List of deaths in rock and roll (2000s)
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 in the 2000s. 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.
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
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Nat Adderley Cannonball Adderley's brother | 68 | January 2, 2000 | Lakeland, Florida, US | Complications from diabetes[1] |
Ida Goodson | 90 | January 5, 2000 | Pensacola, Florida, US | |
Wade Walton | 76 | January 10, 2000 | St. Louis, Missouri, US | [2] |
Richard "Dimples" Fields | 57 | January 12, 2000 | Novato, California, US | Stroke[3] |
Annie Palmen | 73 | January 15, 2000 | Beverwijk, Netherlands, US | |
Dub Jones The Coasters | 71 | January 16, 2000 | Long Beach, California, US | Diabetes[3] |
Doris Coley The Shirelles | 58 | February 4, 2000 | Sacramento, California, US | Breast cancer[4] |
Dave Peverett Foghat | 58 | February 7, 2000 | Orlando, Florida, US | Complications from renal cancer[5] |
Big Pun | 28 | February 7, 2000 | White Plains, New York, US | Heart attack[3] |
Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 70 | February 12, 2000 | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | Complications following surgery concerning aneurysm[6] |
Andy Lewis The Whitlams | 33 | February 12, 2000 | US | Suicide[7] |
Oliver | 54 | February 12, 2000 | Shreveport, Louisiana, US | Cancer[8] |
Dennis Danell Social Distortion | 38 | February 29, 2000 | Costa Mesa, California, US | Brain aneurysm[9] |
Ian Dury Ian Dury and the Blockheads | 57 | March 27, 2000 | Upminster, London, England | Liver cancer[10] |
Heinz Burt The Tornados | 57 | April 7, 2000 | Southampton, England | Motor neurone disease and stroke[11] |
Vicki Sue Robinson | 45 | April 27, 2000 | Wilton, Connecticut, US | Cancer[12] |
Bobbi Martin | 60 | May 2, 2000 | Baltimore, Maryland, US | Cancer |
Geoff Goddard | 62 | May 15, 2000 | Heart attack[13] | |
Johnnie Taylor | 66 | May 31, 2000 | Dallas, Texas, US | Heart attack[14] |
Clive Westlake | 67 | June 17, 2000 | Pegram, Tennessee, US | [15] |
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[16] |
Alan Caddy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates The Tornados | 60 | August 16, 2000 | Complications due to alcoholism[17] | |
Jack Nitzsche Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones | 63 | August 25, 2000 | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US | Cardiac arrest[18] |
Allen Woody The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule | 44 | August 26, 2000 | New York City, New York, US | Drug overdose[19] |
David Brown Santana | 53 | September 4, 2000 | Liver and kidney failure | |
Stanley Turrentine | 66 | September 12, 2000 | New York City, US | Stroke[20] |
Benjamin Orr The Cars | 53 | October 3, 2000 | Atlanta, Georgia, v | Pancreatic cancer[21] |
Joachim Nielsen Jokke & Valentinerne | 36 | October 17, 2000 | Oslo, Norway | Drug overdose[22] |
Little Mack Simmons | 67 | October 24, 2000 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Colorectal cancer[23] |
Bobby Sheen Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans | 59 | November 23, 2000 | Los Angeles, California, US | Pneumonia[24] |
Scott Smith Loverboy | 45 | November 30, 2000 | San Francisco, US | Drowning[25] |
Joe Nanini Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Wall of Voodoo | 45 | December 4, 2000 | Atlanta, Georgia, US | Brain Hemorrhage [26] |
Kirsty MacColl | 41 | December 18, 2000 | Cozumel, Mexico | Hit by powerboat[27] |
Rob Buck 10,000 Maniacs | 42 | December 19, 2000 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US | Liver disease[28] |
Pops Staples The Staple Singers | 85 | December 19, 2000 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Injuries from fall[29] |
Johnny Flamingo | 66 | December 24, 2000 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cancer and emphysema |
Nick Massi The Four Seasons | 73 | December 24, 2000 | West Orange, New Jersey, US | Cancer[30] |
Milan Hlavsa Plastic People of the Universe | 49 | January 5, 2001 | Prague, Czech Republic | Lung cancer[31] |
James Carr | 58 | January 7, 2001 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Lung cancer[32] |
Bryan Gregory | 49 | January 10, 2001 | Anaheim, California, US | Heart failure[33] |
Jack McDuff | 74 | January 23, 2001 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Heart failure[34] |
Debbie Dean | 73 | February 17, 2001 | Ojai, California, US | [35] |
John Fahey | 61 | February 22, 2001 | Salem, Oregon, US | Complications following coronary bypass surgery[36] |
Glenn Hughes Village People | 50 | March 4, 2001 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, US | Lung cancer[37] |
John Phillips The Mamas & the Papas | 65 | March 18, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, US | Heart failure[38] |
Herbie Jones | 74 | March 19, 2001 | New York City, US | Complications from diabetes[39] |
Big Daddy Kinsey | 74 | April 3, 2001 | Gary, Indiana, US | Prostate cancer[40] |
Paul Peek | 63 | April 3, 2001 | Lithonia, Georgia, US | Cirrhosis[41] |
Charles Pettigrew Charles & Eddie | 37 | April 6, 2001 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Cancer[42] |
Van Stephenson Blackhawk | 47 | April 8, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Melanoma[43] |
Sandy Bull | 60 | April 11, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Lung cancer[44] |
Joey Ramone The Ramones | 49 | April 15, 2001 | New York City, New York, US | Lymphoma[45] |
Al Hibbler | 85 | April 24, 2001 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Natural causes[46] |
Ernie Graham Eire Apparent, Help Yourself, Clancy | 54 | April 27, 2001 | London, England | Alcohol related illness[47] |
Boozoo Chavis | 70 | May 5, 2001 | Austin, Texas, US | Complications following a heart attack[48] |
James E. Myers Record producer for Bill Haley & His Comets | 81 | May 10, 2001 | Bonita Springs, Florida, US | [49] |
Perry Como | 88 | May 12, 2001 | Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, US | Alzheimer's disease.[50] |
Prince Ital Joe | 38 | May 16, 2001 | Phoenix, Arizona, US | Traffic accident[51] |
Tony Ashton | 55 | May 28, 2001 | London, England | Cancer[52] |
Carole Fredericks | 49 | June 7, 2001 | Dakar, Senegal | Apparent heart attack |
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 | Melanoma |
John Lee Hooker | 83-88 | June 21, 2001 | Los Altos, California, US | Natural causes[53] |
Chet Atkins | 77 | June 30, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Colon Cancer[54] |
Ernie K-Doe | 68 | July 5, 2001 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Kidney and liver failure[55] |
Fred Neil | 65 | July 7, 2001 | Summerland Key, Florida, US | Natural causes[56] |
Mimi Fariña | 56 | July 18, 2001 | Mill Valley, California, US | Neuroendocrine tumor[57] |
Judy Clay | 62 | July 19, 2001 | Fayetteville, North Carolina, US | Complications following traffic accident[58] |
Milt Gabler Record producer | 90 | July 20, 2001 | Manhattan, New York, US | [59] |
Richie Lee Acetone | 34 | July 23, 2001 | Suicide | |
Leon Wilkeson Lynyrd Skynyrd | 49 | July 27, 2001 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, US | Natural causes[60] |
Ronald Townson The 5th Dimension | 68 | August 2, 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Renal failure[61] |
Maurice Oberstein | 72 | August 13, 2001 | London, England | Heart attack[62] |
Betty Everett | 61 | August 19, 2001 | South Beloit, Illinois, US | [63] |
Aaliyah | 22 | August 25, 2001 | Abaco Islands, Bahamas | Plane accident[64] |
Graeme Strachan | 49 | August 29, 2001 | Mount Archer, Queensland, Australia | Helicopter accident[65] |
Ted Mulry | 54 | September 1, 2001 | Sydney, Australia | Brain cancer[66] |
Carl Crack | 30 | September 6, 2001 | Berlin, Germany | Heroin overdose[67] |
