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=The Deaths of Rock Stars = Source: Wikipedia, List of Deaths in Rock and Roll

1950s deaths
Buddy Holly & The Crickets || 22 || February 3, 1959 || Near Clear Lake, Iowa, USA || Plane crash ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Age ||~ Date ||~ Location ||~ Cause of death ||
 * Hank Williams || 29 || January 1, 1953 || Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA || Acute rt. ventricular dilation ||
 * Johnny Ace || 25 || December 24, 1954 || Houston, Texas, USA || Accidental Shooting ||
 * Chuck Willis || 30 || April 10, 1958 || Atlanta, Georgia, USA || Peritonitis ||
 * Buddy Holly
 * J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson || 28 || February 3, 1959 || Near Clear Lake, Iowa, USA || Plane crash ||
 * Ritchie Valens || 17 || February 3, 1959 || Near Clear Lake, Iowa, USA || Plane crash ||

1960s deaths
The Beatles || 21 || April 10, 1962 || Hamburg, West Germany || Cerebral hemorrhage || The Drifters || 27 || May 20, 1964 || New York City, New York, USA || Choked to death in his sleep || The Rock and Roll Trio || 30 || August 14, 1964 || Clear Lake, California, USA || Drowning || Hank Ballard & The Midnighters || 32 || 1966 ||  ||   || The Wailers ||  || 1967 ||   || Car crash || Manager of The Beatles || 32 || August 27, 1967 || London, England || Accidental Carbitral overdose || Jimmy King Ronnie Caldwell Carl Cunningham Phalon Jones || Various || December 10, 1967 || Madison, Wisconsin, USA || Plane crash || Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers || 25 || February 27, 1968 || New York City, New York, USA || Heroin overdose || The Rolling Stones || 27 || July 3, 1969 || Hartfield, East Sussex, England || Accidental drowning; thought to be suicide || Fairport Convention || 20 || August, 1969 ||  || Car crash ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Age ||~ Date ||~ Location ||~ Cause of death ||
 * Jesse Belvin || 27 || February 6, 1960 || Fairhope, Arkansas, USA || Car crash ||
 * Eddie Cochran || 21 || April 17, 1960 || Chippenham, Wiltshire, England || Limo accident ||
 * Stuart Sutcliffe
 * Cyril Davies || 31 || January 7, 1964 ||  || Leukemia ||
 * Rudy Lewis
 * Johnny Burnette
 * Sam Cooke || 33 || December 11, 1964 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Shot to death by Bertha Franklin ||
 * Bill Black, Jr. || 39 || October 21, 1965 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Brain tumor ||
 * Henry Booth
 * Richard Fariña || 29 || April 30, 1966 || Carmel Valley, California, USA || Motorcycle accident ||
 * Bobby Fuller || 23 || July 18, 1966 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Suicide, although suspicious ||
 * Frederick "Johnny Kidd" Heath || 30 || October 7, 1966 || Bury, Lancashire, England || Car crash ||
 * "Rockin' Robin" Roberts
 * Joe Meek || 37 || February 3, 1967 || London, England || Suicide by gunshot ||
 * Brian Epstein
 * Otis Redding || 26 || December 10, 1967 || Madison, Wisconsin, USA || Plane crash ||
 * Bar-Kays
 * Frankie Lymon
 * Little Willie John || 30 || May 26, 1968 || Walla Walla, Washington, USA || Heart attack in prison (for murder); suspicious ||
 * Brian Jones
 * Tommy Edwards || 47 || October 22, 1969 || Richmond, Virginia, USA || Brain aneurysm ||
 * Martin Lamble

1970s deaths
Canned Heat || 27 || September 3, 1970 || Topanga Canyon, California, USA || Suicide or accidental barbiturate overdose || The Jimi Hendrix Experience || 27 || September 18, 1970 || London, England || Asphyxiation on vomit || The Doors || 27 || July 3, 1971 || Paris, France || Heart failure (disputed) || The Allman Brothers Band Derek and the Dominos || 24 || October 29, 1971 || Macon, Georgia, USA || Motorcycle accident || Stone the Crows || 27 || May 3, 1972 || Swansea, Wales || Electrocuted by a live microphone on stage || The Drifters || 39 || June 13, 1972 || Teaneck, New Jersey, USA || Heart attack || The Association || 29 || August 2, 1972 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Heroin overdose || Rory Storm & The Hurricanes || 33 || September 28, 1972 || Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England || Alleged suicide || The New York Dolls || 21 || November 6, 1972 || London, England || Accidental suffocation due to drugs and alcohol || The Allman Brothers Band || 24 || November 11, 1972 || Macon, Georgia, USA || Motorcycle accident || Crazy Horse || 29 || November 18, 1972 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Suicide or accidental heroin overdose || The Grateful Dead || 27 || March 8, 1973 || Corte Madera, California, USA || gastrointestinal hemorrhage || The Kentucky Colonels The Byrds || 29 || July 14, 1973 || Palmdale, California, USA || Hit by drunk driver || The Temptations || 34 || August 17, 1973 || Detroit, Michigan, USA || Suicide by gunshot || Jim Croce's lead guitarist || 24 || September 20, 1973 || Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA || Plane crash || The Shadows || 31 || November 26, 1973 ||  || Electrocuted by guitar || The Mamas & the Papas || 34 || July 29, 1974 || London, England || Heart failure || The Stooges || 27 || February 10, 1975 || Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA || Pneumonia || Badfinger || 27 || April 23, 1975 || Surrey, England || Suicide || Booker T. & the MG's || 39 || October 1, 1975 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Murdered by gunshot || Uriah Heep || 27 || December 8, 1975 ||  || Heroin overdose || Bill Haley & His Comets || 51 || February 5, 1976 || Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA || Lung cancer || The Supremes || 32 || February 22, 1976 || Detroit, Michigan, USA || Coronary thrombosis || Free || 25 || March 19, 1976 || Flight from New York to Los Angeles, USA || Drug-related heart attack || The Yardbirds || 33 || May 14, 1976 || London, England || Electrocuted by guitar || Deep Purple The James Gang Zephyr || 25 || December 4, 1976 || Miami, Florida, USA || Heroin overdose || Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers || 36 || February 26, 1977 || New York City, New York, USA || Heart attack || The O'Jays || 35 || May 26, 1977 || Canton, Ohio, USA || Cancer || Pere Ubu || 24 || June 22, 1977 ||  || Acute pancreatitis from alcohol and drug abuse || T. Rex || 29 || September 16, 1977 || London, England || Car accident || Lynyrd Skynyrd || 28 || October 20, 1977 || Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA || Plane crash || Lynyrd Skynyrd || 29 || October 20, 1977 || Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA || Plane crash || Chicago || 31 || January 23, 1978 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Accidentally shot himself || Fairport Convention || 31 || April 21, 1978 || London, England || Cerebral haemorrhage after accidental fall || Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers || 37 || September 5, 1978 ||  || Cerebral hemorrhage || The Who || 32 || September 7, 1978 || London, England || Heminevrin overdose || The Sex Pistols || 21 || February 2, 1979 || New York City, New York, USA || Suicide or accidental heroin overdose || Little Feat || 24 || June 29, 1979 || Arlington, Virginia, USA || Heart attack || The Rock and Roll Trio || 46 || August 19, 1979 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Massive coronary || Wings || 26 || September 27, 1979 || London, England || Heroin overdose || Jethro Tull || 28 || November 17, 1979 || London, England, UK || Congenital heart defect ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Age ||~ Date ||~ Location ||~ Cause of death ||
 * Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Janis Joplin || 27 || October 4, 1970 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Heroin overdose ||
 * Jim Morrison
 * King Curtis || 37 || August 13, 1971 || New York, New York, USA || Stabbed to death ||
 * Gene Vincent || 36 || October 12, 1971 || California, USA || Burst stomach ulcer ||
 * Duane Allman
 * Leslie Harvey
 * Clyde McPhatter
 * Brian Cole
 * Rory Storm
 * Billy Murcia
 * Berry Oakley
 * Danny Whitten
 * Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
 * Clarence White
 * Paul Williams
 * Gram Parsons || 26 || September 19, 1973 || Joshua Tree, California, USA || Morphine and alcohol overdose ||
 * Jim Croce || 30 || September 20, 1973 || Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA || Plane crash ||
 * Maury Muehleisen
 * John Rostill
 * Bobby Darin || 37 || December 20, 1973 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Surgery to repair a mechanical heart valve ||
 * "Mama" Cass Elliot
 * Ivory Joe Hunter || 60 || November 8, 1974 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Lung cancer ||
 * Nick Drake || 26 || November 25, 1974 || Tanworth-in-Arden, England || Suicide or accidental overdose ||
 * Dave Alexander
 * Peter Ham
 * Tim Buckley || 28 || June 29, 1975 || Santa Monica, California, USA || Heroin overdose ||
 * Al Jackson, Jr
 * Gary Thain
 * Rudy Pompilli
 * Florence Ballard
 * Paul Kossoff
 * Phil Ochs || 35 || April 9, 1976 || New York City, New York, USA || Suicide by hanging ||
 * Keith Relf
 * Jimmy Reed || 50 || August 29, 1976 || Oakland, California, USA ||  ||
 * Tommy Bolin
 * Sherman Garnes
 * William Powell
 * Peter Laughner
 * Elvis Presley || 42 || August 16, 1977 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Marc Bolan
 * Steve Gaines
 * Ronnie Van Zant
 * Terry Kath
 * Sandy Denny
 * Joe Negroni
 * Keith Moon
 * Donny Hathaway || 33 || January 13, 1979 || New York City, New York, USA || Suicide or accidental fall ||
 * Sid Vicious
 * Lowell George
 * Dorsey Burnette
 * Jimmy McCulloch
 * John Glascock

1980s deaths
