Name Age Date Location Cause of death Larry Reinhardt Iron Butterfly , Captain Beyond 63 January 2, 2012 Bradenton, Florida , U.S. Complications from cirrhosis [ 1] Bob Weston Fleetwood Mac 64 January 3, 2012 Brent Cross, London , England Gastrointestinal hemorrhage [ 2] Dave Alexander 73 January 8, 2012 Marshall, Texas , U.S. Suicide by gunshot [ 3] Robbie France Alphaville , Skunk Anansie 52 January 14, 2012 Mazarrón , Spain Ruptured aorta Jimmy Castor The Jimmy Castor Bunch , The Teenagers 71 January 16, 2012 Henderson, Nevada , U.S. Heart failure [ 4] Johnny Otis 90 January 17, 2012 Los Angeles , California , U.S. Natural causes [ 5] Etta James 73 January 20, 2012 Riverside, California , U.S. Leukemia [ 6] Mark Reale Riot 56 January 25, 2012 San Antonio , Texas , U.S. Subarachnoid hemorrhage related to Crohn's disease [ 7] King Stitt 71 January 31, 2012 Kingston, Jamaica Prostate cancer [ 8] Don Cornelius Host of Soul Train 75 February 1, 2012 Sherman Oaks, California , U.S. Suicide by gunshot [ 9] David Peaston 54 February 1, 2012 St. Louis Missouri , U.S. Diabetes [ 10] Luis Alberto Spinetta Almendra , Pescado Rabioso , Invisible , Spinetta Jade 62 February 8, 2012 Buenos Aires , Argentina Lung cancer [ 11] Whitney Houston 48 February 11, 2012 Los Angeles , California , U.S. Drowning due to cocaine intoxication [ 12] Tonmi Lillman Sinergy , To/Die/For , Lordi , Kylähullut 38 February 13, 2012 [ 13] Dory Previn 86 February 14, 2012 Southfield, Massachusetts , U.S. Natural causes [ 14] Michael Davis MC5 , Destroy All Monsters 68 February 17, 2012 Chico, California , U.S. Liver failure [ 15] Christopher Reimer Women 26 February 21, 2012 Calgary , Alberta , Canada Heart condition [ 16] Billy Strange 81 February 22, 2012 Franklin, Tennessee , U.S. [ 17] Red Holloway 84 February 25, 2012 Morro Bay, California , U.S. Stroke and kidney failure Louisiana Red 79 February 25, 2012 Hanover , Germany Stroke [ 18] Roland Bautista Earth, Wind & Fire 60 February 29, 2012 U.S. Natural causes Davy Jones The Monkees 66 February 29, 2012 Indiantown, Florida , U.S. Heart attack [ 19] Lucio Dalla 68 March 1, 2012 Montreux , Switzerland Heart attack [ 20] Ronnie Montrose Edgar Winter Group , Montrose , Gamma 64 March 3, 2012 San Francisco Bay Area , U.S. Suicide by gunshot [ 21] Robert B. Sherman The Sherman Brothers 86 March 6, 2012 London , England Undisclosed causes [ 22] Jimmy Ellis The Trammps 74 March 8, 2012 Rock Hill, South Carolina , U.S. Alzheimer's disease [ 23] Hans G. Helms 79 March 11, 2012 Friedrichshain , Berlin , Germany Natural causes Michael Hossack The Doobie Brothers 65 March 12, 2012 Dubois, Wyoming , U.S. Cancer [ 24] Ken Lyons 38 Special 59 March 20, 2012 Winston-Salem, North Carolina , U.S. [ 25] Vince Lovegrove The Valentines 65 March 24, 2012 Bangalow, New South Wales , Australia Traffic accident [ 26] Jerry McCain 81 March 28, 2012 Gadsden, Alabama , U.S. Natural causes [ 27] Earl Scruggs 88 March 28, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. Natural causes [ 28] Jim Marshall Founder and owner of Marshall Amplification 88 April 5, 2012 Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire , England Natural causes Andrew Love 70 April 12, 2012 Memphis, Tennessee , U.S. Alzheimer's disease Krzysztof Puszyński Golec uOrkiestra 54 April 14/15, 2012 ?, Poland Heart attack [ 29] Graham Simpson Roxy Music 68 April 16, 2012 Ladbroke Grove, London , England Cancer [ 30] [ 31] Dick Clark Host of American Bandstand 82 April 18, 2012 Santa Monica, California , U.S. Heart attack [ 32] Levon Helm The Band 71 April 19, 2012 New York City , New York , U.S. Cancer [ 33] Greg Ham Men At Work 58 April 19, 2012 Carlton North, Victoria , Australia Heart attack [ 34] Chris Ethridge International Submarine Band , The Flying Burrito Brothers 65 April 23, 2012 Meridian, Mississippi , U.S. Tommy Marth The Killers 33 April 23, 2012 Las Vegas , Nevada , U.S. Suicide [ 35] Jimmy Bond The Routers 79 April 26, 2012 Los Angeles, California , U.S. Cardiopulmonary disease Charles Pitts 65 May 1, 2012 Memphis, Tennessee , U.S. Cancer [ 36] Adam Yauch Beastie Boys 47 May 4, 2012 Brooklyn, New York , U.S. Parotid gland cancer [ 37] Michael Burks 54 May 6, 2012 Atlanta, Georgia , U.S. Heart attack [ 38] Donald "Duck" Dunn Booker T. & the M.G.'s 70 May 13, 2012 Tokyo , Japan Natural causes [ 39] Chuck Brown 75 May 16, 2012 Baltimore , Maryland , U.S. Multiple organ failure [ 40] Doug Dillard The Dillards , Dillard & Clark 75 May 16, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. Lung infection [ 41] Donna Summer 63 May 17, 2012 Englewood, Florida , U.S. Lung cancer [ 42] Robin Gibb Bee Gees 62 May 20, 2012 Chelsea, London , England Liver and kidney failure from colorectal cancer [ 43] Doc Watson 89 May 29, 2012 Winston-Salem, North Carolina , U.S. Complications following colon surgery [ 44] Pete Cosey 68 May 30, 2012 Chicago , Illinois , U.S. Complications following surgery [ 45] Eduard Khil Russian singer 77 June 4, 2012 Saint Petersburg , Russia Stroke Herb Reed The Platters 83 June 4, 2012 Boston , Massachusetts , U.S. Heart disease [ 46] Bob Welch Fleetwood Mac 66 June 7, 2012 Antioch, Tennessee , U.S. Suicide by gunshot [ 47] Gerry Bron Record producer and band manager from Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 79 June 18, 2012 Hendon , Middlesex , England Brian Hibbard The Flying Pickets 65 June 18, 2012 Cardiff , Wales Prostate cancer [ 48] Dennis Flemion The Frogs 57 July 7, 2012 Racine County, Wisconsin , U.S. Drowning [ 49] Bob Babbitt MFSB 74 July 16, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee , U.S. Brain cancer [ 50] Jon Lord Deep Purple , Whitesnake , Paice Ashton Lord , The Artwoods , The Flower Pot Men 71 July 16, 2012 London , England Pulmonary embolism [ 51] Larry Hoppen Orleans 61 July 24, 2012 Suicide [ 52] [ non-primary source needed ] Tony Martin 98 July 27, 2012 Los Angeles , California , U.S. Natural causes [ 53] Bill Doss The Olivia Tremor Control , The Sunshine Fix , The Apples in Stereo 43 July 30, 2012 Aneurysm Tony Sly No Use for a Name 41 July 31, 2012 San Jose, California , U.S. Drug overdose [ 54] Jimmy Jones 75 August 2, 2012 Aberdeen, North Carolina , U.S. [ 55] Carl Davis Record producer 77 August 9, 2012 Summerville, South Carolina , U.S. Pulmonary fibrosis [ 56] Von Freeman 88 August 11, 