Carolyn Beug Record producer for Walt Disney Records | 48 | September 11, 2001 | North Tower, One World Trade Center, New York City, New York, US | American Airlines Flight 11 hijacking and crash[68] |
Kenny Greene Intro | 32 | October 1, 2001 | New York City, New York, US | Complications from HIV/AIDS[69] |
Panama Francis | 82 | November 13, 2001 | Orlando, Florida, US | Stroke[70] |
Jack Rothstein The Wombles | 75 | November 16, 2001 | London, England | |
Michael Karoli Can | 53 | November 17, 2001 | Essen, Germany | Cancer[71] |
O.C. Smith | 69 | November 23, 2001 | US | Heart attack[72] |
Melanie Thornton La Bouche | 34 | November 24, 2001 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | Plane accident[73] |
George Harrison The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys | 58 | November 29, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, US | Laryngeal cancer[74] |
Chuck Schuldiner Death, Control Denied | 34 | December 13, 2001 | Glioma[75] | |
Bianca Halstead Humble Gods | 36 | December 15. 2001 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Traffic accident[76] |
Rufus Thomas | 84 | December 15, 2001 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Heart failure[77] |
Stuart Adamson The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels | 43 | December 16, 2001 | Honolulu, Hawaii, US | Suicide by hanging[78] |
Frankie Gaye Marvin Gaye's brother | 60 | December 30, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, US | Heart attack[79] |
Zac Foley EMF | 31 | January 3, 2002 | Camden, New Jersey, US | Drug overdose[80] |
Jon Lee Feeder | 33 | January 7, 2002 | Miami, Florida, US | Suicide by hanging[81] |
David McWilliams | 56 | January 8, 2002 | Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | Heart attack |
Hoagy Lands | 65 | January 12, 2002 | Orange, New Jersey, US | Complications following heart surgery |
Peggy Lee | 81 | January 21, 2002 | Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, US | Complications of diabetes following a heart attack[82] |
Peter Bardens Camel | 57 | January 22, 2002 | Malibu, California, US | Lung cancer[83] |
Henry Cosby | 73 | January 22, 2002 | Royal Oak, Michigan, US | Complications following cardiac bypass surgery |
Paul Baloff Exodus, Hirax, Heathen | 41 | February 2, 2002 | Oakland, California, US | Stroke[84] |
Dave Van Ronk | 65 | February 10, 2002 | New York, New York, US | [85] |
Waylon Jennings | 64 | February 13, 2002 | Chandler, Arizona, US | Complications from diabetes[86] |
Mick Tucker Sweet | 54 | February 14, 2002 | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England | Leukemia[87] |
Doreen Waddell Soul II Soul, The KLF | 36 | March 1, 2002 | Shoreham, West Sussex, England | Traffic accident[88] |
Shirley Scott | 67 | March 10, 2002 | Heart failure[89] | |
Speedy Keen The Who, Thunderclap Newman | 56 | March 12, 2002 | United Kingdom | Heart failure[90] |
Marc Moreland Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls | 44 | March 13, 2002 | Paris, France | Renal failure[91] |
John Patton | 66 | March 19, 2002 | Montclair, New Jersey, US | Complications from diabetes[92] |
Joe Schermie Three Dog Night | 56 | March 26, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, US | Heart attack[93] |
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe | 51 | March 26, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cancer[94] |
Randy Carr Social Distortion | 45 | March 27, 2002 | Irvine, California, US | Cushing's syndrome |
Frank Tovey Fad Gadget | 45 | April 2, 2002 | London, England | Heart attack[95] |
Layne Staley Alice in Chains, Mad Season | 34 | April 5, 2002 | Seattle, Washington, US | Drug overdose[96] |
Lisa Lopes TLC | 30 | April 25, 2002 | La Ceiba, Honduras | Traffic accident[97] |
Otis Blackwell | 71 | May 6, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Heart attack |
Little Johnny Taylor | 59 | May 17, 2002 | Conway, Arkansas, US | [98] |
Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones | 50 | June 5, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, US | Drug overdose[99] |
Robbin Crosby Ratt | 42 | June 6, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, US | Drug overdose[100] |
John Entwistle The Who | 57 | June 27, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Drug-induced heart attack[101] |
Russ Freeman | 76 | June 27, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Liver failure[102] |
Earle Brown | 75 | July 2, 2002 | Rye, New York, US | Cancer[103] |
Jim Cherry Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down | 30 | July 7, 2002 | Simi Valley, California, US | Heart failure[104] |
Rosco Gordon | 74 | July 11, 2002 | Rego Park, Queens, New York, US | Heart attack[105] |
Barbara Randolph | 60 | July 15, 2002 | South Africa | Cancer |
Otis Leavill Record producer | 65 | July 17, 2002 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Heart attack[106] |
Dave Carter Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer | 49 | July 19, 2002 | Hadley, Massachusetts, US | Heart attack[107] |
Alan Lomax | 87 | July 19, 2002 | Safety Harbor, Florida, US | Pneumonia[108] |
Little Jimmy King | 37 | July 19, 2002 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Heart attack[109] |
Gus Dudgeon Record producer | 59 | July 21, 2002 | M4 motorway, Berkshire, England | Traffic accident[110] |
Paul Samson Samson | 49 | August 9, 2002 | Norwich, England | Cancer |
Michael Houser Widespread Panic | 40 | August 10, 2002 | Athens, Georgia, US | Pancreatic cancer |
Dave Williams Drowning Pool | 30 | August 14, 2002 | Manassas, Virginia, US | Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy[111] |
Lionel Hampton | 94 | August 31, 2002 | New York City, New York, US | Congestive heart failure[112] |
Erma Franklin | 64 | September 7, 2002 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Laryngeal cancer[113] |
Darryl DeLoach Iron Butterfly | 55 | October 3, 2002 | US | Hepatocellular carcinoma[114] |
Tom Dowd Audio engineer & record producer | 77 | October 27, 2002 | Aventura, Florida, US | Emphysema[115] |
Baby Lloyd Stallworth The Famous Flames | 61 | October 27, 2002 | Natural Causes[116] | |
Jam Master Jay Run-DMC | 37 | October 30, 2002 | New York City, New York, US | Murder by gunshot[117] |
Lonnie Donegan | 71 | November 2, 2002 | Peterborough, England | Heart attack[118] |
Billy Guy The Coasters | 66 | November 5, 2002 | Clark County, Nevada, US | Cardiovascular disease[119] |
Dave "Snaker" Ray | 59 | November 28, 2002 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Lung cancer[120] |
Denny Correll Blues Image | 56 | November 29, 2002 | ||
Ben Eberbaugh Black Lips | 22 | December 1, 2002 | Atlanta, Georgia, US | Traffic accident |
Zal Yanovsky The Lovin' Spoonful | 57 | December 13, 2002 | Kingston, Ontario, Canada | Heart attack[121] |
Joe Strummer The Clash, The Mescaleros | 50 | December 22, 2002 | Broomfield, Somerset, England | Congenital heart defect[122] |
Kevin MacMichael Cutting Crew | 51 | December 31, 2002 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, US | Lung cancer[123] |
Mickey Finn T. Rex | 55 | January 11, 2003 | Croydon, Surrey, England | Alcohol-related liver problems[124] |
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees | 53 | January 12, 2003 | Miami Beach, Florida, US | Complications of a volvulus[125] |
Nell Carter | 54 | January 23, 2003 | Beverly Hills, California, US | Arteriosclerotic heart disease complicated by diabetes[126] |
Vincent "Randy" Chin Record producer and record company owner | 65 | February 2, 2003 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US | Diabetes[127] |
Ty Longley Great White | 31 | February 20, 2003 | West Warwick, Rhode Island, US | The Station nightclub fire[128] |
Tom Glazer | 88 | February 21, 2003 | Rochester, New York, US | [129] |
