List of deaths in rock and roll

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[1]
Bertha Hill	45	May 7, 1950	New York City, New York, USA
Papa Charlie McCoy Harlem Hamfats	41	July 26, 1950	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Paralytic brain disease[1]
Cecil Gant	37	February 4, 1951	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Pneumonia and heart attack[2]
Luke Jordan	60	June 25, 1952
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
Papa Celestin	70	December 15, 1954	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Johnny Ace	25	December 25, 1954	Houston, Texas, USA	Accidental shooting
Ralph Willis	47	June 11, 1957	New York City, New York, USA
W. C. Handy	84	March 28, 1958	New York City	Bronchial pneumonia
Chuck Willis	32-30	April 10, 1958	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Peritonitis
Big Bill Broonzy	65	August 14. 1958	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Henry "Son" Sims	68	December 26, 1958	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Renal surgery
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly & The Crickets	22	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident[3]
The Big Bopper	28	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident[3]
Ritchie Valens	17	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident[3]
Guitar Slim	32	February 7, 1959	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia

1960s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Jesse Belvin	27	February 6, 1960	Fairhope, Arkansas, USA	Car accident
Eddie Cochran	21	April 17, 1960	Chippenham, Wiltshire, England	Car accident
Smokey Hogg	46	May 1, 1960	McKinney, Texas, USA	Cancer
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
Elmore James	45	May 24, 1963	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
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
Eric Dolphy	36	June 29, 1964	Berlin, Germany
Johnny Burnette The Rock and Roll Trio	30	August 14, 1964	Clear Lake, California, USA	Drowning
Joe Henderson	27	October 24, 1964	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Sam Cooke	33	December 11, 1964	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shot to death by motel manager Bertha Franklin[4]
Alan Freed	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
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)
Johnny Kidd Johnny Kidd & The Pirates	30	October 7, 1966	Near Bury, Lancashire, England	Car accident
Smiley Lewis	53	October 7, 1966	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Stomach cancer
Mississippi John Hurt	73-74	November 2, 1966	Grenada, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack
Moon Mullican	57	January 1, 1967	Beaumont, Texas, USA
Joe Meek	37	February 3, 1967	London, England	Suicide by gunshot
Brian Epstein Manager of The Beatles	32	August 27, 1967	London, England	Accidental carbitral overdose
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
"Rockin' 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
Lester Melrose	76	April 12, 1968	Lake, Florida, USA
Little Willie John	30	May 26, 1968	Walla Walla, Washington, USA	Heart attack in prison for mirdering
Bumble Bee Slim	63	June 8, 1968	Los Angeles, California
Wes Montgomery	45	June 15, 1968	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Heart attack
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
Dickie Pride	27	March 26, 1969	London, England	Drug overdose
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, USA	Possibly heart failure and alleged suicide
Martin Lamble Fairport Convention	19	May 12, 1969	Near 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
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	Heart attack

1970s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Billy Stewart	32	January 17, 1970	Selma, North Carolina, USA	Car accident, mechanical failure led to car plunging off bridge into river
Slim Harpo	46	January 31, 1970	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Darrell Banks	32	February 24, 1970	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Shot by police[5]
Mary Ann Ganser The Shangri-Las	22	March 14, 1970	Forest Hills, New York, USA	Barbiturate overdose (disputed)
Kid Thomas	35	April 5, 1970	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shooting by gunshot
Otis Spann	40	April 24, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Liver cancer
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 "Dyke" Christian Dyke & the Blazers	27	March 13, 1971	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Shot
Jim Morrison The Doors Rick & the Ravens	27	July 3, 1971	Paris, France	Heart failure or drug overdose (disputed)
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
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	Motorcycle accident
Little Junior Parker	39	November 18, 1971	Blue Island, Illinois, USA	Following surgery for brain tumor
Mahalia Jackson	60	January 27, 1972	Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA	Heart failure and diabetes or complications
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
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
Lovie Austin	84	July 10, 1972	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Brian Cole The Association	29	August 2, 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Rory Storm	34	September 28, 1972	Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England	Alleged suicide
Billy Murcia The New York Dolls	21	November 6, 1972	London, England	Accidental suffocation due to drugs and alcohol
Berry Oakley The Allman Brothers Band	24	November 11, 1972	Macon, Georgia, USA	Motorcycle accident
Danny Whitten Crazy Horse	29	November 18, 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidental heroin 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
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
Roger Lee Durham Bloodstone	27	July 27, 1973	USA	Fall from horse injuries
Memphis Minnie	76	August 6, 1973	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Paul Williams The Temptations	34	August 17, 1973	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gram Parsons	26	September 19, 1973	Joshua Tree, California, USA	Morphine and alcohol 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	Surgery to repair a mechanical heart valve
Packy Axton The Mar-Keys	32	January 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cirrhosis or heart attack
Bobby Bloom	28	February 28, 1974	USA	Suicide
Harry Womack The Valentinos	28	March 9, 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stabbed to death by his girlfriend
Arthur Crudup	68	March 28, 1974	Nassawadox, Virginia, USA
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
Gene Ammons	49	July 23, 1974	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Lightnin' Slim	61	July 27, 1974	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Cass Elliot The Mamas & the Papas	34	July 29, 1974	London, England	Heart failure
Bill Chase Walter Clark John Emma Wallace Yohn Chase	39 25 22 27	August 9, 1974	Jackson, Minnesota, USA	Plane accident
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[6]
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
T-Bone Walker	64	March 16, 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Pete Ham Badfinger	27	April 24, 1975	Surrey, England	Suicide
Don Robey Record produer	71	July 16, 1975	Houston, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Tim Buckley	28	June 29, 1975	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Lefty Frizzell	47	July 19, 1975	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Cannonball Adderley	46	August 8, 1975	Gary, Indiana, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Al Jackson, Jr. Booker T. & the MG's	39	October 1, 1975	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Gary Thain The Keef Hartley Band, Uriah Heep	27	December 8, 1975	Norwood Green, England	Morphine overdose
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
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
Tommy Bolin Deep Purple, The James Gang, Zephyr	25	December 4, 1976	Miami, Florida, USA	Heroin overdose
Buddy Johnson	62	February 9, 1977	USA	Brain tumor and Sickle Cell Anemia
Bukka White	70	February 26, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Annette Snell	32	April 4, 1977	New Hope, Georgia, USA	Southern Airways Flight 242 plane accident
Lafayette Thomas	48	May 20, 1977	Brisbane, California, USA	Heart attack
William Powell The O'Jays	35	May 26, 1977	Canton, Ohio, USA	Cancer
Sleepy John Estes	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[7]
Elvis Presley	42	August 16, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack[8][9]
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
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	Heroin overdose
Bill Kenny The Ink Spots	63	March 23, 1978	New Westminster, Canada	Respiratory illness
Sandy Denny Fairport Convention	31	April 21, 1978	London, England	Cerebral hemorrhage after accidental fall
Brian Pilling Fludd	29	June 28, 1978	Canada	Cancer
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
Keith Moon The Who	32	September 7, 1978	London, England	Heminevrin 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
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 accidental heroin overdose
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	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
