles	67	January 18, 2016	New York City, New York, USA	Rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia while recovering from intestinal surgery
Alex Winshart Hogsnort Rupert	76	January 22, 2016		Lung cancer
Jimmy Bain Rainbow, Wild Horses, Dio, Last in Line	68	January 23, 2016	MSC Divina, Atlantic Ocean	Lung cancer
Black	53	January 26, 2016	Cork. Republic of Ireland	Road traffic accident
T.J. Tindall MFSB	65	January 26, 2016	USA	Cancer
Paul Kantner Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band	74	January 28, 2016	San Diego, California, USA	Multiple organ failure and septic shock following a heart attack
Signe Toly Anderson Jefferson Airplane	74	January 28, 2016	Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Billy Faier	85	January 29, 2016	Alpine, Texas, USA
Jon Bunch Further Seems Forever, Sense Field	45	February 1, 2016	USA
Maurice White Earth, Wind & Fire	74	February 4, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA	Parkinson's disease
Joe Dowell	76	February 4, 2016	Bloomington, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Dan Hicks The Charlatans	74	February 6, 2016	Mill Valley, California, USA	Liver cancer
Jack Dakin Kris Leonard Tomas Lowe River Reeves Viola Beach	27 20 19 19	February 13, 2016	Södertälje close to Stockholm, Sweden	Traffic collision
L. C. Ulmer	87	February 14, 2016	Ellisville, Mississippi, USA	Natural causes
Vanity Vanity 6	57	February 15, 2016	Fremont, California, USA	Renal failure
Paul Gordon The B-52's	52	February 18, 2016	USA
Vi Subversa Poison Girls	80	February 19, 2016
Piotr Grudziński Riverside	40	February 21, 2016	Warsaw, Poland
Hans Reffert Guru Guru	69	February 21, 2016	Mannheim, Germany
Lennie Baker Sha Na Na	69	February 24, 2016	Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Josefin Nilsson	46	February 29, 2016	Själsö, Gotland, Sweden
Gayle McCormick Smith	67	March 1, 2016	St. Louis, Missouri	Cancer
John Thomas Budgie	63	March 3, 2016
Chip Hooper Phish, Dave Matthews Band	53	March 5, 2016	Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA	Cancer
Ross Hannaford Daddy Cool, Mighty Kong	65	March 8, 2016	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Cancer
Aaron Huffman Harvey Danger	43	March 8, 2016		Respiratory failure
George Martin The Beatles, America	90	March 8, 2016	Highbury, London, England
Naná Vasconcelos Pat Metheny Group	71	March 9, 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Lung cancer
Keith Emerson Emerson, Lake & Palmer	71	March 10, 2016	Santa Monica, California, USA	Suicide
Tommy Brown	84	March 12, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Lee Andrews Lee Andrews & the Hearts	79	March 16, 2016
Andy Newman Thunderclap Newman	73	March 30, 2016
Carlo Mastrangelo The Belmonts	78	April 4, 2016
Leon Haywood	74	April 5, 2016
Merle Haggard	79	April 6, 2016	Palo Cedro, California, USA	Pneumonia
Dennis Davis	66	April 6, 2016		Cancer
Jimmie Van Zant	59	April 7, 2016	Florida, USA	Liver cancer
Emile Ford	78	April 11, 2016	London, England
Gib Guilbeau Flying Burrito Brothers	78	April 12, 2016
Prince Prince and The Revolution, Prince and The New Power Generation	57	April 21, 2016	Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA	Accidental fentanyl toxicity
Billy Paul	81	April 24, 2016	Gloucester Township, New Jersey, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Harrison Calloway Muscle Shoals Horns	75	April 30, 2016	Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Stroke
Candye Kane	54	May 6, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from pancreatic cancer
Peter Behrens Trio	68	May 11, 2016	Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany	Multiple organ failure
Julius La Rosa	86	May 12, 2016	Crivitz, Wisconsin, USA	Natural causes
Guy Clark	74	May 17, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
John Berry Beastie Boys	52	May 19, 2016	Danvers, Massachusetts, USA	Frontotemporal dementia
