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	Hit and run accident^[2]
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^[3]
Luke Jordan	60	June 25, 1952	Lynchburg, Virginia, USA	^[4]
Hank Williams	29	January 1, 1953	Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA	Heart attack^[5]
Willie Love	46	August 19, 1953	Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bronchopneumonia^[6]
Carolina Slim	30	October 22, 1953	Newark, New York, USA	Heart attack^[7]
Danny Cedrone Bill Haley & His Comets	33	June 17, 1954	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Broken neck from fall down stairs^[8]
Lollypop Jones	56	August 22, 1954	USA
Hot Lips Page	46	November 9, 1954	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Dink Johnson	62	November 29, 1954	USA	^[9]
Papa Celestin	70	December 15, 1954	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	^[10]
Johnny Ace	25	December 25, 1954	Houston, Texas, USA	Accidental shooting^[11]
Cow Cow Davenport	61	December 12, 1955	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tommy Johnson	60	November 1, 1956	Crystal Springs, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack^[12]
Ralph Willis	47	June 11, 1957	New York City, New York, USA	^[13]
Walter Page	57	December 20, 1957	New York City, New York, USA	Kidney ailment and pneumonia
John Dolphin Record label owner, concert promoter and music producer	55	February 1, 1958	Los Angeles, California, USA	Gunshot^[14]
W. C. Handy	84	March 28, 1958	New York City, New York, USA	Bronchial pneumonia^[15]
Leroy Foster	35	May 26, 1958	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack^[16]
Chuck Willis	32-30	April 10, 1958	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Peritonitis^[17]
Big Bill Broonzy	65	August 14. 1958	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Laryngeal cancer^[18]
Tiny Bradshaw	51	November 26, 1958	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Stroke^[19]
Henry "Son" Sims	68	December 26, 1958	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Following renal surgery^[20]
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly & The Crickets	22	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident^[21]
The Big Bopper	28	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident^[21]
Ritchie Valens	17	February 3, 1959	Clear Lake, Iowa, USA	Plane accident^[21]
Guitar Slim	32	February 7, 1959	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia^[22]
Billie Holiday	44	July 17, 1959	New York City, New York, USA	Pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by liver cirrhosis^[23]
Al "Cake" Wichard	41-40	November 14, 1959	Los Angeles, California, USA	^[24]

1960s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Jesse Belvin	27	February 6, 1960	Fairhope, Arkansas, USA	Traffic accident^[25]
Beverly Kenney	28	April 13, 1960	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide^[26]
Eddie Cochran	21	April 17, 1960	Chippenham, Wiltshire, England	Traffic accident^[27]
Smokey Hogg	46	May 1, 1960	McKinney, Texas, USA	Cancer^[28]
Eli Oberstein Record producer and music executive	58	June 12, 1960	Westport, Connecticut, USA	Lymphoma
Johnny Horton	35	November 5, 1960	Milano, Texas, USA	Traffic accident^[29]
Sticks McGhee	43	August 15, 1961	The Bronx, New York, USA	Lung cancer^[30]
Stuart Sutcliffe	21	April 10, 1962	Hamburg, West Germany	Cerebral hemorrhage^[31]
Patsy Cline	30	March 5, 1963	Camden, Tennessee, USA	Plane accident^[32]
Elmore James	45	May 24, 1963	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack^[33]
Daddy Stovepipe	96	November 1, 1963	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bronchial pneumonia after a gall bladder operation
Dinah Washington	39	December 14, 1963	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Drug overdose^[34]
Cyril Davies	31	January 7, 1964	Eel Pie Island, London, England	Endocarditis and leukaemia^[35]
Rudy Lewis	27	May 20, 1964	New York City, New York, USA	Asphyxiation in his sleep
Meade Lux Lewis	58	June 7, 1964	Minneapolla, Minnesota, USA	Traffic accident
Eric Dolphy	36	June 29, 1964	Berlin, Germany	Complications from diabetes^[36]
Johnny Burnette	30	August 14, 1964	Clear Lake, California, USA	Drowning^[37]
Tiny Topsy	34	August 16, 1964	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Intracerebral hemorrhage
Joe Henderson	27	October 24, 1964	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack^[38]
Buster Pickens	48	November 24, 1964	Houston, Texas, USA	Stabbing^[39]
Sam Cooke The Soul Stirrers	33	December 11, 1964	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shot by Bertha Franklin^[40]
Alan Freed	43	January 20, 1965	Palm Springs, California, USA	Uremia and liver cirrhosis^[41]
Nat King Cole	45	February 15, 1965	Santa Monica, California, USA	Lung cancer^[42]
Sonny Boy Williamson II	52	May 25, 1965	Helena, Arkansas, USA	Heart attack^[43]
Bill Black	39	October 21, 1965	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Brain tumor^[44]
Jazz Gillum	61	March 29, 1966	Chicago. Illinois, USA	Gunshot^[45]
Richard Fariña	29	April 30, 1966	Carmel Valley, California, USA	Motorcycle accident^[46]
Bobby Fuller The Bobby Fuller Four	23	July 18, 1966	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide (suspicious)^[47]
Peg Leg Howell	78	August 11, 1966	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Complications from diabetes
Dave Lambert Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	49	October 3, 1966	Connecticut Turnpike, Connecticut, USA	Struck by vehicle^[48]
Johnny Kidd	30	October 7, 1966	Bury, Lancashire, England	Traffic accident^[49]
Smiley Lewis	53	October 7, 1966	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Stomach cancer^[50]
Mississippi John Hurt	74	November 2, 1966	Grenada, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack^[51]
Moon Mullican	57	January 1, 1967	Beaumont, Texas, USA	Heart attack^[52]
Joe Meek	37	February 3, 1967	London, England	Suicide by gunshot^[53]
Fats Pichon	60	February 25, 1967	Chicago, Illinois, USA	^[54]
Elmo Hope	43	May 19, 1967	New York City, New York, USA	Heart failure
Brian Epstein	32	August 27, 1967	London, England	Accidental overdose^[55]
Rex Stewart	60	September 7, 1967	USA
Woody Guthrie	55	October 3, 1967	New York City, New York, USA	Huntington's disease^[56]
Peter Bocage	80	December 3, 1967	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Otis Redding	26	December 10, 1967	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Plane accident^[57]
Ronnie Caldwell Phalon Jones The Bar-Kays	Various (18-19)	December 10, 1967	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Plane accident^[57]
Robin Roberts The Wailers	27	December 22, 1967	San Mateo County, California, USA	Traffic accident^[58]
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^[59]
Frankie Lymon Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	25	February 27, 1968	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose^[60]
Syd Nathan	63	March 5, 1968	Miami Beach, Florida, USA	Pneumonia^[61]
Bumps Myers	55	April 9, 1968	Los Angeles California, USA	Several health problems</ref>
Lester Melrose Record producer	76	April 12, 1968	Lake, Florida, USA	^[62]
Little Willie John	30	May 26, 1968	Walla Walla, Washington, USA	Heart attack
Bumble Bee Slim	63	June 8, 1968	Los Angeles, California, USA
Wes Montgomery	45	June 15, 1968	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Heart attack
Luther Perkins	40	August 5, 1968	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Smoke inhalation^[63]
Joe Hinton	38	August 13, 1968	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Skin cancer^[64]
Red Foley	58	September 19, 1968	Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA	Respiratory failure
Kokomo Arnold	67-72	November 8, 1968	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Dickie Pride	27	March 26, 1969	London, England	Drug overdose^[65]
Benny Benjamin The Funk Brothers	43	April 20, 1969	New York City, New York, USA	Stroke^[66]
Don Drummond	37	May 6, 1969	Kingston, Jamaica	Suicide^[67]
Martin Lamble Fairport Convention	19	May 12, 1969	Scratchwood Services, M1 Motorway, England	Traffic accident^[68]
Shorty Long	29	June 29, 1969	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Drowning^[69]
Brian Jones The Rolling Stones	27	July 3, 1969	Hartfield, East Sussex, England	Drowning in swimming pool^[70]
Wynonie Harris	53	July 4, 1969	Los Angeles, California, USA	Esophageal cancer
Roy Hamilton	40	July 20, 1969	New Rochelle, New York, USA	Stroke^[71]
Skip James	67	October 3, 1969	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	^[72]
Leonard Chess Record producer, record company executive and co-founder of Chess Records	52	October 16, 1969	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardiac arrest^[73]
Tommy Edwards	47	October 22, 1969	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Brain aneurysm^[74]
Pops Foster	77	October 29, 1969	USA	^[75]
Magic Sam	32	December 1, 1969	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack^[76]
James "Stump" Johnson	67	December 5, 1969	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	^[77]

1970s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Billy Stewart	32	January 17, 1970	Selma, North Carolina, USA	Traffic accident
L. C. McKinley	51	January 19, 1970	East Chicago, Indiana, USA	Natural causes
Slim Harpo	46	January 31, 1970	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Ishmon Bracey	69-71	February 12, 1970	Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Darrell Banks	32	February 24, 1970	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Shot by police^[78]
Tammi Terrell	24	March 16, 1970	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Brain cancer^[79]
Kid Thomas	35	April 5, 1970	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shooting
George Goldner	52	April 15, 1970	Turtle Bay, New York, USA	Heart attack
Earl Hooker	41	April 21, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Tuberculosis
Otis Spann	40-46	April 24, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Liver cancer^[80]
Frankie Lee Sims	53	May 5, 1970	Dallas, Texas, USA	Pneumonia
Johnny Hodges	62	May 11, 1970	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Alan Wilson	27	September 3, 1970	Topanga Canyon, California, USA	Suicide or accidental barbiturate overdose^[81]
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^[82]
Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Company	27	October 4, 1970	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose^[83]
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, New York, USA
Jim Morrison The Doors, Rick & the Ravens	27	July 3, 1971	Paris, France	Heart failure^[84]
Louis Armstrong	69	July 6, 1971	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Henry D. "Homer" Haynes Homer and Jethro	51	August 7, 1971	Hammond, Indiana, USA	Heart attack
King Curtis	37	August 13, 1971	New York City, New York, USA	Stabbing
Thomas Wayne	31	August 15, 1971	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Traffic accident
Lil Hardin Armstrong	73	August 27, 1971	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gene Vincent	36	October 12, 1971	California, USA	Burst stomach ulcer
Duane Allman The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos	24	October 29, 1971	Macon, Georgia, USA	Traffic accident
Art Laibly Record producer and manager	77	October 30, 1971
Junior Parker	39	November 18, 1971	Blue Island, Illinois, USA	Following surgery for brain tumor
Papa Lightfoot	47	November 20, 1971	Natchez, Mississippi, USA
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. "David Seville", creator of The Chipmunks	52	January 16, 1972	Beverly Hills, California, USA	^[85]
Mahalia Jackson	60	January 27, 1972	Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA	Heart failure and diabetes
Linda Jones	27	March 14, 1972	Newark, New Jersey, USA	Complications from diabetes
Leslie Harvey Stone the Crows	27	May 3, 1972	Swansea, Wales	Electrocuted by a live microphone on stage
Reverend Gary Davis	76	May 5, 1972	Hammonton, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Jimmy Rushing	70	June 8, 1972	New York City, New York, USA	Leukemia
Clyde McPhatter Billy Ward and His Dominoes, The Drifters	39	June 13, 1972	Teaneck, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Mississippi Fred McDowell	66	July 3, 1972	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Lovie Austin	84	July 10, 1972	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Brian Cole The Association	29	August 2, 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Baby Tate	52	August 17, 1972	Columbia, South Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Calvin Frazier	57	September 23, 1972	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cancer
Rory Storm	34	September 28, 1972	Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England	Suicide
Billy Murcia The New York Dolls	21	November 6, 1972	London, England	Accidental suffocation due to drugs and alcohol
Raymond Jackson Record producer for Stax Records	31	November 10, 1972	USA	House fire
Berry Oakley The Allman Brothers Band	24	November 11, 1972	Macon, Georgia, USA	Traffic accident
Danny Whitten Crazy Horse	29	November 18, 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
William Manuel Johnson	100	December 3, 1972	New Braunfels, Texas, USA
Kid Ory	86	January 23, 1973	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan The Grateful Dead	27	March 8, 1973	Corte Madera, California, USA	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage from alcoholism
Duke Henderson	48	April 9, 1973	Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sammy Babitzin	24	April 29, 1973	Jyväskylä, Finland	Visceral injuries caused by traffic accident
Clarence White The Kentucky Colonels, The Byrds	29	July 14, 1973	Palmdale, California, USA	Hit by drunk driver
Jimmy Radcliffe	36	July 27, 1973	The Bronx, New York, USA
Memphis Minnie	76	August 6, 1973	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Stroke^[86]
Paul Williams The Temptations	34	August 17, 1973	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Gunshot, disputed suicide
Gram Parsons	26	September 19, 1973	Joshua Tree, California, USA	Drug overdose
Jim Croce	30	September 20, 1973	Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Plane accident
Maury Muehleisen Jim Croce's lead guitarist	24	September 20, 1973	Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA	Plane accident
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	58	October 9, 1973	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Stroke^[87]
Gene Krupa	64	October 16, 1973	Yonkers, New York, USA	Leukemia
John Rostill The Shadows	31	November 26, 1973	Radlett, Hertfordshire, England	Electrocuted by guitar
Bobby Darin	37	December 20, 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications following surgery
Packy Axton The Mar-Keys	32	January 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cirrhosis or heart attack
Bobby Bloom	28	February 28, 1974	USA	Suicide
Bobby Timmons	38	March 1, 1974	New York City, New York, USA
Harry Womack The Valentinos	28	March 9, 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stabbing
Roy Hawkins	71	March 19, 1974	Compton, California, USA
Arthur Crudup	68	March 28, 1974	Nassawadox, Virginia, USA	Complications of heart disease and diabetes
Graham Bond The Graham Bond Organisation, Ginger Baker's Air Force	36	May 8, 1974	London, England	Suicide
Duke Ellington	75	May 24, 1974	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Don Rich The Buckaroos	32	July 17, 1974	San Luis Obispo, California, USA	Traffic accident
Gene Ammons	49	July 23, 1974	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Lightnin' Slim	61	July 27, 1974	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Stomach cancer
Cass Elliot The Mamas & the Papas	34	July 29, 1974	London, England	Heart failure
Bill Chase Chase	39	August 9, 1974	Jackson, Minnesota, USA	Plane accident
Robbie McIntosh Average White Band	24	September 23, 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Pink Anderson	74	October 12, 1974	Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Victor Olof Record producer for Decca Records and HMV Records	76	November 3, 1974	USA
Ivory Joe Hunter	60	November 8, 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Nick Drake	26	November 25, 1974	Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England	Suicide by acute amitriptyline poisoning^[88]
Louis Jordan Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	66	February 4, 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Dave Alexander The Stooges	27	February 10, 1975	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Pneumonia
J. B. Long	71	February 25, 1975	Elon, North Carolina, USA
T-Bone Walker	64	March 16, 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Pete Ham Badfinger	27	April 24, 1975	Surrey, England	Suicide
Tom Donahue Rock and roll radio disc jockey	46	April 29, 1975		Heart attack
Tim Buckley	28	June 29, 1975	Santa Monica, California, USA	Drug overdose
Chan Daniels The Highwaymen	35	July 2, 1975		Pneumonia