Twiggs Lyndon Roadie for The Allman Brothers Band	37	November 16, 1979	Duanesburg, New York, USA	Plane accident
John Glascock Jethro Tull	28	November 17, 1979	London, England	Congenital heart defect
Jackie Brenston Kings of Rhythm	49	December 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack

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
Professor Longhair	61	January 23, 1980	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Jimmy Durante	86	January 29, 1980	Santa Monica, California, USA	Pneumonia
Warren Smith	47	January 30, 1980		Heart attack
Bon Scott AC/DC	33	February 19, 1980	London, England	Alcohol poisoning after all night drinking binge
Jacob Miller	27	March 23, 1980	Kingston, Jamaica	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	Heroin overdose
Keith Godchaux The Grateful Dead	32	July 23, 1980	Marin County, California, USA	Automobile accident
Warren Smith	47	January 30, 1980	USA	Heart attack
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	Heroin overdose
John Bonham Led Zeppelin	32	September 25, 1980	Windsor, England	Asphyxiation on vomit
Bobby Lester The Moonglows	49	October 15, 1980	Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Lung cancer
Steve Peregrin Took Tyrannosaurus 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 heroin 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
David Lynch The Platters	51	January 2, 1981	Long Beach, California, USA	Cancer
Bill Haley Bill Haley & His Comets	55	February 9, 1981	Harlingen, Texas, USA	Brain tumor or heart attack (disputed)
Mike Bloomfield	37	February 15, 1981	San Francisco, California, USA	Heroin overdose
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
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 (suspicious)
Ernie Freeman	58	May 16, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Roy Brown	55	May 25, 1981	San Fernando, California, USA	Heart attack
Chuck Wagon The Dickies	24	June 28, 1981	San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA	Shooting himself in the head
Rushton Moreve Steppenwolf	32	July 1, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Car accident
Hubert Johnson The Contours	40	July 11, 1981	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Harry Chapin	38	July 16, 1981	Jericho, New York, USA	Car accident
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
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[10]
Randy Rhoads Quiet Riot	25	March 19, 1982	Leesburg, Florida, USA	Plane accident
Lester Bangs	33	April 30, 1982	New York City, New York, USA	Darvon and valium overdose
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
Nick Lucas	84	July 28, 1982	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Dpuble pneumonia
Joe Tex	47	August 13, 1982	Navasota, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Marty Robbins	57	December 2, 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
Björn "Böna" Eriksson Rude Kids	24	January 25, 1983	Bandhagen, Stockholm, Sweden	Car accident
Billy Fury	42	January 28, 1983	London, England,	Heart attack
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
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 heroin 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 atrack
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	Motorcycle accident
Chris Wood Traffic	39	July 12, 1983	Birmingham, England	Pneumonia
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, USA	Murder by gunshot
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
Jackie Wilson	49	January 21, 1984	Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA	On-stage heart attack leading to brain damage and a decade-long coma before his eventual death
Paul Gardiner Tubeway Army	25	February 4, 1984	Northolt Middlesex, England	Heroin accident
Tom Jans	36	March 25, 1984	Los Angeles. California, USA	Drug overdose
Marvin Gaye	44	April 1, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Murder by gunshot
Red Garland	60	April 23, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart Attack
Count Basie	79	April 26, 1984	Hollywood, Florida, USA	Pancreatic cancer
ZZ Hill	48	April 27, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Nate Nelson The Flamingos	52	June 1, 1984		Heart disease
Meredith Wilson	82	June 15, 1984	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heart failure
Big Mama Thornton	57	July 25, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Esther Phillips	48	August 7, 1984	Carson, California, USA	Drug overdose
Lenny Breau	43	August 12, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Murder by strangulation
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	Car accident
Eddie "Bongo" Brown The Funk Brothers	52	December 28, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart ailment
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
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	Long illness
Johnny Fuller	56	May 20, 1985	Oakland, California, USA
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
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
D. Boon The Minutemen	27	December 22, 1985	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Traffic 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		Fatal 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
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
Benny Goodman	77	June 13, 1986	New York, New York, USA	Leukemia
Thad Jones	63	August 20, 1986	Copenhagen, Denmark
Cliff Burton Metallica	24	September 27, 1986	Ljungby Municipality, Sweden	Traffic accident
Moses Asch	80	October 19, 1986	New York City, New York
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
Lee Dorsey	61	December 1, 1986	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Emphysema
Liberace	67	February 1, 1987	Palm Springs, California, USA	HIV/AIDS
Alfred Lion	78	February 2, 1987	San Diego, California, USA
Billy Johnson The Moonglows	58	March 28, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Carlton Barrett The Wailers	36	April 17, 1987	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Murdered by gunshot
Paul Butterfield	44	May 4, 1987	North Hollywood, California, USA	Heart attack
Victor Feldman	53	May 12, 1987	Woodland Hills, California, USA
Gary Driscoll Rainbow	41	June 8, 1987	Ithaca, New York, USA	Murdered in his home
Elizabeth Cotten	94	June 29, 1987	Syracuse, New York, USA
Snakefinger The Residents	38	July 1, 1987	Linz, Austria	Heart attack on stage
John Hammond Record producer from Columbia Records	76	July 10, 1987
Pete King After the Fire, BAP, The Flys	28	July 15, 1987	USA
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 by a bar bouncer
Ted Taylor	53	October 2, 1987	Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA	Car accident
Woody Herman	74	October 29, 1987	West Hollywood, California, USA	Pneumonia
Luke "Long Gone" Miles	62	November 22, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA
Mark Mussler Village People	33	December 9, 1987	USA	AIDS
John Spence No Doubt	18	December 21, 1987	Anaheim, California, USA	Suicide
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller	54	December 25, 1987	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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)
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 cocaine addiction
Dave Prater Sam & Dave	50	April 9, 1988	Sycamore, Georgia, USA	Car accident
Brook Benton	56	April 9, 1988	Queens, New York City, USA	Meningitis
Carolyn Franklin	43	April 25, 1988	Bloomfield, Michigan, USA	Breast cancer
B. W. Stevenson	38	April 28, 1988		Heart valve
Howie Johnson The Ventures	49	May 5, 1988	Everett, Washington, USA	Heart attack
Chet Baker	58	May 13, 1988	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Accident
Gil Evans	75	May 20, 1988	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Peritonitis
Jimmy Soul	45	June 15, 1988	Spring Valley, New York, USA	Heart attack
Jesse Ed Davis	43	June 22, 1988	Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA	Herion overdose
Hillel Slovak Red Hot Chili Peppers	26	June 25, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Nico	49	July 18, 1988	Ibiza, Spain	Head trauma caused by bicycle accident
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	Supposed suicide; found hanged in jail cell
Tim Davis The Steve Miller Band	44	September 20, 1988		Complications related to diabetes
Son House	86	October 19, 1988	Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Patti McCabe The Poni-Tails	49	January 17, 1989	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Cancer
Blaze Foley	39	February 1, 1989	Austin, Texas, USA
Paul Robi The Platters	57	February 1, 1989	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns Homer and Jethro	68	February 4, 1989	Evanston, Illinois, USA
King Tubby	48	February 6, 1989	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Shot
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
Pete de Freitas Echo & the Bunnymen	27	June 14, 1989	London, England	Motorcycle accident
Vic Maile	45	July 11, 1989	Cancer
Bull Moose Jackson	70	July 31, 1989	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
Larry Parnes	59	August 4, 1989	London, England
Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five	28	September 8, 1989	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Alan Murphy Go West, Level 42	35	October 19, 1989		HIV/AIDS