2012 Chicago Illinois , U.S. Heart failure [ 57] Bob Birch The Elton John Band 56 August 15, 2012 Los Angeles , California , U.S. Suicide by gunshot [ 58] Scott McKenzie 73 August 18, 2012 Los Angeles , California , U.S. Guillain–Barré syndrome [ 59] Joe South 72 September 5, 2012 Buford, Georgia , U.S. Heart failure [ 60] James "Sugar Boy" Crawford 77 September 15, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana , U.S. [ 61] Andy Williams The Williams Brothers 84 September 25, 2012 Branson, Missouri , U.S. Bladder cancer [ 62] R. B. Greaves 68 September 27, 2012 Granada Hills, California , U.S. Prostate cancer [ 63] Frank Wilson Record producer for Motown Records 71 September 27, 2012 Duarte, California , U.S. Prostate cancer [ 64] Berkant 73 October 1, 2012 Istanbul , Turkey Lung cancer [ 65] Big Jim Sullivan 71 October 2, 2012 Billingshurst, West Sussex , England Heart disease and diabetes [ 66] Kathi McDonald 64 October 3, 2012 Seattle, Washington , U.S. [ 67] Nick Curran The Fabulous Thunderbirds 35 October 6, 2012 Oral cancer David S. Ware 62 October 19, 2012 New Brunswick, New Jersey , U.S. [ 68] Bill Dees 73 October 24, 2012 Mountain Home, Arkansas , U.S. [ 69] Natina Reed Blaque 31 October 26, 2012 Duluth, Georgia , U.S. Traffic accident [ 70] Terry Callier 67 October 27, 2012 Chicago , Illinois , U.S. Cancer [ 71] Mitch Lucker Suicide Silence 28 November 1, 2012 Huntington Beach, California , U.S. Traffic accident [ 72] Leonardo Favio 74 November 5, 2012 Buenos Aires , Argentina Pneumonia Major Harris 65 November 9, 2012 Richmond, Virginia , U.S. Congestive heart and lung failure [ 73] Earl Carroll The Cadillacs , The Coasters 75 November 25, 2012 New York City, New York , U.S. Compilations from a stroke and diabetes Chris Stamp Record producer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience , The Who , The Crazy World of Arthur Brown , Golden Earring and co-founder of Track Records 70 November 24, 2012 New York City, New York , U.S. Cancer Mickey Baker 87 November 27, 2012 Toulouse , France Heart and kidney failure [ 74] Dave Brubeck 91 December 5, 2012 Norwalk, Connecticut , U.S. Congestive heart failure [ 75] Ed Cassidy Spirit 89 December 6, 2012 San Jose, California , U.S. Cancer [ 76] Huw Lloyd-Langton Hawkwind , Widowmaker 61 December 6, 2012 Dorset , England Cancer [ 77] Jenni Rivera 43 December 9, 2012 Iturbide, Nuevo León , Mexico Plane crash [ 78] Ravi Shankar 92 December 11, 2012 San Diego , California , U.S. Complications from surgery. [ 79] Eddie "Guitar" Burns 84 December 12, 2012 U.S. Heart failure [ 80] Jimmy McCracklin 91 December 20, 2012 San Pablo, California , U.S. [ 81] Lee Dorman Iron Butterfly , Captain Beyond 70 December 21, 2012 Laguna Niguel, California , U.S. Natural causes [ 82] Marva Whitney 68 December 22, 2012 Kansas City, Kansas , U.S. Pneumonia [ 83] Mike Scaccia Ministry , Rigor Mortis , Revolting Cocks 47 December 22, 2012 Fort Worth, Texas , U.S. Heart attack [ 84] Capital Steez Pro Era 19 December 23, 2012 Manhattan , New York City , U.S. Suicide [ 85] Fontella Bass 72 December 26, 2012 St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. Heart attack [ 86] 