AC/DC || 33 || February 19, 1980 || London, England || Alcohol poisoning || Joy Division || 23 || May 18, 1980 || Macclesfield, England || Suicide by hanging || Derek and the Dominos || 37 || May 30, 1980 ||  || Kidney infection || The Grateful Dead || 32 || July 23, 1980 || Marin County, California, USA || Automobile accident || Led Zeppelin || 32 || September 25, 1980 || Windsor, England || Alcohol poisoning || The Moonglows || 50 || October 15, 1980 ||  || Lung Cancer || The Germs || 22 || December 7, 1980 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Suicide by intentional heroin overdose || The Beatles || 40 || December 8, 1980 || New York City, New York, USA || Shot by Mark David Chapman || The Platters || 51 || January 2, 1981 || Long Beach, California, USA || Cancer || Bill Haley & His Comets || 55 || February 9, 1981 || Harlingen, Texas, USA || Brain tumor or heart attack (disputed) || Canned Heat || 36 || April 5, 1981 ||  || Heart attack || The Wailers || 36 || May 11, 1981 || Miami, Florida, USA || Acral lentiginous melanoma || Steppenwolf || 32 || July 1, 1981 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Car crash || Quiet Riot Alongside Ozzy Osbourne || 25 || March 19, 1982 || Leesburg, Florida, USA || Plane crash || The Pretenders || 25 || June 16, 1982 || London, England || Heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance || The Allman Brothers Band || 34 || January 21, 1983 ||  || Lung cancer || The Carpenters || 32 || February 4, 1983 || Downey, California, USA || Heart attack due to anorexia || Danny & The Juniors || 41 || April 5, 1983 || Arizona, USA || Suicide || The Pretenders || 30 || April 14, 1983 ||  || Drowning in his bathtub after a heroin overdose || Mountain || 43 || April 17, 1983 || New York City, New York, USA || Shot by his wife, Gail Collins Pappalardi || Moxy Leigh Ashford || 33 || June 16, 1983 || Toronto, Ontario, Canada || Motorcycle accident || Traffic || 39 || July 12, 1983 || Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK || Pneumonia || Badfinger || 36 || November 19, 1983 || London, England || Suicide || The Beach Boys || 39 || December 28, 1983 || Marina del Rey, California, USA || Accidental drowning || The Flamingos || 52 || April 10, 1984 || Boston, Massachusetts, USA || Heart attack || Hanoi Rocks || 24 || December 9, 1984 || Redondo Beach, California, USA || Car crash || Uriah Heep || 38 || February 28, 1985 || Reading, Berkshire, England || Alcohol-related complications || The B-52's || 32 || October 12, 1985 || New York City, New York, USA || Complications due to AIDS || The Rolling Stones || 47 || December 12, 1985 ||  || Heart attack || The Minutemen || 27 || December 22, 1985 || Tucson, Arizona, USA || Traffic accident || Thin Lizzy || 36 || January 4, 1986 || Salisbury, Wiltshire, England || Heart failure and pneumonia caused by alcohol and drug use || The Band || 42 || March 4, 1986 || Winter Park, Florida, USA || Suicide by hanging || The Isley Brothers || 48 || March 31, 1986 || Alpine, New Jersey, USA || Heart attack || Metallica || 24 || September 27, 1986 || Ljungby Municipality, Sweden || Traffic accident || The Wailers || 36 || April 17, 1987 || Kingston, Jamaica || Murdered by gunshot || Rainbow || 41 || June, 1987 || Ithaca, New York, USA || Murdered in his home || The Residents || 38 || July 1, 1987 || Linz, Austria || Heart attack on stage || The Wailers || 42 || September 11, 1987 || Kingston, Jamaica || Murdered by gunshot || Weather Report || 35 || September 21, 1987 || Wilton Manors, Florida, USA || Beaten to death by a bar bouncer || The Ventures || 49 || January, 1988 ||  ||   || Styx || 37 || February 13, 1988 ||  || Brain aneurysm || Bee Gees || 30 || March 10, 1988 || Oxford, England || Myocarditis worsened by cocaine addiction || Sam & Dave || 50 || April 9, 1988 || Georgia, USA || Car accident || The Flamingos || 53 || May 6, 1988 ||  ||   || Red Hot Chili Peppers || 26 || June 25, 1988 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Speedball overdose || The Velvet Underground || 49 || July 18, 1988 || Ibiza, Spain || Head trauma caused by bicycle accident || Hawkwind || 43 || August 14, 1988 || Ramsgate, England || Heart attack || The Platters || 57 || February 1, 1989 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Cancer || Quicksilver Messenger Service || 45 || May 29, 1989 ||  || Emphysema || Echo & the Bunnymen || 28 || June 14, 1989 ||  || Motorcycle accident ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Age ||~ Date ||~ Location ||~ Cause of death ||
 * Bon Scott
 * Ian Curtis
 * Carl Radle
 * Keith Godchaux
 * John Bonham
 * Bobby Lester
 * Darby Crash
 * John Lennon
 * Tim Hardin || 39 || December 29, 1980 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Morphine and heroin overdose ||
 * David Lynch
 * Bill Haley
 * Mike Bloomfield || 37 || February 15, 1981 || San Francisco, California, USA || Heroin overdose ||
 * Bob Hite
 * Bob Marley
 * Rushton Moreve
 * Harry Chapin || 38 || July 16, 1981 || Jericho, New York, USA || Car crash ||
 * Randy Rhoads
 * Lester Bangs || 33 || April 30, 1982 || New York City, New York, USA || Darvon and Valium overdose ||
 * James Honeyman-Scott
 * Joe Tex || 49 || August 13, 1982 || Navasota, Texas, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Marty Robbins || 57 || December 8, 1982 || Nashville, Tennessee, USA || Surgical complications ||
 * Lamar Williams
 * Billy Fury || 42 || January 28, 1983 || London, England || Heart attack ||
 * Karen Carpenter
 * Danny Rapp
 * Pete Farndon
 * Felix Pappalardi
 * Muddy Waters || 70 || April 30, 1983 || Westmont, Illinois, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Buzz Shearman
 * Chris Wood
 * Klaus Nomi || 39 || August 6, 1983 || New York City, New York, USA || Complications due to AIDS ||
 * Tom Evans
 * Dennis Wilson