Nick Menza Megadeth, OMH	51	May 21, 2016	Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Marshall "Rock" Jones Ohio Players	75	May 27, 2016	Houston, Texas, usa	Cancer
Reshad Feild The Springfields	82	May 31, 2016	Devon, England
Thomas Fekete Surfer Blood	27	May 31, 2016		Cancer
Dave Swarbrick Fairport Convention	75	June 3, 2016		Emphysema
Habib	68	June 10, 2016	Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran	Cardiac arrest
Christina Grimmie	22	June 11, 2016	Orlando, Florida, USA	Shotgun wounds
Chips Moman	79	June 12, 2016	LaGrange, Georgia, USA	Lung disease
Chris Warren	49	June 12, 2016	USA
Henry McCullough Wings	72	June 14, 2016	Ballywindelland, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Attrell Cordes P.M. Dawn	46	June 17, 2016	USA	Renal disease
Sverre Kjelsberg The Pussycats	69	June 19, 2016	USA
Wayne Jackson The Mar-Keys	74	June 21, 2016	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure
Bill Ham Manager for ZZ Top	79	June 22, 2016	Austin, Texas, USA
Jim Boyd The Jim Boyd Band	60	June 22, 2016
Bernie Worrell Parliament, Funkadelic, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains	72	June 24, 2016	Everson, Washington, USA	Lung cancer
Mack Rice The Falcons	82	June 27, 2016	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease
Scotty Moore	84	June 28, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Rob Wasserman RatDog	64	June 29, 2016		Undisclosed health complaints
Teddy Rooney The Yellow Payges	66	July 2, 2016	USA
William Hawkins	76	July 4, 2016	Ottawa, Canada
Danny Smythe The Box Tops	67	July 6, 2016	USA
Erik Petersen Mischief Brew	38	July 15, 2016
Roland Prince	69	July 15, 2016	USA
Alan Vega Suicide	78	July 16, 2016	New York City, New York, USA
Gary S. Paxton Record producer from Skip & Flip, The Hollywood Argyles	77	July 17, 2016	Branson, Missouri, USA	Complications of heart surgery and liver disease
Lewis Steinberg Booker T. & the M.G.'s	82	July 21, 2016	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Keith Gemmell Audience	68	July 24, 2016		Throat cancer
Roye Albrighton Nektar	67	July 26, 2016	USA
Allan Barnes The Blackbyrds	67	July 26, 2016	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Sandy Pearlman Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash, Black Sabbath	72	July 26, 2016	Marin County, California, USA	Pneumonia and complication from a stroke
Lucille Dumont	97	July 29, 2016	Canada
Snaffu Rigor Music group from Cinderella	69	August 4, 2016
Pete Fountain	86	August 6, 2016	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart failure
B.E. Taylor	65	August 7, 2016	Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Brain tumor
Padraig Duggan Clannad, The Duggans	67	August 9, 2016	Dublin, Ireland	Recurring illness
Glenn Yarbrough The Limeliters	86	August 11, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Dementia
David Enthoven T-Rex, Roxy Music	72	August 11, 2016
Ruby Wilson	68	August 12, 2016	USA	Heart attack
Bobby Hutcherson	75	August 15, 2016	Montara, California, USA	Emphysema
Preston Hubbard The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues	63	August 17, 2016	USA
James Woolley 2wo, Nine Inch Nails	49	August 17, 2016	USA
Denis Cabric Regina	49	August 17, 2016
Horacio Salgán	100	August 19, 2016	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lou Pearlman Record producer and manager for NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, O-Town	62	August 19, 2016	USA	Cardiac arrest
Louis Stewart	72	August 20, 2016		Cancer
Matt Roberts 3 Doors Down	38	August 20, 2016	USA	Drug overdose
Tom Searle Architects	28	August 20, 2016		Skin cancer
Toots Thielemans	94	August 22, 2016	Brussels, Belgium
Gilli Smyth Gong	83	August 22, 2016	Byron Bay, Australia	Pulmonary pneumonia
Rudy Van Gelder	91	August 25, 2016	Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA	Natural causes
Ab Tamober Earth and Fire	65	August 26, 2016		Cancer
Monty Lee Wilkes Sound engineer for The Replacements, Nirvana	54	August 26, 2016	USA	Cancer
Juan Gabriel	66	August 28, 2016	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heart attack