Howie Epstein Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 47 | February 23, 2003 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, US | Complications due to drug abuse[130] |
Hank Ballard The Midnighters | 75 | March 2, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Throat cancer[131] |
Adam Faith | 62 | March 8, 2003 | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England | Heart attack[132] |
Ian Samwell The Shadows | 66 | March 13, 2003 | Sacramento, California, US | Heart ailment[133] |
Teemu Raimoranta Finntroll, Thy Serpent, Barathrum, Impaled Nazarene | 25 | March 16, 2003 | Helsinki, Finland | Fall from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki while intoxicated[134] |
Edwin Starr | 61 | April 2, 2003 | Bramcote, Nottingham, England | Heart attack[135] |
Homer Banks | 61 | April 3, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Cancer[136] |
Little Eva | 59 | April 10, 2003 | Kinston, North Carolina, US | Cervical cancer[137] |
Earl King | 69 | April 17, 2003 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Diabetes-related complications[138] |
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[139] |
Jeremy Ward The Mars Volta | 27 | May 25, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Drug overdose[140] |
Mickie Most Record producer | 64 | May 30, 2003 | Totteridge, London, England | Peritoneal mesothelioma[141] |
Dave Rowberry The Animals | 63 | June 6, 2003 | Hackney, East London, England | [142] |
Skip Scarborough American arranger and record producer for L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire | 58 | July 3, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | |
Barry White | 58 | July 4, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Renal failure[143] |
Skip Battin Skip & Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers | 69 | July 6, 2003 | Salem, Oregon, US | Complications from Alzheimer's disease[144] |
John Purdell Record producer and aaranger from Dream Theater, Kix, Heart and L.A. Guns | 44 | July 10, 2003 | Quebec, Canada | Prostate cancer |
Erik Brann Iron Butterfly | 52 | July 25, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cardiac arrest[145] |
Sam Phillips Businessman and record producer | 80 | July 30, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Respiratory failure[146] |
Matt Davis the vidablue, Ten Grand, Afro-Punk (film) | 26 | August 10, 2003 | Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, US | Aneurysm[147] |
Ed Townsend | 74 | August 13, 2003 | San Bernardino, California, v | Heart attack[148] |
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis Fiasco | 40 | August 21, 2003 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Chronic myelogenous leukemia[149] |
Bruce Waibel FireHouse | 45 | September 2, 2003 | Florida, US | Suicide |
Warren Zevon | 56 | September 7, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Mesothelioma[150] |
Bob Markley The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band | 68 | September 9, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | |
Johnny Cash | 71 | September 12, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Complications from diabetes[151] |
Chubby Newsom | 83 | September 13, 2003 | Merriam, Kansas, US | [152] |
Sheb Wooley | 82 | September 16, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Leukemia[153] |
Slim Dusty | 76 | September 19, 2003 | St Ives, New South Wales, Australia | Cancer[154] |
Matthew Jay | 24 | September 25, 2003 | London, England | Fall from apartment block[155] |
Shawn Lane Black Oak Arkansas | 40 | September 26, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Severe lung complications[156] |
Robert Palmer The Power Station | 54 | September 26, 2003 | Paris, France | Heart attack[157] |
Paul Burlison The Rock and Roll Trio | 74 | September 27, 2003 | Horn Lake, Mississippi, US | Cancer[158] |
John Brim | 81 | October 1, 2003 | Gary, Indiana, US | Heart cancer[159] |
John David Kimball Omen | 45 | October 3, 2003 | Cancer | |
Robbie King The Hometown Band | 56 | October 17, 2003 | British Columbia, Canada | Cancer[160] |
Elliott Smith Heatmiser | 34 | October 21, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Stabbing caused by suicide [161] |
Steve O'Rourke Manager from Pink Floyd | 63 | October 30, 2003 | Miami, Florida, US | Stroke[162] |
Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers | 63 | November 4, 2003 | Kalamazoo, Michigan, US | Drug-induced heart attack[163] |
Guy Speranza Riot | 47 | November 8, 2003 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
Tony Thompson The Power Station, Chic | 48 | November 12, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, US | Renal cell carcinoma[164] |
Arthur Conley | 57 | November 17, 2003 | Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands | Colorectal cancer[165] |
Michael Kamen New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, orchestrator for Pink Floyd, Rush | 55 | November 18, 2003 | London, England | Heart attack[166] |
Greg Ridley Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie | 56 | November 19, 2003 | Alicante, Spain | Pneumonia[167] |
Gary Stewart | 59 | December 16, 2003 | Fort Pierce, Florida, US | Suicide by gunshot[168] |
Randy VanWarmer | 48 | January 12, 2004 | Seattle, Washington, US | Leukemia[169] |
Terje Bakken Windir | 25 | January 14, 2004 | Reppastølen, Sogndal, Norway | Hypothermia[170] |
John Siomos | 56 | January 16, 2004 | Brooklyn, New York, US | |
Mel Pritchard Barclay James Harvest | 56 | January 28, 2004 | Greenfield, Greater Manchester, England | Heart attack[171] |
Doris Troy | 67 | February 16, 2004 | Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, US | Emphysema[172] |
J.J. Malone | 68 | February 20, 2004 | Hawaii, v | Cancer[173] |
Les Gray Mud | 57 | February 21, 2004 | Algarve, Portugal | Heart attack following esophageal cancer[174] |
Carl Anderson | 58 | February 23, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, v | Leukemia[175] |
Bob Mayo | 53 | February 23, 2004 | Basel, Switzerland | Heart attack[176] |
Estelle Axton Co-founder of Stax Records | 85 | February 25, 2004 | [177] | |
John McGeoch Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, Visage, The Armoury Show | 48 | March 4, 2004 | Cornwall, England | [178] |
Rust Epique Crazy Town | 36 | March 9, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Heart attack[179] |
Dave Schulthise The Dead Milkmen | 47 | March 10, 2004 | North Salem, New York, US | Suicide by drug overdose[180] |
Edmund Sylvers The Sylvers | 47 | March 11, 2004 | Richmond, Virginia, US | Lung cancer[181] |
Johnny Bristol | 65 | March 21, 2004 | Brighton Township, Michigan, US | Natural causes[182] |
Jan Berry Jan & Dean | 62 | March 26, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, v | Complications from a seizure[183] |
Paul Atkinson The Zombies | 58 | April 1, 2004 | Santa Monica, California, US | Liver and kidney disease[184] |
Niki Sullivan Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 66 | April 6, 2004 | Sugar Creek, Missouri, US | Heart attack[185] |
Coxsone Dodd Record producer | 72 | May 4, 2004 | Kingston, Jamaica | Heart attack[186] |
Barney Kessel | 80 | May 6, 2004 | San Diego, US | Brain tumor[187] |
John Whitehead McFadden & Whitehead | 55 | May 11, 2004 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Murder by gunshot[188] |
Clint Warwick The Moody Blues | 63 | May 15, 2004 | Birmingham, England | Hepatitis[189] |
Elvin Jones | 76 | May 18, 2004 | Englewood, New Jersey, US | Heart failure[190] |
Gatemouth Moore | 90 | May 19, 2004 | Yazoo City, Mississippi, US | [191] |
Robert Quine | 61 | May 31, 2004 | New York, US | Suicude by drug overdose[192] |
Quorthon Bathory | 38 | June 7, 2004 | Stockholm, Sweden | Heart failure[193] |
Bill Lowery Record producer and music entrepreneur | 79 | June 8, 2004 | Atlanta, Georgia, US | Cancer[194] |
