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List of 2017 deaths in popular music

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This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2017.

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Preceded by
2016
List of deaths in popular music
2017
Succeeded by
2018
Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Mike Gaborno
Manic Hispanic
51 January 4, 2017 Liver cancer
Johnny Dick
Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries
73 January 6, 2017
Sylvester Potts
The Contours
78 January 6, 2017 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Alzheimer's disease
Eddie Kamae
Sons of Hawaii
89 January 7, 2017 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. [1]
Jerzy Kossela
Czerwone Gitary
74 January 7, 2017 Gdynia, Poland [2]
Buddy Bregman
American arranger, record producer, conductor and composer
86 January 8, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alzheimer's disease
Peter Sarstedt 75 January 8, 2017 Progressive supranuclear palsy[3]
Crazy Toones
Record producer
45 January 9, 2017 Heart attack[4]
Tommy Allsup
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
85 January 11, 2017 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. Complications from a hernia operation[5]
Tony Booth
Poster artist for The Beatles
83 January 11, 2017 Upton, Merseyside, England Cancer
Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat
56 January 12, 2017 Cancer[6]
Meir Banai 55 January 12, 2017 Hemed, Israel Cancer[7]
Muhammad Fachroni
Project Pop
44 January 13, 2017 Complications from diabetes[8]
Richie Ingui
Soul Survivors
70 January 13, 2017
Magic Alex
Electronics engineer for The Beatles
74 January 13, 2017 Kolonaki, Athens, Greece Pneumonia
Charles "Bobo" Shaw 69 January 16, 2017 [9]
Franz Jarnach
The Rattles
72 January 16, 2017 Hamburg, Germany [10]
Mike Kellie
Multi-instrumentalist and record producer for Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones
69 January 18, 2017
Loalwa Braz 63 January 19, 2017 Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Murdered[11]
Howard Kaufman
Talent manager for Eagles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard
79 January 19, 2017 [12]
Ronald “Bingo” Mundy
The Marcels
76 January 20, 2017 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Pneumonia[13]
Joey Powers 82 January 20, 2017 Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S. [14]
Maggie Roche
The Roches
65 January 21, 2017 Cancer
Walter Morrison
Record producer for Ohio Players and music director of Parliament-Funkadelic
62 January 21, 2017 London, England
Jaki Liebezeit
Can
78 January 22, 2017 Cologne, Germany Pneumonia[15]
Pete Overend Watts
Mott the Hoople, British Lions
69 January 22, 2017 Throat cancer[16]
Bobby Freeman 76 January 23, 2017 San Francisco, California, U.S. Natural causes[17]
Gil Ray
Game Theory, The Loud Family
60 January 24, 2017 Cancer
Björn Thelin
The Spotnicks
74 January 24, 2017
Butch Trucks
The Allman Brothers Band
69 January 24, 2017 West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Suicide by gunshot
Benny Collins
Tour manager for The Rolling Stones, Journey
68 January 27, 2017 Pneumonia
Guitar Gable 79 January 28, 2017 Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S. [18]
Geoff Nicholls
Black Sabbath
68 January 28, 2017 Lung cancer[19]
Elkin Ramírez
Kraken
54 January 29, 2017 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia Brain cancer[20]
James Laurence
Record producer for Friendzone
27 January 30, 2017
Deke Leonard
Man, Help Yourself
72 January 31, 2017 Heart failure[21]
John Wetton
Asia, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash
67 January 31, 2017 Bournemouth, England Cancer[22]
Robert Dahlqvist
The Hellacopters, Dundertåget
40 February 3, 2017 Bagarmossen, Sweden Accidental drowning following seizure[23]
Steve Lang
April Wine
67 February 4, 2017 Parkinson’s disease[24]
Noel Simms 82 February 4, 2017 Alligator Reef, Florida, U.S. Lung cancer[25]
David Axelrod 85 February 5, 2017 Burbank, California, U.S. Lung cancer[26]
Sonny Geraci
The Outsiders, Climax
69 February 5, 2017 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. [27]
Tony Särkkä
Abruptum, Ophthalamia
44 February 8, 2017 Finspång, Sweden Alleged suicide[28]
Rina Matsuno
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
