Date, ages and reasons of deaths

Joe Hill

1915-11-19

46

Executed by firing squad

Robert Johnson

1938-08-16

27

Poisoned

Chuck Willis

1958-04-10

30

Car Accident

Johnny Ace

1958-12-24

25

Suicide

Buddy Holly

1959-02-03

22

Airplane crash

J.P. Richardson

(The Big Bopper)

1959-02-03

24

Airplane crash

Ritchie Valens

1959-02-03

17

Airplane crash

Guitar Slim

1959-02-07

32

Pneumonia

Jesse Belvin

Jesse & Marvin

1960-02-06

26

Car Accident

Eddie Cochran

1960-04-17

21

Car accident

Stu Sutcliff

Beatles

1962-04-10

21

Medical

Cyril Davies

Blues Incorporated

1964-01-07

31

Leukemia

David Box

Crickets

1964-10-23

21

Airplane Crash

Sam Cooke

1964-12-11

33

Murdered

Johnny Kidd

1966-07-11

27

Car accident

Bobby Fuller

Bobby Fuller 4

1966-07-18

22

Murdered

Joe Meek

(producer)

1967-02-03

38

Suicide

Brian Epstein

Beatles' manager

1967-08-27

32

Drug overdose

Woody Guthrie

1967-10-03

55

Medical

Ronnie Caldwell

Bar-Kays

1967-12-10

19

Airplane crash

Carl Cunningham

Bar-Kays

1967-12-10

18

Airplane crash

Phalin Jones

Bar-Kays

1967-12-10

18

Airplane crash

Jimmy King

Bar-Kays

1967-12-10

18

Airplane crash

Otis Redding

1967-12-10

26

Airplane crash

Bert Berns

Producer

1967-12-30

38

Heart attack

Frankie Lymon

The Teenagers

1968-02-28

25

Drug overdose

Little Willie John

1968-05-27

30

Pneumonia whilst in prison

Martin Lamble

Fairport Convention

1969-06-01

19

Car accident

Brian Jones

Rolling Stones

1969-07-03

27

Drowned

Roy Hamilton

1969-07-20

40

Heart Attack

Billy Stewart

1970-01-17

Car Accident

James Sheppard

Shep & the Limelights

1970-01-24

24

Murdered

Slim Harpo

1970-01-31

43

Heart Attack

Tammi Terrell

1970-03-16

24

Brain Tumor

Otis Span

1970-04-25

40

Al Wilson

Canned Heat

1970-09-03

27

Suicide

Jimi Hendrix

1970-09-18

27

Inhalation of vomit

Janis Joplin

1970-10-04

27

Drug overdose

Harold McNair

Ginger Baker's Airforce

1971-03-26

Cancer

Don McPherson

Main Ingredient

1971-04-04

39

Leukemia

Jim Morrison

Doors

1971-07-03

27

Heart attack

King Curtis

1971-08-13

37

Murdered

Gene Vincent

1971-10-12

36

Alcohol

Duane Allman

Allman Brothers Band

1971-10-29

24

Motorcycle accident

Junior Parker

1971-11-18

44

Brain Tumor

Phil King

Blue Oyster Cult

1972-04-27

Les Harvey

Stone The Crows

1972-05-03

27

Electrocuted

Bobby Ramirez

Edgar Winter's White Trash

1972-07-24

23

Murdered

Brian Cole

Association

1972-08-02

28

Drug overdose

Rory Storm

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes

1972-09-27

32

Suicide

Miss Christine

GTO's

1972-11-05

Drug overdose

Bill Murcia

New York Dolls

1972-11-06

21

Drug overdose

Berry Oakley

Allman Brothers Band

1972-11-10

24

Motorcycle accident

Danny Whitten

Crazy Horse

1972-11-18

29

Drug overdose

Ron Pigpen McKernan

Grateful Dead

1973-03-08

27

Alcohol

Clarence White

Byrds

1973-07-14

29

Car accident

Paul Williams

Temptations

1973-08-17

34

Suicide

Gram Parsons

Byrds

1973-09-19

26

Drug Overdose

Jim Croce

1973-09-20

30

Airplane crash

John Rostill

Shadows

1973-11-01

31

Electrocuted

Bobby Darin

1973-12-20

37

Heart attack

Bobby Bloom

1974-02-28

28

Suicide

Vinnie Taylor

Sha Na Na

1974-04-17

25

Drug overdose

Graham Bond

1974-05-08

36

Suicide

Cass Elliot

Mamas and Papas

1974-07-29

32

Choked

Bill Chase

Chase

1974-08-12

39

Airplane crash

Walter Clark

Chase

1974-08-12

25

Airplane crash