Ray Charles | 73 | June 10, 2004 | Beverly Hills, California, US | Complications of acute liver disease[195] |
Graeme Kelling Deacon Blue | 47 | June 10, 2004 | Pancreatic cancer[196] | |
Syreeta Wright | 57 | July 6, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, US | Congestive heart failure[197] |
Arthur Kane New York Dolls | 55 | July 13, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, US | Leukemia[198] |
Hunter Hancock American disc jockey | 88 | August 4, 2004 | Claremont, California, US | Natural Causes |
Rick James | 56 | August 6, 2004 | Burbank, California, US | Pulmonary failure and cardiac failure[199] |
Jak Airport Classix Nouveaux, X-Ray Spex | 49 | August 13, 2004 | Cancer[200] | |
Noble "Thin Man" Watts | 78 | August 24, 2004 | Pneumonia and emphysema[201] | |
Laura Branigan | 52 | August 26, 2004 | East Quogue, New York, US | Cerebral aneurysm[202] |
Carl Wayne The Move | 61 | August 31, 2004 | Birmingham, England | Esophageal cancer[203] |
Raful Neal | 68 | September 1, 2004 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US | Cancer[204] |
Wildman Steve Comic entertainer, radio personality, promoter, MC and rock artist | 78 | September 1, 2004 | Miami, Florida, US | [205] |
Jimmy Lewis The Drifters | 66 | September 11, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, US | [206] |
Johnny Ramone The Ramones | 55 | September 15, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, US | Prostate cancer[207] |
Izora Armstead The Weather Girls | 62 | September 16, 2004 | US | |
Louis Satterfield Earth, Wind & Fire | 67 | September 27, 2004 | Chicago, Illinois, US | [208] |
Bruce Palmer Buffalo Springfield | 58 | October 1, 2004 | Belleville, Ontario, Canada | Heart attack[209] |
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, US | Heart failure[210] |
C. P. Spencer The Originals | 66 | October 20, 2004 | Heart attack[211] | |
John Peel English DJ | 65 | October 25, 2004 | Cuzco, Peru | Heart attack[212] |
Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack, Grand Funk Railroad | 61 | November 1, 2004 | Temple, Texas, US | Murder by stabbing[213] |
Lenny Mayes The Dramatics | 53 | November 7, 2004 | Southfield, Michigan, US | Heart attack |
Terry Melcher Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords | 62 | November 19, 2004 | Beverly Hills, California, US | Melanoma[214] |
Nadine Renee Planet Soul | 32 | December 2, 2004 | Miami, Florida, US | Complications following childbirth[215] |
Dimebag Darrell Pantera, Damageplan | 38 | December 8, 2004 | Columbus, Ohio, US | Murder by gunshot[216] |
Freddie Perren Record producer and arranger from The Jackson 5, The Sylvers and Peaches & Herb | 61 | December 16, 2004 | Chatsworth, California, US | Complications following a stroke[217] |
Dick Heckstall-Smith Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation | 70 | December 17, 2004 | London, England | Acute liver failure[218] |
Son Seals | 62 | December 20, 2004 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Complications of diabetes[219] |
Spencer Dryden Jefferson Airplane | 66 | January 11, 2005 | Penngrove, California, US | Colon cancer[220] |
Jimmy Griffin Bread | 61 | January 11, 2005 | Franklin, Tennessee, US | Complications due to cancer[221] |
Marko Busch Dritte Wahl | 35 | January 17, 2005 | Germany | Stomach cancer |
Ray Peterson | 65 | January 25, 2005 | Smyrna, Tennessee, US | Cancer[222] |
Jim Capaldi Traffic | 60 | January 28, 2005 | Westminster, London, England | Stomach cancer[223] |
Eric Griffiths The Quarrymen | 64 | January 29, 2005 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Pancreatic cancer[224] |
Keith Knudsen The Doobie Brothers | 56 | February 8, 2005 | Kentfield, California, US | Pneumonia[225] |
Tyrone Davis | 66 | February 9, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Stroke[223] |
Edward Patten Gladys Knight & the Pips | 65 | February 25, 2005 | Livonia, Michigan, US | Stroke caused by diabetes[226] |
George "Wild Child" Butler | 68 | March 1, 2005 | Windsor, Ontario, US | Pulmonary embolism |
Chris LeDoux | 57 | March 9, 2005 | Casper, Wyoming, US | Bile Duct Cancer [227] |
Danny Joe Brown The Danny Joe Brown Band, Molly Hatchet | 53 | March 10, 2005 | Davie, Florida, US | Renal failure[223] |
Jackie Neal | 37 | March 10, 2005 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US | Murder by gunshot[223][228] |
Lyn Collins | 56 | March 13, 2005 | Pasadena, California, US | Cardiac arrhythmia |
Jakson Spires Blackfoot | 53 | March 16, 2005 | Fort Pierce, Florida, US | Brain aneurysm |
Rod Price Foghat | 57 | March 22, 2005 | Wilton, New Hampshire, US | Heart attack[229] |
Paul Hester Crowded House, Split Enz | 46 | March 26, 2005 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Suicide by hanging[230] |
Derrick Plourde Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, Rich Kids on LSD | 33 | March 30, 2005 | Suicide by gunshot[231] | |
Billy "Bass Wolf" Guitar Wolf | 38 | March 31, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Heart attack |
Grant Kitchings The Ravens, The Drifters | 66 | April 5, 2005 | Diabetes[232] | |
John Fred John Fred and His Playboy Band | 63 | April 14, 2005 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | |
Stan Levey | 79 | April 19, 2005 | Van Nuys, California, US | Bone cancer[233] |
Bryan Ottoson American Head Charge | 27 | April 19, 2005 | US | Drug overdose |
Hasil Adkins | 67 | April 26, 2005 | Boone County, West Virginia, US | |
Jim Pash The Surfaris | 56 | April 29, 2005 | Congestive heart failure[234] | |
Johnnie Stewart Television producer and music program from Top of the Pops | 87 | April 29, 2005 | East Dereham, Norfolk, England | [235] |
Pierre Moerlen Gong | 52 | May 3, 2005 | Strasbourg, France | Natural causes[236] |
David Wayne Metal Church, Reverend | 47 | May 10, 2005 | Tacoma, Washington, v | Traffic accident[237] |
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, US | Throat cancer[223] |
Renaldo Benson The Four Tops | 69 | July 1, 2005 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Lung cancer[238] |
Luther Vandross Change | 54 | July 1, 2005 | Edison, New Jersey, US | Heart attack[239] |
Ray Davis Parliament, Funkadelic | 65 | July 5, 2005 | New Brunswick, New Jersey, US | Respiratory problems[240] |
Shirley Goodman Shirley and Company | 69 | July 5, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, US | Stroke[241] |
Keith Alexander Carnivore | 41 | July 11, 2005 | Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, v | Traffic accident[242] |
Michael Dahlquist Silkworm | 39 | July 14, 2005 | Skokie, Illinois, US | Vehicular reckless homicide[243] |
Long John Baldry Blues Incorporated | 64 | July 21, 2005 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Severe chest infection[244] |
Eugene Record The Chi-Lites | 64 | July 22, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Cancer[245] |
Dom Um Romão | 79 | July 27, 2005 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
Lucky Thompson | 81 | July 30, 2005 | Seattle, Washington, US | Alzheimer's disease[246] |
Little Milton | 70 | August 4, 2005 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Stroke[247] |
Carlo Little The Rolling Stones | 65 | August 6, 2005 | Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England | Lung cancer[248] |
Detroit Junior | 73 | August 9, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, v | Heart failure[249] |
John Loder Sound engineer, record producer, founder of Southern Studios | 59 | August 12, 2005 | London, England | Brain tumor[250] |
Francine Hurd Barker Peaches & Herb | 58 | August 13, 2005 | ||
Krzysztof Raczkowski Vader | 34 | August 20, 2005 | Olsztyn, Poland, US | Heart failure[251] |
Robert Moog Moog Synthesizer | 71 | August 21, 2005 | Asheville, North Carolina, US | Brain cancer[252] |
Harold Kalin Kalin Twins | 71 | August 24, 2005 | Traffic accident | |