18 February 8, 2017 Cardiac arrhythmia
Tony Davis
The Spinners
86 February 10, 2017
Harvey Lichtenstein
American arts administrator for Brooklyn Academy of Music
87 February 11, 2017 Stroke[29]
Damian 52 February 12, 2017 Cancer[30]
Robert Fisher
Willard Grant Conspiracy
59 February 12, 2017 Cancer[31]
Al Jarreau 76 February 12, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Respiratory failure[32]
Trish Doan
Kittie
31 February 13, 2017 Suicide
Alan Aldridge
Artist and graphic designer
73 February 17, 2017
Peter Skellern 69 February 17, 2017 Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall, England Brain cancer[33]
David Yorko
Guitarist for Johnny and the Hurricanes
73 February 17, 2017 "Heartland of Waterville" Emphysema[34]
Clyde Stubblefield 73 February 18, 2017 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Kidney failure[35]
Larry Coryell
The Eleventh House
73 February 19, 2017 New York City, New York, U.S. Heart failure[36]
Ilene Berns
Record producer, record company director and co-founded of Bang Records
73 February 23, 2017 Miami, Florida, U.S. Heart failure
Leon Ware
Record producer
77 February 23, 2017 Marina del Rey, California, U.S. Prostate cancer
Eric Miller
Record producer for Pablo Records
75 February 25, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart attack
Toshio Nakanishi
Plastics
61 February 25, 2017 Tokyo, Japan Esophageal cancer[37]
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
The Spiders
78 March 1, 2017 Pancreatic cancer[38]
Jim Fuller
The Surfaris
69 March 3, 2017 Monrovia, California, U.S. Undisclosed
Tommy Page
Music industry executive from Reprise Records
46 March 3, 2017 East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Suicide by hanging
Edi Fitzroy 62 March 4, 2017 May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica [39]
Ritchie Adams 78 March 6, 2017 [40]
Lars Diedricson
Snowstorm
55 March 6, 2017 Gothenburg, Sweden [41]
Robbie Hoddinoff
Kingfish
62 March 6, 2017
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya 56 March 7, 2017 Hooghly district, West Bengal, India Traffic accident[42]
Tony Lorenzo
Sons of Azrael
30 March 9, 2017 Complications from paralysis[43]
Joni Sledge
Sister Sledge
60 March 10, 2017 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Natural causes[44]
Evan Johns
The LeRoi Brothers
69 March 11, 2017 Austin, Texas, U.S. Liver disease[45]
Joey Alves
Y&T
63 March 12, 2017 Complications from ulcerative colitis[46]
Tommy LiPuma
Record producer
80 March 13, 2017 New York City, New York, U.S. [47]
John Lever
The Chameleons
55 March 13, 2017
James Cotton 81 March 16, 2017 Austin, Texas, U.S. Pneumonia[48]
Chuck Berry 90 March 18, 2017 Wentzville, Missouri, U.S. Heart attack[49]
Billy Bland 84 March 22, 2017 New York City, New York, U.S.
Sib Hashian
Boston
67 March 22, 2017 At sea near Nassau, Bahamas Heart attack[50]
Sven-Erik Magnusson
Sven-Ingvars
74 March 22, 2017 Karlstad, Sweden Prostate cancer
Jimmy Dotson 83 March 26, 2017 Houston, Texas, U.S. [51]
Clem Curtis
The Foundations
76 March 27, 2017 Lung cancer[52]
Edward Grimes
Rachel's, Shipping News
43 March 27, 2017
Aldo Guibovich
Los Pasteles Verdes
64 March 29, 2017 Chimbote, Peru Brain tumor
Lonnie Brooks 83 April 1, 2017 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. [53]
Brenda Jones
The Jones Girls
62 April 2, 2017 Traffic accident
Paul O'Neill
Record producer for Trans-Siberian Orchestra
61 April 5, 2017 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Intoxication of prescription drugs
David Peel
The Lower East Side Band
73 April 6, 2017 Manhattan, New York, U.S. 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, U.S. [54]
Keni Richards
Autograph
60 April 8, 2017 U.S. Murdered
Banner Thomas
Molly Hatchet
60 April 10, 2017 Pneumonia [55]
J. Geils
The J. Geils Band
71 April 11, 2017 Groton, Massachusetts, U.S. Natural causes[56]
Tom Coyne
Mastering engineer
63 April 12, 2017 U.S. Multiple myeloma[57]
Toby Smith
Jamiroquai
46 April 12, 2017 Cancer [58]
Mika Vainio
Pan Sonic
57 April 12, 2017 Multiple myeloma[59]
Sylvia Moy
Record producer
78 April 15, 2017 Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Pneumonia[60]
Matt Holt
Nothingface
39 April 15, 2017 Frederick, Maryland, U.S. Undisclosed degenerative illness[61]
Allan Holdsworth
Soft Machine, U.K.