Fred Hellerman	89	September 1, 2016	Weston, Connecticut, USA
Jerry Heller Music manager for N.W.A	75	September 2, 2016	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Heart attack
Lewis Merenstein Record proudcer	81	September 6, 2016	New York City, New York	Pneumonia
Clifford Curry	79	September 7, 2016	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Prince Buster	78	September 8, 2016	Miami, Florida, USA	Stroke
Leonard Haze Y&T	61	September 11, 2016	USA	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Jerry Corbetta Sugarloaf	68	September 16, 2016	Denver, Colorado, USA	Pick's disease
John D. Loudermilk	82	September 21, 2016	Christiana, Tennessee, USA	Bone cancer
Kashif B. T. Express	59	September 25, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA
Joe Clay	78	September 26, 2016
Jonathan David Brown Record producer & audio engineer	60	September 27, 2016	Ozark, Missouri, USA
Nora Dean	72	September 29, 2016	Connecticut, USA
Royal Torrence Little Royal and The Swingmasters	82	September 29, 2016	Washington D.C., USA
Michael Casswell	53	September 30, 2016	USA
Oscar Brand	96	September 30, 2016	Great Neck, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Steve Byrd	61	October 2, 2016	Munich, Germany	Heart attack
Caroline Crawley	53	October 4, 2016	USA
Joan Marie Johnson The Dixie Cups	72	October 5, 2016		Heart failure
Rod Temperton Heatwave	66	October 5, 2016	London, England	Cancer
Don Ciccone The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Critters	70	October 8, 2016
Michiyuk Kawashima Boom Boom Satellites	47	October 9, 2016		Brain tumor
Bored Nothing	26	October 9, 2016		Suicide
Robert Bateman Record producer	80	October 12, 2016		Heart attack
Sonny Sanders	77	October 12, 2016	USA
Werner Lämmerhirt	67	October 14, 2016	Bodenwerder, Germany
Robert Edwards The Intruders	74	October 15, 2016		Heart attack
Bobby Ellis	84	October 18, 2016	Kingston, Jamaica	Pneumonia related illness
Pete Burns Dead or Alive	57	October 23, 2016	London, England	Cardiac arrest
Bobby Vee	73	October 24, 2016	Rogers, Minnesota, USA	Alzheimer's disease
John Zacherle	98	October 27, 2016	New York City, New York
Norman Brokaw American talent agent	89	October 29, 2016	Beverly Hills, California, USA
Bap Kennedy	54	November 1, 2016	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Pancreatic and bowel cancer
Bob Cranshaw	83	November 2, 2016	Manhattan, New York, USA	Cancer
Kay Starr	94	November 3, 2016	Bel Air, Los Angeles, USA	Complications from Alzheimer's disease
Eddie Harsch The Black Crowes	59	November 4, 2016	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jean-Jacques Perrey	87	November 4, 2016	Switzerland	Complications from a lung cancer
Leonard Cohen	82	November 7, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Jimmy Young	95	November 7, 2016	USA
Al Caiola	96	November 9, 2016	Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Victor Bailey Weather Report	56	November 11, 2016		Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Doug Edwards Skylark, Chilliwack	70	November 11, 2016	Vancouver, British Columbia, USA
Leon Russell	74	November 13, 2016	Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA	Heart surgery
David Mancuso Known from The Loft	72	November 14, 2016	New York, New York, USA
Mose Allison	89	November 15, 2016	Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA	Natural causes
Cliff Barrows Music director from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association	93	November 15, 2016	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Milt Okun American arranger, record producer and co-founder of the Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company	92	November 15, 2016
Mentor Williams	70	November 16, 2016		Lung cancer
Saki Kaskas Best known from his soundtracks in the Need for Speed Series	45	November 17, 2016	Greek
Sharon Jones Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	60	November 18, 2016		Pancreatic cancer