Barry Cowsill The Cowsills | 50 | August 29, 2005 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Drowning[253] |
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | 81 | September 10, 2005 | Orange, Texas. US | Lung cancer[254] |
Frank Fields | 91 | September 18, 2005 | Zachary, Louisiana, US | |
Willie Hutch | 60 | September 19, 2005 | Dallas, Texas, US | Natural causes[255] |
Paul Pena | 55 | October 1, 2005 | San Francisco, California, US | Diabetes and pancreatitis[256] |
Hamilton Camp | 70 | October 2, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cardiac tamponade and dissecting aortic hemorrhage[257] |
Mike Gibbins Badfinger | 56 | October 4, 2005 | Oviedo, Florida, US | Brain aneurysm[258] |
Shirley Ellis | 76 | October 5, 2005 | Bronx, New York City, US | |
Paul "Wine" Jones | 59 | October 9, 2005 | Jackson, Mississippi, US | Cancer[259] |
Nick Hawkins Big Audio Dynamite | 40 | October 10, 2005 | Laa Vegas, Nevada, US | Heart attack[260] |
Baker Knight | 72 | October 12, 2005 | Birmingham, Alabama, US | Natural causes[261] |
David Townsend The Isley Brothers, Surface, Sunrize | 50 | October 28, 2005 | Northridge, California, US | Drug overdose[262] |
John Holohan Bayside | 31 | October 31, 2005 | Cheyenne, Wyoming, US | Traffic accident |
Milt Holland | 88 | November 4, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, USA | Alzheimer's disease and kidney failure[263] |
Link Wray | 76 | November 5, 2005 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Heart failure[264] |
Chris Whitley | 45 | November 20, 2005 | Houston, Texas, US | Lung cancer[265] |
Jay Owens | 58 | November 26, 2005 | Orlando, Florida, US | Complications of diabetes[266] |
Joe Jones | 79 | November 27, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, US | Complications following quadruple bypass surgery[267] |
Tony Meehan The Shadows | 62 | November 28, 2005 | Paddington, London, England | Head injuries following a fall[268] |
Mike Botts Bread | 61 | December 9, 2005 | Burbank, California, US | Colon cancer[269] |
Richard "Bomer" Manzullo Rich Kids on LSD | 38 | December 12, 2005 | Summerland, California, US | Heart failure |
Bryan Harvey House of Freaks, Gutterball | 49 | January 1, 2006 | Richmond, Virginia, US | Murder during home robbery[270] |
Alex St. Clair Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 64 | January 5, 2006 | Lancaster, California, US | Heart attack[271] |
Lou Rawls | 72 | January 6, 2006 | Los Angeles, California, US | Lung cancer[272] |
Dave Lepard Crashdïet | 25 | January 13, 2006 | Uppsala, Sweden | Suicide by hanging[273] |
Wilson Pickett The Falcons | 64 | January 19, 2006 | Reston, Virginia, US | Heart attack[274] |
Gene McFadden McFadden & Whitehead | 56 | January 27, 2006 | Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Liver and lung cancer[275] |
Jason Sears Rich Kids on LSD | 38 | January 31, 2006 | Tijuana, Mexico | Pulmonary thrombosis.[276] |
Johnny Ross Baby Huey & the Babysitters | 63 | February 9, 2006 | US | Heart failure following appendicitis[277] |
Bill Cowsill The Cowsills, The Blue Shadows, Blue Northern | 58 | February 18, 2006 | Calgary, Alberta, US | Emphysema[278] |
Yuri Morozov | 57 | February 23, 2006 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
Jack Wild | 53 | March 1, 2006 | Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England | Oral cancer[279] |
Willie Kent | 70 | March 2, 2006 | Englewood, Illinois, US | Colon cancer[280] |
King Floyd | 61 | March 6, 2006 | Complications of stroke and diabetes[281] | |
Johnny Williams | 99 | March 6, 2006 | Chicago, Illinois, US | [282] |
Buck Owens Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | 76 | March 25, 2006 | Bakersfield, California, US | Heart attack[283] |
Nikki Sudden Swell Maps | 49 | March 26, 2006 | New York City, New York, US | Heart attack[284] |
Peter Wells Rose Tattoo | 59 | March 27, 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Prostate cancer[285] |
Martin Gilks The Wonder Stuff | 41 | April 3, 2006 | London, England | Traffic accident[286] |
Gene Pitney | 66 | April 5, 2006 | Cardiff, Wales | Heart attack[287] |
Henry Lewy | 79 | April 8, 2006 | Stroke and following heart surgery[288] | |
June Pointer The Pointer Sisters | 52 | April 11, 2006 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cancer[289] |
Phil Walden Record producer and co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based on Capricorn Records | 66 | April 22, 2006 | Cancer[290] | |
Grant McLennan The Go-Betweens | 48 | May 6, 2006 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Heart attack[291] |
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. Heatwave | 56 | May 13, 2006 | Dayton, Ohio, US | Complications of paralysis[292] |
Freddie Garrity Freddie and the Dreamers | 69 | May 19, 2006 | Bangor, Wales | Emphysema[293] |
Desmond Dekker | 64 | May 25, 2006 | Thornton Heath, Croydon, England | Heart attack[294] |
Vince McAllister Pentagram | 51 | May 26, 2006 | Cancer | |
Vince Welnick The Grateful Dead | 55 | June 2, 2006 | Sonoma County, California, US | Suicide by cutting his throat[295] |
Johnny Grande Bill Haley & His Comets | 76 | June 3, 2006 | Clarksville, Tennessee, US | Natural causes[296] |
Billy Preston | 59 | June 6, 2006 | Scottsdale, Arizona, US | Respiratory failure[297] |
Freddie Gorman The Originals | 67 | June 13, 2006 | Lung cancer[298] | |
Duane Roland Molly Hatchet | 52 | June 19, 2006 | St. Augustine, Florida, US | Natural causes[299] |
Claydes Charles Smith Kool & the Gang | 57 | June 20, 2006 | US | [300] |
Back Alley John | 51 | June 22, 2006 | Respiratory disease[301] | |
Arif Mardin Music producer | 74 | June 25, 2006 | New York City, New York, US | Pancreatic cancer[302] |
Johnny Jenkins | 67 | June 26, 2006 | Bibb County, Georgia, US | Stroke[303] |
Joe Weaver | 71 | July 5, 2006 | Southfield, Michigan, US | Stroke[304] |
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd | 60 | July 7, 2006 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | Pancreatic cancer[305] |
Milan Williams Commodores | 58 | July 9, 2006 | US | Cancer[306] |
Herbert Kalin Kalin Twins | 72 | July 21, 2006 | Heart attack | |
Jessie Mae Hemphill | 82 | July 22, 2006 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Complications from an ulcer[307] |
Floyd Dixon | 77 | July 26, 2006 | Orange County, US | Kidney failure[308] |
Arthur Lee Love | 61 | August 3, 2006 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Leukemia[309] |
John Locke Nazareth, Spirit | 62 | August 4, 2006 | Ojai, California, US | Cancer[310] |
Barbara George | 63 | August 10, 2006 | Chauvin, Louisiana, US | [311] |
Jon Nödtveidt Dissection, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, The Black | 31 | August 13, 2006 | Hässelby, Sweden | Suicide by gunshot.[312] |
Bruce Gary The Knack | 55 | August 22, 2006 | Tarzana, California, US | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma[313] |
Jesse Pintado Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Lock Up, Brujeria | 37 | August 27, 2006 | Ridderkerk, Netherlands | Liver failure[314] |
Pip Pyle Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong | 56 | August 28, 2006 | Paris, France | Natural causes[315] |
Jumpin' Gene Simmons | 73 | August 29, 2006 | Tupelo, Mississippi, US | [316] |
Danny Flores The Champs | 77 | September 19, 2006 | Huntington Beach, California, US | [317] |
Boz Burrell Bad Company, King Crimson | 60 | September 21, 2006 | Marbella, Spain | Heart attack[318] |
Etta Baker | 93 | September 23, 2006 | Fairfax, Virginia, US | [319] |
Henry Townsend | 96 | September 24, 2006 | Mequon, Wisconsin, US | [320] |
Prentiss Barnes The Moonglows | 81 | October 1, 2006 | Magnolia, Mississippi, US | Traffic accident[321] |
Larissa "Strickland" Stolarchuk L-Seven, Laughing Hyenas | 46 | October 9, 2006 | North Port, Florida, US | Drug overdose |