70 April 16, 2017 Vista, California, U.S. Heart disease[62]
Pat Fitzpatrick
Aslan
60 April 19, 2017 Cancer[citation needed]
Cuba Gooding Sr
The Main Ingredient
72 April 20, 2017 Woodland Hills, California, U.S. Natural causes [63]
Sandy Gallin
American talent agent
76 April 21, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Multiple myeloma
Calep Emphrey Jr. 67 April 25, 2017 U.S. [64]
Bruce Hampton
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton Grease Band
70 May 1, 2017 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Heart attack
Kevin Garcia
Grandaddy
41 May 2, 2017 Stroke
Saxa
The Beat
87 May 3, 2017 [65]
Christopher Boykin
Entertainer from Rob & Big
45 May 9, 2017 Heart failure[66]
Robert Miles 47 May 9, 2017 Ibiza, Spain Cancer[67]
Jimmy Copley
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
63 May 13, 2017 Bristol, England Leukemia[68]
Kevin Stantion
Mi-Sex
61 May 17, 2017 New Zealand Cervical spondylitis
Chris Cornell
Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog
52 May 18, 2017 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Suicide by hanging[69]
Frankie Paul 51 May 18, 2017 Kingston, Jamaica [70]
Jimmy Hayes
The Persuasions
74 May 18, 2017 New York, New York, U.S. Died during surgery
Kid Vinil
Record producer
62 May 19, 2017 São Paulo, Brazil [71]
Jimmy LaFave 61 May 21, 2017 Austin, Texas, U.S. Spindle cell sarcoma[72]
Gregg Allman
The Allman Brothers Band
69 May 27, 2017 Richmond Hill, Georgia, U.S. Liver cancer[73]
Aamir Zaki
Vital Signs
49 June 2, 2017 Karachi, Pakistan Heart failure[74]
Vin Garbutt 69 June 6, 2017 Heart failure[75]
Sandra Reemer
Sandra & Andres
66 June 6, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands Breast cancer[76]
Rosalie Sorrels 83 June 11, 2017 Reno, Nevada, U.S. [77]
Prodigy
Mobb Deep
42 June 20, 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Accidental choking[78]
Gunter Gabriel 75 June 22, 2017 Hanover, Germany Fall[79]
Jimmy Nalls
Sea Level
66 June 22, 2017 Fall[80]
Dave Rosser
The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers
50 June 27, 2017 Colon cancer[81]
Gary DeCarlo
Steam
75 June 28, 2017 Branford, Connecticut, U.S. Lung cancer[82]
Rudy Rotta 66 July 3, 2017 Verona, Italy [83]
John Blackwell 43 July 4, 2017 Land o' Lakes, Florida, U.S. Brain tumor[84]
Melvyn "Deacon" Jones
Baby Huey & the Babysitters
73 July 6, 2017 Hollywood, California, U.S. [85]
Ray Phiri 70 July 12, 2017 Nelspruit, South Africa Lung cancer[86]
Simon Holmes
The Hummingbirds
54 July 13, 2017 Sydney, Australia [87]
Fresh Kid Ice
2 Live Crew
53 July 13, 2017 Miami, Florida, U.S. cirrhosis of the liver[88]
David Zablidowsky
Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, SOTO, ZO2
38 July 14, 2017 Micanopy, Florida, U.S. Traffic accident[89]
Roland Cazimero
The Brothers Cazimero
66 July 16, 2017 U.S. [90]
Thor Lindsay
Record producer for Tim/Kerr
58 July 16, 2017
Chester Bennington
Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, Stone Temple Pilots
41 July 20, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Suicide by hanging[91]
Kenny Shields
Streetheart
69 July 21, 2017 Complications from cardiac surgery[92]
Bobby Taylor
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
83 July 22, 2017 Cancer[93]
Michael Johnson 72 July 25, 2017 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. [94]
Billy Joe Walker Jr. 65 July 25, 2017 Kerrville, Texas, U.S. [95]
Goldy McJohn
Steppenwolf
72 August 1, 2017 Burien, Washington, U.S. Heart attack[96]
Tony Cohen
Record producer for The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