Ewan MacColl	74	October 22, 1989	Brompton, London, USA	Complication
Billy Lyall Bay City Rollers	36	December 1, 1989		AIDS

1990s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
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
Cornelius Gunter The Coasters	53	February 26, 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Homicide
David Prichard Armored Saint	26	February 28, 1990		Leukemia
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	58	April 14, 1990	Pomona, California, USA	Heart attack
Emily Remler	32	May 4, 1990	Sydney, Australia	Heart attack
Sammy Davis Jr.	64	May 16, 1990	Beverly Hills, California, USA	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	34-35	June 28, 1990	USA
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
Joel Rundell Better Than Ezra	24	August 8, 1990		Suicide
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
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
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
Doc Pomus	65	March 14, 1991	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Lung cancer
Leo Fender	81	March 21, 1991	Fullerton, California, USA
Dave Guard The Kingston Trio	56	March 22, 1991	Rollinsford, New Hampshire, USA	Lymphatic cancer
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
Johnny Thunders The New York Dolls The Heartbreakers	38	April 23, 1991	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug-related causes; suspicious
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
Paula Pierce The Pandoras	31	August 10, 1991	Hollywood, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
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
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
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
Arthur Russell	40	April 4, 1992	New York City, New York, USA	AIDS-related illness
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
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
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
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	29	January 22, 1993	Paris, France	Heroin overdose
Toy Caldwell Marshall Tucker Band	45	February 25, 1993	Moore, South Carolina, USA
Eugene Church	55	April 3, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Mick Ronson	46	April 30, 1993	London, England	Liver cancer
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
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[11]
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
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
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
River Phoenix Alexa's Attic	23	October 31, 1993	West Hollywood, California, USA	Combined Drug Intoxication
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
Harry Nilsson	52	January 15, 1994	Agoura Hills, California, USA	Heart failure
Rhett Forrester Riot	37	January 22, 1994	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Gun shot
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 by gunshot
Lee Brilleaux Dr. Feelgood	51	April 7, 1994	Canvey Island, Essex, England	Lymphoma
Larry Davis	57	April 19, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
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
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
Ken "Dimwit" 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
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
Garnett Silk	28	December 9, 1994	Mandeville, Jamaica, USA
Dan Hamilton Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	51	December 23, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cushig's syndrome
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
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
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, USA	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
Selena	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
Sims Ellison Pariah	28	June 6, 1995	Austin, Texas	Suicide by gunshot
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 DJ	57	July 1, 1995	Belvidere, North Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Charlie Rich	62	July 25, 1995	Hammond, Louisiana, USA	Acute blood clot
Jerry Garcia The Grateful Dead	53	August 9, 1995	Forest Knolls, California, USA	Heart attack
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
Shannon Hoon Blind Melon	28	October 21, 1995	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Cocaine overdose
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, United Kingdom
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
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
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
Brownie McGhee	80	February 16, 1996	Oakland, California, USA	Stomach cancer
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
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		Self-inflicted gunshot
Mel Taylor The Ventures	62	August 11, 1996	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Tupac Shakur	25	September 13, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Shot
Chris Acland Lush	30	October 17, 1996	Burneside, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England	Suicide
Eva Cassidy	33	November 2, 1996	Bowie, Maryland, USA	Cancer
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
Randy California Spirit	45	January 2, 1997	Molokai, Hawaii, USA	Drowned[12]
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
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 Sweet	52	February 9, 1997	Slough, Berkshire, England	Kidney failure
Jack Owens	92	February 9, 1997	Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
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	53	March 20, 1997		Heart failure
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
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
John Denver	53	October 12, 1997	Pacific Grove, California, USA	Plane accident
Glen Buxton	49	October 19, 1997	Clarion, Iowa, USA	Pneumonia
Henry Vestine Canned Heat	52	October 20, 1997	Paris, France	Heart and respiratory failure
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
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
Floyd Cramer	64	December 31, 1997		Lung cancer
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
Carl Perkins	65	January 19, 1998	Jackson, Tennessee, USA	Throat cancer
Fat Pat	27	February 3, 1998	Houston, Texas, USA	Murdered by gunshot
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
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 Wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney Wings	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
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
Lonnie Pitchford	43	November 8, 1998	Lexington, Mississippi, USA	HIV/AIDS
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
John Baker Saunders Mad Season The Walkabouts	44	January 15, 1999	Seattle, Washington, USA	Heroin overdose
Gwen Guthrie	48	February 3, 1999	Orange, New Jersey, USA	Uterine cancer
Buddy Knox	65	February 14, 1999	Bremerton, Washington, 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
Joe Williams	80	March 29, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Skip Spence Jefferson Airplane Moby Grape	52	April 16, 1999	Santa Cruz, California, USA	Lung cancer
Roger Troutman Zapp	47	April 25, 1999	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Murdered by his brother Larry Troutman[13]
Larry Troutman Zapp	54	April 25, 1999	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Committed suicide after he murdered his brother Roger Troutman[13]
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
Bruce Fairbairn Record producer from Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, AC/DC	49	May 17, 1999	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Screaming Lord Sutch	58	June 16, 1999	West Harrow, Middlesex, England	Suicide by hanging
Kami Malice Mizer	26	June 21, 1999		Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Dennis Brown	42	July 1, 1999	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	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
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
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
Rick Danko The Band	56	December 10, 1999	Marbletown, New York, USA	Heart failure
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
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
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
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
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 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	65	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
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
Charles Pettigrew Charles & Eddie	37	April 6, 2001	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cancer
Sandy Bull	60	April 11, 2001
Joey Ramone The Ramones	49	April 15, 2001	New York City, New York, USA	Lymphoma
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
Carole Fredericks	49	June 7, 2001	Dakar, Senegal
Marcelo Fromer Titãs	39	June 13, 2001	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Hit by a motorcycle
Davorin Popović Indexi	54	June 18, 2001	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
John Lee Hooker	88	June 21, 2001	Los Altos, California, USA	Natural causes
Ernie K-Doe	65	July 5, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Kidney and liver failure