Jared Anderson Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal | 31 | October 14, 2006 | Covington, Kentucky, US | [322] |
Snooky Pryor | 85-87 | October 18, 2006 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US | [323] |
Sandy West The Runaways | 47 | October 21, 2006 | San Dimas, California, US | Lung cancer[324] |
Stuart Edwards Edison Lighthouse | 73 | October 23, 2006 | US | Cancer |
Gerald Levert LeVert | 40 | November 10, 2006 | Cleveland, Ohio, US | Drug overdose[325] |
Annie Laurie | 82 | November 13, 2006 | Titusville, Florida, US | |
Ruth Brown | 78 | November 17, 2006 | Henderson, Nevada, US | Complications following heart attack and stroke[326] |
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[327] |
Jay McShann | 90 | December 7, 2006 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | [328] |
Homesick James | 96 | December 13, 2006 | Springfield, Missouri, US | [329] |
Ahmet Ertegun Record producer, record label executive and co-founder of Atlantic Records | 83 | December 14, 2006 | New York City, New York, US | Injuries from an accidental fall[330] |
Denis Payton The Dave Clark Five | 63 | December 17, 2006 | Bournemouth, Dorset, England | Cancer[331] |
James Brown The Famous Flames, The J.B.'s | 73 | December 25, 2006 | Atlanta, Georgia, US | Congestive heart failure[332] |
Tad Jones | 54 | January 1, 2007 | Fall | |
Sneaky Pete Kleinow The Flying Burrito Brothers | 72 | January 6, 2007 | Petaluma, California, US | Alzheimer's disease[333] |
Brent Liles Social Distortion, Agent Orange | 43 | January 18, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, US | Traffic accident[334] |
Denny Doherty The Mamas & the Papas | 66 | January 19, 2007 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Kidney failure[335] |
Esmond Edwards Record producer, record engineering and co-founded of Prestige Records | 79 | January 20, 2007 | Santa Barbara, California, US | |
Crown Prince Waterford | 90 | February 1, 2007 | Jacksonville, Florida, US | [336] |
Billy Henderson The Spinners | 67 | February 2, 2007 | Daytona Beach, Florida, US | Diabetes[337] |
Joe Hunter The Funk Brothers | 79 | February 2, 2007 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Natural causes[338] |
Barbara McNair | 72 | February 4, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, US | Throat cancer[339] |
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, US | Esophageal cancer[340] |
Donnie Brooks | 71 | February 23, 2007 | US | Heart attack |
Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs | 60 | February 28, 2007 | Sydney, Australia | Heart attack[341] |
Paul deLay | 55 | March 7, 2007 | Portland, Oregon, US | Leukaemia[342] |
Brad Delp Boston | 55 | March 9, 2007 | Atkinson, New Hampshire, US | Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning[343] |
Betty Hutton | 86 | March 11, 2007 | Palm Springs, California, US | Colon cancer[344] |
Luther Ingram | 69 | March 19, 2007 | Belleville, Illinois, US | Heart failure[345] |
Mark St. John Kiss | 51 | April 5, 2007 | New York City, New York, US | Cerebral hemorrhage[346] |
Dakota Staton | 76 | April 10, 2007 | New York, US | Stroke[347] |
Don Ho | 76 | April 14, 2007 | Waikiki, Hawaii, US | Congestive heart failure[348] |
San Fadyl The Ladybug Transistor | 31 | April 26, 2007 | US | |
Bobby Pickett The Crypt-Kickers | 69 | April 27, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, US | Leukemia[349] |
Zola Taylor The Platters | 69 | April 30, 2007 | Riverside, California, US | Pneumonia[350] |
Wolfgang Jäger Extrabreit | 54 | May 3, 2007 | Hagen, Germany | |
Big Joe Duskin | 86 | May 6, 2007 | Avondale, Ohio, US | Diabetes[351] |
Carey Bell | 70 | May 6, 2007 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Heart failure[352] |
Carson Whitsett Record producer for The Imperial Show Band | 62 | May 8, 2007 | Brain cancer[353] | |
Izumi Sakai Zard | 40 | May 27, 2007 | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | Accidental fall |
Tony Thompson Hi-Five | 31 | June 1, 2007 | Waco, Texas, US | Chlorodifluoromethane[354] |
John Pyke Ra Ra Riot | 23 | June 3, 2007 | ||
Freddie Scott | 74 | June 4, 2007 | Jamaica, New York, US | [355] |
Richard Bell The Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band | 61 | June 15, 2007 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Multiple myeloma[356] |
Hank Medress The Tokens | 68 | June 18, 2007 | Manhattan, New York, US |
Lung cancer[357] |
Natasja Saad | 33 | June 24, 2007 | Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica | Traffic accident[358] |
George McCorkle Marshall Tucker Band | 59 | June 29, 2007 | Lebanon, Tennessee, US | Cancer[359] |
Bill Pinkney The Drifters | 81 | July 4, 2007 | Daytona Beach, Florida, US | Heart attack[360] |
Kelly Johnson Girlschool | 49 | July 15, 2007 | Clapham, London, England | Spinal cancer[361] |
Ron Miller | 74 | July 23, 2007 | Santa Monica, California, US | Cardiac arrest[362] |
Trevor Hudson Bottom of the Hudson | 27 | July 29, 2007 | US | Traffic accident |
Clarence Tex Walker The Coasters | 61 | August 8, 2007 | Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England | Heart attack[363] |
Jon Lucien | 65 | August 14, 2007 | Orlando, Florida, US | Respiratory failure[364] |
Hilly Kristal Founder of CBGB, manager for The Dead Boys | 75 | August 28, 2007 | New York City, New York, US | Lung cancer[365] |
Kip Anderson | 69 | August 29, 2007 | Anderson, South Carolina, US | [366] |
Hughie Thomasson Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd | 55 | September 9, 2007 | Brooksville, Florida, US | Heart attack[367] |
Willie Tee | 63 | September 11, 2007 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Colon cancer[368] |
Joe Zawinul Weather Report | 75 | September 11, 2007 | Vienna, Austria | Skin cancer[369] |
Bobby Byrd The Famous Flames, The JB's | 73 | September 12, 2007 | Loganville, Georgia, US | Cancer[370] |
Pepsi Tate Tigertailz | 42 | September 18, 2007 | Penarth, Wales, England | Pancreatic cancer |
Patrick Bourque Emerson Drive | 29 | September 25, 2007 | ||
Jacqueline Breyer Psychic TV | 38 | October 9, 2007 | US | |
Backwards Sam Firk | 64 | October 11, 2007 | Mill Spring, North Carolina, US | Heart attack[371] |
Lucky Dube | 43 | October 18, 2007 | Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa | Murder[372] |
Paul Fox The Ruts | 56 | October 21, 2007 | United Kingdom | Lung cancer[373] |
Lance Hahn Cringer, J Church | 40 | October 21, 2007 | Austin, Texas, US | Nephropathy complications |
Linda S. Stein American talent agent | 62 | October 30, 2007 | Manhattan, New York, US | Murder by blunt impact trauma to head and neck[374] |
John Petersen Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels | 65 | November 11, 2007 | [375] | |
Jim Ford | 66 | November 18, 2007 | Fort Bragg, California, US | [376] |
Kevin DuBrow Quiet Riot | 52 | November 19, 2007 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Drug overdose[377] |
Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 100 | November 25, 2007 | Marrero, Louisiana, US | [378] |
Lynette Knackstedt Skankin' Pickle | 37 | December 7, 2007 | San Francisco, California, US | Drug overdose |
Ike Turner Kings of Rhythm Ike & Tina Turner | 76 | December 12, 2007 | San Marcos, California, US | Drug overdose[379] |
Dan Fogelberg | 56 | December 16, 2007 | Deer Isle, Maine, US | Prostate cancer[380] |
Joe Ames Ames Brothers | 86 | December 22, 2007 | ||
Oscar Peterson | 82 | December 23, 2007 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Kidney failure[381] |
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, US | [382] |
Dave Day The Monks | 66 | January 10, 2008 | Heart attack | |
John Stewart The Kingston Trio | 68 | January 19, 2008 | San Diego, California, US | Brain aneurysm[383] |