60 August 2, 2017 Dandenong, Victoria, Australia [97]
Glen Campbell 81 August 8, 2017 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Alzheimer's disease[98]
Benard Ighner 72 August 14, 2017 Houston, Texas, U.S. Lung cancer[99]
Melissa Bell
Soul II Soul
53 August 28, 2017 Kidney failure[citation needed]
Skip Prokop
Lighthouse, The Paupers
73 August 30, 2017 St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada [100]
Walter Becker
Steely Dan
67 September 3, 2017 Manhattan, New York, U.S. Esophageal cancer[101]
Dave Hlubek
Molly Hatchet
66 September 3, 2017 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Heart attack[102]
Earl Lindo
The Wailers
64 September 4, 2017 London, England [103]
Holger Czukay
Can
79 September 5, 2017 Weilerswist, Germany Natural causes[104]
Rick Stevens
Tower of Power
77 September 5, 2017 U.S. Liver cancer
Troy Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
50 September 8, 2017 Helicopter accident
Michael Friedman
In association of The Civilians
41 September 9, 2017 Manhattan, New York, U.S. HIV/AIDS[105]
Virgil Howe
Little Barrie
41 September 11, 2017 Heart attack[106]
Will Youatt
Man, Neutrons
67 September 12, 2017 [107]
Jessi Zazu
Those Darlins
28 September 12, 2017 Cervical cancer
Grant Hart
Hüsker Dü
56 September 14, 2017 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Liver cancer[108]
Mark Selby 56 September 18, 2017 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[109]
Billy Hatton
Bass guitarist for The Fourmost
76 September 19, 2017 Unknown
Johnny Sandlin
Record producer for The Allman Brothers Band
72 September 19, 2017 Decatur, Arkansas, U.S. Cancer
Cecs Bergman
Record producer for Catapult
65 September 21, 2017
Ammon Tharp
Drummer for Bill Deal and the Rhondels
75 September 22, 2017 Undisclosed cause
Charles Bradley 68 September 23, 2017 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Stomach cancer[110]
CeDell Davis 91 September 27, 2017 Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. Heart attack[111]
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, U.S. Cardiac arrest[112]
Jerry Ross
Record producer and co-founder of Heritage Records
84 October 4, 2017 Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, U.S. Prostate cancer
Bunny Sigler
Record producer
76 October 6, 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Heart attack
Jimmy Beaumont
The Skyliners
76 October 7, 2017 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. Natural causes/Died in his sleep
Grady Tate 85 October 8, 2017 Manhattan, New York, U.S. Complications from Alzheimer's disease[113]
Francisco Ernesto Ruíz
Banda Cuisillos
32 October 12, 2017 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Gunshot
Iain Shedden
The Saints
60 October 16, 2017 Sydney, Australia Laryngeal cancer[114]
Gord Downie
The Tragically Hip
53 October 17, 2017 Kingston, Ontario, Canada Glioblastoma[115]
Howard Carroll
Guitarist for The Dixie Hummingbirds
92 October 17, 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Unknown[116]
Martin Eric Ain
Celtic Frost, Hellhammer
50 October 21, 2017 Zürich, Switzerland Heart attack[117]
Scott Putesky
Marilyn Manson
49 October 22, 2017 Colon cancer[118]
Al Hurricane 81 October 22, 2017 Albuquerque, New Mexico Prostate cancer[119]
George Young
The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan
70 October 22, 2017 Singapore [120]
Fats Domino 89 October 24, 2017 Harvey, Louisiana, U.S. Natural causes[121]
Dick Noel 90 October 27, 2017 Escondido, California, U.S. [122]