Otto Jeffries The Five Royales	63	July 8, 1975	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Don Robey Record producer	71	July 16, 1975	Houston, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Lefty Frizzell	47	July 19, 1975	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Cannonball Adderley	46	August 8, 1975	Gary, Indiana, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Al Jackson, Jr. Booker T. & the MG's	39	October 1, 1975	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Murder by gunshot
Fiddlin' Joe Martin	75	November 2, 1975	Walls, Mississippi, USA
Gary Thain The Keef Hartley Band, Uriah Heep	27	December 8, 1975	Norwood Green, England	Drug overdose^[89]
Hound Dog Taylor	60	December 17, 1975	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Lung cancer
Howlin' Wolf	65	January 10, 1976	Hines, Illinois, USA	Congestive heart failure
Chris Kenner	46	January 25, 1976	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Rudy Pompilli Bill Haley & His Comets	51	February 5, 1976	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Lung cancer
Florence Ballard The Supremes	32	February 22, 1976	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Coronary thrombosis
Arthur Gunter	49	March 16, 1976	Port Huron, Michigan, USA	Pneumonia
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson	34	March 18, 1976	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Lung cancer
Paul Kossoff Free, Back Street Crawler	25	March 19, 1976	Flight from New York to Los Angeles, USA	Drug-related heart attack^[90]
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^[91]
Charles Stepney Record producer and arranger	45	May 17, 1976	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Melvin Jackson	60	May 30, 1976	Dallas, Texas, USA	Traffic accident
Jimmy Reed	50	August 29, 1976	Oakland, California, USA	Epileptic seizure
L. C. Robinson	61	September 26, 1976	Berkeley, California, USA	Heart attack
Leo Mintz Record store and music promoter	65	November 4, 1976	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Tommy Bolin Deep Purple, The James Gang, Zephyr	25	December 4, 1976	Miami, Florida, USA	Drug overdose
Freddie King	42	December 28, 1976	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Buddy Johnson	62	February 9, 1977	USA	Brain tumor and sickle cell anemia
Bukka White	67-70	February 26, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Annette Snell	32	April 4, 1977	New Hope, Georgia, USA	Southern Airways Flight 242 plane accident
Helmut Köllen	27	May 3, 1977	Cologne, Germany	Carbon monoxide poisoning
Lafayette Thomas	48	May 20, 1977	Brisbane, California, USA	Heart attack
Sleepy John Estes	77-78	June 5, 1977	Brownsville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Peter Laughner Pere Ubu	24	June 22, 1977	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Acute pancreatitis from alcohol and drug abuse^[92]
Baby Boy Warren	57	July 1, 1977	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Big John Wrencher	54	July 15, 1977	Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack
Elvis Presley	42	August 16, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack^[93]^[94]
Tarheel Slim	63	August 21, 1977	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia brought on by chemotherapy
George Barnes	56	September 5, 1977	Concord, California, USA	Heart attack
Mercy Baby	47	September 10, 1977	Dallas, Texas, USA
Marc Bolan	29	September 16, 1977	London, England	Traffic accident^[95]
Bing Crosby	74	October 14, 1977	Alcobendas, Spain	Heart attack
Cassie Gaines	29	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA	Plane accident
Steve Gaines	28	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA	Plane accident
Ronnie Van Zant	29	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA	Plane accident
Peg Leg Sam	65	October 27, 1977	Jonesville, South Carolina, USA
Big Chief Ellis	63	December 20, 1977	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Heart failure
St. Louis Jimmy Oden	74	December 30, 1977		Bronchopneumonia
Terry Kath	31	January 23, 1978	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidentally shot himself
Gregory Herbert	30	January 31, 1978	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Drug overdose
Bill Kenny	63	March 23, 1978	New Westminster, Canada	Respiratory illness^[96]
Money Johnson	60	March 28, 1978	New York City, New York, USA
Sandy Denny	31	April 21, 1978	London, England	Cerebral hemorrhage after accidental fall
Juke Boy Bonner	46	June 29, 1978	Houston, Texas, USA	Cirrhosis
Glenn Goins	24	July 29, 1978	USA	Hodgkin's lymphoma
Joe Negroni	37	September 5, 1978	New York City, New York, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Al Benson Radio disc jockey, music promoter and record label owner	70	September 6, 1970	Three Oaks, Michigan, USA
Tom Wilson Record producer	47	September 6, 1978	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Keith Moon The Who	32	September 7, 1978	London, England	Drug overdose^[97]
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	Traffic accident
Donny Hathaway	33	January 13, 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide or accidental fall
Grant Green	43	January 31, 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
Sid Vicious	21	February 2, 1979	New York City, New York, USA	Suicide or drug overdose
Roy Montrell	51	March 16, 1979	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Drug overdose
Joe Willie Wilkins	56-58	March 28, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
James Leroy	32	May 10, 1979	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Suicide
Lowell George	34	June 29, 1979	Arlington, Virginia, USA	Heart attack
Van McCoy	39	July 6, 1979	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Minnie Riperton Rotary Connection	31	July 12, 1979	Los Angeles, California, USA	Breast cancer
Dorsey Burnette	46	August 19, 1979	Los Angeles, California, USA	Coronary thrombosis
Jimmy McCulloch	26	September 27, 1979	London, England	Morphine poisoning
Gus Cannon	96	October 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Tiki Fulwood	35	October 29, 1979	USA	Stomach cancer
John Glascock Carmen, Jethro Tull	28	November 17, 1979	London, England	Congenital heart defect
Jackie Brenston	49-51	December 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Voyle Gilmore Record producer from Capitol Records	67	December 19, 1979

1980s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Georgeanna Tillman The Marvelettes	35	January 6, 1980	Inkster, Michigan, USA	Complications from sickle cell anemia and lupus
Larry Williams	44	January 7, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide
Professor Longhair	61	January 23, 1980	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack
Jimmy Durante	86	January 29, 1980	Santa Monica, California, USA	Pneumonia
Edward Lewis Record producer for Decca Records	79	January 29, 1980	Chelsea, London, England	Cancer
Warren Smith	47	January 30, 1980		Heart attack
Bon Scott AC/DC	33	February 19, 1980	Dulwich, London, England	Alcohol poisoning^[98]
Jacob Miller Inner Circle	27	March 23, 1980	Kingston, Jamaica	Traffic accident
Ian Curtis Joy Division	23	May 18, 1980	Macclesfield, England	Suicide by hanging^[99]
Carl Radle Derek and the Dominos	37	May 30, 1980		Kidney infection
Keith Godchaux The Grateful Dead	32	July 23, 1980	Marin County, California, USA	Traffic accident
George Scott III	26	August 5, 1980	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
John Bonham Led Zeppelin	32	September 25, 1980	Windsor, England	Asphyxiation on vomit^[100]
Pat Hare	49	September 26, 1980	St. Paul Minnesota, USA	Lung cancer
Lincoln Chase	54	October 6, 1980	Metro Atlanta, USA
Steve Peregrin Took T. Rex	31	October 27, 1980	Ladbroke Grove, London, England	Asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry^[101]
O. V. Wright	41	November 16, 1980	Mobile, Alabama, USA	Heart attack
Darby Crash Germs	22	December 7, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide by intentional drug overdose
John Lennon The Beatles, Plastic Ono Band	40	December 8, 1980	New York City, New York, USA	Shot by Mark David Chapman^[102]
Tim Hardin	39	December 29, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Robert Pete Williams	66	December 31, 1980	Rosedale, Louisiana, USA
Felton Jarvis	46	January 3, 1981	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Stroke
Blind James Campbell	74	January 22, 1981	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Bill Haley Bill Haley & His Comets	55	February 9, 1981	Harlingen, Texas, USA	Brain tumor or heart attack
Mike Bloomfield	37	February 15, 1981	San Francisco, California, USA	Drug overdose
Little Hat Jones	81	March 7, 1981	Naples, Texas, USA
Tampa Red	77	March 19, 1981	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bob Hite	38	April 6, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack^[103]
Kit Lambert	45	April 7, 1981	Middlesex, England	Cerebral hemorrhage after fall down stairs^[104]
Austin Pitre	63	April 8, 1981	Elton, Louisiana, USA
Steve Currie T. Rex	33	April 28, 1981	Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal	Traffic accident
Bob Marley The Wailers	36	May 11, 1981	Miami, Florida, USA	Acral lentiginous melanoma
Ernie Freeman	58	May 16, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Roy Brown	55	May 25, 1981	San Fernando, California, USA	Heart attack
Mary Lou Williams	71	May 28, 1981	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Bladder cancer
Chuck Wagon The Dickies	24	June 28, 1981	San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA	Suicide
Rushton Moreve Steppenwolf	32	July 1, 1981	Los Angeles, California, USA	Traffic accident
Hubert Johnson The Contours	40	July 11, 1981	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Suicide
Harry Chapin	38	July 16, 1981	Jericho, New York, USA	Traffic accident^[105]
Guy Stevens Record producer and band manager from Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum and The Clash	38	August 28, 1981	South London, England	Prescription drug overdose
Sandra Tilley The Velvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas	38	September 9, 1981	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Complications from brain surgery
Furry Lewis	88	September 14, 1981	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure
Big Walter Horton	60	December 8, 1981	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart failure
Pigmeat Markham	77	December 13, 1981	The Bronx, New York, USA	Stroke
Tommy Tucker	48	January 22, 1982	Newark, New Jersey, USA	Food poisoning^[106]
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^[107]
John Belushi The Blues Brothers	33	March 5, 1982	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose^[108]
Randy Rhoads Quiet Riot	25	March 19, 1982	Leesburg, Florida, USA	Plane accident
Floyd Smith	65	March 29, 1982	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Lester Bangs	33	April 30, 1982	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Neil Bogart Record producer for Kiss and music executive from Casablanca Records	39	May 8, 1982		Cancer
Rusty Day The Amboy Dukes	36	June 3, 1982	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	Overdose of cocaine^[109]
Jane Vasey Downchild Blues Band	32-33	July 6, 1982	Canada	Leukemia
Bill Justis	55	July 15, 1982	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cancer
Nick Lucas	84	July 28, 1982	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Double pneumonia
Joe Tex	47	August 13, 1982	Navasota, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Dave Torbert Kingfish, New Riders of the Purple Sage	34	December 7, 1982		Heart attack
Marty Robbins	57	December 8, 1982	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Rebop Kwaku Baah Traffic, Can	38	January 12, 1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Cerebral hemorrhage
Lamar Williams The Allman Brothers Band	34	January 21, 1983		Lung cancer
Billy Fury	42	January 28, 1983	London, England	Heart attack^[110]
Lorraine Ellison	51	January 31, 1983		Ovarian cancer
Sam Chatmon	86	February 2, 1983	Hollandale, Mississippi, USA
Karen Carpenter The Carpenters	32	February 4, 1983	Downey, California, USA	Heart attack due to anorexia^[111]
Dig Richards	42	February 17, 1983	Sydney, Australia	Pancreatic cancer^[112]
Danny Rapp Danny & The Juniors	41	April 5, 1983	Parker, Arizona, USA	Suicide
Pete Farndon The Pretenders	30	April 14, 1983	London, England	Drowning after drug overdose
Felix Pappalardi Mountain	43	April 17, 1983	New York City, New York, USA	Shot by his wife Gail Collins Pappalardi
Earl Hines	79	April 22, 1983	Oakland, California, USA	Heart attack
Muddy Waters	70	April 30, 1983	Westmont, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
J. B. Hutto	57	June 12, 1983	Harvey, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Walter Jackson	45	June 20, 1983	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Larry Darnell	54	July 3, 1983	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
Chris Wood Traffic	39	July 12, 1983	Birmingham, England	Pneumonia
Frank Fenter Record producer and music industry executive of Atlantic Records and Capricorn Records	47	July 21, 1983	Macon, Georgia, USA
Jimmy Liggins	64	July 21, 1983	Durham, North Carolina, USA
Wild Bill Moore	65	August 1, 1983	Los Angeles, California, USA
James Jamerson The Funk Brothers	47	August 2, 1983	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications of cirrhosis, heart failure and pneumonia
Klaus Nomi	39	August 6, 1983	New York City, New York, USA	Complications due to AIDS
Willie Bobo	49	September 15, 1983		Cancer
George "Harmonica" Smith	59	October 2, 1983	Los Angeles, California, USA
Hugh Mundell	21	October 14, 1983	Kingston, Jamaica	Murder by gunshot
James Booker	43	November 8, 1983	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
John Grimaldi Argent, Flux, Cheap Flights	28	November 15, 1983	USA
Tom Evans Badfinger	36	November 19, 1983	London, England	Suicide
Dennis Wilson The Beach Boys	39	December 28, 1983	Marina del Rey, California, USA	Accidental drowning
Alexis Korner	55	January 1, 1984	Westminster, London	Cancer
Jackie Wilson Billy Ward and his Dominoes	49	January 21, 1984	Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA	Complications of pneumonia
Paul Gardiner Tubeway Army	25	February 4, 1984	Northolt, Middlesex, England	Drug overdose
Tom Jans	36	March 25, 1984	Los Angeles. California, USA	Drug overdose
Marvin Gaye	44	April 1, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Gunshot
Ral Donner	41	April 6, 1984	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Lung cancer
Red Garland	60	April 23, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Count Basie	79	April 26, 1984	Hollywood, Florida, USA	Pancreatic cancer
Z. Z. Hill	48	April 27, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Moses "Whispering" Smith	52	April 28, 1984	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Nate Nelson The Flamingos	52	June 1, 1984	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Heart attack
Meredith Willson	82	June 15, 1984	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heart failure
Harmonica Slim	49	June 16, 1984	Texarkana, Texas, USA
Big Mama Thornton	57	July 25, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Esther Phillips	48	August 7, 1984	Carson, California, USA	Drug overdose
Percy Mayfield	63	August 11, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Lenny Breau	43	August 12, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Murder by strangulation
Hammie Nixon	76	August 17, 1984	Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Titus Turner	51	September 13, 1984	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Shelly Manne	64	September 26, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Geater Davis	42	September 29, 1984	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Teddy Reig Record producer, record company executive and co-founded of Roost Records	58	September 29, 1984	Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Steve Goodman	36	September 30, 1984	Seattle, Washington, USA	Leukemia
Keith Hudson	38	November 14, 1984	New York, USA
Razzle Hanoi Rocks	24	December 8, 1984	Redondo Beach, California, USA	Traffic accident
Eddie "Bongo" Brown The Funk Brothers	52	December 28, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart ailment
Georgie Stoll Musical director from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer	79	January 18, 1985
Kenny Clarke	71	January 26, 1985	Montreuil, France
David Byron Uriah Heep	38	February 28, 1985	Reading, Berkshire, England	Alcohol-related complications
Robert Blackwell Record producer and arranger	66	March 9, 1985	Hacienda Heights, Whittier, California, USA	Pneumonia
Bob Shad Record producer for Big Brother and the Holding Company	65	March 13, 1985	Beverly Hills, California, USA
Willie Mabon	59	April 19, 1985	Paris, France
Johnny Fuller	56	May 20, 1985	Oakland, California, USA	Lung cancer
Pee Wee Crayton	70	July 25, 1985	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Kyu Sakamoto	43	August 12, 1985	Mount Osutaka, Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan	Plane accident