Trevor Taylor Bad Boys Blue | 50 | January 19, 2008 | Cologne, Germany | Heart attack[384] |
Francis Clay | 84 | January 21, 2008 | San Francisco, California, US | [385] |
Ben McMillan Gruntruck | 46 | January 26, 2008 | US | Diabetes |
Scot Halpin The Who | 54 | February 9, 2008 | Bloomington, Indiana, US | [386] |
Yegor Letov Grazhdanskaya Oborona | 43 | February 19, 2008 | Omsk, Russia | Heart failure[387] |
Buddy Miles | 60 | February 26, 2008 | Austin, Texas, US | Congestive heart failure[388] |
Mike Smith The Dave Clark Five | 64 | February 28, 2008 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England | Pneumonia[389] |
Mike Conley M.I.A. | 49 | February 28, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Head injuries from fall |
Jeff Healey The Jeff Healey Band | 41 | March 2, 2008 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Retinoblastoma[390] |
Norman Smith Record producer and audio engineer | 85 | March 3, 2008 | East Sussex, England | [391] |
Mikey Dread | 53 | March 15, 2008 | Stamford, Connecticut, US | Brain tumour[392] |
Klaus Dinger Kraftwerk, Neu!, La! Neu? | 61 | March 21, 2008 | Heart failure[393] | |
Sean Levert LeVert | 39 | March 30, 2008 | Cleveland, Ohio, US | Sarcoidosis[394] |
Larry Brown Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | 63 | April 6, 2008 | ||
George Butler Record producer | 76 | April 9, 2008 | Castro Valley, California, US | Alzheimer's disease[395] |
Ozzie Cadena Record producer for Savoy Records | 83 | April 9, 2008 | Torrance, California, US | Pneumonia and complications from a stroke[396] |
Sean Costello | 28 | April 15, 2008 | Atlanta, Georgia, US | Drug overdose[397] |
Brian Davison The Nice | 65 | April 15, 2008 | Bideford, Devon, England | [398] |
Danny Federici Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band | 58 | April 17, 2008 | New York City, New York, US | Melanoma[399] |
Al Wilson | 68 | April 21, 2008 | Fontana, California, US | Kidney failure[400] |
Bob Childers | 61 | April 22, 2008 | Stillwater, Oklahoma, US | Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[401] |
Paul Davis | 60 | April 22, 2008 | Meridian, Mississippi, US | Heart attack[402] |
Micky Waller The Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group | 66 | May 8, 2008 | London, England | Liver failure[403] |
John Rutsey Rush | 55 | May 11, 2008 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Diabetes[404] |
Michelle Meldrum Phantom Blue, Meldrum | 39 | May 21, 2008 | Burbank, California, US | Brain hemorrhage[405] |
Jimmy McGriff | 72 | May 24, 2008 | Voorhees Township, New Jersey, US | Multiple sclerosis[406] |
Jerry Cole | 68 | May 28, 2008 | Corona, California, US | Heart attack[407] |
Al Jones | 62 | June 1, 2008 | UK | [408] |
Bo Diddley | 79 | June 2, 2008 | Archer, Florida, US | Heart failure[409] |
Lula Reed | 82 | June 21, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, US | [410] |
Mel Galley Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena | 60 | July 1, 2008 | Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, Staffordshire, England | Esophageal cancer[411] |
Jo Stafford | 90 | July 16, 2008 | Century City, California, US | Congestive heart failure[412] |
Isaac Hayes | 65 | August 10, 2008 | Memphis, Tennessee, US | Complications due to stroke[413] |
Jerry Wexler Music journalist and record producer | 91 | August 15, 2008 | Sarasota, Florida, US | Congestive heart failure[414] |
Pervis Jackson The Spinners | 70 | August 18, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Cancer[415] |
Little Arthur Duncan | 74 | August 20, 2008 | Northlake, Illinois, US | Complications after brain surgery[416] |
Jerry Finn Record producer | 39 | August 21, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cerebral hemorrhage[417] |
Richard Wright Pink Floyd | 65 | September 15, 2008 | London, England | Lung cancer[418] |
Norman Whitfield Record producer for The Temptations and co-founder of Motown and Whitfield Records | 68 | September 16, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, US | Diabetes[419] |
Earl Palmer | 83 | September 19, 2008 | Banning, California, US | [420] |
Nappy Brown | 78 | September 20, 2008 | Charlotte, North Carolina, US | Natural causes[421] |
Cherry Smith The Wailers | 65 | September 24, 2008 | Miami, Florida, US | Heart attack[422] |
Nick Reynolds The Kingston Trio | 75 | October 1, 2008 | San Diego, California, US | Acute respiratory disease[423] |
Gidget Gein Marilyn Manson | 39 | October 8, 2008 | Burbank, California, US | Drug overdose[424] |
Alton Ellis | 70 | October 10, 2008 | Hammersmith, London, England | Cancer[425] |
Cliff Nobles | 67 | October 12, 2008 | Norristown, Pennsylvania, US | [426] |
Frankie Kerr Teenage Head | 51 | October 15, 2008 | Canada | Cancer |
Levi Stubbs The Four Tops | 72 | October 17, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Natural causes[427] |
Dee Dee Warwick | 66 | October 18, 2008 | Essex County, New Jersey, US | [428] |
Virgil Gonsalves Pacific Gas & Electric | 76 | October 20, 2008 | ||
Merl Saunders Legion of Mary | 74 | October 24, 2008 | Complications following stroke[429] | |
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery | 45 | October 29, 2008 | Heart attack[430] | |
Frank Navetta Descendents | 46 | October 31, 2008 | Diabetic coma[431] | |
Jimmy Carl Black The Mothers of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart | 70 | November 1, 2008 | Siegsdorf, Germany | Lung cancer[432] |
Nathaniel Mayer | 64 | November 1, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Stroke[433] |
Jody Reynolds The Storms | 75 | November 7, 2008 | Palm Desert, California, US | Liver cancer[434] |
Mitch Mitchell The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 62 | November 12, 2008 | Portland, Oregon, US | Natural causes[435] |
Munetaka Higuchi Loudness | 49 | November 30, 2008 | Osaka, Japan | Hepatocellular carcinoma[436] |
Odetta | 77 | December 2, 2008 | New York City, New York, US | Heart disease[437] |
Chico Banks | 46 | December 3, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois, US | Faulty heart valve[438] |
Steve Isham Autograph | 56 | December 9, 2008 | US | Liver cancer |
Dennis Yost Classics IV | 65 | December 9, 2008 | Respiratory failure.[439] | |
Sandeé Exposé | 46 | December 15, 2008 | Hollywood, Florida, US | Seizure[440] |
Feliciano Vierra Tavares Tavares | 88 | December 17, 2008 | Hyannis, Massachusetts, US | Prostate cancer[441] |
Robert Ward Ohio Players | 70 | December 25, 2008 | Dry Branch, Georgia, US | [442] |
Delaney Bramlett Delaney & Bonnie | 69 | December 27, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, US | Complications after gall bladder surgery[443] |
Ron Asheton The Stooges | 60 | January 6, 2009 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, US | Heart attack[444] |
Lamya | 35 | January 8, 2009 | Oman | Heart attack[445] |
Andy DeMize Nekromantix | 25 | January 11, 2009 | Fullerton, California, US | Traffic accident[446] |
Alejandro Sokol Las Pelotas | 48 | January 12, 2009 | Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina | Respiratory insufficiency[447] |
David "Fathead" Newman | 75 | January 20, 2009 | Kingston, New York, US | Complications of pancreatic cancer[448] |
Billy Powell Lynyrd Skynyrd | 56 | January 28, 2009 | Orange Park, Florida, US | Heart attack[449] |
Hank Crawford | 74 | January 29, 2009 | US | [450] |
Dewey Martin Buffalo Springfield | 68 | January 31, 2009 | Van Nuys, California, US | Natural causes[451] |
Cornelius Johnson Ohio Players | 71 | February 1, 2009 | ||
Lux Interior The Cramps | 62 | February 4, 2009 | Glendale, California, v | Aortic dissection[452] |
Estelle Bennett The Ronettes | 67 | February 11, 2009 | Englewood, New Jersey, US | Colon cancer[453] |
Morris Broadnax | 78 | February 17, 2009 | Congestive heart failure[454] | |
Miika Tenkula Sentenced | 34 | February 18, 2009 | Muhos, Finland | Heart attack[455] |