Mimi Fariña	56	July 18, 2001	Mill Valley, California, USA	Neuroendocrine tumor
Milt Gabler Record proudcer	90	July 20, 2001	Manhattan, New York,
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
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
Ted Mulry Ted Mulary Gang	54	September 1, 2001		Brain cancer
Carl Crack Atari Teenage Riot	30	September 6, 2001	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
Michael Karoli Can	53	November 17, 2001	Essen, Germany	Cancer
O.C. Smith	69	November 23, 2001	USA	Heart Attack
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
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
Peter Bardens Camel	67	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, 2001	Shoreham, West Sussex, England	Traffic collision
Shirley Scott	67	March 10, 2002		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
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
Earle Brown	75	July 2, 2002
Jim Cherry Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down	30	July 7, 2002	Simi Valley, California, USA	Heart failure
Barbara Randolph	60	July 15, 2002	South Africa	Cancer
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
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
Tom Dowd Audio engineer & record producer	77	October 27, 2002	Aventura, Florida, USA	Emphysema
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
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
Ty Longley Great White	31	February 20, 2003	West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA	The Station nightclub fire
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
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
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
Adam Cox Matt Fitzgerald Jeremy Gage The Exploding Hearts	23, 20 and 21	July 20, 2003	Eugene, Oregon, USA	Car accident on Interstate 5
Erik Brann Iron Butterfly	52	July 31, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack due to a birth defect
Wesley Willis	40	August 21, 2003	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Warren Zevon	56	September 7, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Mesothelioma
Johnny Cash	71	September 12, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from diabetes
Sheb Wooley	82	September 16, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Leukaemia
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 David "J.D." Kimball Omen	45	October 3, 2003		Cancer
Elliott Smith Heatmiser	34	October 21, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Knife wounds caused by suicide or homicide
Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers	63	November 4, 2003	Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Cocaine-induced heart attack
Arthur Conley	57	November 17, 2003	Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands	Colon cancer
Greg Ridley Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie	56	November 19, 2003	Alicante, Spain	Pneumonia
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
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
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
Robert Quine	61	May 31, 2004	New York, USA	Heroin overdose
Quorthon Bathory	38	June 7, 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Heart failure
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
Laura Branigan	47	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
Johnny Ramone The Ramones	55	September 15, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer
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
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
Terry Melcher Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords	62	November 19, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Melanoma
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
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
Jim Pash The Surfaris	56	April 29, 2005		Congestive heart failure
Pierre Moerlen Gong	52	May 3, 2005	Strasbourg, France	Natural causes
David Wayne Metal Church, Wayne, 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
Renaldo Benson The Four Tops	69	July 1, 2005	Detroit Michigan, USA	Lung cancer
Luther Vandross	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	64	July 21, 2005	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Severe chest infection
Eugene Record The Chi-Lites	64	July 22, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
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
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 Inventor of the 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
Willie Hutch	60	September 19, 2005	Dallas, Texas, USA	Natural causes
Mike Gibbins Badfinger	56	October 4, 2005	Oviedo, Florida, USA	Brain aneurysm
Nick Hawkins Big Audio Dynamite	40	October 10, 2005	Laa Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart attack
John "Beatz" 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
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
King Floyd	61	March 6, 2006		Complications of a stroke and diabetes
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	Heart attack
June Pointer The Pointer Sisters	52	April 11, 2006	Oakland, California, USA	Cancer caused by a history of drug and alcohol abuse
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
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
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
Sandy West The Runaways	47	October 21, 2006	San Dimas, California, USA	Lung 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
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	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
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
Eldee Young Young-Holt Unlimited	71	January 12, 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Heart attack
Charles Gocher Sun City Girls	54	February 19, 2007	Seattle, Washington, USA	Cancer
Ian Wallace	60	February 22, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Esophageal cancer
Donnie Brooks	71	February 23, 2007	USA	Heart attack
Billy Thorpe	61	February 28, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Myocardial infarction
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
Tony Thompson Hi-Five	31	June 1, 2007	Waco, Texas, USA	Chiorodifluoromethane
John Pyke Ra Ra Riot	23	June 2, 2007
Hank Medress The Tokens	67	June 18, 2007	USA	Lung cancer
Nataska Saad	33	June 24, 2007	Spanish Town, Jamaica, USA	Car accident
George McCrokle 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 Record producer from Motown	74	July 23, 2007	USA
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
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
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
John Petersen Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels	65	November 11, 2007
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
Oscar Peterson	82	December 23, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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
Sean Costello Elvis Costello's oldest brother	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
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
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 Record producer	91	August 15, 2008	Sarasota, Florida, USA	Congestive heart failure
Pervis Jackson The Spinners	70	August 18, 2008		Cancer
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
Earl Palmer	83	September 19, 2008	Banning, California, USA
Nappy Brown	78	September 20, 2008	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Died in his sleep
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
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
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery	45	October 29, 2008		Heart attack
Frank Navetta Descendents	46	October 31, 2008
Mitch Mitchell The Jimi Hendrix Experience	62	November 12, 2008	Portland, Oregon, USA	Natural causes
Richey Edwards Manic Street Preachers	27 (at time of disappearance)	Went missing c. February 1, 1995 Presumed dead November 23, 2008	Last seen near Aust, England
Munetaka Higuchi Loudness	49	November 30, 2008	Osaka, Japan	Hepatocellular carcinoma
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
Robert Ward	70	December 25, 2008	Dry Branch, Georgia, USA	Died at home
Ron Asheton The Stooges	60	January 6, 2009	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Andy DeMize Nekromantix	25	January 11, 2009	Fullerton, California, USA	Car accident
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
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
Miika Tenkula Sentenced	34	February 18, 2009	Muhos, Finland	Heart attack
Snooks Eaglin	73	February 18, 2009	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Kelly Groucutt Electric Light Orchestra	63	February 19, 2009	Worcester, England	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
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
Betty Hall Jones	98	April 20, 2009	USA
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
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
Andy Parle Space	42	August 1, 2009	Liverpool, England	Fell while crossing the road on Dingle, Liverpool[14]
Mike Seeger	75	August 7, 2009	Lexington, Virginia, 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, USA
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