John Emma

Chase

1974-08-12

22

Airplane crash

Wallace Yohn

Chase

1974-08-12

27

Airplane crash

Robbie McIntosh

Average White Band

1974-09-23

23

Drug overdose

Nick Drake

1974-11-25

26

Suicide

Paul Beaver

Beaver and Krause

1975-01-16

50

Heart attack

Pete Ham

Badfinger

1975-04-23

28

Suicide

Tom Donahue

1975-04-28

46

Heart attack

Tim Buckley

1975-06-29

28

Drug overdose

Al Jackson

Booker T. and the MGs

1975-10-01

39

Murdered

Florence Ballard

Supremes

1976-02-22

32

Medical

Paul Kossoff

Free

1976-03-19

26

Heart Attack

Gary Thain

Uriah Heep

1976-03-19

27

Drug overdose

Duster Bennett

1976-03-26

29

Car accident

Phil Ochs

1976-04-07

35

Suicide

Keith Relf

Yardbirds, Renaissance

1976-05-14

33

Electrocuted

Tommy Bolin

Deep Purple

1976-12-04

25

Drug overdose

Freddie King

1976-12-28

43

Heart attack

Helmut Koellen

Triumvirat

1977-05-03

27

Poisoning

William Powel

O'Jays

1977-05-26

Cancer

Peter Laughner

Pere Ubu

1977-06-22

24

Medical

Elvis Presley

1977-08-16

42

Drug Overdose

Marc Bolan

T-Rex

1977-09-16

30

Car accident

Cassie Gaines

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1977-10-20

Airplane crash

Steven Gaines

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1977-10-20

28

Airplane crash

Ronnie Van Zant

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1977-10-20

29

Airplane crash

Gregory Herbert

Blood, Sweat & Tears

1978-01-01

28

Drug overdose

Terry Kath

Chicago

1978-01-23

32

Gun accident

Sandy Denny

Fairport Convention

1978-04-21

31

Fall

Keith Moon

Who

1978-09-07

32

Drug overdose

Chris Bell

Big Star

1978-12-27

27

Car accident

Donny Hathway

1979-01-13

33

Suicide

Sid Vicious

Sex Pistols

1979-02-02

21

Drug overdose

Mike Patto

Patto, Spooky Tooth

1979-03-04

36

Medical

Zenon DeFleur

Count Bishops

1979-03-17

28

Car accident

Lowell George

Little Feet

1979-06-29

34

Heart attack

Van McCoy

1979-07-06

38

Heart attack

Minnie Ripperton

1979-07-12

30

Cancer

Rick Garberson

Bizarros

1979-07-15

Poisoning

Jimmy McCulloch

Wings

1979-09-27

27

Heart attack

John Glascock

Jethro Tull

1979-11-17

28

Medical

Ray Smith

Heads Hands & Feet

1979-11-29

45

Bon Scott

AC/DC

1980-02-19

33

Alcohol

Jacob Miller

Inner Circle

1980-02-21

23

Tommy Caldwell

Marshall Tucker Band

1980-04-28

30

Car accident

Ian Curtis

Joy Division

1980-05-18

23

Suicide

Carl Radle

Derek and the Dominos

1980-05-30

38

Medical

Malcolm Owen

Ruts

1980-07-14

24

Drug overdose

Keith Godchaux

Grateful Dead

1980-07-23

32

Car accident

John Bonham

Led Zeppelin

1980-09-25

32

Alcohol overdose

Steve Took

T-Rex

1980-10-27

31

Medical

Darby Crash

Germs

1980-12-07

22

Suicide

John Lennon

Beatles

1980-12-08

40

Murdered

Tim Hardin

1980-12-29

39

Drug overdose

Bill Haley

1981-02-09

56

Alcohol

Mike Bloomfield

1981-02-15

37

Drug overdose

Bob Hite

Canned Heat

1981-04-05

36

Heart attack

Bob Marley

1981-05-11

36

Cancer

Harry Chapin

1981-07-16

38

Car accident

Tommy Tucker

Louisiana Red

1982-01-17

43

Alex Harvey

Sensational Alex Harvey Band

1982-02-04

46

Heart attack

Randy Rhoades

Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne

1982-03-20

26

Airplane crash

James Honeyman-Scott

Pretenders

1982-06-16

25

Drug overdose

Joe Tex

1982-08-13

49

Heart attack

Billy Fury

1983-01-28

41

Heart attack

Karen Carpenter

Carpenters

1983-02-04

33

Anorexia

Pete Farndon