Philly Joe Jones	62	August 30, 1985	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Heart attack
Jo Jones	73	September 3, 1985	New York City, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Little Brother Montgomery	79	September 6, 1985	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Blind John Davis	71	October 12, 1985	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ricky Wilson The B-52's	32	October 12, 1985	New York City, New York, USA	Complications due to AIDS
Big Joe Turner	74	November 24, 1985	Inglewood, California, USA	Heart attack
Ian Stewart The Rolling Stones	47	December 12, 1985	London, England	Heart attack
Curley Moore	42	December 14, 1985	Algiers, Louisiana, USA
D. Boon The Minutemen	27	December 22, 1985	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Traffic accident
Gus Jenkins	54	December 22, 1985	Los Angeles, California, USA
Tommy Blake	54	December 24, 1985
Andy Chapin The Association	34	December 31, 1985	De Kalb, Texas, USA	Plane accident
Ricky Nelson	45	December 31, 1985	De Kalb, Texas, USA	Plane accident
Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy	36	January 4, 1986	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England	Heart failure and pneumonia caused by alcohol and drug use^[113]
Joe Farrell Return to Forever	48	January 10, 1986	Los Angeles, California, USA	Myelodysplastic syndrome
Albert Grossman	59	January 25, 1986	USA	Heart attack
John R. American disc jockey and record producer	75	February 15, 1986	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Robbie Basho	45	February 28, 1986		Stroke
Richard Manuel The Band	42	March 4, 1986	Winter Park, Florida, USA	Suicide by hanging
Sonny Terry	74	March 11, 1986	Mineola, New York, USA	Natural causes
Mark Dinning	52	March 22, 1986	Jefferson City, Missouri, USA	Heart attack
O'Kelly Isley, Jr. The Isley Brothers	48	March 31, 1986	Alpine, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack
Hank Mobley	55	May 30, 1986	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Pneumonia
Benny Goodman	77	June 13, 1986	New York, New York, USA	Leukemia
William B. Williams American disc jockey	62	August 3, 1986	New York City, New York, USA	Acute anemia and respiratory failure
Thad Jones	63	August 20, 1986	Copenhagen, Denmark	Cancer
Cliff Burton Metallica	24	September 27, 1986	Ljungby Municipality, Sweden	Traffic accident
Moses Asch	80	October 19, 1986	New York City, New York, USA
Esquerita	50	October 23, 1986	Harlem, New York, USA	HIV/AIDS
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis	64	November 3, 1986	Culver City, California, USA	Cancer
Bobby Nunn The Coasters	63	November 5, 1986	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Bea Booze	74	November 11, 1986	Scottsville, New York, USA
Scatman Crothers	76	November 22, 1986	Van Nuys, California, USA	Pneumonia and lung cancer
Lee Dorsey	61	December 1, 1986	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Emphysema
Hollywood Fats Canned Heat, The Blasters	32	December 8, 1986	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Kate Wolf	44	December 10, 1986	San Francisco, California, USA	Leukemia
Handsome Ned	29	January 10, 1987	Toronto, Ontario, USA	Accidentally drug overdose
Rauli Somerjoki	39	January 14, 1987	Helsinki, Finland	Alcohol-related ailments
Alfred Lion Record executive and co-founder of Blue Note Records	78	February 2, 1987	San Diego, California, USA
Liberace	67	February 4, 1987	Palm Springs, California, USA	HIV/AIDS
Tony Destra Cinderella, Britny Fox	32	February 8, 1987
Jimmy Holiday	52	February 15, 1987	Iowa City, Iowa, USA	Congestive heart failure
Norman Harris MFSB	39	March 14, 1987	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardiovascular disease
Tony Stratton-Smith Record producer and manager from The Nice, Van der Graaf Generator, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and co-founder of Charisma Records	53	March 19, 1987	London, England	Stomach cancer
Buddy Rich	69	April 2, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA	Brain tumor
Maxine Sullivan	75	April 7, 1987	New York City, New York, USA
Carlton Barrett The Wailers	36	April 17, 1987	Kingston, Jamaica, USA	Murder by gunshot
Irving Ashby	66	April 22, 1987	Perris, California, USA
Paul Butterfield The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	44	May 4, 1987	North Hollywood, California, USA	Heart attack
Allen Jones Record producer for The Bar-Kays	46	May 5, 1987		Heart attack
Victor Feldman	53	May 12, 1987	Woodland Hills, California, USA	Heart attack
Gary Driscoll Rainbow	41	June 8, 1987	Ithaca, New York, USA	Murdered
Kid Thomas Valentine	91	June 18, 1987
Fred Astaire	88	June 22, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Elizabeth Cotten	94	June 29, 1987	Syracuse, New York, USA
Snakefinger The Residents	38	July 1, 1987	Linz, Austria	Heart attack
John Hammond Record producer for Columbia Records	76	July 10, 1987		Stroke
Pete King After the Fire, BAP, The Flys	28	July 15, 1987	USA	Testicular cancer
Howard McGhee	69	July 17, 1987	New York City, USA
Alex Sadkin Record producer for Arcadia, Simply Red, Thompson Twins, Boom Crash Opera and Duran Duran	38	July 25, 1987		Traffic accident
Joe Liggins	71	July 31, 1987	Lynwood, California, USA	Stroke
David A. Martin Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	50	August 2, 1987	USA	Heart attack
Scott La Rock Boogie Down Productions	25	August 27, 1987	New York City, New York, USA	Gunshot
Peter Tosh The Wailers	42	September 11, 1987	Kingston, Jamaica	Murder by gunshot
Jaco Pastorius Weather Report	35	September 21, 1987	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	Brain hemorrhage following beating^[114]
Ted Taylor The Cadets	53	October 2, 1987	Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA	Traffic accident
Woody Herman	74	October 29, 1987	West Hollywood, California, USA	Pneumonia
Luke "Long Gone" Miles	62	November 22, 1987	Los Angeles, California, USA
Little Willy Foster	65	November 25, 1987		Cancer
Slam Stewart Slim & Slam	73	December 10, 1987	Binghamton, New York, USA
Conny Plank Record producer and also known as Moebius & Plank	47	December 18, 1987	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Cancer
John Spence No Doubt	18	December 21, 1987	Anaheim, California, USA	Suicide
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller	54	December 25, 1987	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Nat Tarnopol Record producer for Brunswick Records	56	December 25, 1987		Heart failure
John Dopyera	94	January 3, 1988	Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
Joe Albany	63	January 12, 1988	New York City, New York, USA	Respiratory failure
René Hall	75	February 11, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart disease
John Curulewski Styx	37	February 13, 1988	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Brain aneurysm
Alexander Bashlachev	27	February 17, 1988	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union	Fall from the window (most likely suicide)
Memphis Slim	72	February 24, 1988	Paris, France	Renal failure
Divine	42	March 7, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart enlargement after years of obesity
Andy Gibb Younger brother of the Bee Gees	30	March 10, 1988	Oxford, England	Myocarditis worsened by drug addiction
Moody Jones	79	March 23, 1988	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dave Prater Sam & Dave	50	April 9, 1988	Sycamore, Georgia, USA	Traffic accident
Brook Benton	56	April 9, 1988	Queens, New York City, USA	Meningitis
Pony Poindexter	62	April 14, 1988	Oakland, California, USA
Carolyn Franklin	43	April 25, 1988	Bloomfield, Michigan, USA	Breast cancer
B. W. Stevenson	38	April 28, 1988		Heart valve surgery complications
Claude Demetrius	71	May 1, 1988	New York City, New York, USA
Chet Baker	58	May 13, 1988	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Accident
Gil Evans	75	May 20, 1988	Cuernavaca, Mexico	Peritonitis
Ted Dunbar	51	May 29, 1988	New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA	Stroke
Dick Jacobs Record producer from Decca Records, Brunswick Records	70	May 30, 1988	New York City, New York, USA
Jesse Ed Davis	43	June 22, 1988	Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Hillel Slovak Red Hot Chili Peppers	26	June 25, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose
Jimmy Soul	45	June 25, 1988	Spring Valley, New York, USA	Heart attack
Nico	49	July 18, 1988	Ibiza, Spain	Cerebral haemorrhage after fall from bicycle^[115]
Priscilla Bowman	60	July 24, 1988	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Lung cancer
Fred Below The Aces	61	August 13, 1988	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Robert Calvert Hawkwind	43	August 14, 1988	Ramsgate, England	Heart attack
Roy Buchanan	48	August 14, 1988	Fairfax County, Virginia, USA	Suicide by hanging
Tim Davis The Steve Miller Band	44	September 20, 1988		Complications related to diabetes
J. C. Heard	71	September 27, 1988	Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Cliff Gallup	58	October 9, 1988	Norfolk, Virginia, USA	Heart attack
Son House	86	October 19, 1988	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Black Randy Black Randy and the Metrosquad	36	November 11, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	HIV/AIDS^[116]^[117]
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
Whistlin' Alex Moore	89	January 20, 1989	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Donnie Elbert	52	January 26, 1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Stroke
Alvin "Bobby" Baylor The Solitaires, The Mello-Moods	53	January 27, 1989		Pneumonia
Blaze Foley	39	February 1, 1989	Austin, Texas, USA	Gunshot
Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns Homer and Jethro	68	February 4, 1989	Evanston, Illinois, USA	Prostate cancer
Joe Raposo Television writer and lyrics from Sesame Street	51	February 5, 1989	Bronxville, New York, USA	Lymphoma
King Tubby	48	February 6, 1989	Kingston, Jamaica	Gunshot
Hip Linkchain	52	February 13, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer
Vincent Crane The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Dexys Midnight Runners	45	February 14, 1989	Westminster, London, England	Drug overdose
Marek Blizinski	41	March 17, 1989	Warsaw, Poland
Ray Agee	68	April 15, 1989	Los Angeles, California, USA
Dmitry Selivanov	25	April 22, 1989	Novosibirsk, Russia	Suicide
Ron Wilson The Surfaris	44	May 7, 1989	Placer County, California, USA	Brain aneurysm
Good Rockin' Charles	56	May 17, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA
John Cipollina Quicksilver Messenger Service	45	May 29, 1989	San Francisco, California, USA	Emphysema
Vivian Carter Record producer, company executive and co-founded of Vee Jay Records	68	June 12, 1989		Hypertension, diabetes and stroke
Pete de Freitas Echo & the Bunnymen	27	June 14, 1989	London, England	Traffic accident
Vic Maile	45	July 11, 1989		Cancer
Nesuhi Ertegun Record producer, record executive of Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group	71	July 15, 1989	New York City, USA	Complications of cancer surgery
Bull Moose Jackson	70	July 31, 1989	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
Larry Parnes	59	August 4, 1989	London, England	Meningitis
Sonny Thompson	65	August 11, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mickey Hawks	49	August 31, 1989	North Carolina, USA
Tim Hovey New Riders of the Purple Sage	43	September 9, 1989	Watsonville, California, USA	Drug overdose
Gene Nobles American disc jockey	76	September 21, 1989	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Cousin Joe	81	October 2, 1989	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Natural causes
Alan Murphy Go West, Level 42	35	October 19, 1989		HIV/AIDS
Ewan MacColl	74	October 22, 1989	Brompton, London, England	Complications following heart surgery
Dickie Goodman Record producer	55	November 8, 1989	North Carolina, USA	Suicide
Freddie Waits	49	November 18, 1989	New York City, New York, USA	Kidney failure
Billy Lyall Bay City Rollers, Pilot	36	December 1, 1989		AIDS
Floyd Jones	72	December 19, 1989	Chicago, Illinois, USA	^[118]

1990s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Gene Phillips	74	January 10, 1990	Lakewood, California, USA
Melanie Appleby Mel and Kim	23	January 18, 1990		Pneumonia^[119]
Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd	37	January 23, 1990	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	Pneumonia
Mel Lewis	60	February 2, 1990	New York City, USA
Del Shannon	55	February 8, 1990	Santa Clarita, California, USA	Suicide by gunshot^[120]
Johnnie Ray	63	February 24, 1990	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver failure^[121]
Cornell Gunter The Coasters	53	February 26, 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Murder^[122]
Shakey Jake Harris	68	March 2, 1990	Forrest City, Arkansas, USA
Ric Grech Family, Traffic, Blind Faith	43	March 17, 1990	Leicester, England	Liver and kidney failure
Andrew Wood Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone	24	March 19, 1990	Seattle, Washington, USA	Drug overdose
Sarah Vaughan	66	April 3, 1990	Hidden Hills, California, USA	Lung cancer^[123]
Thurston Harris The Sharps	58	April 14, 1990	Pomona, California, USA	Heart attack
Wesley Rose Music industry executive and record producer	72	April 26, 1990	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Sammy Lawhorn	54	April 29, 1990	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Emily Remler	32	May 4, 1990	Sydney, Australia	Heart attack
Sammy Davis Jr.	64	May 16, 1990	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Throat cancer^[124]
Morris Levy Record producer for Roulette Records	62	May 21, 1990		Liver cancer
Gary Usher The Beach Boys, The Byrds	51	May 25, 1990	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Stiv Bators The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church	40	June 4, 1990	Paris, France	Traffic accident
Jim Hodder Steely Dan	42	June 5, 1990	Point Arena, California, USA	Drowning
Rob Graves Bags, 45 Grave, The Gun Club	31-32	June 28, 1990	USA
Gerry Boulet Offenbach	44	July 18, 1990		Cancer
Brent Mydland The Grateful Dead	37	July 26, 1990	Lafayette, California, USA	Drug overdose
Bobby Day	60	July 27, 1990	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Larry Birdsong	56	August 7, 1990	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Joel Rundell Better Than Ezra	24	August 8, 1990		Suicide
Lafayette Leake	71	August 14, 1990	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Diabetic coma
Viktor Tsoi Kino	28	August 15, 1990	Tukums, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union	Traffic 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		Undisclosed illness^[125]
Sam Taylor	74	October 5, 1990	Westchester, New York, USA
B.J. Wilson Procol Harum	43	October 8, 1990	Corvallis, Oregon, USA	Drug overdose^[126]
Art Blakey	71	October 16, 1990	New York City, New York, USA	Lung cancer
Gervasio Los Naúfragos	42	October 28, 1990	Talagante, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile	Murder
Bobby Scott	53	November 5, 1990	New York City, New York, USA	Lung cancer
Ronnie Dyson	40	November 10, 1990	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Heart failure
Lester Williams	70	November 13, 1990	Houston, Texas, USA
Dee Clark	52	December 7, 1990	Smyrna, Georgia, USA	Heart attack
Goree Carter	59	December 29, 1990	Houston, Texas, USA
Buck Ram	83	January 1, 1991	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Steve Clark Def Leppard	30	January 8, 1991	London, England	Accidental overdose
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		Traffic accident
George Motola Record producer for Modern Records	71	February 15, 1991	Los Angeles, California, USA
Bob Geddins Record producer	78	February 16, 1991		Liver cancer
Slim Gaillard Slim & Slam	75	February 26, 1991	London, England
Frank Esler-Smith Air Supply	42	March 1, 1991	Melbourne, Australia	Pneumonia
Doc Pomus	65	March 14, 1991	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Lung cancer
Billy Butler	66	March 20, 1991	Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Leo Fender	81	March 21, 1991	Fullerton, California, USA
Dave Guard The Kingston Trio	56	March 22, 1991	Rollinsford, New Hampshire, USA	Lymphatic cancer
Paul Gayten	71	March 26, 1991	Los Angeles, California, USA
Henry Glover	69	April 7, 1991	St. Albans, New York, USA	Heart attack
Per "Dead" Ohlin Mayhem	22	April 8, 1991	Oslo, Norway	Suicide
Steve Marriott Small Faces, Humble Pie	44	April 21, 1991	Essex, England	House fire^[127]
Johnny Thunders The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers	38	April 23, 1991	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug-related causes; suspicious
Odia Coates	49	May 19, 1991	Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California, USA	Drug overdose
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	Drug overdose^[128]
Stan Getz	64	June 6, 1991	Malibu, California, USA	Liver cancer