 * Jackie Wilson || 49 || January 21, 1984 || Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA || On stage heart attack leading to brain damage and a decade-long comabefore his eventual death ||
 * Marvin Gaye || 44 || April 1, 1984 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Shot by his father, Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr. ||
 * Nate Nelson
 * Lenny Breau || 43 || August 12, 1984 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Murder by strangulation ||
 * Razzle
 * David Byron
 * Ricky Wilson
 * Big Joe Turner || 74 || November 24, 1985 || Inglewood, California, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Ian Stewart
 * D. Boon
 * Ricky Nelson || 45 || December 31, 1985 || De Kalb, Texas, USA || Plane crash ||
 * Phil Lynott
 * Richard Manuel
 * O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
 * Cliff Burton
 * Carlton Barrett
 * Paul Butterfield || 44 || May 4, 1987 || North Hollywood, California, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Gary Driscoll
 * Philip Charles "Snakefinger" Lithman
 * Peter Tosh
 * Jaco Pastorius
 * Howie Johnson
 * John Curulewski
 * Andy Gibb
 * Dave Prater
 * Paul Wilson
 * Hillel Slovak
 * Nico
 * Robert Calvert
 * Roy Buchanan || 48 || August 14, 1988 || Fairfax County, Virginia, USA || Supposed suicide; found hanged in prison cell ||
 * Roy Orbison || 52 || December 6, 1988 || Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Paul Robi
 * John Cipollina
 * Pete de Freitas

1990s deaths
Lynyrd Skynyrd || 37 || January 23, 1990 || Jacksonville, Florida, USA || Pneumonia || The Coasters || 53 || February 26, 1990 || Las Vegas, Nevada USA || Homicide || Blind Faith || 43 || March 17, 1990 || Leicester, England || Liver and kidney failure || Mother Love Bone || 24 || March 19, 1990 || Seattle, Washington, USA || Heroin overdose || Steely Dan || 42 || June 5, 1990 || USA || Drowned || The Grateful Dead || 37 || July 26, 1990 || Lafayette, California, USA || Speedball overdose || Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble || 35 || August 27, 1990 || East Troy, Wisconsin, USA || Helicopter accident || Creedence Clearwater Revival || 48 || September 6, 1990 || Scottsdale, Arizona, USA || Tuberculosis || Def Leppard || 30 || January 8, 1991 || London, England || Accidental overdose of painkillers, anti-depressants, and alcohol || The Kingston Trio || 56 || March 22, 1991 || Rollinsford, New Hampshire, USA || Lymphatic cancer || Mayhem || 22 || April 8, 1991 || Oslo, Norway || Suicide || Small Faces Humble Pie || 44 || April 21, 1991 || England || House fire || The New York Dolls The Heartbreakers || 38 || April 23, 1991 || New Orleans, Louisiana, USA || Drug-related causes; suspicious || The Byrds || 46 || May 24, 1991 || Sherman Oaks, California, USA || Bleeding ulcer || The Temptations || 50 || June 1, 1991 || Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA || Cocaine overdose || MC5 || 36 || September 18, 1991 || Berkley, Michigan, USA || Heart attack || Guns N' Roses || 36 || October 16, 1991 || Copenhagen, Denmark || Drowned in Skt. Jørgens Lake || Promoter of various bands || 60 || October 25, 1991 || Vallejo, California, USA || Helicopter crash || KISS || 41 || November 24, 1991 ||  || Heart cancer and subsequent brain hemorrhage || Queen || 45 || November 24, 1991 || London, England || Complications due to AIDS || The New York Dolls The Heartbreakers || 45 || January 14, 1992 || New York City, New York, USA || Stroke and subsequent coma || Toto || 38 || August 5, 1992 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Heart attack due to allergic reaction or cocaine use (disputed) || The Platters || 64 || August 14, 1992 || New York City, New York, USA || Emphysema || The Temptations || 52 || October 5, 1992 || Birmingham, Alabama, USA || Lung cancer || Funkadelic || 42 || December 23, 1992 || Brooklyn, New York, USA || Internal bleeding and liver failure || Twelfth Night || 36 || February 5, 1993 ||  || Cancer || David Bowie || 47 || April 30, 1993 || London, England || Liver cancer || Mayhem || 25 || August 10, 1993 || Oslo, Norway || Stabbed to death by Varg Vikernes || Savatage || 30 || October 17, 1993 || Zephyrhills, Florida, USA || Car accident || The Mothers of Invention || 52 || December 4, 1993 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Prostate cancer || Gin Blossoms || 32 || December 5, 1993 ||  || Suicide || Steppenwolf || 47 || November 28, 1993 || Santa Barbara, California, USA || Car crash || The Byrds || 47 || December 19, 1993 || Treasure Island, Florida, USA || Liver failure || Nirvana || 27 || April 5, 1994 || Seattle, Washington, USA || Suicide or murder by gunshot || Dr. Feelgood || 51 || April 7, 1994 || Canvey Island, Essex, England || Lymphoma || Herman's Hermits || 51 || June 4, 1994 || Manchester, England, UK || Non-Hodgkin lymphoma || The Jeff Beck Group || 50 || September 6, 1994 || Nashville, Tennessee, USA || Complications from intestinal surgery || Redneck Jazz Explosion || 49 || October 4, 1994 || Newburg, Maryland, USA || Suicide by gunshot || MC5 || 45 || November 4, 1994 || Detroit, Michigan, USA || Heart failure || The Flamingos || 