Pretenders

1983-04-14

30

Drug overdose

Felix Pappalardi

Mountain

1983-04-17

43

Murdered

Chris Wood

Traffic

1983-07-12

39

Medical

Tom Evans

Badfinger

1983-11-18

36

Suicide

Dennis Wilson

Beach Boys

1983-12-28

39

Drowned

Alexis Korner

Blues Incorporated

1984-01-01

56

Cancer

Jackie Wilson

1984-01-12

49

Medical

Marvin Gaye

1984-04-01

45

Murdered

Phil Lynott

Thin Lizzy

1984-04-01

35

Drug Abuse

Esther Phillips

1984-08-07

48

Esther Phillips

Various

1984-08-07

49

Laennec's cirrhosis of the liver

Steve Goodman

1984-09-20

36

Leukemia

Wells Kelly

Meat Loaf

1984-10-29

35

Choked

Keith Hudson

1984-11-14

38

Cancer

Nicholas Dingley

Hanoi Rocks

1984-12-08

24

Car accident

David Byron

Uriah Heep

1985-02-28

38

Heart attack

Ricky Wilson

B-52's

1985-10-13

32

Cancer

Ian Steward

Rolling Stones

1985-12-12

47

Heart attack

Dennes Boon

Minutemen

1985-12-22

27

Car Accident

Rick Nelson

1985-12-31

45

Airplane crash

Albert Grossman

1986-01-25

59

Heart attack

OKelly Isley

Isley Brothers

1986-03-31

48

Heart attack

Richard Manual

The Band

1986-04-03

42

Suicide

Carlton Barrett

Wailers

1987-04-17

37

Murdered

Paul Butterfield

Butterfield Blues Band

1987-05-04

44

Medical

Philip (Snakefinger) Lithman

The Residents

1987-08-01

38

Heart attack

Peter Tosh

1987-09-11

42

Murdered

Jaco Pastorius

Weather Report

1987-09-21

35

Murdered

Cliff Burton

Metallica

1987-09-27

25

Traffic accident

Will Shatter

Flipper

1987-12-09

31

Drug Overdose

Andy Gibb

1988-03-10

30

Medical

Chet Baker

1988-05-13

58

Fell out window

Hillel Slovak

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1988-06-01

25

Drug Overdose

Christa Paffgen Nico

Velvet Underground

1988-07-18

44

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Roy Buchanan

1988-08-14

48

Suicide

Robert Calvert

Hawkwind

1988-08-14

42

Heart attack

Thomas Allen

War

1988-08-30

Roy Orbison

1988-12-07

52

Heart attack

Paul Avron Jeffreys

Cockney Rebel

1988-12-21

36

Airplane crash

Vincent Crane

Atomic Rooster

1989-02-01

44

Suicide

Trevor Lucas

Fairport Convention

1989-02-04

45

Heart attack

John Cipollina

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1989-05-29

45

Medical

Pete De Freitas

Echo & the Bunnymen

1989-06-14

Road accident

Barrie B.J. Wilson

Procol Harum

1990-01-10

43

Car accident

Allen Collins

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1990-01-23

37

Pneumonia

Del Shannon

1990-02-08

51

Suicide

Cornell Gunter

Coasters

1990-02-26

53

Ric Grech

Family, Blind Faith

1990-03-17

44

Drug overdose

Andrew Wood

Mother Love Bone

1990-03-19

24

Drug overdose

Steve Marriott

Small Faces, Humble Pie

1990-04-20

43

Fire

Stiv Bators

Dead Boys

1990-06-03

40

Hit by a Car

Brent Mydland

Grateful Dead

1990-07-01

38

Drug overdose

Stevie Ray Vaughan

1990-08-27

35

Helicopter crash

Tom Fogerty

Creedence Clearwater Revival

1990-09-22

49

Heart attack

Tony Duhig

Jade Warrior

1991-01-01

Heart attack

Steve Clark

Def Leppard

1991-01-08

30

Alcohol

Johnny Thunders

New York Dolls

1991-04-23

38

Drug overdose

Simon Wilde

DOA

1991-05-04

Brain Tumor

Gene Clark

Byrds

1991-05-24

49

Heart attack

David Ruffin

Temptations

1991-06-01

50

Drug overdose

Rob Tyner

MC5

1991-09-17

46

Heart attack

Eric Carr

Kiss

1991-11-24

41

Cancer

Freddie Mercury

Queen

1991-11-24

45

Aids

Bill Graham

(concert promotor)