Richard Holmes	60	June 29, 1991	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	Prostate cancer
Willie Nix	68	July 8, 1991	Leland, Mississippi, USA
Dootsie Williams Record producer for The Penguins	80	August 21, 1991	Los Angeles, California, USA
Mike Naumenko Zoopark	36	August 27, 1991	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union	Cerebral hemorrhage
Peter Slaghuis VideoKids	30	September 5, 1991	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Traffic 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	Drowning
Bill Graham Promoter of Various Bands	60	October 25, 1991	Vallejo, California, USA	Helicopter accident^[129]
Jim Reese The Bobby Fuller Four	49	October 26, 1991	Lufkin, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Mort Shuman	54	November 2, 1991	London, England	Cancer
Eric Carr Kiss	41	November 24, 1991	New York City, New York, USA	Heart cancer and subsequent brain hemorrhage
Freddie Mercury Queen	45	November 24, 1991	London, England	Complications due to AIDS^[130]
Headman Shabalala Ladysmith Black Mambazo	46	December 10, 1991		Gunshot
King Kolax	79	December 18, 1991	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Beaver Harris	55	December 22, 1991		Prostate cancer
Jerry Nolan The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers	45	January 14, 1992	New York City, New York, USA	Stroke and subsequent coma
Dee Murray	45	January 15, 1992	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Skin cancer and subsequent stroke
Willie Dixon	76	January 29, 1992	Burbank, California, USA	Heart failure
Sudirman Arshad	37	February 22, 1992	Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Stroke
Mary Osborne	70	March 4, 1992	Bakersfield, California, USA	Cancer
Arthur Russell	40	April 4, 1992	New York, New York, USA	AIDS^[131]
Sammy Price	92	April 14, 1992	New York City, USA	Heart attack
Johnny Shines	76	April 20, 1992	Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Brian MacLeod Chilliwack, Headpins	39	April 25, 1992	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Bone cancer
Sharon Redd	46	May 1, 1992	Westchester County, New York, USA	Pneumonia
Iosu Expósito Eskorbuto	31	May 31, 1992	Baracaldo, Spain	Drug overdose
Peter Allen	48	June 18, 1992	San Diego, California, USA	HIV/AIDS
Stefanie Sargent 7 Year Bitch	24	June 27, 1992	Seattle, Washington, USA	Asphyxiation after taking alcohol and heroin
Howard Roberts	62	June 28, 1992	Seattle, Washington, USA	Prostate cancer
Boogie Woogie Red	66	July 2, 1992	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Paul Hackman Helix	38	July 5, 1992	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Traffic accident
Mary Wells	49	July 26, 1992	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia and throat cancer^[132]
Michel Berger	44	August 2, 1992	Ramatuelle, France	Heart attack
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^[133]
Eddie Kendricks The Temptations	52	October 5, 1992	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Lung cancer^[134]
Larry Levan	38	November 8, 1992	Manhattan, New York City, USA	Heart failure resulting from endocarditis^[135]
Bobby McClure	50	November 13, 1992	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Ricky Williams Flipper	36	November 21, 1992	El Camino, California, USA	Drug overdose
Andy Kirk	94	December 11, 1992	New York City, New York, 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^[136]
Helno Lucrate Milk	29	January 22, 1993	Paris, France	Drug overdose
Toy Caldwell Marshall Tucker Band	45	February 25, 1993	Moore, South Carolina, USA
Jake Porter Record producer and co-founder of Combo Records	76	March 25, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA
Eugene Church	55	April 3, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Mick Ronson Mott the Hoople, The Spiders from Mars	46	April 30, 1993	London, England	Liver cancer
Louis Brooks	82	May 5, 1993	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Marv Johnson	54	May 16, 1993	Columbia, South Carolina, USA	Stroke
Doctor Ross	67	May 28, 1993	Flint, Michigan, USA
Sun Ra	79	May 30, 1993		Pneumonia
Dupree Bolton	64	June 5, 1993	Oakland, California, USA	Cardiac arrest
Conway Twitty	59	June 5, 1993	Springfield, Missouri, USA	Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Arthur Alexander	53	June 9, 1993		Heart attack
John Campbell	41	June 13, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	Heart failure^[137]
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	Drug 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 overdose
Mia Zapata The Gits	27	July 7, 1993	Seattle, Washington, USA	Murder
Boston Blackie	49	July 11, 1993		Stabbing
Richard Tee	49	July 21, 1993	The Bronx, New York, USA	Prostate cancer
Don Myrick Earth, Wind & Fire	53	July 30, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Gunshot
Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones The Wonder Stuff	29	July 31, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Randy Jo Hobbs The McCoys, Montrose	45	August 5, 1993	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Heart failure
Euronymous Mayhem	25	August 10, 1993	Oslo, Norway	Stabbed by Varg Vikernes
Johnny Sayles	56	August 17, 1993	Hazel Crest, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Phil Seymour Dwight Twilley	41	August 17, 1993	USA	Cancer
Lefty Dizz	56	September 7, 1993	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Esophageal cancer
Wade Flemons Earth, Wind & Fire	53	October 13, 1993	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Cancer
Criss Oliva Savatage	30	October 17, 1993	Zephyrhills, Florida, USA	Traffic accident
River Phoenix Alexa's Attic	23	October 31, 1993	West Hollywood, California, USA	Drug overdose
Albert Collins	61	November 24, 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Cancer
Jerry Edmonton Steppenwolf	47	November 28, 1993	Santa Barbara, California, USA	Traffic accident
Ray Gillen Black Sabbath, Badlands, Sun Red Sun	34	December 1, 1993	New York City, New York, USA	AIDS related
Frank Zappa The Mothers of Invention	52	December 4, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Doug Hopkins Gin Blossoms	32	December 5, 1993	Tempe, Arizona, USA	Suicide
Michael Clarke The Byrds	47	December 19, 1993	Treasure Island, Florida, USA	Liver failure
Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont The Morwells, Roots Radics	38	December 31, 1993	USA	Prostate cancer
Silas Hogan	82	January 9, 1994	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Heart disease
Harry Nilsson	52	January 15, 1994	Agoura Hills, California, USA	Heart failure
Rhett Forrester Riot	37	January 22, 1994	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Gunshot
John Littlejohn	62	February 1, 1994		Renal failure
Gary B.B. Coleman	47	February 14, 1994	Center, Texas, USA
Papa John Creach Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, The Dinosaurs	76	February 22, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia
Dan Hartman	43	March 22, 1994	Westport, Connecticut, USA	Complications from AIDS
Kurt Cobain Nirvana	27	April 5, 1994	Seattle, Washington, USA	Suicide
Lee Brilleaux Dr. Feelgood	51	April 7, 1994	Canvey Island, Essex, England	Lymphoma
Larry Davis	57	April 19, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer
Haskell Sadler	59	May 6, 1994	Berkeley, California, USA	Complications from diabetes
Joe Pass	65	May 23, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Liver cancer
Eric Gale	55	May 25, 1994	Baja California Peninsula, 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	Drug overdose
Eddie Boyd	79	July 13, 1994	Helsinki, Finland
Gary Farr Gary Farr & The T-Bones	49	July 29, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA	Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Major Lance	55	September 3, 1994	Decatur, Georgia, USA	Heart disease^[138]
Nicky Hopkins The Jeff Beck Group	50	September 6, 1994	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from intestinal surgery
Major Bill Smith Record producer and record label owner	72	September 12, 1994	Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Haywood Henry	81	September 15, 1994
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
Lester Sill Record producer from Phil Spector's partner in Philles Records	76	October 31, 1994	Los Angeles, California, USA
Fred "Sonic" Smith MC5 Sonic's Rendezvous Band	45	November 4, 1994	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart failure
Carmen McRae	72	November 10, 1994	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Stroke
Chet Powers Quicksilver Messenger Service	57	November 16, 1994	Santa Rosa, California, USA
Cab Calloway	86	November 18, 1994	Hockessin, Delaware, USA	Stroke
Garnett Silk	28	December 9, 1994	Mandeville, Jamaica
Ted Hawkins	58	January 1, 1995	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke
Johnny Carroll	57	January 13, 1995	Dallas, Texas, USA	Liver failure
Ruby Starr Black Oak Arkansas	45	January 14, 1995	Toledo, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
David Cole Record producer for C+C Music Factory	32	January 24, 1995	New York, New York, USA
Richey Edwards Manic Street Preachers	27	February 1, 1995	Cardiff, Wales	Declared death in absentia
Tony Secunda Manager of rock groups from The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Motörhead, Steeleye Span, The Move and T-Rex	54	February 12, 1995	Tiburon, California, USA	Heart attack
Denny Cordell Record producer for 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
Melvin Franklin The Temptations	52	February 23, 1995	Sherman Oaks, California, USA	Complications from a seizure
Willie Johnson	71	February 25, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Vivian Stanshall Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band	51	March 5, 1995	Muswell Hill, London, England	House fire
Delroy Wilson	46	March 6, 1995	Kingston, Jamaica	Cirrhosis
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	Traffic accident
Alan Barton Smokie, Black Lace	41	March 23, 1995	Cologne, Germany	Traffic 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
Paul A. Rothchild Record producer for The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	59	March 30, 1995	Hollywood, California, USA	Lung cancer
Selena Selena y Los Dinos	23	March 31, 1995	Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Shot by Yolanda Saldívar
Burl Ives	85	April 14, 1995	Anacortes, Washington, USA	Oral cancer^[139]
Carl Albert Vicious Rumors	32	April 22, 1995		Traffic 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, USA	Suicide
Rory Gallagher	47	June 14, 1995	London, England	MRSA complications following a liver transplant
Phyllis Hyman	45	June 30, 1995	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose
Wolfman Jack American disc jockey	57	July 1, 1995	Belvidere, North Carolina, USA	Heart attack
Charlie Rich	62	July 25, 1995	Hammond, Louisiana, USA	Acute blood clot
Eddie Hinton	51	July 28, 1995	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Heart attack
Jerry Garcia The Grateful Dead	53	August 9, 1995	Forest Knolls, California, USA	Heart attack
Bobby DeBarge DeBarge, Switch	39	August 16, 1995	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	HIV/AIDS
Wild Bill Davis	76	August 17, 1995	Moorestown Township, New Jersey, USA
Dwayne Goettel Skinny Puppy	31	August 23, 1995	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Drug overdose
Ronald White Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	56	August 26, 1995	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Leukemia
Sterling Morrison The Velvet Underground	53	August 30, 1995	Poughkeepsie, New York, USA	Cancer
Salil Chowdhury	71	September 5, 1995	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Larry Gales	59	September 12, 1995
Shannon Hoon Blind Melon	28	October 21, 1995	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug overdose
Florence Greenberg Music executive and record producer	82	November 2, 1995	Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Alan Hull Lindisfarne	50	November 17, 1995	Newcastle, England	Heart thrombosis
Matthew Ashman Bow Wow Wow, Adam and the Ants	35	November 21, 1995	London, England	Diabetes
Peter Grant Music manager from Stone the Crows, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company and record executive from Swan Song Records	60	November 21, 1995	Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Tom Clay American radio personality and disc jockey	66	November 22, 1995	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stomach and lung cancer
Junior Walker Junior Walker & the All Stars	64	November 23, 1995	Battle Creek, Michigan, USA	Cancer
David Briggs Record producer for Crazy Horse	51	November 26, 1995	San Francisco, California, USA	Lung cancer
Dean Martin	78	December 25, 1995	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Acute respiratory failure ^[140]
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis	70	December 28, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack
Bob Thiele	73	January 30, 1996	Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA	Kidney failure
Wild Jimmy Spruill	61	February 3, 1996	Washington D.C., USA	Heart attack
Brownie McGhee	80	February 16, 1996	Oakland, California, USA	Stomach cancer
Terry Stafford	54	March 17, 1996	Amarillo, Texas, USA	Liver failuire
Billy Williamson Bill Haley & His Comets	71	March 22, 1996	Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA	Cancer
Don Murray The Turtles	50	March 22, 1996	Glendale, California, USA	Complications following ulcer surgery
Jeffrey Lee Pierce The Gun Club	37	March 31, 1996	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage
Guitar Gabriel	70	April 2, 1996	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Bernard Edwards Chic	43	April 18, 1996	Japan	Pneumonia
Johnny "Guitar" Watson	61	May 18, 1996	Yokohama, Japan	Myocardial infarction
Kevin Gilbert	29	May 18, 1996	Los Angeles, California, USA	Accidental strangulation
Bradley Nowell Sublime	28	May 25, 1996	San Francisco, California, USA	Drug overdose
John Kahn Legion of Mary, Old & In the Way	49	May 30, 1996		Heart attack
Ella Fitzgerald	79	June 15, 1996	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Complications from diabetes
Jim Ellison Material Issue	32	June 20, 1996	USA	Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning
Louis Gottlieb The Limeliters	72	July 11, 1996	Sebastopol, California, USA
Jonathan Melvoin The Smashing Pumpkins	34	July 12, 1996	New York City, New York, USA	Drug 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	Traffic accident
Jason Thirsk Pennywise, Humble Gods	28	July 29, 1996	Hermosa Beach, California, USA	Suicide by gunshot
Mel Taylor The Ventures	62	August 11, 1996	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Al Cleveland	66	August 14, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart disease
Tupac Shakur Outlawz	25	September 13, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Murder^[141]
Bob Gibson	64	September 28, 1996	Portland, Oregon, USA	Degenerative brain disease
Chris Acland Lush	30	October 17, 1996	Burneside, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England	Suicide
Eva Cassidy	33	November 2, 1996	Bowie, Maryland, USA	Cancer
Bill Doggett	80	November 13, 1996	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack
William Clarke	45	November 2, 1996	Fresno, California, USA
Tiny Tim	64	November 30, 1996	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Heart attack
Patty Donahue The Waitresses	40	December 9, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Lung cancer
Faron Young	64	December 10, 1996	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Suicide
Dawn Crosby Detente, Fear of God	33	December 15, 1996		Liver failure
Ruby Murray	61	December 17, 1996	Torquay, Devon, England	Liver cancer
Ronnie Scott	69	December 23, 1996	London, England	Overdose of barbiturates
Johnny Heartsman	60	December 27, 1996	Sacramento, California, USA	Stroke
Randy California Spirit	45	January 2, 1997	Molokai, Hawaii, USA	Drowning^[142]
Alexander Young Marcus Hook Roll Band, AC/DC	58	January 4, 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Lung cancer
Kenny Pickett The Creation	54	January 10, 1997	London, England	Heart attack
Keith Diamond	46	January 18, 1997	Manhattan, New York, USA
Ron Holden	57	January 22, 1997	Rosarito Beach, Mexico	Heart attack
Billy Mackenzie Associates	39	January 22, 1997	Angus, Scotland	Drug overdose
Richard Berry	61	January 23, 1997	Inglewood, California, USA	Heart failure
Seth Lover	87	January 31, 1997	Garden Grove, California, USA
Brian Connolly The Sweet	52	February 9, 1997	Slough, Berkshire, England	Kidney failure
Jack Owens	92	February 9, 1997	Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Ralph Bass Record producer from Black & White Records, Savoy Records, King Records, Federal Records, and Chess Records	85	March 5, 1997	New York City, New York, USA
The Notorious B.I.G.	24	March 9, 1997	Los Angeles, California, USA	Murder
LaVern Baker	67	March 10, 1997	Queens, New York, USA	Coronary complications
Ronnie Barron Canned Heat	53	March 20, 1997		Heart failure