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
Norton Buffalo The Steve Miller Band	58	October 30, 2009	Paradise, California, USA	Lung cancer
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
Eric Woolfson The Alan Parsons Project	64	December 2, 2009	London, England	Cancer
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
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

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
Bobby Charles	71	January 14, 2010	Abbeville, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes
Kate McGarrigle	63	January 18, 2010	St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada	Cancer
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
Lolly Vegas Redbone	70	March 4, 2010	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Mark Linkous Sparklehorse	48	March 6, 2010	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Alex Chilton The Box Tops, Big Star	59	March 17, 2010	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
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
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
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
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
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
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[15]
Dick Griffey Founder of SOLAR Records	72	September 24, 2010	Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from coronary artery bypass surgery
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
Teena Marie	54	December 26, 2010	Pasadena, California, USA	Epileptic seizure
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
Steve Mancha	65	January 8, 2011	Detroit, Michigan, USA
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 The Monkees	76	January 17, 2011	Boca Raton, Florida, USA	Heart failure
Gladys Horton The Marvelettes	65	January 26, 2011	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Stroke
Mark Ryan The Moors Murderers, Adam and the Ants	51	January 31. 2011	Cardiff, Wales, England	Complication
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
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
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
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
Andrew Gold	59	June 3, 2011	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
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 DJ of 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
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	Fatal alcohol poisoning within a framework of drug addiction and eating disorders[16][17]
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	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
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
Keef Hartley Keef Hartley Band	67	November 26, 2011	USA
Howard Tate	72	December 2, 2011	Burlington, New Jersey, USA	Multiple myeloma and leukaemia
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 sclerosis 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
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
Don Cornelius Host of Soul Train	75	February 1, 2012	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Self-inflicted wound
Luis Alberto Spinetta Almendra Pescado Rabioso Invisible Spinetta Jade Spinetta y los Socios del Desierto	62	February 8, 2012	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Lung cancer[18]
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
Michael Hossack 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
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[19]
Greg Ham Men At Work	58	April 19, 2012	Carlton North, Victoria, Australia	Heart attack[20]
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[21]
Adam Yauch Beastie Boys	47	May 4, 2012	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Parotid gland cancer[22]
Rob Doherty Into Eternity	41	May 5, 2012		[23]
Michael Burks	54	May 6, 2012	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Heart Attack
Donald "Duck" Dunn Booker T. & the M.G.'s	70	May 13, 2012	Tokyo, Japan	Natural causes[24]
Chuck Brown	75	May 16, 2012	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Multiple organ failure[25]
Donna Summer	63	May 17, 2012	Englewood, Florida, USA	Lung cancer[26]
Robin Gibb Bee Gees	62	May 20, 2012	Chelsea, London, England	Liver and kidney failure[27]
John Harrison Hawkwind	69	May 26, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Huntington's disease[28]
Doc Watson	89	May 29, 2012	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA	Complications following colon surgery[29]
Herb Reed The Platters	83	June 4, 2012	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Complications from heart disease[30]
Bob Welch Fleetwood Mac	66	June 7, 2012	Antioch, Tennessee, USA	Suicide
Brian Hibbard The Flying Pickets	65	June 18, 2012	Cardiff, Wales	Prostate cancer[31]
Jon Lord Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, The Flower Pot Men	71	July 16, 2012	London, England	Pulmonary embolism[32]
Larry Hoppen Orleans	61	July 24, 2012		Disclosed causes
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[33]
Jimmy Jones	75	August 2, 2012	Aberdeen, North Carolina, USA	[34]
Bob Birch	56	August 15, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by gunshot wound[35]
Scott McKenzie	73	August 19, 2012	Los Angeles, California, USA	Guillain–Barré syndrome[36]
Joe South	72	September 5, 2012	Buford, Georgia, USA	Heart failure[37]
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	77	September 15, 2012	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Brief illness
Patrick Saussois	58	September 21, 2012	Paris, France
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		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
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, USA	Cancer
Mitch Lucker Suicide Silence	28	November 1, 2012	Huntington Beach, California, USA	Motorcycle accident[38]
Major Harris	65	November 9, 2012	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Congestive heart and lung failure[39]
Paul Frost The Rattlesnakes	64	November 17, 2012	England	Cancer[40]
Michael Dunford Renaissance	68	November 20, 2012	Surrey, England	Cerebral hemorrhage[41]
Earl Carroll The Cadillacs, The Coasters	75	November 25, 2012	New York City, New York	Compilations from a stroke and diabetes
Dave Brubeck	91	December 5, 2012	Norwalk, Connecticut, USA	Congestive heart failure[42]
Ed Cassidy Spirit	89	December 6, 2012	San Jose, California, USA	Cancer[43]
Huw Lloyd-Langton Hawkwind, Widowmaker	61	December 6, 2012	Dorset, England	Cancer[44]
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[45]
Marva Whitney	68	December 22, 2012	Kansas City, Kansas, USA	Pneumonia[46]
Mike Scaccia Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks	47	December 22, 2012	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Heart attack[47]
Fontella Bass	72	December 26, 2012	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Heart attack[48]
Patti Page	85	January 1, 2013	Encinitas, California, USA	Heart and lung disease[49]
Sammy Johns	66	January 4, 2013	Gastonia, North Carolina, USA	[50]
Trevor Gordon The Marbles	64	January 10, 2013	London, England	Natural causes[51]
Precious Bryant	71	April 12, 2013	Columbus, Georgia, USA	Complications from diabetes and congestive heart failure
Claudio Leo Lacuna Coil	40	January 17, 2013	Ceglie Messapica, Italy	[52]
Bobby Bennett The Famous Flames, Bobby Bennett & The Dynamics	74	January 18, 2013	Maryland, USA	Complications from diabetes[53]
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner Ohio Players	69	January 26, 2013	Trotwood, Ohio, USA	Cancer[54]
Kenny Hodges Spanky and Our Gang	76	January 29, 2013	Papillion, Nebraska, USA	Viral pneumnoia[55]
Mickey Finn Heavy Metal Kids	65	February 1, 2013	Paris, France	Cancer[56]
Donald Byrd	80	February 4, 2013	Dover, Delaware, USA
Reg Presley The Troggs	71	February 4, 2013	Andover, Hampshire, England	Lung cancer[57]
Tony Sheridan	72	February 16, 2013	Hamburg, Germany	[58]
Mindy McCready	37	February 17, 2013	Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA	Shotgun wounds
Damon Harris The Temptations	62	February 18, 2013	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Prostate cancer[59]
Kevin Ayers Soft Machine	68	February 18, 2013	Montolieu, France	[60]
Cleotha Staples The Staple Singers	78	February 21, 2013	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Alzheimer's disease[61]
Magic Slim	75	February 21, 2013	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bleeding ulcers
Dan Toler Great Southern, The Allman Brothers Band	64	February 25, 2013	Manatee County, Florida, USA	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[62]
Richard Street The Temptations	70	February 27, 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Pulmonary embolism[63]
Jim Murray Quicksilver Messenger Service	70	March 1, 2013
Bobby Rogers The Miracles	73	March 3, 2013	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Complications from diabetes[64]
Alvin Lee Ten Years After	68	March 6, 2013	Marbella, Spain	[65]
Peter Banks Yes	65	March 7, 2013	London, England	Heart failure[66]
Clive Burr Iron Maiden	56	March 12, 2013	London, England	Multiple sclerosis[67]
Hardrock Gunter	88	March 15, 2013		Complications of pneumonia
Jason Molina	39	March 16, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Alcohol abuse-related organ failure[68]