Hugh McDonald Redgum	62	November 18, 2016	Australia	Prostate cancer
Blakdyak	46	November 21, 2016	Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Craig Gill Inspiral Carpets	44	November 22, 2016	USA	Suicide
Colonel Abrams	67	November 24, 2016		Diabetes
Tony Martell American music industry and senior executive	90	November 27, 2016	Madison, New Jersey, USA
Carlton Kitto	74	November 28, 2016
Ray Columbus Ray Columbus and the Invaders	74	November 29, 2016	Snells Beach, North Auckland, New Zealand	Heart attack
Micky Fitz The Business	57	December 1, 2016		Cancer
Mark Gray Exile	64	December 2, 2016	Lebanon, Tennessee, USA
Harry Balk Record producer and record company executive	91	December 3, 2016	Oak Park, Michigan, USA
Herbert Hardesty	91	December 3, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Cancer
Wayne Duncan Daddy Cool	72	December 4, 2016		Stroke
Radim Hladik Blue Effect	69	December 4, 2016		Pulmonary fibrosis
Adam Sagan Into Eternity, Circle II Circle	35	December 5, 2016		Lymphoma
Junaid Jamshed Vital Signs	52	December 7, 2016	Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	Plane crash
Greg Lake Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson	69	December 7, 2016	London, England	Cancer
George Mantalis The Four Coins	81	December 10, 2016		Lung cancer
Valerie Gell The Liverbirds	71	December 11, 2016
Bob Krasnow Record producer and music executive from Elektra Records	82	December 11, 2016	Wellington, Florida, USA	Organ dysfunction
Barrelhouse Chuck	58	December 12, 2016	Libertyville, Illinois, USA	Prostate cancer
Jim Lowe	93	December 12, 2016	East Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA
Bunny Walters	63	December 14, 2016	Hamilton, New Zealand
Gordie Tapp Host of the hit TV show Hee Haw	94	December 18, 2016	Burlington, Ontario, USA
Sam Leach American talent agent and concert promoter of The Beatles	81	December 21, 2016
Frank Murray Band manager from Thin Lizzy, The Pogues	66	December 23, 2016		Suspected heart attack
Mick Zane Malice	57	December 23, 2016		Cancer
Rick Parfitt Status Quo	68	December 24, 2016	Marbella, Spain	Septicaemia and following complications to a shoulder injury
George Michael Wham!	53	December 25, 2016	Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England	Suspected heart failure
Alphonse Mouzon Weather Report, The Eleventh House	68	December 25, 2016	Granada Hills, California, USA	Neuroendocrine carcinoma
Allan Williams Businessman and talent manager from The Beatles	86	December 30, 2016	Liverpool, England
Mike Gaborno Manic Hispanic	51	January 4, 2017		Liver cancer
Johnny Dick Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries	73	January 6, 2017	Australia
Sylvester Potts The Contours	78	January 6, 2017
Eddie Kamae Sons of Hawaii	89	January 7, 2017	USA
Jerzy Kossela Czerwone Gitary	74	January 7, 2017	Gdynia, Poland
Buddy Bregman American arranger, record producer, conductor and composer	86	January 8, 2017	Los Angeles, California, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Peter Sarstedt	75	January 8, 2017		Progressive supranuclear palsy
Crazy Toones Record producer	45	January 9, 2017		Heart attack
Tommy Allsup Buddy Holly & The Crickets	85	January 11, 2017	Springfield, Missouri, USA	Complications from a hernia operation
Tony Booth Poster artist from The Beatles	83	January 11, 2017	Upton, Merseyside, England	Cancer
Larry Steinbachek Bronski Beat	56	January 12, 2017		Cancer
Meir Banai	55	January 12, 2017		Cancer
Muhammad Fachroni Project Pop	44	January 13, 2017		Complications from diabetes
Richie Ingui Soul Survivors	70	January 13, 2017
Magic Alex Electronics engineer from The Beatles	74	January 13, 2017	Kolonaki, Athens, Greece	Pneumonia
Charles "Bobo" Shaw	69	January 16, 2017
Franz Jarnach The Rattles	72	January 16, 2017	Hamburg, Germany
Mike Kellie Multi-instrumentalist and record producer from Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones	69	January 18, 2017
Loalwa Braz	63	January 19, 2017	Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state.