Aaron Collins The Cadets	66	March 27, 1997	California, USA
Laura Nyro	49	April 8, 1997	Danbury, Connecticut, USA	Ovarian cancer
Eldon Hoke Mentors, The Screamers	39	April 19, 1997	Riverside, California, USA	Rail accident
Lovie Lee	88	May 23, 1997	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jeff Buckley	30	May 29, 1997	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Accidental drowning
Ronnie Lane The Small Faces, Faces	51	June 4, 1997	Trinidad, Colorado, USA	Pneumonia
Arthur Prysock	73	June 14, 1997	Hamilton, Bermuda	Aneurysm
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
Luther Allison	57	August 12, 1997	Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Metastasis
Jimmy Witherspoon	77	September 18, 1997	Los Angeles, California, USA	Throat cancer
Nick Traina Link 80	19	September 20, 1997	USA	Suicide
Phil Medley	81	October 3, 1997
John Denver The John Denver Band	53	October 12, 1997	Pacific Grove, California, USA	Experimental plane 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
Michael Hedges	43	December 2, 1997	Mendocino County, California, USA	Traffic accident
Kurt Winter The Guess Who	51	December 14, 1997	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Liver failure^[143]
Nicolette Larson	45	December 16, 1997	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cerebral edema and liver failure
Jimmy Rogers	73	December 19, 1997	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Floyd Cramer	64	December 31, 1997		Lung cancer
Nick Venet Record producer and association with The Beach Boys	61	January 2, 1998	Eastside Los Angeles, USA	Burkitt's lymphoma
Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher	62	January 5, 1998	South Lake Tahoe, California, USA	Skiing accident
Ken Forssi The Surfaris, Love	54	January 10, 1998	Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Brain tumor
Junior Wells The Aces	63	January 15, 1998	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer and heart attack
Junior Kimbrough	67	January 17, 1998	Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA
Carl Perkins	65	January 19, 1998	Jackson, Tennessee, USA	Throat cancer
Fat Pat	27	February 3, 1998	Houston, Texas, USA	Murder by gunshot
Tim Kelly Slaughter	35	February 5, 1998	Bagdad, Arizona, USA	Traffic accident
Joe Stubbs The Falcons, The Contours, The Originals	55-56	February 5, 1998	USA
Falco	40	February 6, 1998	Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic	Traffic 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	Stroke
Bob McBride Lighthouse	51	February 20, 1998	Toronto, Ontario, USA	Heart failure
Rockin' Sidney	59	February 25, 1998	Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
George Howard	41	March 20, 1998	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Rozz Williams Christian Death, Shadow Project, Premature Ejaculation	34	April 1, 1998	West Hollywood, California, USA	Suicide by hanging
Rob Pilatus Milli Vanilli	33	April 2, 1998	Frankfurt, Germany	Alcohol and drug overdose
Cozy Powell The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath	50	April 5, 1998	Bristol, England	Traffic accident
Wendy O. Williams Plasmatics	48	April 6, 1998	Storrs, Connecticut, USA	Suicide by gunshot^[144]
Tammy Wynette	55	April 6, 1998	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	Heart failure with cardiac arrhythmia^[145]
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney's wife	56	April 17, 1998	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Breast cancer^[146]
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
Lew Chudd Record producer, radio executive and co-founder of Imperial Records	86	June 15, 1998	Los Angeles, California, USA
Dave "Chico" Ryan Sha Na Na	50	July 26, 1998	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Heart failure
Gene Page	58	August 24, 1998	Westwood, California, USA
Denniz Pop DJ music producer	35	August 30, 1998		Stomach cancer
Sonny Knight	64	September 5, 1998	Maui, Hawaii, USA
Johnny Adams	66	September 14, 1998	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Cancer
Oz Bach Spanky and Our Gang	59	September 21, 1998	Asheville, North Carolina, USA	Cancer
Gene Autry	91	October 2, 1998	Studio City, California, USA	Lymphoma
Lonnie Pitchford	43	November 8, 1998	Lexington, Mississippi, USA	HIV/AIDS
Eldridge Holmes	56	November 13, 1998	USA
Barbara Acklin	55	November 27, 1998	Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Pneumonia^[147]
Lynn Strait Snot	30	December 11, 1998	Santa Barbara, California, USA	Traffic 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	^[148]
John Baker Saunders Mad Season The Walkabouts	44	January 15, 1999	Seattle, Washington, USA	Drug overdose^[149]
Benjamin Smoke Smoke	39	January 29, 1999	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Liver failure due to hepatitis C^[150]
Baris Manço	56	February 1, 1999	Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey	Heart attack^[151]
David McComb The Triffids, Blackeyed Susans	36	February 2, 1999	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Heroin toxicity and rejection of his 1996 heart transplant^[152]
Gwen Guthrie	48	February 3, 1999	Orange, New Jersey, USA	Uterine cancer^[153]
Buddy Knox	65	February 14, 1999	Bremerton, Washington, USA	Lung cancer^[154]
Björn Afzelius Hoola Bandoola Band	52	February 16, 1999	Gothenburg, Sweden	Lung cancer^[155]
David Ackles	62	March 2, 1999	Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer^[156]
Dusty Springfield The Springfields	59	March 2, 1999	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England	Breast cancer^[157]
Lowell Fulson	77	March 7, 1999	Long Beach, California, USA	Complications from kidney disease, diabetes, and congestive heart failure^[158]
Peppermint Harris	73	March 19, 1999	Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA	^[159]
Val Valentin Record producer and record engineer	79	March 24, 1999	Reno, Nevada, USA	^[160]
Mighty Joe Young	71	March 24, 1999	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Pneumonia^[161]
Freaky Tah Lost Boyz	27	March 28, 1999	Queens, New York, USA	Gunshot^[162]
Joe Williams	80	March 29, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	^[163]
Jesse Stone	97	April 1, 1999	Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA	^[164]
Skip Spence Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape	52	April 16, 1999	Santa Cruz, California, USA	Lung cancer^[165]
Kemistry Kemistry & Storm	35	April 25, 1999	Winchester, Hampshire, England	Accidental death^[166]
Roger Troutman Zapp	47	April 25, 1999	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Murdered by his brother Larry Troutman^[167]
Adrian Borland The Outsiders, The Sound	41	April 26, 1999	London, England	Suicide^[168]
Darrell Sweet Nazareth	51	April 30, 1999	New Albany, Indiana, USA	Heart attack^[169]
William Tucker Ministry	38	May 14, 1999		Suicide^[170]
Bruce Fairbairn Record producer for Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, AC/DC	49	May 17, 1999	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	^[171]
Augustus Pablo	44	May 18, 1999	Kingston, Jamaica	Myasthenia gravis^[172]
Ernie Wilkins	76	June 5, 1999	Copenhagen, Denmark	Stroke^[173]
Billy Brown The Freshmen	56	June 6, 1999	Johnstown, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland	Heart attack^[174]
Screaming Lord Sutch Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages	58	June 16, 1999	West Harrow, Middlesex, England	Suicide by hanging^[175]
Kami Malice Mizer	27	June 21, 1999		Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Bruce Day Pablo Cruise	48	June 30, 1999		^[176]
Dennis Brown	42	July 1, 1999	Kingston, Jamaica	Pneumothorax^[177]
Guy Mitchell	72	July 1, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Complications following surgery for cancer^[178]
Mark Sandman Morphine	46	July 3, 1999	Palestrina, Lazio, Italy	Heart attack^[179]
Kevin Wilkinson	41	July 17, 1999	Baydon, Swindon, England	Suicide by hanging^[180]
Gar Samuelson Megadeth	41	July 22, 1999	Orange City, Florida, USA	Liver failure^[181]
Tommy Ridgley	73	August 11, 1999		Lung cancer^[182]
Bobby Sheehan Blues Traveler	31	August 20, 1999	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug overdose^[183]
Rob Fisher Naked Eyes	42	August 25, 1999		Following bowel surgery for cancer^[184]
Katie Webster	63	September 5, 1999	League City, Texas, USA	Heart failure^[185]
Beau Jocque	45	September 10, 1999	Kinder, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack^[186]
Chuck Higgins	75	September 14, 1999	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer^[187]
Claude Bessy Catholic Discipline	53	October 2, 1999	Barcelona, Spain	Lung cancer^[188]
Erik Brødreskift Borknagar, Gorgoroth	29	October 4, 1999		Suicide by drug overdose^[189]
Hoyt Axton	61	October 26, 1999	Victor, Montana, USA	Heart attack^[190]
Wes Berggren Tripping Daisy	28	October 27, 1999	Dallas, Texas, USA	Drug overdose^[191]
Rob Hoeke	60	November 6, 1999	Krommenie, Netherlands	^[192]
Herb Abramson Record company executive, record producer and co-founder of Atlantic Records	82	November 9, 1999	Henderson, Nevada, USA	^[193]
Little Miss Cornshucks	76	November 12, 1999	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Stroke^[194]
Alvin Cash	60	November 21, 1999	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Ulcer compilations
Clifford Jarvis	58	November 26, 1999	London, England	^[195]
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker	72	November 27, 1999	Chicago, Illinois, USA	^[196]
Don "Sugarcane" Harris Don and Dewey	61	December 1, 1999	Los Angeles, California, USA	^[197]
Charlie Byrd	74	December 2, 1999	Annapolis, Maryland, USA	Lung cancer^[198]
Bobby Marchan	69	December 5, 1999	Gretna, Louisiana, USA	Liver cancer^[199]
Rick Danko The Band	56	December 10, 1999	Marbletown, New York, USA	Heart failure^[200]
Charles Earland	58	December 11, 1999	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Heart failure^[201]
Grover Washington Jr.	56	December 17, 1999	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack^[202]
Joe Higgs	59	December 18, 1999	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer^[203]
Curtis Mayfield The Impressions	57	December 26, 1999	Roswell, Georgia, USA	Complications due to diabetes^[204]

2000s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Nat Adderley Cannonball Adderley's brother	68	January 2, 2000	Lakeland, Florida, USA	Complications from diabetes^[205]
Wade Walton	76	January 10, 2000	St. Louis, Missouri, USA	^[206]
Richard "Dimples" Fields	57	January 12, 2000	Novato, California, USA	Stroke^[207]
Dub Jones The Coasters	71	January 16, 2000	Long Beach, California, USA	Diabetes^[207]
Doris Coley The Shirelles	58	February 4, 2000	Sacramento, California, USA	Breast cancer^[208]
Dave Peverett Foghat	58	February 7, 2000	Orlando, Florida, USA	Complications from renal cancer^[209]
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	70	February 12, 2000	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France	Complications following surgery concerning aneurysm^[210]
Andy Lewis The Whitlams	33	February 12, 2000	USA	Suicide^[211]
Oliver	54	February 12, 2000	Shreveport, Louisiana, USA	Cancer^[212]
Dennis Danell Social Distortion	38	February 29, 2000	Costa Mesa, California, USA	Brain aneurysm^[213]
Ian Dury Ian Dury and the Blockheads	57	March 27, 2000	Upminster, London, England	Liver cancer^[214]
Heinz Burt The Tornados	57	April 7, 2000	Southampton, England	Motor neurone disease and stroke^[215]
Vicki Sue Robinson	45	April 27, 2000	Wilton, Connecticut, USA	Cancer^[216]
Bobbi Martin	60	May 2, 2000	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Cancer
Geoff Goddard	62	May 15, 2000		Heart attack^[217]
Johnnie Taylor	66	May 31, 2000	Dallas, Texas, USA	Heart attack^[218]
Clive Westlake	67	June 17, 2000	Pegram, Tennessee, USA	^[219]
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, England	Heart attack^[220]
Alan Caddy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates The Tornados	60	August 16, 2000		Complications due to alcoholism^[221]
Jack Nitzsche Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones	63	August 25, 2000	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac arrest^[222]
Allen Woody The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule	44	August 26, 2000	New York City, New York, USA	Drug overdose^[223]
David Brown Santana	53	September 4, 2000		Liver and kidney failure
Stanley Turrentine	66	September 12, 2000	New York City, USA	Stroke^[224]
Benjamin Orr The Cars	53	October 3, 2000	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Pancreatic cancer^[225]
Joachim Nielsen Jokke & Valentinerne	36	October 17, 2000	Oslo, Norway	Drug overdose^[226]
Little Mack Simmons	67	October 24, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Colorectal cancer^[227]
Bobby Sheen Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans	59	November 23, 2000	Los Angeles, California, USA	Pneumonia^[228]
Scott Smith Loverboy	45	November 30, 2000	San Francisco, USA	Drowning^[229]
Joe Nanini Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Wall of Voodoo	45	December 4, 2000	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	^[230]
Kirsty MacColl	41	December 18, 2000	Cozumel, Mexico	Hit by powerboat^[231]
Rob Buck 10,000 Maniacs	42	December 19, 2000	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Liver disease^[232]
Pops Staples The Staple Singers	85	December 19, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Injuries from fall^[233]
Johnny Flamingo	66	December 24, 2000	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer and emphysema
Nick Massi The Four Seasons	73	December 24, 2000	West Orange, New Jersey, USA	Cancer^[234]
Milan Hlavsa Plastic People of the Universe	49	January 5, 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Lung cancer^[235]
James Carr	58	January 7, 2001	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer^[236]
Bryan Gregory	49	January 10, 2001	Anaheim, California, USA	Heart failure^[237]
Jack McDuff	74	January 23, 2001	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Heart failure^[238]
Debbie Dean	73	February 17, 2001	Ojai, California, USA	^[239]
John Fahey	61	February 22, 2001	Salem, Oregon, USA	Complications following coronary bypass surgery^[240]
Glenn Hughes Village People	50	March 4, 2001	Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA	Lung cancer^[241]
John Phillips	65	March 18, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure^[242]
Herbie Jones	74	March 19, 2001	New York City, USA	Complications from diabetes^[243]
Big Daddy Kinsey	74	April 3, 2001	Gary, Indiana, USA	Prostate cancer^[244]
Paul Peek	63	April 3, 2001	Lithonia, Georgia, USA	Cirrhosis^[245]
Charles Pettigrew Charles & Eddie	37	April 6, 2001	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Cancer^[246]
Van Stephenson Blackhawk	47	April 8, 2001	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Melanoma^[247]
Sandy Bull	60	April 11, 2001	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer^[248]
Joey Ramone The Ramones	49	April 15, 2001	New York City, New York, USA	Lymphoma^[249]
Al Hibbler	85	April 24, 2001	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Natural causes^[250]
Ernie Graham Eire Apparent, Help Yourself, Clancy	54	April 27, 2001	London, England
Boozoo Chavis	70	May 5, 2001	Austin, Texas, USA	Complications following a heart attack^[251]
James E. Myers Record producer for Bill Haley & His Comets	81	May 10, 2001	Bonita Springs, Florida, USA	^[252]
Perry Como	88	May 12, 2001	Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, USA	Alzheimer's disease.^[253]
Prince Ital Joe	38	May 16, 2001	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Traffic accident^[254]
Tony Ashton	55	May 28, 2001	London, England	Cancer^[255]
Carole Fredericks	49	June 7, 2001	Dakar, Senegal
Marcelo Fromer Titãs	39	June 13, 2001	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Traffic accident
Davorin Popović Indexi	54	June 18, 2001	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
John Lee Hooker	83-88	June 21, 2001	Los Altos, California, USA	Natural causes^[256]
Ernie K-Doe	68	July 5, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Kidney and liver failure^[257]
Fred Neil	65	July 7, 2001	Summerland Key, Florida, USA	Natural causes^[258]
Mimi Fariña	56	July 18, 2001	Mill Valley, California, USA	Neuroendocrine tumor^[259]
Judy Clay	62	July 19, 2001	Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA	Complications following traffic accident^[260]
Milt Gabler Record producer	90	July 20, 2001	Manhattan, New York, USA	^[261]
Richie Lee Acetone	34	July 23, 2001		Suicide
Leon Wilkeson Lynyrd Skynyrd	49	July 27, 2001	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA	Natural causes^[262]
Ronald Townson The 5th Dimension	68	August 2, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Renal failure^[263]
Maurice Oberstein	72	August 13, 2001	London, England	Heart attack^[264]
Betty Everett	61	August 19, 2001	South Beloit, Illinois, USA	^[265]
Aaliyah	22	August 25, 2001	Abaco Islands, Bahamas	Plane accident^[266]