1991-11-25

60

Helicopter crash

Jerry Nolan

New York Dolls

1992-02-01

45

Stroke

Stefanie Sargent

7 Year Bitch

1992-06-27

24

Drug overdose

Paul Hackman

Helix

1992-07-05

39

Car accident (tour bus)

Jeff Porcaro

Toto

1992-08-05

38

Heart attack

Sam Kinison

1992-10-04

38

Car accident

Steve Gilpin

MI-sex

1992-11-25

41

Car accident

Ronnie Bond

Troggs

1992-12-01

49

Eddie Hazel

Parliament, Funkadelic

1993-02-01

42

Medical

Mick Ronson

David Bowie

1993-04-30

47

Cancer

GG Allin

1993-06-28

36

Drug overdose

Wong Ka Kui

Beyond

1993-06-30

31

Accident

Mia Zapata

Gits

1993-07-07

Murdered

Don Myrick

Earth, Wind & Fire

1993-07-30

53

Murdered

Criss Oliva

Savatage

1993-10-17

Car accident

Ray Gillen

Black Sabbath, Badlands

1993-12-01

33

Cancer

Michael Clarke

Byrds

1993-12-02

50

Medical

Frank Zappa

Mothers of Invention

1993-12-04

52

Cancer

Douglas Hopkins

Gin Blossoms

1993-12-05

32

Harry Nilsson

1994-01-15

52

Heart attack

Rhett Forrester

Riot

1994-01-22

37

Murdered

Kurt Cobain

Nirvana

1994-04-05

27

Suicide

Jimmy Fernandez

God Machine

1994-05-12

29

Medical

Eric Gale

Stuff

1994-05-25

55

Kristen Pfaff

Hole

1994-06-16

24

Drug overdose

Nicky Hopkins

(session musician)

1994-09-06

50

Medical

Danny Gatton

(session musician)

1994-10-04

49

Suicide

Frankie Kennedy

Altan

1994-10-14

38

Cancer

Jimmy Miller

(producer)

1994-10-22

52

Medical

Fred Sonic Smith

MC5

1994-11-05

45

Heart attack

Dino Valenti

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1994-11-16

51

Ted Hawkins

1995-01-01

58

Heart attack

Frank OKeefe

Outlaws

1995-01-02

Jr. Walker

1995-01-12

53

Cancer

Sean McDonnell

Surgery

1995-01-18

29

Medical

Ken Jensen

D.O.A.