Bobby Smith The Spinners	76	March 16, 2013	Orlando, Florida, USA	Complications of influenza and pneumonia[69]
Deke Richards Motown record producer	68	March 24, 2013	Bellingham, Washington, USA	Esophageal cancer[70]
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[71]
Andy Johns Sound engineer and record producer	62	April 7, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stomach ulcer[72]
Don Blackman Twennynine, Parliament, Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire	59	April 11, 2013	New York City, USA	Cancer[73]
Sue Draheim	63	April 11, 2013	Berea, Kentucky, USA
Chi Cheng Deftones	42	April 13, 2013	Sacramento, California, USA	Cardiac arrest[74]
George Jackson	68	April 14, 2013	Ridgeland, Mississippi, USA	Cancer
Chrissy Amphlett Divinyls	53	April 21, 2013	New York City, New York, USA	Breast cancer[75]
Richie Havens	72	April 22, 2013	Jersey City, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack[76]
Bob Brozman	59	April 23, 2013	Ben Lomond, California, USA	Suicide[77]
George Jones	81	April 26, 2013	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Hypoxic respiratory failure[78]
Jeff Hanneman Slayer	49	May 2, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver failure[79]
Alan O'Day	72	May 17, 2013	Westwood, California, USA	Brain cancer[80]
Phil Buerstatte White Zombie	44	May 20, 2013	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	[81]
Ray Manzarek The Doors	74	May 20, 2013	Rosenheim, Germany	Bile duct cancer[82]
Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep	62	May 21, 2013	Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	Pancreatic cancer[83]
Little Tony	72	May 27, 2013	USA
MickDeth Eighteen Visions Bleeding Through	35	June 3, 2013	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Heart condition[84]
Joey Covington Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane	67	June 4, 2013	Palm Springs, California, USA	Car accident[85]
Filip Topol Psí vojáci	48	June 19, 2013	Prague, Czech Republic	[86]
Paul Smith	91	June 20, 2013	Torrance, California, USA	Heart failure[87]
Mary Love	69	June 21, 2013	USA
Bobby Bland	83	June 23, 2013	Germantown, Tennessee, USA	[88]
Little Willie Littlefield	81	June 23, 2013	Voorthuizen, Netherlands, USA	Cancer[89]
Alan Myers Devo	58	June 24, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stomach cancer[90]
T-Model Ford	90	July 16, 2013	Greenville, Mississippi, USA	Respiratory failure after a prolonged illness
Mikhail Gorsheniov Korol i Shut	39	July 19, 2013	Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation	Heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy[91]
JJ Cale	74	July 26, 2013	La Jolla, California, USA	Heart attack[92]
Rita Reys	88	July 28, 2013	Breukelen, The Netherlands, USA	Brian hemorrage
George Duke	67	August 5, 2013	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia[93]
Allen Lanier Blue Öyster Cult	67	August 14, 2013	USA	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[94]
Joey LaCaze Eyehategod	42	August 23, 2013	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Respiratory failure[95]
Jimmy Ponder	67	September 16, 2013	Pittsburgh, USA
Keith "Sabu" Crier GQ	58	September 30, 2013		[96]
Jan Kuehnemund Vixen	51	October 10, 2013	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Cancer[97]
Ronald Shannon Jackson Last Exit	73	October 19, 2013	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Leukemia
Al Johnson The Unifics	65	October 26, 2013	USA
Lou Reed Velvet Underground	71	October 27, 2013	Long Island, USA	Liver disease[98]
Oliver Cheatham	65	November 29, 2013	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack[99]
Richard Coughlan Caravan	66	December 1, 2013	Herne Bay, Kent, England	Pneumonia[100]
Junior Murvin	67	December 2, 2013	Port Antonio, Jamaica, USA	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	New York City, New York, USA
Ricky Lawson	59	December 23, 2013	Long Beach, California, USA	Brain aneurysm[101]
Jay Traynor Jay and the Americans, The Tokens	70	January 2, 2014	Tampa, Florida, USA	Liver cancer[102]
Phil Everly Everly Brothers	74	January 3, 2014	Burbank, California, USA	Lung disease[103]
Maureen Gray	65	January 7, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Bile duct cancer[104]
Dennis Frederiksen Toto, Angel	62	January 18, 2014	Mound, Minnesota, USA	Cancer[105]
Pete Seeger	94	January 27, 2014	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Natural causes[106]
The Mighty Hannibal	74	January 30, 2014	The Bronx, New York, USA
Anna Gordy Gaye	92	January 31, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	[107]
Bunny Rugs Bunny & Ricky, Third World, Inner Circle	65	February 2, 2014	Orlando, Florida, USA
Bob Casale Devo	61	February 17, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Chip Damiani The Remains	68	February 23, 2014	USA	Brain hemorrhage[108]
Frank Reed The Chi-Lites	59	February 26, 2014		Stroke[109]
Charles Love Bloodstone	68	March 6, 2014	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Pneumonia
Jerry Corbitt The Youngbloods	71	March 8, 2014	Smiley, Texas	Lung cancer[110]
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.[111]
Geoff Bradford	80	March 23, 2014	Enfield, England
George Shuffler The Stanley Brothers, The Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys	88	April 7, 2014	Valdese, North Carolina, USA	[112]
Shane Gibson Korn	35	April 15, 2014	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Blood clotting disorder[113]
DJ E-Z Rock Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock	46	April 27, 2014	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Diabetic seizure[114]
Jessica Cleaves The Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire	65	May 2, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	[115]
Bobby Gregg	78	May 3, 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Ed Gagliardi Foreigner, Spys	62	May 11, 2014	USA	Cancer[116]
Jerry Vale	83	May 18, 2014	Palm Desert, California, USA	Natural causes[117]
Doc Neeson The Angels, Red Phoenix	67	June 4, 2014	Sydney, Australia	Brain tumor[118]
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
Gerry Goffin	75	June 19, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA
Teenie Hodges	68	June 22, 2014	Dallas, Texas, USA	Complications of emphysema[119]
Bobby Womack	70	June 27, 2014	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Multiple diseases[120]
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[121]
Tommy Ramone The Ramones	65	July 11, 2014	New York City, New York, USA	Bile duct cancer[122]
Vange Leonel Nau	51	July 14, 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Ovarian cancer[123]
Johnny Winter	70	July 16, 2014	Zurich, Switzerland	Emphysemia and pneumonia[124]
Ernie Lancaster	60	July 17, 2014	Mount Dora, Florida, USA	Cancer[125]
Christian Falk Imperiet	52	July 23, 2014		Pancreatic cancer[126]
Adolph Jacobs The Coasters	74	July 23, 2014	USA
Johnny Rebb	75	July 28, 2014	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia	[127]
Dick Wagner	71	July 30, 2014	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Respiratory failure[128]
Michael Johns	35	August 1, 2014	Tustin, California, USA	Dilated cardiomyopathy[129]
Maria "Tristessa" Kolokouri Astarte	37	August 10, 2014	Greece	Complications from leukemia[130]
Velva Darnell	75	August 12, 2014	Battletown, Kentucky, USA	[131]
Buddy Jones	77	August 13, 2014	Barton, Vermont, USA	[132]
Jean Redpath	77	August 21, 2014	Arizona, USA	Cancer[133]
Joe Bethancourt	68	August 28, 2014	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Illness[134]
Glenn Cornick Jethro Tull	67	August 28, 2014	Hilo, Hawaii, USA	Heart failure[135]
Jimi Jamison Survivor	63	August 31, 2014	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack[136]
EunB Ladies' Code	21	September 3, 2014	Suwon, South Korea	Traffic collision[137][138]
Gustavo Cerati Soda Stereo	55	September 4, 2014	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Respiratory arrest after a stroke[139]
Simone Battle G.R.L.	25	September 5, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by hanging[140]
Kerrie Biddell	67	September 5, 2014		Stroke[141]
RiSe Ladies' Code	23	September 7, 2014	Suwon, South Korea	Traffic collision[142]
Gerald Wilson	96	September 8, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia[143]
Robert Young Primal Scream	49	September 9, 2014	Hove, England	[144]
John Gustafson Ian Gillan Band, Roxy Music	72	September 11, 2014		Heart failure[145]
Joe Sample The Crusaders	75	September 12, 2014	Houston, Texas, USA	Lung cancer[146]
Peter Gutteridge	53	September 15, 2014	Auckland, New Zealand	[147]
George Hamilton IV	77	September 17, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from a heart attack[148]
Kenny Wheeler	84	September 18, 2014	London, England	Natural causes[149]
Paul Revere Paul Revere & the Raiders	76	October 4, 2014	San Francisco, California, USA	Cancer[150]
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[151]
Tim Hauser The Manhattan Transfer	72	October 16, 2014	Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardiac arrest[152]
Paul Craft	76	October 18, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Multiple diseases[153]
Tyson Stevens Scary Kids Scaring Kids	29	October 21, 2014	Gilbert, Arizona, USA	Heroin overdose[154]
Jeanne Black	76	October 25, 2014	Orem, Utah, USA	Heart failure[155]
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[156]