Graeme Strachan	49	August 29, 2001	Mount Archer, Queensland, Australia	Helicopter accident^[267]
Ted Mulry	54	September 1, 2001	Sydney, Australia	Brain cancer^[268]
Carl Crack	30	September 6, 2001	Berlin, Germany	^[269]
Carolyn Beug Record producer for Walt Disney Records	48	September 11, 2001	North Tower, One World Trade Center, New York City, New York, USA	Plane accident^[270]
Kenny Greene	32	October 1, 2001	New York City, New York, USA	Complications from HIV/AIDS^[271]
Panama Francis	82	November 13, 2001	Orlando, Florida, USA	Stroke^[272]
Jack Rothstein The Wombles	75	November 16, 2001	London, England
Michael Karoli Can	53	November 17, 2001	Essen, Germany	Cancer^[273]
O.C. Smith	69	November 23, 2001	USA	Heart attack^[274]
Melanie Thornton La Bouche	34	November 24, 2001	Bassersdorf, Switzerland	Plane accident^[275]
George Harrison The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys	58	November 29, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Laryngeal cancer^[276]
Chuck Schuldiner Death, Control Denied	34	December 13, 2001		Glioma^[277]
Bianca Halstead Humble Gods	36	December 15. 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Traffic accident^[278]
Rufus Thomas	84	December 15, 2001	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure^[279]
Stuart Adamson The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels	43	December 16, 2001	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Suicide by hanging^[280]
Frankie Gaye Marvin Gaye's brother	60	December 30, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack^[281]
Zac Foley EMF	31	January 3, 2002	Camden, New Jersey, USA	Drug overdose^[282]
Jon Lee Feeder	33	January 7, 2002	Miami, Florida, USA	Suicide by hanging^[283]
David McWilliams	56	January 8, 2002	Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland	Heart attack
Hoagy Lands	65	January 12, 2002	Orange, New Jersey, USA	Complications following heart surgery
Peggy Lee	81	January 21, 2002	Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications of diabetes following a heart attack^[284]
Peter Bardens Camel	57	January 22, 2002	Malibu, California, USA	Lung cancer^[285]
Henry Cosby	73	January 22, 2002	Royal Oak, Michigan, USA	Complications following cardiac bypass surgery
Paul Baloff Exodus, Hirax, Heathen	41	February 2, 2002	Oakland, California, USA	Stroke^[286]
Dave Van Ronk	65	February 10, 2002	New York, New York, USA	^[287]
Waylon Jennings	64	February 13, 2002	Chandler, Arizona, USA	Complications from diabetes^[288]
Mick Tucker Sweet	54	February 14, 2002	Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England	Leukemia^[289]
Doreen Waddell Soul II Soul, The KLF	36	March 1, 2002	Shoreham, West Sussex, England	Traffic accident^[290]
Shirley Scott	67	March 10, 2002		Heart failure^[291]
Speedy Keen The Who, Thunderclap Newman	56	March 12, 2002	United Kingdom	Heart failure^[292]
Marc Moreland Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls	44	March 13, 2002	Paris, France	Renal failure^[293]
John Patton	66	March 19, 2002	Montclair, New Jersey, USA	Complications from diabetes^[294]
Joe Schermie Three Dog Night	56	March 25, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack^[295]
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe	51	March 26, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer^[296]
Randy Carr Social Distortion	45	March 27, 2002	Irvine, California, USA	Cushing's syndrome
Frank Tovey Fad Gadget	45	April 2, 2002	London, England	Heart attack^[297]
Layne Staley Alice in Chains, Mad Season	34	April 5, 2002	Seattle, Washington, USA	Drug overdose^[298]
Lisa Lopes TLC	30	April 25, 2002	La Ceiba, Honduras	Traffic accident^[299]
Otis Blackwell	71	May 6, 2002	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack^[300]
Little Johnny Taylor	59	May 17, 2002	Conway, Arkansas, USA	^[301]
Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones	50	June 5, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose^[302]
Robbin Crosby Ratt	42	June 6, 2002	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose^[303]
John Entwistle The Who	57	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Drug-induced heart attack^[304]
Russ Freeman	76	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Liver failure^[305]
Earle Brown	75	July 2, 2002	Rye, New York, USA	Cancer^[306]
Jim Cherry Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down	30	July 7, 2002	Simi Valley, California, USA	Heart failure^[307]
Rosco Gordon	74	July 11, 2002	Rego Park, Queens, New York, USA	Heart attack^[308]
Barbara Randolph	60	July 15, 2002	South Africa	Cancer^[309]
Otis Leavill Record producer	65	July 17, 2002	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart attack^[310]
Dave Carter Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer	49	July 19, 2002	Hadley, Massachusetts, USA	Heart attack^[311]
Alan Lomax	87	July 19, 2002	Safety Harbor, Florida, USA	Pneumonia^[312]
Little Jimmy King	37	July 19, 2002	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack^[313]
Gus Dudgeon Record producer	59	July 21, 2002	M4 motorway, Berkshire, England	Traffic accident^[314]
Michael Houser Widespread Panic	57	August 2, 2002	Athens, Georgia, USA	Pancreatic cancer^[315]
Paul Samson Samson	49	August 9, 2002	Norwich, England	Cancer
Michael Houser Widespread Panic	40	August 10, 2002	Athens, Georgia, USA
Dave Williams Drowning Pool	30	August 14, 2002	Manassas, Virginia, USA	Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy^[316]
Lionel Hampton	94	August 31, 2002	New York City, New York, USA	Congestive heart failure^[317]
Erma Franklin	64	September 17, 2002	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Laryngeal cancer^[318]
Darryl DeLoach Iron Butterfly	55	October 3, 2002	USA	Hepatocellular carcinoma^[319]
Tom Dowd Audio engineer & record producer	77	October 27, 2002	Aventura, Florida, USA	Emphysema^[320]
Baby Lloyd Stallworth The Famous Flames	61	October 27, 2002		Complications from diabetes^[321]
Jam Master Jay Run-DMC	37	October 30, 2002	New York City, New York, USA	Murder by gunshot^[322]
Lonnie Donegan	71	November 2, 2002	Peterborough, England	Heart attack^[323]
Billy Guy The Coasters	66	November 5, 2002	Clark County, Nevada, USA	Cardiovascular disease^[324]
Dave "Snaker" Ray	59	November 28, 2002	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Lung cancer^[325]
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	Heart attack^[326]
Joe Strummer The Clash, The Mescaleros	50	December 22, 2002	Broomfield, Somerset, England	Congenital heart defect^[327]
Kevin MacMichael Cutting Crew	51	December 31, 2002	Halifax, Nova Scotia, USA	Lung cancer^[328]
Mickey Finn T. Rex	55	January 11, 2003	Croydon, Surrey, England	Alcohol-related liver problems^[329]
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees	53	January 12, 2003	Miami Beach, Florida, USA	Complications of a volvulus^[330]
Nell Carter	54	January 23, 2003	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Arteriosclerotic heart disease complicated by diabetes^[331]
Vincent "Randy" Chin Record producer and record company owner	65	February 2, 2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	Diabetes^[332]
Ty Longley Great White	31	February 20, 2003	West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA	The Station nightclub fire^[333]
Tom Glazer	88	February 21, 2003	Rochester, New York, USA	^[334]
Howie Epstein Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	47	February 23, 2003	Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Complications due to drug abuse^[335]
Hank Ballard The Midnighters	75	March 2, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Throat cancer^[336]
Adam Faith	62	March 8, 2003	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England	Heart attack^[337]
Ian Samwell The Shadows	66	March 13, 2003	Sacramento, California, USA	Heart ailment^[338]
Teemu Raimoranta Finntroll, Thy Serpent, Barathrum, Impaled Nazarene	25	March 16, 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Fall from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki while intoxicated^[339]
Edwin Starr	61	April 2, 2003	Bramcote, Nottingham, England	Heart attack^[340]
Homer Banks	61	April 3, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Cancer^[341]
Little Eva	59	April 10, 2003	Kinston, North Carolina, USA	Cervical cancer^[342]
Earl King	69	April 17, 2003	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Diabetes-related complications^[343]
Noel Redding The Jimi Hendrix Experience	57	May 11, 2003	County Cork, Republic of Ireland	Shock haemorrhage due to esophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis^[344]
Jeremy Michael Ward The Mars Volta	27	May 25, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Drug overdose^[345]
Mickie Most Record producer	64	May 30, 2003	Totteridge, London, England	Peritoneal mesothelioma^[346]
Dave Rowberry The Animals	63	June 6, 2003	Hackney, East London, England	^[347]
Skip Scarborough American arranger and record producer for L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire	58	July 3, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA
Barry White	58	July 4, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Renal failure^[348]
Skip Battin Skip & Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers	69	July 6, 2003	Salem, Oregon, USA	Complications from Alzheimer's disease^[349]
John Purdell Record producer and aaranger from Dream Theater, Kix, Heart and L.A. Guns	44	July 10, 2003	Quebec, Canada	Prostate cancer
Sam Phillips Businessman and record producer	80	July 30, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Respiratory failure^[350]
Erik Brann Iron Butterfly	52	July 31, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac arrest^[351]
Matt Davis the vidablue, Ten Grand, Afro-Punk (film)	26	August 10, 2003	Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, USA	Aneurysm^[352]
Ed Townsend	74	August 13, 2003	San Bernardino, California, USA	Heart attack^[353]
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis Fiasco	40	August 21, 2003	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Chronic myelogenous leukemia^[354]
Bruce Waibel FireHouse	45	September 2, 2003		Suicide
Warren Zevon	56	September 7, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Mesothelioma^[355]
Bob Markley The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band	68	September 9, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	^[356]
Johnny Cash	71	September 12, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications from diabetes^[357]
Chubby Newsom	83	September 13, 2003	Merriam, Kansas, USA	^[358]
Sheb Wooley	82	September 16, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Leukaemia^[359]
Matthew Jay	24	September 25, 2003	London, England	Fall from apartment block^[360]
Shawn Lane Black Oak Arkansas	40	September 26, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Severe lung complications^[361]
Robert Palmer The Power Station	54	September 27, 2003	Paris, France	Heart attack^[362]
Paul Burlison The Rock and Roll Trio	74	September 27, 2003	Horn Lake, Mississippi, USA	Cancer^[363]
John Brim	81	October 1, 2003	Gary, Indiana, USA	Heart cancer^[364]
John David Kimball Omen	45	October 3, 2003		Cancer
Robbie King Hometown Band	56	October 17, 2003	British Columbia, Canada	Cancer^[365]
Elliott Smith Heatmiser	34	October 21, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stabbing caused by suicide or murder^[366]
Steve O'Rourke Manager from Pink Floyd	63	October 30, 2003	Miami, Florida, USA	Stroke^[367]
Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers	63	November 4, 2003	Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Drug-induced heart attack^[368]
Tony Thompson The Power Station, Chic	48	November 12, 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Renal cell carcinoma^[369]
Arthur Conley	57	November 17, 2003	Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands	Colorectal cancer^[370]
Michael Kamen New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, orchestrator for Pink Floyd, Rush	55	November 18, 2003	London, England	Heart attack^[371]
Greg Ridley Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie	56	November 19, 2003	Alicante, Spain	Pneumonia^[372]
Gary Stewart	59	December 16, 2003	Fort Pierce, Florida, USA	Suicide by gunshot^[373]
Randy VanWarmer	48	January 12, 2004	Seattle, Washington, USA	Leukemia^[374]
Terje Bakken Windir	25	January 14, 2004	Reppastølen, Sogndal, Norway	Hypothermia^[375]
John Siomos	56	January 16, 2004	Brooklyn, New York, USA	^[376]
Mel Pritchard Barclay James Harvest	56	January 28, 2004	Greenfield, Greater Manchester, England	Heart attack^[377]
Doris Troy	67	February 16, 2004	Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, USA	Emphysema^[378]
J.J. Malone	68	February 20, 2004	Hawaii, USA	Cancer^[379]
Les Gray Mud	57	February 21, 2004	Algarve, Portugal	Heart attack following esophageal cancer^[380]
Carl Anderson	58	February 23, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia^[381]
Bob Mayo	53	February 23, 2004	Basel, Switzerland	Heart attack^[382]
Estelle Axton Co-founder of Stax Records	85	February 25, 2004		^[383]
John McGeoch Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, Visage, The Armoury Show	48	March 4, 2004	Cornwall, England	^[384]
Rust Epique Crazy Town	36	March 9, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart attack^[385]
Dave Schulthise The Dead Milkmen	47	March 10, 2004	North Salem, New York, USA	Suicide by drug overdose^[386]
Edmund Sylvers The Sylvers	47	March 11, 2004	Richmond, Virginia, USA	Lung cancer^[387]
Johnny Bristol	65	March 21, 2004	Brighton Township, Michigan, USA	Natural causes^[388]
Jan Berry Jan & Dean	62	March 26, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications from a seizure^[389]
Paul Atkinson The Zombies	58	April 1, 2004	Santa Monica, California, USA	Liver and kidney disease^[390]
Niki Sullivan Buddy Holly & The Crickets	66	April 6, 2004	Sugar Creek, Missouri, USA	Heart attack^[391]
Coxsone Dodd Record producer	72	May 4, 2004	Kingston, Jamaica	Heart attack^[392]
Barney Kessel	80	May 6, 2004	San Diego, USA	Brain tumor^[393]
John Whitehead McFadden & Whitehead	55	May 11, 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Murder by gunshot^[394]
Clint Warwick The Moody Blues	63	May 15, 2004	Birmingham, England	Hepatitis^[395]
Elvin Jones	76	May 18, 2004	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Heart failure^[396]
Gatemouth Moore	90	May 19, 2004	Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA	^[397]
Robert Quine	61	May 31, 2004	New York, USA	Suicude by drug overdose^[398]
Quorthon Bathory	38	June 7, 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Heart failure^[399]
Bill Lowery Record producer and music entrepreneur	79	June 8, 2004	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Cancer^[400]
Ray Charles	73	June 10, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Complications of acute liver disease^[401]
Graeme Kelling Deacon Blue	47	June 10, 2004		Pancreatic cancer^[402]
Syreeta Wright	57	July 6, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Congestive heart failure^[403]
Arthur Kane New York Dolls	55	July 13, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia^[404]
Hunter Hancock American disc jockey	88	August 4, 2004	Claremont, California, USA	Natural Causes
Rick James	56	August 6, 2004	Burbank, California, USA	Pulmonary failure and cardiac failure^[405]
Jak Airport Classix Nouveaux, X-Ray Spex	49	August 13, 2004		Cancer^[406]
Noble "Thin Man" Watts	78	August 24, 2004		Pneumonia and emphysema^[407]
Laura Branigan	52	August 26, 2004	East Quogue, New York, USA	Cerebral aneurysm^[408]
Carl Wayne The Move	61	August 31, 2004	Birmingham, England	Esophageal cancer^[409]
Raful Neal	68	September 1, 2004	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Cancer^[410]
Wildman Steve Comic entertainer, radio personality, promoter, MC and rock artist	78	September 1, 2004	Miami, Florida, USA	^[411]
Jimmy Lewis The Drifters	66	September 11, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	^[412]
Johnny Ramone The Ramones	55	September 15, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer^[413]
Izora Armstead The Weather Girls	62	September 16, 2004	USA
Louis Satterfield Earth, Wind & Fire	67	September 27, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, USA	^[414]
Bruce Palmer Buffalo Springfield	58	October 1, 2004	Belleville, Ontario, Canada	Heart attack^[415]
Dave Gobin Record producer and co-founder of Soul City Records	68	October 15, 2004	Rotherham, England
Greg Shaw Fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner, manager for Flamin' Groovies	55	October 19, 2004	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure^[416]
C. P. Spencer The Originals	66	October 20, 2004		Heart attack^[417]
John Peel English DJ	65	October 25, 2004	Cuzco, Peru	Heart attack^[418]
Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack, Grand Funk Railroad	61	November 1, 2004	Temple, Texas, USA	Murder by stabbing^[419]