Howard Kaufman Talent manager from Eagles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard	79	January 19, 2017	USA
Ronald “Bingo” Mundy The Marcels	76	January 20, 2017	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Pneumonia
Maggie Roche The Roches	65	January 21, 2017		Cancer
Walter Morrison Record producer from Ohio Players and music director of Parliament-Funkadelic	62	January 21, 2017
Jaki Liebezeit Can	78	January 22, 2017		Pneumonia
Pete Overend Watts Mott the Hoople, British Lions	69	January 22, 2017		Throat cancer
Bobby Freeman	76	January 23, 2017	San Francisco, California, USA	Natural causes
Gil Ray Game Theory, The Loud Family	60	January 24, 2017	USA
Björn Thelin The Spotnicks	74	January 24, 2017
Butch Trucks The Allman Brothers Band	69	January 24, 2017	West Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Benny Collins Tour manager from The Rolling Stones, Journey	68	January 27, 2017	USA	Pneumonia
Guitar Gable	79	January 28, 2017	Opelousas, Louisiana, USA
Geoff Nicholls Black Sabbath	68	January 28, 2017		Lung cancer
Elkin Ramírez Kraken	54	January 29, 2017	Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia	Brain cancer
James Laurence Record proudcer from Friendzone	27	January 30, 2017	USA
Deke Leonard Man, Help Yourself	72	January 31, 2017
John Wetton Asia, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash	67	January 31, 2017	Bournemouth, England	Cancer
Robert Dahlqvist The Hellacopters, Dundertåget	40	February 3, 2017
Steve Lang April Wine	67	February 4, 2017		Parkinson’s disease
Noel Simms	82	February 4, 2017		Lung cancer
David Axelrod	83	February 5, 2017
Sonny Geraci The Outsiders, Climax	69	February 5, 2017
Rina Matsuno Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	18	February 8, 2017
Tony Davis The Spinners	86	February 10, 2017
Harvey Lichtenstein American arts administrator from Brooklyn Academy of Music	87	February 11, 2017		Stroke
Damian	52	February 12, 2017		Cancer
Robert Fisher Willard Grant Conspiracy	59-60	February 12, 2017		Cancer
Al Jarreau	76	February 12, 2017	Los Angeles, California, USA	Respiratory failure
Trish Doan Kittie	31	February 13, 2017
Tony Särkkä Multi-instrumentalist from Ophthalamia, Abruptum	45	February 14, 2017
Alan Aldridge Artist and graphic designer	73	February 17, 2017
Peter Skellern	69	February 17, 2017	Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall, England	Brain cancer
Clyde Stubblefield	73	February 18, 2017	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Kidney failure
Larry Coryell The Eleventh House	73	February 19, 2017	New York City, USA	Heart failure
Ilene Berns Record producer, record company director and co-founded of Bang Records	73	February 23, 2017	Miami, Florida, USA	Heart failure
Leon Ware Record producer	77	February 23, 2017
Eric Miller Record producer from Pablo Records	75	February 25, 2017		Heart attack
Hiroshi Kamayatsu The Spiders	78	March 1, 2017	Japan	Pancreatic cancer
Tommy Page Music industry executive from Reprise Records	46	March 3, 2017
Edi Fitzroy	62	March 4, 2017	May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
Ritchie Adams	78	March 6, 2017
Lars Diedricson Snowstorm	55	March 6, 2017	Gothenburg, Sweden
Robbie Hoddinoff Kingfish	62	March 6, 2017
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya	56	March 7, 2017	Hooghly district, West Bengal, India	Traffic collision
Tony Lorenzo Sons of Azrael	30	March 9, 2017
Joni Sledge Sister Sledge	60	March 10, 2017	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Evan Johns The LeRoi Brothers	69	March 11, 2017	Austin, Texas, USA	Liver disease