Jack Bruce Cream	71	October 25, 2014	Suffolk, England	Liver disease[157]
Wayne Static Static-X	48	November 1, 2014	Landers, California, USA	Alcohol, accidental overdose[158]
Michael Coleman	58	November 2, 2014	USA
Rick Rosas	65	November 6, 2014	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung disease[159]
Big Bank Hank The Sugarhill Gang	58	November 11, 2014	New York City, New York, USA	Cancer[160]
Buddy Catlett	81	November 12, 2014	Seattle, Washington, USA	Multiple diseases[161]
Mike Burney Wizzard	70	November 13, 2014	Birmingham, England	Cancer[162]
Jeff Fletcher Northern Uproar	36	November 17, 2014	Stockport, England	Decapitation when hit by road vehicle[163]
Jimmy Ruffin	78	November 17, 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	[164]
Dave Appell	92	November 18, 2014	USA	[165]
Joe Bonner	66	November 21, 2014	Denver, Colorado, USA
Clive Palmer The Incredible String Band	71	November 23, 2014	Penzance, England	[166]
Damon Core AZ Yet	40	November 25, 2014	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bobby Keys The Rolling Stones	70	December 2, 2014	Franklin, Tennessee, USA	Cirrhosis[167]
Nick Talbot Gravenhurst	37	December 2, 2014		[168]
Ian McLagan Small Faces, Faces	69	December 3, 2014	Austin, Texas, USA	Stroke[169]
Bob Montgomery	77	December 4, 2014	Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA	Parkinson's disease[170]
Brian Roy Goble Subhumans	57	December 7, 2014	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Heart attack[171]
Dawn Sears	53	December 11, 2014	Gallatin, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer[172]
Joe Carr Joe Carr & the Texas Lone Star Band	63	December 14, 2014	Levelland, Texas, USA	Stroke[173]
Millie Kirkham	91	December 14, 2014	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications after stroke[174]
Wendy Rene	67	December 16, 2014		Complications after stroke[175]
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[176]
Joe Cocker The Grease Band	70	December 22, 2014	Crawford, Colorado, USA	Lung cancer[177]
Alberta Adams	97	December 25, 2014	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	[178]
Frankie Randall	76	December 28, 2014	Indio, California, USA	Lung cancer[179]
Matthew Cogley Failsafe	30	January 1, 2015		[180]
Jeff Golub	59	January 1, 2015	New York City, New York, USA	Progressive supra-nuclear palsy[181]
Little Jimmy Dickens	94	January 2, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure[182]
Pino Daniele	59	January 4, 2015	Rome, Italy	Heart attack[183]
Curtis Lee	75	January 8, 2015	Yuma, Arizona, USA	Cancer[184]
Popsy Dixon The Holmes Brothers	77	January 9, 2015		Bladder cancer[185]
Tim Drummond	74	January 11, 2015	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	[186]
A. J. Masters	72	January 12, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Prostate cancer[187]
Trevor Ward-Davies Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	70	January 13, 2015		Cancer[188]
Ward Swingle The Swingle Singers	87	January 19, 2015	Eastbourne, England	[189]
Dallas Taylor Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	66	January 18, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer[190]
Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream	70	January 20, 2015	Vienna, Austria	Pulmonary embolism[191]
Demis Roussos Aphrodite's Child	68	January 25, 2015	Athens, Greece	[192]
Don Covay	78	January 31, 2015	Franklin Square, New York, USA	Stroke[193]
Andriy Kuzmenko Skryabin	46	February 2, 2015	Lozuvatka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine	Car accident[194]
Joe B. Mauldin The Crickets	74	February 7, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cancer[195]
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[196]
Sam Andrew Big Brother and the Holding Company	73	February 12, 2015	San Francisco, California, USA	Complication after open heart surgery[197]
David Maxwell	71	February 13, 2015	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Prostate cancer[198]
Lesley Gore	68	February 16, 2015	Manhattan, New York, USA	Lung cancer[199]
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[200]
Mike Porcaro Toto	59	March 15, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[201]
Bruce Crump Molly Hatchet	57	March 16, 2015		[202]
Andy Fraser Free, Sharks	62	March 16, 2015	California, USA	[203]
A. J. Pero Twisted Sister, Adrenaline Mob	55	March 20, 2015	Poughkeepsie, New York, USA	Heart attack[204]
John Renbourn Pentangle	70	March 26, 2015	Hawick, Scotland	Heart attack[205]
Bob Burns Lynyrd Skynyrd	64	April 3, 2015	Bartow County, Georgia, USA	Car accident[206]
Percy Sledge	74	April 14, 2015	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Liver cancer[207]
Johnny Kemp	55	April 16, 2015	Montego Bay, Jamaica	Drowning and following head injury[208]
Jack Ely The Kingsmen	71	April 27, 2015	Terrebonne, Oregon, USA	[209]
Guy LeBlanc Camel	54	April 27, 2015		Kidney cancer[210]
Ben E. King The Drifters	76	April 30, 2015	Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA	Natural causes[211]
Craig Gruber Rainbow, Elf, Gary Moore	63	May 5, 2015	Florida, USA	Prostate cancer[212]
Errol Brown Hot Chocolate	71	May 6, 2015	Bahamas	Liver cancer[213]
B.B. King	89	May 14, 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Vascular dementia[214]
Louis Johnson The Brothers Johnson	60	May 21, 2015	USA	[215]
Dennis Sheehan Tour manager for U2	68	May 26, 2015	West Hollywood, California, USA	Heart attack[216]
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[217]
Ernie Maresca	76	July 8, 2015	Florida, USA	[218]
Michael Masser	74	July 9, 2015	Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Eric Wrixon Them, Thin Lizzy	68	July 13, 2015	Italy	[219]
Dave Somerville The Diamonds	81	July 14, 2015		Cancer[220]
Buddy Buie	74	July 18, 2015	Dothan, Alabama, USA	Heart attack[221]
Justin Lowe After the Burial	32	July 21, 2015		[222]
Mitch Aliotta	71	July 22, 2015	USA
Eddie Hardin The Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point	66	July 22, 2015		Heart attack[223]
Cilla Black	72	August 1, 2015	Estepona, Costa del Sol, Spain	Stroke after a fall[224]
Bob Johnston	83	August 14, 2015	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Danny Sembello	52	August 15, 2015	Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, USA	Drowned[225]
Don Griffin The Miracles	60	September 2, 2015		Traffic collision[226]
Bryn Merrick The Damned	56	September 12, 2015	Cardiff, Wales	Cancer[227]
Gary Richrath REO Speedwagon	65	September 13, 2015		[228]
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones	74	September 15, 2015	Decatur, Illinois, USA
Ben Cauley The Bar-Kays	67	September 21, 2015	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	[229]
Wilton Felder The Crusaders	75	September 27, 2015	Whittier, California, USA	Multiple myeloma[230]
Frankie Ford	76	September 28, 2015	Gretna, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes[231]
Billy Joe Royal	73	October 6, 2015	Morehead City, North Carolina, USA	Natural causes[232]
Jim Diamond	64	October 8, 2015	London, England	[233]
Bruce Nazarian Brownsville Station	66	October 9, 2015	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack[234]
Robbin Thompson Steel Mill	66	October 10, 2015		Cancer[235]
Smokin' Joe Kubek	58	October 11, 2015		Heart attack
Paul King Music promoter for The Police, Dire Straits	63	October 12, 2015		Cancer[236]
Frank Watkins Obituary, Gorgoroth	47	October 18, 2015		Cancer[237]
Cory Wells Cory Wells & The Enemys, Three Dog Night	74	October 20, 2015	Dunkirk, New York, USA	Complications from multiple myeloma[238]
Vlad Telea Goodbye to Gravity	37	October 31, 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Colectiv nightclub fire[239]
Mihai Alexandru Goodbye to Gravity	39	October 31, 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Colectiv nightclub fire[240]
Raul Rekow Santana	61	November 2, 2015	California, USA	Cancer[241]
Eddie Hoh The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees	71	November 7, 2015		[242]
Bogdan Lavinius Goodbye to Gravity	34	November 8, 2015	Bucharest, Romania	Colectiv nightclub fire[243]
Andy White The Beatles	85	November 9, 2015	New Jersey, USA	Stroke[244]
Allen Toussaint	77	November 10, 2015	Madrid, Spain	Heart attack[245]
Alex Pascu Goodbye to Gravity	33	November 11, 2015	Paris, France	Colectiv nightclub fire[246]
Phil Taylor Motörhead	61	November 11, 2015	Hasland, England	Liver disease[247]
P.F. Sloan	70	November 15, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pancreatic cancer[248]
Cynthia Robinson Sly and the Family Stone	69	November 23, 2015	Carmichael, California, USA	Cancer[249]
John Theunissen Pussycat	66	November 24, 2015		[250]
Ronnie Bright The Cadillacs, The Coasters, The Deep River Boys, The Valentines	77	November 26, 2015
Wayne Bickerton	74	November 29, 2015	Rhyl, Wales	[251]
Scott Weiland Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver	48	December 3, 2015	Bloomington, Minnesota, USA	[252]
John Garner Sir Lord Baltimore	63	December 5, 2015		Liver failure[253]
Bonnie Lou	91	December 8, 2015	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Dementia[254]
Rainer Bloss	69	December 10, 2015	USA
Adam Roth The Del Fuegos	57	December 18, 2015		Cancer[255]
Stevie Wright The Easybeats	68	December 27, 2015	South Coast, New South Wales, Australia	Pneumonia[256]
Lemmy Motörhead, Hawkwind	70	December 28, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia, and congestive heart failure[257]