Snooks Eaglin | 72 | February 18, 2009 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | Heart attack[456] |
Kelly Groucutt Electric Light Orchestra | 63 | February 19, 2009 | Worcester, England | Heart attack[457] |
Randall Bewley Pylon | 53 | February 25, 2009 | Athens, Georgia, US | Heart attack[458] |
Jimmy Boyd | 70 | March 7, 2009 | Santa Monica, California, US | Cancer[459] |
Kent Henry Blues Image, Steppenwolf | 60 | March 18, 2009 | Portland, Oregon, US | Alzheimer's disease[460] |
Mel Brown | 69 | March 20, 2009 | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | Complications from emphysema[461] |
Uriel Jones The Funk Brothers | 74 | March 24, 2009 | Dearborn, Michigan, US | Heart attack[462] |
Dan Seals England Dan and John Ford Coley | 61 | March 25, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Mantle cell lymphoma[463] |
John Mayhew Genesis | 61 | March 26, 2009 | Glasgow, Scotland | Heart condition[464] |
Nancy Overton The Chordettes | 83 | April 5, 2009 | Blairstown, New Jersey, US | Esophageal cancer[465] |
Tam Paton Bay City Rollers | 70 | April 8, 2009 | Heart attack[466] | |
Rocky Hill Dusty Hill's oldest brother and association of American Blues | 62 | April 10, 2009 | Houston, Texas, US | [467] |
Ron Stallings Huey Lewis and the News | 62 | April 13, 2009 | Multiple myeloma | |
Betty Hall Jones | 98 | April 20, 2009 | Torrance, California, US | Natural causes[468] |
Ean Evans Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws | 48 | May 6, 2009 | Columbus, Mississippi, US | Lung cancer[469] |
Uli Trepte Guru Guru | 68 | May 21, 2009 | Berlin, Germany | Cancer[470] |
Jay Bennett Wilco | 45 | May 24, 2009 | Urbana, Illinois, US | Accidental overdose[471] |
Koko Taylor | 80 | June 3, 2009 | Kildeer, Illinois, US | Complications from gastrointestinal bleeding[472] |
Bob Bogle The Ventures | 75 | June 14, 2009 | Vancouver, Washington, US | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma[473] |
Sky Saxon The Seeds | 71 | June 25, 2009 | Austin, Texas, US | Heart and kidney failure[474] |
Michael Jackson The Jackson 5 | 50 | June 25, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, US | Cardiac arrest[475] |
Fayette Pinkney The Three Degrees | 61 | June 27, 2009 | Lansdale, Pennsylvania, US | Respiratory failure[476] |
Allen Klein Record label executive and co-founder of ABKCO Records | 77 | July 4, 2009 | New York City, New York, US | Respiratory failure[477] |
Drake Levin Paul Revere & the Raiders | 62 | July 4, 2009 | San Francisco, California, US | Cancer[478] |
George William Fullerton | 86 | July 4, 2009 | Fullerton, California, US | [479] |
Midnight Crimson Glory | 47 | July 8, 2009 | St. Petersburg, Florida, US | Stomach aneurysm[480] |
Gordon Waller Peter and Gordon | 64 | July 17, 2009 | Ledyard, Connecticut, US | Cardiac arrest[481] |
Marcel Jacob Talisman | 45 | July 21, 2009 | Kristineberg, Stockholm, Sweden | Suicide[482] |
Andy Parle Space | 42 | August 1, 2009 | Liverpool, England | Fell crossing the road[483] |
Mbah Surip | 52 | August 4, 2009 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Heart attack[484] |
Willy DeVille Mink DeVille | 58 | August 6, 2009 | New York City, New York, US | Pancreatic cancer[485] |
Mike Seeger | 75 | August 7, 2009 | Lexington, Virginia, US | Cancer[486] |
David Van De Pitte Record producer, arranger and co-founded of Motown Records | 67 | August 9, 2009 | Southfield, Michigan, US | Cancer[487] |
Rashied Ali | 76 | August 12, 2009 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, US | Heart attack[488] |
Les Paul | 94 | August 13, 2009 | White Plains, New York, US | Pneumonia[489] |
Larry Knechtel Bread | 69 | August 20, 2009 | Yakima, Washington, US | Heart attack[490] |
Johnny Carter The Flamingos, The Dells | 75 | August 21, 2009 | Harvey, Illinois, US | Lung cancer[491] |
Ellie Greenwich | 68 | August 26, 2009 | New York City, New York, US | Heart attack[492] |
Jake Drake-Brockman Echo & the Bunnymen | 53 | September 1, 2009 | Isle of Man | Traffic accident[493] |
Guy Babylon | 52 | September 2, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, US | Heart attack[494] |
Jim Carroll | 60 | September 11, 2009 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, US | Heart attack[495] |
Mary Travers Peter, Paul And Mary | 72 | September 16, 2009 | Danbury, Connecticut, US | Complications arising from bone marrow transplant[496] |
Sam Carr The Jelly Roll Kings | 83 | September 21, 2009 | Clarksdale, Mississippi, US | Congestive heart failure[497] |
Greg Ladanyi Record producer | 57 | September 29, 2009 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Fractured skull after fall[498] |
Mike Alexander Evile | 32 | October 5, 2009 | Luleå, Sweden | Pulmonary embolism[499] |
Steve Ferguson NRBQ | 60 | October 7, 2009 | ||
Stephen Gately Boyzone | 33 | October 10, 2009 | Majorca, Spain | Pulmonary edema[500] |
Dickie Peterson Blue Cheer | 61 | October 12, 2009 | Erkelenz, Germany | Liver cancer[501] |
Brendan Mullen Music promoter, founder of Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque | 60 | October 12, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, US | Stroke[502] |
Al Martino | 82 | October 13, 2009 | Springfield, Pennsylvania, US | Heart attack |
Sirone | 69 | October 21, 2009 | US | [503] |
Chris Bartley | 62 | October 26, 2009 | Kidney failure[504] | |
Luther Dixon Record producer for The Platters, The Shirelles, The Four Buddies | 78 | October 22, 2009 | Jacksonville, Florida, US | [505] |
Norton Buffalo The Steve Miller Band | 58 | October 30, 2009 | Paradise, California, US | Lung cancer[506] |
Jerry Fuchs !!!, Maserati | 34 | November 8, 2009 | Brooklyn, New York, US | Fall after elevator accident[507] |
Haydain Neale Jacksoul | 39 | November 22, 2009 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Lung cancer[508] |
Al Alberts The Four Aces | 87 | November 27, 2009 | Arcadia, Florida, US | Renal failure[509] |
Bob Keane | 87 | November 28, 2009 | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US | Kidney failure[510] |
Eric Woolfson The Alan Parsons Project | 64 | December 2, 2009 | London, England | Kidney cancer[511] |
Liam Clancy Makem and Clancy, The Clancy Brothers | 74 | December 4, 2009 | Cork, Ireland | Pulmonary fibrosis[512] |
Jack Rose Pelt | 38 | December 5, 2009 | Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, US | Heart attack[513] |
James Gurley Big Brother and the Holding Company | 69 | December 20, 2009 | Palm Desert, California, US | Heart attack[514] |
Mick Cocks Rose Tattoo | 54 | December 22, 2009 | Sydney, Australia | Liver cancer[515] |
Arnold S. Caplin Record producer, co-founder and owner of Historical Records and Biograph Records | 80 | December 25, 2009 | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US | |
Vic Chesnutt | 45 | December 25, 2009 | Athens, Georgia, US | Suicide by drug overdose related to permanent quadriplegia[516] |
Tony Bellamy Redbone | 63 | December 25, 2009 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | Liver failure[517] |
The Rev Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends | 28 | December 28, 2009 | Huntington Beach, California, US | Drug overdose[518] |
Rowland S. Howard The Birthday Party | 50 | December 30, 2009 | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | Hepatocellular carcinoma[519] |
Earl Gaines | 74 | December 31, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | [520] |
See also
- List of deaths in rock and roll (1950s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (1960s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (1980s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (1990s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (2010s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (2020s)
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