61 || January 15, 1995 ||  ||   || The Replacements || 35 || February 18, 1995 || Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA || Natural Causes (Body worn out after years of alcohol and drugs) || The Temptations || 52 || February 23, 1995 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Brain seizure || The Grateful Dead || 53 || August 9, 1995 || Forest Knolls, California, USA || Heart attack || Smokey Robinson & The Miracles || 56 || August 26, 1995 || Detroit, Michigan, USA || Leukemia || The Velvet Underground || 53 || August 30, 1995 || Poughkeepsie, New York, USA || Cancer brought on from smoking || Blind Melon || 28 || October 21, 1995 || New Orleans, Louisiana, USA || Cocaine overdose || Lindisfarne || 50 || November 17, 1995 || Newcastle, England || Heart thrombosis || Bill Haley & His Comets || 71 || March 22, 1996 || Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA || Cancer || Sublime || 28 || May 25, 1996 || San Francisco, California, USA || Heroin overdose || The Smashing Pumpkins || 34 || July 12, 1996 || New York City, New York, USA || Heroin overdose || Styx || 47 || July 16, 1996 ||  || Gastrointestinal hemorrhaging || The Animals || 57 || July 17, 1996 || Heaton, Tyne and Wear, England, UK || Heart condition || The Ventures || 62 || August 11, 1996 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Cancer || The Creation || 54 || January 10, 1997 ||  || The Small Faces Faces || 51 || June 4, 1997 || Texas, USA || Pneumonia || The Four Tops || 59 || June 20, 1997 ||  || Cancer || INXS || 37 || November 22, 1997 || Sydney, Australia, USA || Suicide or accidental strangulation || The Guess Who || 51 || December 14, 1997 ||  || Kidney failure due to a past of drug abuse || The Flamingos || 71 || December 31, 1997 ||  ||   || Sonny & Cher || 62 || January 5, 1998 || South Lake Tahoe, California, USA || Skiing accident || The Dells || 62 || January 23, 1998 ||  || Emphysema || The Beach Boys || 51 || February 6, 1998 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Lung cancer || The Jeff Beck Group Whitesnake Black Sabbath || 50 || April 5, 1998 || Bristol, England || Car crash due to drunk driving || X-Japan Zilch || 33 || May 2, 1998 || Tokyo, Japan || Suicide by hanging || The Drifters || 64 || December 30, 1998 || London, England || Respiratory Failure || The Coasters || 64 || January 10, 1999 || Capital Heights, Maryland, USA ||  || Malice Mizer || 26 || June 21, 1999 ||  || Subarachnoid hemorrhage || Morphine || 46 || July 3, 1999 || Palestrina, Latium, Italy || Onstage heart attack || Blues Society || 46 || August 22, 1999 || Cavarzere, Veneto, Italy || Car accident || The Band || 56 || December 10, 1999 || Marbletown, New York, USA || Heart failure || The Flamingos || 66 || December 24, 1999 || Washington, D.C., USA || Heart attack || The Impressions || 57 || December 26, 1999 || Roswell, Georgia, USA || Complications due to diabetes ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Age ||~ Date ||~ Location ||~ Cause of death ||
 * Allen Collins
 * Del Shannon || 55 || February 8, 1990 || Santa Clarita, California, USA || Suicide by gunshot ||
 * Johnnie Ray || 63 || February 24, 1990 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Liver failure due to chronic alcoholism ||
 * Cornelius Gunter
 * Ric Grech
 * Andrew Wood
 * Jim Hodder
 * Brent Mydland
 * Stevie Ray Vaughan
 * Tom Fogerty
 * Steve Clark
 * Dave Guard
 * Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin
 * Steve Marriott
 * Johnny Thunders
 * Gene Clark
 * David Ruffin
 * Rob Tyner
 * Ole Beich
 * Bill Graham
 * Eric Carr
 * Freddie Mercury
 * Jerry Nolan
 * Willie Dixon || 76 || January 29, 1992 || Burbank, California, USA ||  ||
 * Mary Wells || 49 || July 26, 1992 || Los Angeles, California || Pnuemonia and throat cancer ||
 * Jeff Porcaro
 * Tony Williams
 * Eddie Kendricks
 * Albert King || 69 || December 21, 1992 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Heart attack ||
 * Eddie Hazel
 * Geoff Mann
 * Mick Ronson
 * Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth
 * Criss Oliva
 * Frank Zappa
 * Doug Hopkins
 * Jerry Edmonton
 * Michael Clarke
 * Harry Nilsson || 52 || January 15, 1994 || Agoura Hills, California, USA || Heart failure ||
 * Kurt Cobain
 * Lee Brilleaux
 * Derek Leckenby
 * Nicky Hopkins
 * Danny Gatton
 * Fred "Sonic" Smith
 * Sollie McElroy
 * Bob Stinson
 * Melvin Franklin
 * Selena || 23 || March 31, 1995 || Corpus Christi, Texas, USA || Murdered by gunshot by Yolanda Saldívar ||
 * Rory Gallagher || 47 || June 14, 1995 || London, England || MRSA complications following a liver transplant ||
 * Jerry Garcia
 * Ronald White
 * Sterling Morrison
 * Shannon Hoon
 * Alan Hull
 * Billy Williamson
 * Brad Nowell
 * Jonathan Melvoin
 * John Panozzo
 * Chas Chandler
 * Mel Taylor
 * Kenny Pickett
 * LaVern Baker || 67 || March 10, 1997 || Queens, New York, USA || Coronary complications ||
 * Jeff Buckley || 30 || May 29, 1997 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Accidental drowning ||
 * Ronnie Lane
 * Bobby Helms || 63 || June 19, 1997 || Martinsville, Indiana, USA || Emphysema and asthma ||
 * Lawrence Payton