Joey Alves Y&T	63	March 12, 2017		Complications from ulcerative colitis
Tommy LiPuma Record producer	80	March 13, 2017	New York City, New York, USA
John Lever The Chameleons	55	March 13, 2017	USA
James Cotton	81	March 16, 2017	Austin, Texas, USA	Pneumonia
Chuck Berry	90	March 18, 2017	Wentzville, Missouri, USA	Heart attack
Billy Bland	84	March 22, 2017	New York City, New York, USA
Sib Hashian Boston	67	March 22, 2017	At sea near Nassau, Bahamas	Heart attack
Sven-Erik Magnusson Sven-Ingvars	74	March 22, 2017	Karlstad, Sweden	Prostate cancer
Jimmy Dotson	83	March 26, 2017	Houston, Texas, USA
Clem Curtis The Foundations	76	March 27, 2017		Lung cancer
Edward Grimes Rachel's, Shipping News	43	March 27, 2017
Lonnie Brooks	83	April 1, 2017	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Brenda Jones The Jones Girls	62	April 2, 2017		Traffic collision
Paul O'Neill Record producer from Trans-Siberian Orchestra	61	April 5, 2017
David Peel The Lower East Side Band	73	April 6, 2017	Manhattan, New York, USA	Heart attack
Joseph Rascoff Tour manager from U2, The Rolling Stones	71	April 6, 2017		Prostate cancer
Kim Plainfield	63	April 8, 2017	Tomkins Cove, New York, USA
Keni Richards Autograph	60	April 8, 2017	USA
Banner Thomas Molly Hatchet	63	April 10, 2017		Pneumonia
J. Geils The J. Geils Band	71	April 11, 2017	Groton, Massachusetts, USA	Natural causes
Tom Coyne Mastering engineer	63	April 12, 2017	USA	Multiple myeloma
Toby Smith Jamiroquai	46	April 12, 2017
Mika Vainio Pan Sonic	57	April 12, 2017		Multiple myeloma
Sylvia Moy Record producer	78	April 15, 2017	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Pneumonia
Matt Holt Nothingface	39	April 15, 2017	Frederick, Maryland, USA	Degenerative illness
Allan Holdsworth Soft Machine, U.K.	70	April 16, 2017	Vista, California, USA	Heart disease
Pat Fitzpatrick Aslan	60	April 19, 2017		Cancer
Cuba Gooding Sr The Main Ingredient	72	April 20, 2017	Woodland Hills, California, USA
Sandy Gallin American talent agent	76	April 21, 2017
Calep Emphrey Jr.	67	April 25, 2017	USA
Bruce Hampton Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton Grease Band	70	May 1, 2017	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Kevin Garcia Grandaddy	41	May 2, 2017		Stroke
Saxa The Beat	87	May 3, 2017
Christopher Boykin Entertainer from Rob & Big	45	May 9, 2017		Heart failure
Robert Miles	47	May 9, 2017	Ibiza, Spain	Cancer
Jimmy Copley Manfred Mann's Earth Band	63	May 13, 2017	Bristol, England	Leukemia
Chris Cornell Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog	52	May 17, 2017	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Suicide by hanging
Kevin Stantion Mi-Sex	61	May 17, 2017	New Zealand
Frankie Paul	51	May 18, 2017	Kingston, Jamaica
Kid Vinil Record producer	62	May 19, 2017	Brazil
Jimmy LaFave	61	May 21, 2017	Austin, Texas, USA	Spindle cell sarcoma
Gregg Allman The Allman Brothers Band	69	May 27, 2017	Richmond Hill, Georgia, USA	Liver cancer
Aamir Zaki Vital Signs	49	June 2, 2017	Karachi	Heart failure
Vin Garbutt	69	June 6, 2017
Sandra Reemer Sandra & Andres	66	June 6, 2017	Amsterdam, Netherlands, USA	Breast cancer
Rosalie Sorrels	83	June 11, 2017	Reno, Nevada, USA
Gunter Gabriel	75	June 22, 2017	Hanover, Germany	Fall
Jimmy Nalls Sea Level	66	June 22, 2017		Fall
Dave Rosser The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers	50	June 27, 2017		Colon cancer
Gary DeCarlo Steam	75	June 28, 2017	USA	Lung cancer
Rudy Rotta	66	July 3, 2017	Verona, Italy
John Blackwell	43	July 4, 2017		Brain tumor
Melvyn "Deacon" Jones Baby Huey & the Babysitters	73	July 6, 2017	Hollywood, California, USA