Lenny Mayes The Dramatics	53	November 7, 2004	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Terry Melcher Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords	62	November 19, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, USA	Melanoma^[420]
Nadine Renee Planet Soul	32	December 2, 2004	Miami, Florida, USA	Complications following childbirth^[421]
Dimebag Darrell Pantera, Damageplan	38	December 8, 2004	Columbus, Ohio, USA	Murder by gunshot^[422]
Freddie Perren Record producer and arranger from The Jackson 5, The Sylvers and Peaches & Herb	61	December 16, 2004	Chatsworth, California, USA	Complications following a stroke^[423]
Dick Heckstall-Smith Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation	70	December 17, 2004	London, England	Acute liver failure^[424]
Son Seals	62	December 20, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Complications of diabetes^[425]
Spencer Dryden Jefferson Airplane	66	January 11, 2005	Penngrove, California, USA	Colon cancer^[426]
Jimmy Griffin Bread	61	January 11, 2005	Franklin, Tennessee, USA	Complications due to cancer^[427]
Marko Busch Dritte Wahl	35	January 17, 2005	Germany	Stomach cancer
Ray Peterson	65	January 25, 2005	Smyrna, Tennessee, USA	Cancer^[428]
Jim Capaldi Traffic	60	January 28, 2005	Westminster, London, England	Stomach cancer^[429]
Eric Griffiths The Quarrymen	64	January 29, 2005	Edinburgh, Scotland	Pancreatic cancer^[430]
Keith Knudsen The Doobie Brothers	56	February 8, 2005	Kentfield, California, USA	Pneumonia^[431]
Tyrone Davis	66	February 9, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Stroke^[429]
Edward Patten Gladys Knight & the Pips	65	February 25, 2005	Livonia, Michigan, USA	Stroke caused by diabetes^[432]
Danny Joe Brown The Danny Joe Brown Band	53	March 10, 2005	Davie, Florida, USA	Renal failure^[429]
Jackie Neal	37	March 10, 2005	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Murder by gunshot^[429]
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^[433]
Paul Hester Crowded House, Split Enz	46	March 26, 2005	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Suicide by hanging^[434]
Derrick Plourde Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, Rich Kids on LSD	33	March 30, 2005		Suicide by gunshot^[435]
Billy "Bass Wolf" Guitar Wolf	38	March 31, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Heart attack
Grant Kitchings The Ravens, The Drifters	66	April 5, 2005		Diabetes^[436]
John Fred John Fred and His Playboy Band	63	April 14, 2005	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Stan Levey	79	April 19, 2005	Van Nuys, California, USA	Bone cancer^[437]
Bryan Ottoson American Head Charge	27	April 19, 2005	USA	Drug overdose
Hasil Adkins	67	April 26, 2005	Boone County, West Virginia, USA
Jim Pash The Surfaris	56	April 29, 2005		Congestive heart failure^[438]
Johnnie Stewart Television producer and music program from Top of the Pops	87	April 29, 2005	East Dereham, Norfolk, England	^[439]
Pierre Moerlen Gong	52	May 3, 2005	Strasbourg, France	Natural causes^[440]
David Wayne Metal Church, Reverend	47	May 10, 2005	Tacoma, Washington, USA	Traffic accident^[441]
Domenic Troiano The James Gang, The Guess Who	59	May 25, 2005	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Prostate cancer
Karl Mueller Soul Asylum	41	June 17, 2005	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Throat cancer^[429]
Renaldo Benson The Four Tops	69	July 1, 2005	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Lung cancer^[442]
Luther Vandross Change	54	July 1, 2005	Edison, New Jersey, USA	Heart attack^[443]
Ray Davis Parliament, Funkadelic	65	July 5, 2005	New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA	Respiratory problems^[444]
Shirley Goodman Shirley and Company	69	July 5, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke^[445]
Keith Alexander Carnivore	41	July 11, 2005	Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, USA	Traffic accident^[446]
Michael Dahlquist Silkworm	39	July 14, 2005	Skokie, Illinois, USA	Vehicular reckless homicide^[447]
Long John Baldry Blues Incorporated	64	July 21, 2005	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Severe chest infection^[448]
Eugene Record The Chi-Lites	64	July 22, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cancer^[449]
Dom Um Romão	79	July 27, 2005	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lucky Thompson	81	July 30, 2005	Seattle, Washington, USA	Alzheimer's disease^[450]
Little Milton	70	August 4, 2005	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Stroke^[451]
Carlo Little The Rolling Stones	65	August 6, 2005	Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England	Lung cancer^[452]
Detroit Junior	73	August 9, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart failure^[453]
John Loder Sound engineer, record producer, founder of Southern Studios	59	August 12, 2005	London, England	Brain tumor^[454]
Francine Hurd Barker Peaches & Herb	58	August 13, 2005
Krzysztof Raczkowski Vader	34	August 20, 2005	Olsztyn, Poland, USA	Heart failure^[455]
Robert Moog Moog Synthesizer	71	August 21, 2005	Asheville, North Carolina, USA	Brain cancer^[456]
Harold Kalin Kalin Twins	71	August 24, 2005		Traffic accident
Barry Cowsill The Cowsills	50	August 29, 2005	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drowning^[457]
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	81	September 10, 2005	Orange, Texas. USA	Lung cancer^[458]
Frank Fields	91	September 18, 2005	Zachary, Louisiana, USA
Willie Hutch	60	September 19, 2005	Dallas, Texas, USA	Natural causes^[459]
Paul Pena	55	October 1, 2005	San Francisco, California, USA	Diabetes and pancreatitis^[460]
Hamilton Camp	70	October 2, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac tamponade and dissecting aortic hemorrhage^[461]
Mike Gibbins Badfinger	56	October 4, 2005	Oviedo, Florida, USA	Brain aneurysm^[462]
Shirley Ellis	76	October 5, 2005	Bronx, New York City, USA
Paul "Wine" Jones	59	October 9, 2005	Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Cancer^[463]
Nick Hawkins Big Audio Dynamite	40	October 10, 2005	Laa Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart attack^[464]
Baker Knight	72	October 12, 2005	Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Natural causes^[465]
David Townsend The Isley Brothers, Surface, Sunrize	50	October 28, 2005	Northridge, California, USA	Drug overdose^[466]
John Holohan Bayside	31	October 31, 2005	Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA	Traffic accident
Milt Holland	88	November 4, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	^[467]
Link Wray	76	November 5, 2005	Copenhagen, Denmark	Heart failure^[468]
Chris Whitley	45	November 20, 2005	Houston, Texas, USA	Lung cancer^[469]
Jay Owens	58	November 26, 2005	Orlando, Florida, USA	Complications of diabetes^[470]
Joe Jones	79	November 27, 2005	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications following quadruple bypass surgery^[471]
Tony Meehan The Shadows	62	November 28, 2005	Paddington, London, England	Head injuries following a fall^[472]
Mike Botts Bread	61	December 9, 2005	Burbank, California, USA	Colon cancer^[473]
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	Murder during home robbery^[474]
Alex St. Clair Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	64	January 5, 2006	Lancaster, California, USA	Heart attack^[475]
Lou Rawls	72	January 6, 2006	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer^[476]
Dave Lepard Crashdïet	25	January 13, 2006	Uppsala, Sweden	Suicide by hanging^[477]
Wilson Pickett The Falcons	64	January 19, 2006	Reston, Virginia, USA	Heart attack^[478]
Gene McFadden McFadden & Whitehead	56	January 27, 2006	Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Liver and lung cancer^[479]
Jason Sears Rich Kids on LSD	38	January 31, 2006	Tijuana, Mexico	Pulmonary thrombosis.^[480]
Johnny Ross Baby Huey & the Babysitters	63	February 9, 2006	USA	Heart failure following appendicitis^[481]
Bill Cowsill The Cowsills, The Blue Shadows, Blue Northern	58	February 18, 2006	Calgary, Alberta, USA	Emphysema^[482]
Yuri Morozov	57	February 23, 2006	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Jack Wild	53	March 1, 2006	Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England	Oral cancer^[483]
Willie Kent	70	March 2, 2006	Englewood, Illinois, USA	Colon cancer^[484]
King Floyd	61	March 6, 2006		Complications of stroke and diabetes^[485]
Johnny Williams	99	March 6, 2006	Chicago, Illinois, USA	^[486]
Buck Owens Buck Owens and The Buckaroos	76	March 25, 2006	Bakersfield, California, USA	Heart attack^[487]
Nikki Sudden Swell Maps, The Jacobites	49	March 26, 2006	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack^[488]
Peter Wells Rose Tattoo	59	March 27, 2006	Sydney, Australia	Prostate cancer^[489]
Martin Gilks The Wonder Stuff	41	April 3, 2006	London, England	Traffic accident^[490]
Gene Pitney	66	April 5, 2006	Cardiff, Wales	Heart attack^[491]
Henry Lewy	79	April 8, 2006		Stroke and following heart surgery^[492]
June Pointer The Pointer Sisters	52	April 11, 2006	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cancer^[493]
Phil Walden Record producer and co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based on Capricorn Records	66	April 22, 2006		Cancer^[494]
Grant McLennan The Go-Betweens	48	May 6, 2006	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Heart attack^[495]
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. Heatwave	56	May 13, 2006	Dayton, Ohio, USA	Complications of paralysis^[496]
Freddie Garrity Freddie and the Dreamers	69	May 19, 2006	Bangor, Wales	Emphysema^[497]
Desmond Dekker	64	May 25, 2006	Thornton Heath, Croydon, England	Heart attack^[498]
Vince McAllister Pentagram	51	May 26, 2006		Cancer
Vince Welnick The Grateful Dead	55	June 2, 2006	Sonoma County, California, USA	Suicide by cutting his throat^[499]
Johnny Grande Bill Haley & His Comets	76	June 3, 2006	Clarksville, Tennessee, USA	Natural causes^[500]
Billy Preston	59	June 6, 2006	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	Respiratory failure^[501]
Freddie Gorman The Originals	67	June 13, 2006		Lung cancer^[502]
Duane Roland Molly Hatchet	52	June 19, 2006	St. Augustine, Florida, USA	Natural causes^[503]
Claydes Charles Smith Kool & the Gang	57	June 20, 2006	USA	^[504]
Back Alley John	51	June 22, 2006		Respiratory disease^[505]
Arif Mardin Music producer	74	June 25, 2006	New York City, New York, USA	Pancreatic cancer^[506]
Johnny Jenkins	67	June 26, 2006	Bibb County, Georgia, USA	Stroke^[507]
Joe Weaver	71	July 5, 2006	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Stroke^[508]
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd	60	July 7, 2006	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England	Pancreatic cancer^[509]
Milan Williams Commodores	58	July 9, 2006	USA	Cancer^[510]
Herbert Kalin Kalin Twins	72	July 21, 2006		Heart attack
Jessie Mae Hemphill	82	July 22, 2006	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Complications from an ulcer^[511]
Floyd Dixon	77	July 26, 2006	Orange County, USA	Kidney failure^[512]
Arthur Lee Love	61	August 3, 2006	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Leukemia^[513]
John Locke Nazareth, Spirit	62	August 4, 2006	Ojai, California, USA	Cancer^[514]
Barbara George	63	August 10, 2006	Chauvin, Louisiana, USA	^[515]
Jon Nödtveidt Dissection, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, The Black	31	August 13, 2006	Hässelby, Sweden	Suicide by gunshot.^[516]
Bruce Gary The Knack	55	August 22, 2006	Tarzana, California, USA	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma^[517]
Jesse Pintado Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Lock Up, Brujeria	37	August 27, 2006	Ridderkerk, Netherlands	Liver failure^[518]
Pip Pyle Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong	56	August 28, 2006	Paris, France	Natural causes^[519]
Jumpin' Gene Simmons	73	August 29, 2006	Tupelo, Mississippi, USA	^[520]
Boz Burrell Bad Company, King Crimson	60	September 21, 2006	Marbella, Spain	Heart attack^[521]
Etta Baker	93	September 23, 2006	Fairfax, Virginia, USA	^[522]
Henry Townsend	96	September 24, 2006	Mequon, Wisconsin, USA	^[523]
Prentiss Barnes The Moonglows	81	October 1, 2006	Magnolia, Mississippi, USA	Traffic accident^[524]
Larissa "Strickland" Stolarchuk L-Seven, Laughing Hyenas	46	October 9, 2006	North Port, Florida, USA	Drug overdose
Jared Anderson Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal	31	October 14, 2006	Covington, Kentucky, USA	^[525]
Snooky Pryor	85-87	October 18, 2006	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA	^[526]
Sandy West The Runaways	47	October 21, 2006	San Dimas, California, USA	Lung cancer^[527]
Stuart Edwards Edison Lighthouse	73	October 23, 2006	USA	Cancer
Gerald Levert LeVert	40	November 10, 2006	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Drug overdose^[528]
Annie Laurie	82	November 13, 2006	Titusville, Florida, USA
Ruth Brown	78	November 17, 2006	Henderson, Nevada, USA	Complications following heart attack and stroke^[529]
Tony Silvester The Main Ingredient	65	November 27, 2006		Multiple myeloma
Mariska Veres Shocking Blue	59	December 2, 2006	The Hague, Netherlands	Gall bladder cancer^[530]
Jay McShann	90	December 7, 2006	Kansas City, Missouri, USA	^[531]
Homesick James	96	December 13, 2006	Springfield, Missouri, USA	^[532]
Ahmet Ertegun Record producer, record label executive and co-founder of Atlantic Records	83	December 14, 2006	New York City, New York, USA	Injuries from an accidental fall^[533]
Denis Payton The Dave Clark Five	63	December 17, 2006	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	Cancer^[534]
James Brown The Famous Flames, The J.B.'s	73	December 25, 2006	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Congestive heart failure^[535]
Tad Jones	54	January 1, 2007		Fall
Sneaky Pete Kleinow The Flying Burrito Brothers	72	January 6, 2007	Petaluma, California, USA	Alzheimer's disease^[536]
Brent Liles Social Distortion, Agent Orange	43	January 18, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Traffic accident^[537]
Denny Doherty The Mamas & the Papas	66	January 19, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Kidney failure^[538]
Esmond Edwards Record producer, record engineering and co-founded of Prestige Records	79	January 20, 2007	Santa Barbara, California, USA
Crown Prince Waterford	90	February 1, 2007	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	^[539]
Billy Henderson The Spinners	67	February 2, 2007	Daytona Beach, Florida, USA	Diabetes^[540]
Joe Hunter The Funk Brothers	79	February 2, 2007	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Natural causes^[541]
Barbara McNair	72	February 4, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Throat cancer^[542]
Eldee Young Young-Holt Unlimited	71	February 12, 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Heart attack
John Lane Bill Haley & His Comets	76	February 18, 2007
Ian Wallace King Crimson	60	February 22, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Esophageal cancer^[543]
Donnie Brooks	71	February 23, 2007	USA	Heart attack
Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs	61	February 28, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Heart attack^[544]
Paul deLay	55	March 7, 2007	Portland, Oregon, USA	Leukaemia^[545]
Brad Delp Boston	55	March 9, 2007	Atkinson, New Hampshire, USA	Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning^[546]
Betty Hutton	86	March 11, 2007	Palm Springs, California, USA	Colon cancer^[547]
Luther Ingram	69	March 19, 2007	Belleville, Illinois, USA	Heart failure^[548]
Mark St. John Kiss	51	April 5, 2007	New York City, New York, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage^[549]
Dakota Staton	76	April 10, 2007	New York, USA	Stroke^[550]
Don Ho	76	April 14, 2007	Waikiki, Hawaii, USA	Congestive heart failure^[551]
San Fadyl The Ladybug Transistor	31	April 26, 2007	USA
Bobby Pickett The Crypt-Kickers	69	April 27, 2007	Los Angeles, California, USA	Leukemia^[552]
Zola Taylor The Platters	69	April 30, 2007	Riverside, California, USA	Pneumonia^[553]
Wolfgang Jäger Extrabreit	54	May 3, 2007	Hagen, Germany
Big Joe Duskin	86	May 6, 2007	Avondale, Ohio, USA	Diabetes^[554]
Carey Bell	70	May 6, 2007	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Heart failure^[555]
Carson Whitsett Record producer for The Imperial Show Band	62	May 8, 2007		Brain cancer^[556]
Izumi Sakai Zard	40	May 27, 2007	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan	Accidental fall
Tony Thompson Hi-Five	31	June 1, 2007	Waco, Texas, USA	Chlorodifluoromethane^[557]
John Pyke Ra Ra Riot	23	June 3, 2007
Freddie Scott	74	June 4, 2007	Jamaica, New York, USA	^[558]
Richard Bell The Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band	61	June 15, 2007	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Multiple myeloma^[559]
Hank Medress The Tokens	68	June 18, 2007	Manhattan, New York, USA	Lung cancer^[560]
Natasja Saad	33	June 24, 2007	Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica	Traffic accident^[561]
George McCorkle Marshall Tucker Band	59	June 29, 2007	Lebanon, Tennessee, USA	Cancer^[562]