 * John Denver || 53 || October 12, 1997 || Pacific Grove, California, USA || Plane ran out of gas, causing it to crash ||
 * Michael Hutchence
 * Kurt Winter
 * Jake Carey
 * Sonny Bono
 * Carl Perkins || 65 || January 19, 1998 || Jackson, Tennessee, USA || Throat cancer ||
 * Johnny Funches
 * Carl Wilson
 * Cozy Powell
 * Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto
 * Johnny Moore
 * Albert "Sonny" Forriest
 * Dusty Springfield || 59 || March 2, 1999 || Henley-on-Thames || Cancer ||
 * Screaming Lord Sutch || 58 || June 16, 1999 || West Harrow, Middlesex, England || Suicide by hanging ||
 * Kami
 * Mark Sandman
 * Guido Toffoletti
 * Rick Danko
 * Zeke Carey
 * Curtis Mayfield

2000s deaths
The Coasters || 71 || January 16, 2000 || Long Beach, California, USA || Diabetes || The Shirelles || 58 || February 4, 2000 || Sacramento, California, USA || Breast cancer || Ian Dury and the Blockheads || 57 || March 27, 2000 || Harrow, Middlesex || Liver cancer || The Tornados || 57 || April 7, 2000 || Southampton, England || Motor neurone disease || Bill Haley & His Comets || 79 || June 1, 2000 || Chester, Pennsylvania, USA ||  || The Allman Brothers Gov't Mule || 44 || August 26, 2000 || New York City || Heroin overdose || Santana || 53 || September 4, 2000 ||  || Liver and kidney failure || The Cars || 53 || October 3, 2000 || Atlanta, Georgia || Pancreatic cancer || 10,000 Maniacs || 42 || December 19, 2000 || Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania || Liver disease || The Staple Singers || 85 || December 19, 2000 || Chicago, Illinois, USA || Injuries from a fall || The Four Seasons || 65 || December 24, 2000 || West Orange, New Jersey, USA || Cancer || The Mamas & the Papas || 65 || March 18, 2001 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Heart failure || The Ramones || 49 || April 15, 2001 || New York City, New York, USA || Lymphoma || Lynyrd Skynyrd || 49 || July 27, 2001 || Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA || Natural causes || The 5th Dimension || 68 || August 2, 2001 || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA || Renal failure || The Beatles || 58 || November 29, 2001 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Lung cancer || Death || 34 || December 13, 2001 ||  || Glioma || Feeder || 33 || January 7, 2002 || Miami, Florida, USA || Suicide by hanging || Camel || 67 || January 22, 2002 || Malibu, California, USA || Lung cancer || Three Dog Night || 56 || March 25, 2002 ||  || Heart attack || Alice in Chains || 34 || April 5, 2002 || Seattle, Washington, USA || Speedball overdose || The Ramones || 50 || June 5, 2002 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Heroin overdose || Ratt || 42 || June 6, 2002 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Heroin overdose || The Who || 57 || June 27, 2002 || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA || Cocaine-induced heart attack || Widespread Panic || 57 || August 2, 2002 || North Carolina, USA || Pancreatic cancer || The Coasters || 66 || November 5, 2002 || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA || Natural causes || The Lovin' Spoonful || 57 || December 13, 2002 || Kingston, Ontario, Canada || Congestive heart failure || The Clash The Mescaleros || 50 || December 22, 2002 || Broomfield, Somerset, England || Congenital heart defect || T. Rex || 55 || January 11, 2003 || Croydon, Surrey, England || Alcohol-related liver problems || The Bee Gees || 53 || January 12, 2003 || Miami Beach, Florida, USA || Complications of a volvulus || Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers || 47 || February 23, 2003 || Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA || Complications due to drug use || Hank Ballard & The Midnighters || 66 || March 2, 2003 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Throat cancer || The Jimi Hendrix Experience || 57 || May 11, 2003 || County Cork, Republic of Ireland || Natural causes || Record producer || 64 || May 30, 2003 ||  || Mesothelioma || Iron Butterfly || 52 || July 31, 2003 ||  || Heart attack due to a birth defect || Black Oak Arkansas || 40 || September 26, 2003 ||  || Breathing problems || The Rock and Roll Trio || 74 || September 27, 2003 || Horn Lake, Mississippi, USA || Cancer || The Righteous Brothers || 63 || November 4, 2003 || Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA || Cocaine-induced heart attack || Spooky Tooth Humble Pie || 56 || November 19, 2003 || Alicante, Spain || Pneumonia || Jan & Dean || 62 || March 26, 2004 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Complications from a seizure || Buddy Holly & The Crickets || 66 || April 6, 2004 || Sugar Creek, Missouri, USA || Heart attack || The Moody Blues || 63 || May 15, 2004 ||  || Liver disease || Bathory || 38 || June 7, 2004 ||  || Heart failure || Hank Ballard & The Midnighters || 69 || July 4, 2004 || Lake View Terrace, California, USA ||  || The New York Dolls || 55 || July 13, 2004 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Leukemia || The Ramones || 55 || September 15, 2004 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Prostate cancer || Buffalo Springfield || 58 || October 1, 2004 || Belleville, Ontario, Canada || Heart attack || Pantera Damageplan || 38 || December 8, 2004 || Columbus, Ohio, USA || Murdered by gunshot on stage || Jefferson Airplane || 66 || January 11, 2005 || Penngrove, California, USA || Colon cancer || Bread || 61 || January 11, 2005 || Franklin, Tennessee, USA || Complications due to cancer || Traffic || 60 || January 28, 2005 || London, England, UK || Stomach cancer || The Quarrymen || 64 || January 29, 2005 || Edinburgh, Scotland || Pancreatic cancer || The Doobie Brothers || 56 || February 8, 2005 || Kentfield, California, USA || Chronic pneumonia || Gladys Knight & the Pips || 65 || February 25, 2005 || Livonia, Michigan, USA || Stroke caused by Diabetes || Crowded House Split Enz ||  || March 26, 2005 || Melbourne, Victoria, Australia || Suicide || Gong || 52 || May 3, 2005 || Strasbourg, France || Natural causes || The James Gang The Guess Who || 59 || May 25, 2005 ||  || Prostate cancer || The Four Tops || 68 || July 1, 2005 ||  || Lung cancer || The Rolling Stones || 65 || August 6, 2005 || Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England || Lung cancer || Vader || 34 || August 20, 2005 ||  || Cause of death unknown || Inventor of the Moog Synthesizer || 71 || August 21, 2005 || Asheville, North Carolina, USA || Brain tumor || Badfinger || 56 || October 4, 2005 || Oviedo, Florida, USA || Died in his sleep || Bayside || 31 || October 31, 2005 || Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA || Car accident || Bread || 61 || December 9, 2005 || Burbank, California, USA || Colon cancer || House of Freaks Gutterball || 49 || January 1, 2006 || Richmond, Virginia, USA || Murdered along with his family during a robbery of their home || The Falcons || 64 || January 19, 2006 || Ashburn, Virginia, USA || Heart attack || The Go-Betweens || 48 || May 6, 2006 || Brisbane, Queensland, Australia || Heart attack || Freddie and the Dreamers || 69 || May 19, 2006 || Bangor, Wales || Emphysema || The Grateful Dead || 55 || June 2, 2006 || Sonoma County, California, USA || Suicide || Bill Haley & His Comets || 76 || June 3, 2006 || Clarksville, Tennessee, USA || Natural causes || Pink Floyd || 60 || July 7, 2006 || Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England || Pancreatic cancer || Love || 61 || August 3, 2006 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Leukemia || Hatfield and the North National Health Gong || 56 || August 28, 2006 || Paris, France || Natural causes || Bad Company King Crimson || 60 || September 21, 2006 || Marbella, Spain || Heart attack || The Moonglows || 81 || October 1, 2006 || Magnolia, Mississippi, USA || Automobile accident || The Runaways || 47 || October 21, 2006 || San Dimas, California, USA || Lung cancer || The Dave Clark Five || 63 || December 17, 2006 || Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK || Cancer || The Mamas & the Papas || 66 || January 19, 2007 || Mississauga, Ontario, Canada || Kidney failure || Boston || 55 || March 9, 2007 || Atkinson, New Hampshire, USA || Suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning || KISS || 51 || April 5, 2007 ||  || Cerebral hemorrhage || The Platters || 69 || April 30, 2007 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Pneumonia || The Drifters || 81 || July 4, 2007 || Daytona Beach, Florida, USA || Heart attack || Quiet Riot || 52 || November 25, 2007 || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA || Accidental cocaine overdose || Ike & Tina Turner || 76 || December 12, 2007 || San Marcos, California, USA || Cocaine overdose || The Kingston Trio || 68 || January 19, 2008 || San Diego, California, USA || Brain aneurysm || The Dave Clark Five || 64 || February 28, 2008 || Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England || Pneumonia || Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band || 58 || April 17, 2008 || New York City, New York, USA || Melanoma || Phantom Blue Meldrum || 39 || May 21, 2008 || Burbank, California, USA || Brain haemorrhage || Music journalist Record producer || 91 || August 15, 2008 || Sarasota, Florida, USA || Congestive heart failure || Record producer || 39 || August 21, 2008 ||  || Cerebral haemorrhage || Pink Floyd || 65 || September 15, 2008 || London, England, UK || Cancer || The Kingston Trio || 75 || October 1, 2008 || San Diego, California, USA || Acute respiratory disease || Marilyn Manson || 39 || October 9, 2008 ||  || Heroin overdose || The Four Tops || 72 || October 17, 2008 || Detroit, Michigan, USA || Natural causes || The Jimi Hendrix Experience || 61 || November 12, 2008 || Portland, Oregon, USA || Natural causes || The Stooges || 60 || January 6, 2009 || Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA || Heart attack || Lynyrd Skynyrd || 56 || January 28, 2009 || Orange Park, Florida, USA || Heart attack || Buffalo Springfield || 68 || January 31, 2009 || Van Nuys, California, USA || Natural causes || The Cramps || 62 || February 4, 2009 || Glendale, California, USA || Aortic dissection || The Ronettes || 67 || February 11, 2009 || Englewood, New Jersey, USA || Colon cancer || Electric Light Orchestra || 63 || February 19, 2009 || Worcester, England || Heart attack || The Ventures || 75 || June 14, 2009 || Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada || Non-Hodgkin lymphoma || The Seeds || 71 || June 25, 2009 || Austin, Texas, USA ||  || The Jackson 5 || 50 || June 25, 2009 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Cardiac arrest || Peter and Gordon || 64 || July 17, 2009 || Ledyard, Connecticut, USA || Cardiac arrest || Inventor of the Electric Guitar || 94 || August 13, 2009 || White Plains, New York, USA || Pneumonia || Bread || 69 || August 20, 2009 || Yakima Valley, Washington, USA || Cardiac arrest || The Flamingos The Dells || 75 || August 21, 2009 || Harvey, Illinois, USA || Natural causes || Peter, Paul And Mary || 72 || September 16, 2009 || Danbury, Connecticut, USA || Complications arising from chemotherapy ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Age ||~ Date ||~ Location ||~ Cause of death ||
 * Will "Dub" Jones
 * Doris Kenner-Jackson
 * Screamin' Jay Hawkins || 72 || February 12, 2000 || Levallois-Perret (France) ||  ||
 * Ian Dury
 * Heinz Burt
 * Ralph Jones
 * Allen Woody
 * David Brown
 * Benjamin Orr
 * Kirsty MacColl || 41 || December 18, 2000 || Cozumel, Mexico || Hit and killed by a speeding powerboat ||
 * Rob Buck
 * Pops Staples
 * Nick Massi
 * John Phillips
 * Joey Ramone
 * John Lee Hooker || 83 || June 21, 2001 || Los Altos, California, USA || Natural causes ||
 * Leon Wilkeson
 * Ron Townson
 * George Harrison
 * Chuck Schuldiner
 * Jon Lee
 * Peter Bardens
 * Waylon Jennings || 64 || February 13, 2002 || Chandler, Arizona, USA || Diabetic complications ||
 * Joe Schermie
 * Layne Staley
 * Dee Dee Ramone
 * Robbin Crosby
 * John Entwistle
 * Michael Houser
 * Lonnie Donegan || 71 || November 2, 2002 || Peterborough, England || Heart attack ||
 * Billy Guy
 * Zal Yanovsky
 * Joe Strummer
 * Mickey Finn
 * Maurice Gibb
 * Howie Epstein
 * Hank Ballard
 * Adam Faith || 62 || March 8, 2003 || Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England || Heart attack ||
 * Noel Redding
 * Mickie Most
 * Erik Brann
 * Wesley Willis || 40 || August 21, 2003 ||  || Chronic myelogenous leukemia ||
 * Warren Zevon || 56 || September 7, 2003 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Mesothelioma ||
 * Johnny Cash || 71 || September 12, 2003 || Nashville, Tennessee, USA || Complications from diabetes ||
 * Shawn Lane
 * Robert Palmer || 54 || September 27, 2003 || Paris, France || Heart attack ||
 * Paul Burlison
 * Elliott Smith || 34 || October 21, 2003 || Los Angeles, California, USA || Knife wounds caused by suicide or homicide ||
 * Bobby Hatfield
 * Greg Ridley
 * Jan Berry
 * Niki Sullivan
 * Clint Warwick
 * Quorthon
 * Ray Charles || 73 || June 10, 2004 || Beverly Hills, California, USA || Liver cancer ||
 * Cal Green
 * Arthur Kane
 * Johnny Ramone
 * Bruce Palmer
 * Dimebag Darrell
 * Spencer Dryden
 * Jimmy Griffin
 * Jim Capaldi
 * Eric Griffiths
 * Keith Knudsen
 * Edward Patten
 * Paul Hester
 * Pierre Moerlen
 * Domenic Troiano
 * Renaldo "Obie" Benson
 * Long John Baldry || 64 || July 21, 2005 || Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada || Severe chest infection ||
 * Carlo Little
 * Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski
 * Robert Moog
 * Mike Gibbins
 * John "Beatz" Holohan
 * Link Wray || 76 || November 5, 2005 || Copenhagen, Denmark || Heart Failure ||
 * Mike Botts
 * Bryan Harvey
 * Wilson Pickett
 * Gene Pitney || 66 || April 5, 2006 || Cardiff, Wales, UK || Natural causes ||
 * Grant McLennan
 * Freddie Garrity
 * Vince Welnick
 * Johnny Grande
 * Billy Preston || 59 || June 6, 2006 || Scottsdale, Arizona, USA || Kidney failure ||
 * Syd Barrett
 * Arthur Lee
 * Pip Pyle
 * Boz Burrell
 * Prentiss Barnes
 * Sandy West
 * Ruth Brown || 78 || November 17, 2006 || Henderson, Nevada, USA || Complications following a heart attack and stroke ||
 * Denis Payton
 * James Brown || 73 || December 25, 2006 || Atlanta, Georgia, USA || Pneumonia ||
 * Denny Doherty
 * Brad Delp
 * Mark St. John
 * Zola Taylor
 * Bill Pinkney
 * Kevin DuBrow
 * Ike Turner
 * Dan Fogelberg || 56 || December 16, 2007 || Deer Isle, Maine, USA || Prostate Cancer ||
 * John Stewart
 * Buddy Miles || 60 || February 26, 2008 || Austin, Texas, USA || Congestive heart failure ||
 * Mike Smith
 * Jeff Healey || 41 || March 2, 2008 || Toronto, Ontario, Canada || Retinoblastoma ||
 * Danny Federici
 * Eddy Arnold || 89 || May 8, 2008 || Nashville, Tennessee, USA || Natural causes ||
 * Michelle Meldrum
 * Bo Diddley || 79 || June 2, 2008 || Archer, Florida, USA || Heart failure ||
 * Jo Stafford || 90 || July 16, 2008 || Century City, California, USA || Congestive heart failure ||
 * Isaac Hayes || 65 || August 10, 2008 || Memphis, Tennessee, USA || Complications due to stroke ||
 * Jerry Wexler
 * Jerry Finn
 * Richard "Rick" Wright
 * Nick Reynolds
 * Gidget Gein
 * Levi Stubbs
 * Mitch Mitchell
 * Ron Asheton
 * Billy Powell
 * Dewey Martin
 * Lux Interior
 * Estelle Bennett
 * Kelly Groucutt
 * Bob Bogle
 * Sky Saxon
 * Michael Jackson
 * Gordon Waller
 * Les Paul
 * Larry Knechtel
 * Johnny Carter
 * Mary Travers

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