John Bradbury The Specials	62	December 28, 2015	England	[258]
Natalie Cole	65	December 31, 2015	Los Angeles, California, USA	Congestive heart failure"[259]
Long John Hunter	84	January 4, 2016	Phoenix, Arizona
Robert Stigwood Manager for The Bee Gees, Cream	81	January 4, 2016	Australia	[260][261]
Nick Caldwell The Whispers	71	January 5, 2016	San Francisco, California, USA	Heart failure[262]
Otis Clay	73	January 3, 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[263]
Giorgio Gomelsky Manager for The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Paramounts	81	January 13, 2016	New York City, New York, USA	Cancer[264]
Pete Huttlinger The John Denver Band	54	January 15, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke[265]
Gary Loizzo The American Breed	70	January 16, 2016	USA	Pancreatic cancer[266]
Blowfly	76	January 17, 2016	Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, USA	Liver cancer[267]
Mic Gillette Tower of Power	64	January 17, 2016		Heart attack[268]
Dale Griffin Mott the Hoople, British Lions	67	January 17, 2016	USA	Alzheimer's disease[269]
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[270]
Alex Winshart Hogsnort Rupert	76	January 22, 2016		Lung cancer[271]
Jimmy Bain Rainbow, Wild Horses, Dio, Last in Line	68	January 23, 2016	MSC Divina, Atlantic Ocean	Lung cancer[272]
Black	53	January 26, 2016	Cork. Republic of Ireland	Road traffic accident[273]
T.J. Tindall MFSB	65	January 26, 2016	USA	Cancer[274]
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[275]
Signe Toly Anderson Jefferson Airplane	74	January 28, 2016	Beaverton, Oregon, USA	[275]
Billy Faier	85	January 29, 2016	Alpine, Texas, USA	[276]
Jon Bunch Further Seems Forever, Sense Field	45	February 1, 2016	USA	[277]
Maurice White Earth, Wind & Fire	74	February 4, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA	Parkinson's disease[278][279]
Joe Dowell	76	February 4, 2016	Bloomington, Illinois, USA	Heart attack[280]
Dan Hicks The Charlatans	74	February 6, 2016	Mill Valley, California, USA	Liver cancer[281]
Jack Dakin Kris Leonard Tomas Lowe River Reeves Viola Beach	27 20 19 19	February 13, 2016	Södertälje close to Stockholm, Sweden	Traffic collision[282]
L. C. Ulmer	87	February 14, 2016	Ellisville, Mississippi, USA	Natural causes
Vanity Vanity 6	57	February 15, 2016	Fremont, California, USA	Renal failure[283]
Paul Gordon The B-52's	52	February 18, 2016	USA	[284]
Vi Subversa Poison Girls	80	February 19, 2016		[285]
Piotr Grudziński Riverside	40	February 21, 2016	Warsaw, Poland	[286]
Lennie Baker Sha Na Na	69	February 24, 2016	Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA	[287]
Josefin Nilsson	46	February 29, 2016	Själsö, Gotland, Sweden	[288]
Gayle McCormick Smith	67	March 1, 2016	St. Louis, Missouri	Cancer[289]
John Thomas Budgie	63	March 3, 2016		[290]
Chip Hooper Phish, Dave Matthews Band	53	March 5, 2016	Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA	Cancer[291]
Ross Hannaford Daddy Cool, Mighty Kong	65	March 8, 2016	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Cancer[292]
Aaron Huffman Harvey Danger	43	March 8, 2016		Respiratory failure[293]
George Martin The Beatles, America	90	March 8, 2016	Highbury, London, England	[294]
Naná Vasconcelos Pat Metheny Group	71	March 9, 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Lung cancer[295]
Keith Emerson Emerson, Lake & Palmer	71	March 10, 2016	Santa Monica, California, USA	Suicide[296]
Tommy Brown	84	March 12, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	[297]
Lee Andrews Lee Andrews & the Hearts	79	March 16, 2016		[298]
Andy Newman Thunderclap Newman	73	March 30, 2016		[299]
Arnt Henry Teigland Olsen Kamikaze Attack, Slagvåpen	24	March 30, 2016	Fauske, Norway	Hit by train
Carlo Mastrangelo The Belmonts	78	April 4, 2016		[300]
Leon Haywood	74	April 5, 2016		[301]
Merle Haggard	79	April 6, 2016	Palo Cedro, California, USA	Pneumonia[302]
Dennis Davis	66	April 6, 2016		Cancer[303]
Jimmie Van Zant	59	April 7, 2016	Florida, USA	Liver cancer[304]
Emile Ford	78	April 11, 2016	London, England	[305]
Gib Guilbeau Flying Burrito Brothers	78	April 12, 2016		[306]
Prince Prince and The Revolution, Prince and The New Power Generation	57	April 21, 2016	Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA	Accidental fentanyl toxicity[307]
Billy Paul	81	April 24, 2016	Gloucester Township, New Jersey, USA	Pancreatic cancer[308]
Harrison Calloway Muscle Shoals Horns	75	April 30, 2016	Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Stroke[309]
Candye Kane	54	May 6, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from disease
Peter Behrens Trio	68	May 11, 2016	Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany	Multiple organ failure[310]
Julius La Rosa	86	May 12, 2016	Crivitz, Wisconsin, USA	Natural causes[311]
Guy Clark	74	May 17, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	[312]
John Berry Beastie Boys	52	May 19, 2016	Danvers, Massachusetts, USA	Frontotemporal dementia[313]
Nick Menza Megadeth, OMH	51	May 21, 2016	Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure[314]
Reshad Feild The Springfields	82	May 31, 2016	Devon, England
Dave Swarbrick Fairport Convention	75	June 3, 2016		Emphysema[315]
Habib	68	June 10, 2016	Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran	Cardiac arrest[316]
Christina Grimmie	22	June 11, 2016	Orlando, Florida, USA	Shotgun wounds[317]
Chips Moman	79	June 12, 2016	LaGrange, Georgia, USA	Lung disease[318]
Chris Warren	49	June 12, 2016	USA
Henry McCullough Wings	72	June 14, 2016	Ballywindelland, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland	[319]
Attrell Cordes P.M. Dawn	46	June 17, 2016	USA	Renal disease[320]
Sverre Kjelsberg The Pussycats	69	June 19, 2016	USA	[321]
Wayne Jackson The Mar-Keys	74	June 21, 2016	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure[322]
Bill Ham Manager for ZZ Top	79	June 22, 2016	Austin, Texas, USA	[323]
Jim Boyd The Jim Boyd Band	60	June 22, 2016		[324]
Bernie Worrell Parliament, Funkadelic, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains	72	June 24, 2016	Everson, Washington, USA	Lung cancer[325]
Mack Rice The Falcons	82	June 27, 2016	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease[326]
Scotty Moore	84	June 28, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Several months of poor health[327]
Rob Wasserman RatDog	64	June 29, 2016		Undisclosed health complaints[328]
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	[329]
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[330]
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, LA, USA	Heart problems
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[331]
Glenn Yarbrough The Limeliters	86	August 11, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Dementia[332]
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
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[333]
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
Prince Buster	78	September 8, 2016		Stroke after a poor health
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	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
Steve Byrd	61	October 2, 2016		Heart attack
Caroline Crawley	53	October 4, 2016	USA	Long illness
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
Guy Nadon	82	October 9, 2016	USA
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, USA	Pneumonia related illness
Phil Chess Record producer & company executive from the co-fonder of Chess Records	95	October 19, 2016
Pete Burns Dead or Alive	57	October 23, 2016	USA	Cardiac arrest
Bobby Vee	73	October 24, 2016	Rogers, Minnesota, USA	Alzheimer's disease
Norman Brokaw American talent agent	89	October 29, 2016	Beverly Hills, California, USA
Bap Kennedy	54	November 1, 2016	Belfast, Norrh Ireland	Pancreatic and bowel cancer
Bob Cranshaw	83	November 2, 2016	Manhattan, New York, USA
Kay Starr	94	November 3, 2016	Beverley Hills, California, USA	Complications from alzheimer's disease
Eddie Harsch The Black Crowes	59	November 4, 2016	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	[334]
Jean-Jacques Perrey	87	November 4, 2016	Switzerland	Complications from a lung cancer
Leonard Cohen	82	November 7, 2016	Los Angeles, California, USA
Jimmy Young	95	November 7, 2016	USA	[335]
Al Caiola	96	November 9, 2016	Allendale, New Jersey, USA
Victor Bailey Weather Report	56	November 11, 2016		Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease[336]
Doug Edwards Skylark, Chilliwack	70	November 11, 2016	Vancouver, British Columbia, USA	[337]
Leon Russell	74	November 13, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart surgery[338]
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
Bob Walsh	68	November 15, 2016		[339]
Mentor Williams	70	November 16, 2016		Lung cancer[340][341]
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[342]
Hugh McDonald Redgum	62	November 18, 2016	Australia	Prostate cancer
Blakdyak	46	November 21, 2016		[343]
Craig Gill Inspiral Carpets	44	November 22, 2016	USA	[344]
Colonel Abrams	67	November 25, 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	Auckland, New Zealand	Heart attack
Micky Fitz The Business	57	December 1, 2016		Cancer
Wayne Duncan Daddy Cool	72	December 4, 2016		Stroke
Radim Hladik Blue Effect	69	December 4, 2016

See also

• 27 club
• List of murdered hip hop musicians

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