Bill Pinkney The Drifters	81	July 4, 2007	Daytona Beach, Florida, USA	Heart attack^[563]
Kelly Johnson Girlschool	49	July 15, 2007	Clapham, London, England	Spinal cancer^[564]
Ron Miller	74	July 23, 2007	Santa Monica, California, USA	Cardiac arrest^[565]
Trevor Hudson Bottom of the Hudson	27	July 29, 2007	USA	Traffic accident
Clarence Tex Walker The Coasters	61	August 8, 2007	Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England	Heart attack^[566]
Jon Lucien	65	August 14, 2007	Orlando, Florida, USA	Respiratory failure^[567]
Hilly Kristal Founder of CBGB, manager for The Dead Boys	75	August 28, 2007	New York City, New York, USA	Lung cancer^[568]
Kip Anderson	69	August 29, 2007	Anderson, South Carolina, USA	^[569]
Hughie Thomasson Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd	55	September 9, 2007	Brooksville, Florida, USA	Heart attack^[570]
Willie Tee	63	September 11, 2007	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Colon cancer^[571]
Joe Zawinul Weather Report	75	September 11, 2007	Vienna, Austria	Skin cancer^[572]
Bobby Byrd The Famous Flames, The JB's	73	September 12, 2007	Loganville, Georgia, USA	Cancer^[573]
Patrick Bourque Emerson Drive	29	September 25, 2007
Jacqueline Breyer Psychic TV	38	October 9, 2007	USA
Backwards Sam Firk	64	October 11, 2007	Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA	Heart attack^[574]
Lucky Dube	43	October 18, 2007	Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa	Murder^[575]
Paul Fox The Ruts	56	October 21, 2007	United Kingdom	Lung cancer^[576]
Lance Hahn Cringer, J Church	40	October 21, 2007	Austin, Texas, USA	Nephropathy complications
Linda S. Stein American talent agent	62	October 30, 2007	Manhattan, New York, USA	Murder by blunt impact trauma to head and neck^[577]
John Petersen Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels	65	November 11, 2007		^[578]
Jim Ford	66	November 18, 2007	Fort Bragg, California, USA	^[579]
Kevin DuBrow Quiet Riot	52	November 19, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Drug overdose^[580]
Ernest "Doc" Paulin	100	November 25, 2007	Marrero, Louisiana, USA	^[581]
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	Drug overdose^[582]
Dan Fogelberg	56	December 16, 2007	Deer Isle, Maine, USA	Prostate cancer^[583]
Joe Ames Ames Brothers	86	December 22, 2007
Oscar Peterson	82	December 23, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Kidney failure^[584]
Joe Dolan	68	December 26, 2007	Dublin, Ireland	Intracerebral hemorrhage
Ken Nelson Record producer and manager from Capitol Records	96	January 6, 2008	Somis, California, USA	^[585]
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^[586]
Trevor Taylor Bad Boys Blue	50	January 19, 2008	Cologne, Germany	Heart attack^[587]
Francis Clay	84	January 21, 2008	San Francisco, California, USA	^[588]
Ben McMillan Gruntruck	46	January 26, 2008	USA	Diabetes
Scot Halpin The Who	54	February 9, 2008	Bloomington, Indiana, USA	^[589]
Yegor Letov Grazhdanskaya Oborona	43	February 19, 2008	Omsk, Russia	Heart failure^[590]
Buddy Miles	60	February 26, 2008	Austin, Texas, USA	Congestive heart failure^[591]
Mike Smith The Dave Clark Five	64	February 28, 2008	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England	Pneumonia^[592]
Mike Conley M.I.A.	49	February 28, 2008	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Head injuries from fall
Jeff Healey The Jeff Healey Band	41	March 2, 2008	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Retinoblastoma^[593]
Norman Smith Record producer and audio engineer	85	March 3, 2008	East Sussex, England	^[594]
Mikey Dread	53	March 15, 2008	Stamford, Connecticut, USA	Brain tumour^[595]
Klaus Dinger Kraftwerk, Neu!, La! Neu?	61	March 21, 2008		Heart failure^[596]
Sean Levert LeVert	39	March 30, 2008	Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Sarcoidosis^[597]
Larry Brown Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	63	April 6, 2008
George Butler Record producer	76	April 9, 2008	Castro Valley, California, USA	Alzheimer's disease^[598]
Ozzie Cadena Record producer for Savoy Records	83	April 9, 2008	Torrance, California, USA	Pneumonia and complications from a stroke^[599]
Sean Costello	28	April 15, 2008	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Drug overdose^[600]
Brian Davison The Nice	65	April 15, 2008	Bideford, Devon, England	^[601]
Danny Federici Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band	58	April 17, 2008	New York City, New York, USA	Melanoma^[602]
Al Wilson	68	April 21, 2008	Fontana, California, USA	Kidney failure^[603]
Bob Childers	61	April 22, 2008	Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA	Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease^[604]
Paul Davis	60	April 22, 2008	Meridian, Mississippi, USA	Heart attack^[605]
Micky Waller The Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group	66	May 8, 2008	London, England	Liver failure^[606]
John Rutsey Rush	55	May 11, 2008	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Diabetes^[607]
Michelle Meldrum Phantom Blue, Meldrum	39	May 21, 2008	Burbank, California, USA	Brain hemorrhage^[608]
Jimmy McGriff	72	May 24, 2008	Voorhees Township, New Jersey, USA	Multiple sclerosis^[609]
Jerry Cole	68	May 28, 2008	Corona, California, USA	Heart attack^[610]
Al Jones	62	June 1, 2008	UK	^[611]
Bo Diddley	79	June 2, 2008	Archer, Florida, USA	Heart failure^[612]
Lula Reed	82	June 21, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, USA	^[613]
Mel Galley Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena	60	July 1, 2008	Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, Staffordshire, England	Esophageal cancer^[614]
Jo Stafford	90	July 16, 2008	Century City, California, USA	Congestive heart failure^[615]
Isaac Hayes	65	August 10, 2008	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Complications due to stroke^[616]
Jerry Wexler Music journalist and record producer	91	August 15, 2008	Sarasota, Florida, USA	Congestive heart failure^[617]
Pervis Jackson The Spinners	70	August 18, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cancer^[618]
Little Arthur Duncan	74	August 20, 2008	Northlake, Illinois, USA	Complications after brain surgery^[619]
Jerry Finn Record producer	39	August 21, 2008	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cerebral hemorrhage^[620]
Richard Wright Pink Floyd	65	September 15, 2008	London, England	Lung cancer^[621]
Norman Whitfield Record producer for The Temptations and co-founder of Motown and Whitfield Records	68	September 16, 2008	Los Angeles, California, USA	Diabetes^[622]
Earl Palmer	83	September 19, 2008	Banning, California, USA	^[623]
Nappy Brown	78	September 20, 2008	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Natural causes^[624]
Cherry Smith The Wailers	65	September 24, 2008	Miami, Florida, USA	Heart attack^[625]
Nick Reynolds The Kingston Trio	75	October 1, 2008	San Diego, California, USA	Acute respiratory disease^[626]
Gidget Gein Marilyn Manson	39	October 8, 2008	Burbank, California, USA	Drug overdose^[627]
Alton Ellis	70	October 10, 2008	Hammersmith, London, England	Cancer^[628]
Cliff Nobles	67	October 12, 2008	Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA	^[629]
Frankie Kerr Teenage Head	51	October 15, 2008	Canada	Cancer
Levi Stubbs The Four Tops	72	October 17, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Natural causes^[630]
Dee Dee Warwick	66	October 18, 2008	Essex County, New Jersey, USA	^[631]
Virgil Gonsalves Pacific Gas & Electric	76	October 20, 2008
Merl Saunders Legion of Mary	74	October 24, 2008		Complications following stroke^[632]
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery	45	October 29, 2008		Heart attack^[633]
Frank Navetta Descendents	46	October 31, 2008		Diabetic coma^[634]
Jimmy Carl Black The Mothers of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart	70	November 1, 2008	Siegsdorf, Germany	Lung cancer^[635]
Nathaniel Mayer	64	November 1, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Stroke^[636]
Jody Reynolds The Storms	75	November 7, 2008	Palm Desert, California, USA	Liver cancer^[637]
Mitch Mitchell The Jimi Hendrix Experience	62	November 12, 2008	Portland, Oregon, USA	Natural causes^[638]
Munetaka Higuchi Loudness	49	November 30, 2008	Osaka, Japan	Hepatocellular carcinoma^[639]
Odetta	77	December 2, 2008	New York City, New York, USA	Heart disease^[640]
Chico Banks	46	December 3, 2008	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Faulty heart valve^[641]
Steve Isham Autograph	56	December 9, 2008	USA	Liver cancer
Dennis Yost Classics IV	65	December 9, 2008		Respiratory failure.^[642]
Sandeé Exposé	46	December 15, 2008	Hollywood, Florida, USA	Seizure^[643]
Feliciano Vierra Tavares Tavares	88	December 17, 2008	Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA	Prostate cancer^[644]
Robert Ward Ohio Players	70	December 25, 2008	Dry Branch, Georgia, USA	^[645]
Delaney Bramlett Delaney & Bonnie	69	December 27, 2008	Los Angeles, California, USA	Complications after gall bladder surgery^[646]
Ron Asheton The Stooges	60	January 6, 2009	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Heart attack^[647]
Lamya	35	January 8, 2009	Oman	Heart attack^[648]
Andy DeMize Nekromantix	25	January 11, 2009	Fullerton, California, USA	Traffic accident^[649]
Alejandro Sokol Las Pelotas	48	January 12, 2009	Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina	Respiratory insufficiency^[650]
David "Fathead" Newman	75	January 20, 2009	Kingston, New York, USA	Complications of pancreatic cancer^[651]
Billy Powell Lynyrd Skynyrd	56	January 28, 2009	Orange Park, Florida, USA	Heart attack^[652]
Hank Crawford	74	January 29, 2009	USA	^[653]
Dewey Martin Buffalo Springfield	68	January 31, 2009	Van Nuys, California, USA	Natural causes^[654]
Cornelius Johnson Ohio Players	71	February 1, 2009
Lux Interior The Cramps	62	February 4, 2009	Glendale, California, USA	Aortic dissection^[655]
Estelle Bennett The Ronettes	67	February 11, 2009	Englewood, New Jersey, USA	Colon cancer^[656]
Morris Broadnax	78	February 17, 2009		Congestive heart failure^[657]
Miika Tenkula Sentenced	34	February 18, 2009	Muhos, Finland	Heart attack^[658]
Snooks Eaglin	72	February 18, 2009	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Heart attack^[659]
Kelly Groucutt Electric Light Orchestra	63	February 19, 2009	Worcester, England	Heart attack^[660]
Randall Bewley Pylon	53	February 25, 2009	Athens, Georgia, USA	Heart attack^[661]
Jimmy Boyd	70	March 7, 2009	Santa Monica, California, USA	Cancer^[662]
Kent Henry Blues Image, Steppenwolf	60	March 18, 2009	Portland, Oregon, USA	Alzheimer's disease^[663]
Mel Brown	69	March 20, 2009	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Complications from emphysema^[664]
Uriel Jones The Funk Brothers	74	March 24, 2009	Dearborn, Michigan, USA	Heart attack^[665]
Dan Seals England Dan and John Ford Coley	61	March 25, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Mantle cell lymphoma^[666]
John Mayhew Genesis	61	March 26, 2009	Glasgow, Scotland	Heart condition^[667]
Nancy Overton The Chordettes	83	April 5, 2009	Blairstown, New Jersey, USA	Esophageal cancer^[668]
Tam Paton Bay City Rollers	70	April 8, 2009		Heart attack^[669]
Rocky Hill Dusty Hill's oldest brother and association of American Blues	62	April 10, 2009	Houston, Texas, USA	^[670]
Ron Stallings Huey Lewis and the News	62	April 13, 2009		Multiple myeloma
Betty Hall Jones	98	April 20, 2009	Torrance, California, USA	Natural causes^[671]
Ean Evans Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws	48	May 6, 2009	Columbus, Mississippi, USA	Lung cancer^[672]
Uli Trepte Guru Guru	68	May 21, 2009	Berlin, Germany	Cancer^[673]
Jay Bennett Wilco	45	May 24, 2009	Urbana, Illinois, USA	Accidental overdose^[674]
Koko Taylor	80	June 3, 2009	Kildeer, Illinois, USA	Complications from gastrointestinal bleeding^[675]
Bob Bogle The Ventures	75	June 14, 2009	Vancouver, Washington, USA	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma^[676]
Sky Saxon The Seeds	71	June 25, 2009	Austin, Texas, USA	Heart and kidney failure^[677]
Michael Jackson The Jackson 5	50	June 25, 2009	Los Angeles, California, USA	Cardiac arrest^[678]
Fayette Pinkney The Three Degrees	61	June 27, 2009	Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA	Respiratory failure^[679]
Allen Klein Record label executive and co-founder of ABKCO Records	77	July 4, 2009	New York City, New York, USA	Respiratory failure^[680]
Drake Levin Paul Revere & the Raiders	62	July 4, 2009	San Francisco, California, USA	Cancer^[681]
George William Fullerton	86	July 4, 2009	Fullerton, California, USA	^[682]
Midnight Crimson Glory	47	July 8, 2009	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA	Stomach aneurysm^[683]
Gordon Waller Peter and Gordon	64	July 17, 2009	Ledyard, Connecticut, USA	Cardiac arrest^[684]
Marcel Jacob Talisman	45	July 21, 2009	Kristineberg, Stockholm, Sweden	Suicide^[685]
Andy Parle Space	42	August 1, 2009	Liverpool, England	Fell crossing the road^[686]
Mbah Surip	52	August 4, 2009	Jakarta, Indonesia	Heart attack^[687]
Willy DeVille Mink DeVille	58	August 6, 2009	New York City, New York, USA	Pancreatic canccer^[688]
Mike Seeger	75	August 7, 2009	Lexington, Virginia, USA	Cancer^[689]
David Van De Pitte Record producer, arranger and co-founded of Motown Records	67	August 9, 2009	Southfield, Michigan, USA	Cancer^[690]
Rashied Ali	76	August 12, 2009	Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack^[691]
Les Paul	94	August 13, 2009	White Plains, New York, USA	Pneumonia^[692]
Larry Knechtel Bread	69	August 20, 2009	Yakima, Washington, USA	Heart attack^[693]
Johnny Carter The Flamingos, The Dells	75	August 21, 2009	Harvey, Illinois, USA	Lung cancer^[694]
Ellie Greenwich	68	August 26, 2009	New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack^[695]
Jake Drake-Brockman Echo & the Bunnymen	53	September 1, 2009	Isle of Man	Traffic accident^[696]
Guy Babylon	52	September 2, 2009	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack^[697]
Jim Carroll	60	September 11, 2009	Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA	Heart attack^[698]
Mary Travers Peter, Paul And Mary	72	September 16, 2009	Danbury, Connecticut, USA	Complications arising from bone marrow transplant^[699]
Sam Carr The Jelly Roll Kings	83	September 21, 2009	Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA	Congestive heart failure^[700]
Greg Ladanyi Record producer	57	September 29, 2009	Nicosia, Cyprus	Fractured skull after fall^[701]
Mike Alexander Evile	32	October 5, 2009	Luleå, Sweden	Pulmonary embolism^[702]
Steve Ferguson NRBQ	60	October 7, 2009
Stephen Gately Boyzone	33	October 10, 2009	Majorca, Spain	Pulmonary edema^[703]
Dickie Peterson Blue Cheer	61	October 12, 2009	Erkelenz, Germany	Liver cancer^[704]
Brendan Mullen Music promoter, founder of Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque	60	October 12, 2009	Los Angeles, California, USA	Stroke^[705]
Al Martino	82	October 13, 2009	Springfield, Pennsylvania, USA	Heart attack
Sirone	69	October 21, 2009	USA	^[706]
Chris Bartley	62	October 26, 2009		Kidney failure^[707]
Luther Dixon Record producer for The Platters, The Shirelles, The Four Buddies	78	October 22, 2009	Jacksonville, Florida, USA	^[708]
Norton Buffalo The Steve Miller Band	58	October 30, 2009	Paradise, California, USA	Lung cancer^[709]
Jerry Fuchs !!!, Maserati	34	November 8, 2009	Brooklyn, New York, USA	Fall after elevator accident^[710]
Haydain Neale Jacksoul	39	November 22, 2009	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Lung cancer^[711]
Al Alberts The Four Aces	87	November 27, 2009	Arcadia, Florida, USA	Renal failure^[712]
Bob Keane	87	November 28, 2009	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA	Kidney failure^[713]
Eric Woolfson The Alan Parsons Project	64	December 2, 2009	London, England	Kidney cancer^[714]
Liam Clancy Makem and Clancy, The Clancy Brothers	74	December 4, 2009	Cork, Ireland	Pulmonary fibrosis^[715]
Jack Rose Pelt	38	December 5, 2009	Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA	Heart attack^[716]
James Gurley Big Brother and the Holding Company	69	December 20, 2009	Palm Desert, California, USA	Heart attack^[717]
Mick Cocks Rose Tattoo	54	December 22, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Liver cancer^[718]
Arnold S. Caplin Record producer, co-founder and owner of from Historical Records and Biograph Records	80	December 25, 2009	Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Vic Chesnutt	45	December 25, 2009	Athens, Georgia, USA	Suicide by drug overdose related to permanent quadriplegia^[719]
Tony Bellamy Redbone	63	December 25, 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Liver failure^[720]
The Rev Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends	28	December 28, 2009	Huntington Beach, California, USA	Drug overdose^[721]
Rowland S. Howard The Birthday Party	50	December 30, 2009	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Hepatocellular carcinoma^[722]
Earl Gaines	74	December 31, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	^[723]

2010s

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