Billy Mize 88 October 28, 2017 U.S. [123]
Muhal Richard Abrams 87 October 29, 2017 Manhattan, U.S. [124]
Katie Lee 98 November 1, 2017 Jerome, Arizona, U.S. [125]
Robert Knight 72 November 5, 2017 Tennessee, U.S. [126]
Pentti Glan
Alice Cooper
71 November 7, 2017 Innisfil, Ontario, Canada Lung cancer[127]
Chuck Mosley
Faith No More, Bad Brains
57 November 9, 2017 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Drug overdose [128]
Chad Hanks
Co-Founder and Bassist for American Head Charge
46 November 12, 2017 Terminal illness/Cancer[129][130]
Bonnie Flower
Wendy and Bonnie
63 November 15, 2017 [131]
Lil Peep 21 November 15, 2017 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Drug overdose[132]
Ben Riley 84 November 18, 2017 West Islip, New York, U.S. Lung disease[133]
Malcolm Young
AC/DC
64 November 18, 2017 Sydney, Australia Dementia[134]
Charles Manson 83 November 19, 2017 Bakersfield, California, U.S. Colon cancer[135] Manson died while serving time in California State Prison, Corcoran.[136]
Warren "Pete" Moore
The Miracles
78 November 19, 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Complications from diabetes [137]
Della Reese 86 November 19, 2017 Los Angeles, California, U.S. [138]
David Cassidy
The Partridge Family
67 November 21, 2017 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. Liver failure[139]
Wayne Cochran 78 November 21, 2017 Miami, Florida, U.S. Cancer [140]
George Avakian
Record producer from Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records
98 November 22, 2017 Upper West Side, New York City, New York, U.S. [141]
Tommy Keene 59 November 22, 2017 Cardiac arrest[142]
Mitch Margo
The Tokens
70 November 24, 2017 Studio City, California, U.S. Natural causes[143]
Robert Popwell
The Young Rascals, The Crusaders
66 November 27, 2017 Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S. [144]
Robert Walker 80 November 29, 2017 California, U.S. Cancer[145]
Zé Pedro
Xutos & Pontapés
61 November 30, 2017 [146]
Norihiko Hashida 72 December 2, 2017 Kyoto, Japan Parkinson's disease[147]
Johnny Hallyday 74 December 6, 2017 Marnes-la-Coquette, France Lung cancer[148]
Sir Christus
Negative
39 December 7, 2017 [149]
Sunny Murray 81 December 8, 2017 Paris, France Multiple organ failure[150]
Leon Rhodes
Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
85 December 9, 2017 [151]
Keith Chegwin
Brown Sauce
60 December 11, 2017 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis[152]
Manno Charlemagne 69 December 10, 2017 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. Cancer[153]
Pat DiNizio
The Smithereens
62 December 12, 2017 Summit, New Jersey, U.S. [154]
Dave Christenson
Stabilizers
54 December 15, 2017 Lung cancer[155]
Warrel Dane
Sanctuary, Nevermore
56 December 13, 2017 São Paulo, Brazil, U.S. Heart attack[156]
Michael Prophet 60 December 16, 2017 Bedford, England Lung cancer[157]
Richard Dobson 75 December 16, 2017 Diessenhofen, Switzerland Cancer
Kevin Mahogany 59 December 17, 2017 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Diabetes[158]
Larry Harris
Record producer from Casablanca Records
70 December 20, 2017 Port Angeles, Washington, U.S. [159]
Kim Jong-hyun
Shinee
27 December 18, 2017 Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning[160]
Combat Jack
American music journalist, editor and podcaster
53 December 20, 2017 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Colon cancer[161]
Jordan Feldstein
Manager from Maroon 5
40 December 23, 2017 Pulmonary thromboembolism[162]

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