Ray Phiri	70	July 12, 2017	Nelspruit, South Africa	Lung cancer
Simon Holmes The Hummingbirds	54	July 13, 2017	Sydney, Australia
David Zablidowsky Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, SOTO, ZO2	38	July 14, 2017	Micanopy, Florida, USA	Road accident
Roland Cazimero The Brothers Cazimero	66	July 16, 2017	USA
Thor Lindsay Record producer from Tim/Kerr	58	July 16, 2017
Chester Bennington Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, Stone Temple Pilots	41	July 20, 2017	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by hanging
Kenny Shields Streetheart	69	July 21, 2017		Complications from cardiac surgery
Bobby Taylor Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers	83	July 22, 2017		Cancer
Billy Joe Walker Jr.	65	July 25, 2017	Kerrville, Texas, USA
Goldy McJohn Steppenwolf	72	August 1, 2017		Heart attack
Tony Cohen Record producer from The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	60	August 2, 2017
Glen Campbell	81	August 8, 2017	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Benard Ighner	72	August 14, 2017	Houston, Texas, USA	Lung cancer
Melissa Bell Soul II Soul	53	August 28, 2017
Skip Prokop Lighthouse, The Paupers	73	August 30, 2017	St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Walter Becker Steely Dan	67	September 3, 2017	Manhattan, New York, USA	Esophageal cancer
Dave Hlubek Molly Hatchet	66	September 3, 2017		Heart attack
Earl Lindo The Wailers	64	September 4, 2017
Holger Czukay Can	79	September 5, 2017	Weilerswist, Germany
Rick Stevens Tower of Power	77	September 5, 2017	USA	Liver cancer
Troy Gentry Montgomery Gentry	50	September 8, 2017		Helicopter crash
Michael Friedman In association of The Civilians	41	September 9, 2017	Manhattan, New York, USA	HIV/AIDS
Virgil Howe Little Barrie	41	September 11, 2017
Jessi Zazu Those Darlins	28	September 12, 2017		Cervical cancer
Grant Hart Hüsker Dü	56	September 14, 2017	Minnesota, USA	Liver cancer
Mark Selby	56	September 18, 2017	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Johnny Sandlin Record producer from The Allman Brothers Band	72	September 19, 2017	Decatur, Arkansas, USA	Cancer
Cecs Bergman Record producer from Catapult	65	September 21, 2017
Ammon Tharp Bill Deal and the Rhondels	75	September 22, 2017
Charles Bradley	68	September 23, 2017	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Stomach cancer
CeDell Davis	90	September 27, 2017		Heart attack
Frank Slay Record producer, and record label owner	87	September 30, 2017
Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys	66	October 2, 2017	Santa Monica, California, USA	Cardiac arrest
Jerry Ross Record producer and co-founder of Heritage Records	84	October 4, 2017	Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, USA	Prostate cancer
Bunny Sigler Record producer	76	October 6, 2017	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jimmy Beaumont The Skyliners	76	October 7, 2017	USA
Grady Tate	85	October 8, 2017	Manhattan, New York, USA	Complications from Alzheimer's disease
Gord Downie The Tragically Hip	53	October 17, 2017	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Glioblastoma
Daisy Berkowitz Marilyn Manson	49	October 22, 2017		Colon cancer
Fats Domino	85	October 24, 2017	Harvey, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes
Lil Peep	21	November 17, 2017	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Suspected drug overdose
Malcolm Young AC/DC	64	November 18, 2017	Sydney, Australia	Dementia

See also

• 27 Club
• List of murdered hip hop musicians

External links

• The Dead Rock Stars Club