1995-01-29

Fire

Bob Stinson

Replacements

1995-02-20

35

Drug overdose

Melvin Franklin

Temptations

1995-02-23

52

Medical

Vivian Stanshall

Bonzo Dog Band

1995-03-05

51

Fire

Ingo Schwichtenberg

Helloween

1995-03-08

29

Suicide

Selena

1995-03-31

23

Murdered

Lee Brilleaux

Dr. Feelgood

1995-04-07

41

Medical

Carl Albert

Vicious Rumours

1995-04-23

Car accident

Rory Gallagher

1995-06-14

47

Alcohol

Phyllis Hyman

1995-07-03

44

Suicide

Louise Dean

Shiva

1995-07-08

24

Car accident

Sean Hayes

1995-07-12

49

Aids

Eddie Hinton

1995-07-28

51

Jerry Garcia

Grateful Dead

1995-08-09

53

Heart attack

Biggie Tempo

Bhundu Boys

1995-08-13

37

Suicide

Dwayne Goettel

Skinny Puppy

1995-08-23

31

Drug overdose

Arnie Treffers

Long Tall Ernie & the Shakers

1995-08-25

48

Cancer

Sterling Morrison

Velvet Underground

1995-08-30

53

Cancer

Shannon Hoon

Blind Melon

1995-10-21

28

Drug overdose

Alan Hull

Lindisfarne

1995-11-19

50

Matthew Ashman

Bow Wow Wow

1995-11-21

35

Diabetes

Peter Grant

Led Zeppelin manager

1995-11-21

Tony Williams

Tony Williams Lifetime Band

1996-02-23

52

Heart attack

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

Gun Club

1996-03-31

37

Stroke

Bernard Edwards

Chic

1996-04-01

43

Bradley Nowell

Sublime

1996-05-25

28

Drug overdose

Matthew Fletcher

Heavenly

1996-06-14

26

Suicide

Jonathan Melvoin

Smashing Pumpkins

1996-07-11

34

Drug overdose

John Panozzo

Styx

1996-07-16

47

Alcohol

Chas Chandler

Animals

1996-07-17

58

Heart attack

Rob Collins

Charlatans

1996-07-23

32

Car accident

Jason Thirsk

Pennywise

1996-07-28

27

Suicide

Tupac Shakur

1996-09-13

25

Murdered

Nick Acland

Lush

1996-10-17

30

Suicide

Townes Van Zandt

1997-01-01

52

Alcohol

Randy California

Spirit

1997-01-02

45

Drowned

Kenny Pickett

Creation

1997-01-07

49

Heart attack

Brian Connolly

Sweet

1997-02-09

52

Heart attack

Harold Melvin

Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes

1997-03-24

57

Laura Nyro

1997-04-08

49

Cancer

Jay Hening

Demolition 23

1997-04-18

23

Suicide

Eldon Hoke

The Mentors

1997-04-19

38

Killed by a train

Jeff Buckley

1997-05-29

30

Drowned

Ronnie Lane

Small Faces

1997-06-04

51

Multiple Sclerosis

John Christian Wolters

Dr. Hook

1997-06-16

52

Cancer

Fela Kuti

1997-08-02

58

Aids

Ray Barbieri

Warzone

1997-08-11

Pneumonia

Luther Allison

1997-08-12

58

Brain tumor

Nicholas Traina

Link 80

1997-08-21

19

Suicide (overdose)

Jo (Jonas) Bruce

Afro Celt Sound System

1997-10-08

28

Asthma

Tommy Tedesco

Session musician

1997-10-11

53

John Denver

1997-10-12

53

Airplane crash

Glenn Buxton

Alice Cooper

1997-10-19

49

Pneumonia

Henry Vestine

Canned Heat

1997-10-20

52

Medical

Rainer Ptacek

Rainer & Das Combo

1997-11-12

43

Cancer

Michael Hutchence

INXS

1997-11-22

37

Suicide

Kurt Winter

Guess Who

1997-12-15

51

Liver failure

Nicolette Larson

1997-12-16

45

Medical

Tim Kelly

Slaughter

1998-02-05

34

Car accident

(Hans Holzl) Falco

1998-02-06

40

Car accident

Carl Wilson

Beach Boys

1998-02-06

51

Cancer

Robert Pilatus

Milli Vanilli

1998-04-02

32

Medical

Cozy Powell

Rainbow, Whitesnake, etc.

1998-04-05

50

Car accident

Wendy O. Williams

Plasmatics

1998-04-06

48

Suicide

Frank Sinatra

1998-05-14

82

Heart Attack

Joey Ramone

The Ramones

2001-04-15

49

Lymphoma Cancer

John Lee Hooker

2001-06-21

83

George Harrison

Beatles

2001-11-29

58

Cancer

Layne Staley

Alice in Chains

2002-04-20

25

Apparent overdose on speedballs

John Entwistle

The Who

2002-06-27

57

Heart Attack

Jam Master Jay

Run DMC

2002-10-30

37

Murdered

Joe Strummer

Clash

2002-12-22

50

Heart attack

Maurice Gibb

Bee Gees

2003-01-12

53

Heart Attack

Jonny Ramone

Ramones

2004-09-16

55

Cancer

John Peel

BBC Radio DJ, the only one who played real music.

2004-10-26

65

Heart Attack

Dimebag Darrell Darrell Lance Abbott

Pantera

2004-12-08

38

Murdered by Nathan Gale

Spencer Dryden

Jefferson Airplane

2005-01-15

66

Cancer

Jim Capaldi

Traffic

2005-01-28

60

Stomach cancer

Keith Knudsen

Dobbie Brothers

2005-02-08

56

Pneumonia

Peter Hester

Crowded House drummer

2005-03-28

Strangulation after suicide bid

Robert A. Moog

Inventor of the Moog synthesizer

2005-08-22

71

Brain tumor

Pete Perryer

Unicorn

2005-09-06

Heart attack

Syd Barrett

Pink Floyd

2006-07-11

60

Died peacefully after years of reclusion

James Joseph Brown

2006-12-25

72

The Godfather of Soul died of pneumonia

Denny Doherty

Mamas and Papas

2007-01-19

67

Short illness