List of 2016 deaths in popular music

This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2016.

2016 deaths in popular music

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Preceded by 2015

List of deaths in popular music 2016

Succeeded by 2017

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Long John Hunter	84	January 4, 2016	Phoenix, Arizona	[1]
Robert Stigwood Manager for The Bee Gees, Cream	81	January 4, 2016	London, England	[2] [3]
Otis Clay	73	January 8, 2016	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack
David Bowie Arnold Corns, The Riot Squad, Tin Machine	69	January 10, 2016	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.	Liver cancer [4]
Giorgio Gomelsky Manager for The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Paramounts	81	January 13, 2016	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cancer [5]
Pete Huttlinger The John Denver Band	54	January 15, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke [6]
Gary Loizzo The American Breed	70	January 16, 2016	Orland Park, Illinois, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer [7]
Blowfly	76	January 17, 2016	Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, U.S.	Liver cancer [8]
Mic Gillette Tower of Power	64	January 17, 2016	Concord, California, U.S.	Heart attack [9]
Dale Griffin Mott the Hoople, British Lions	67	January 17, 2016		Alzheimer's disease [10]
Glenn Frey Eagles	67	January 18, 2016	New York City, New York, U.S.	Rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia while recovering from intestinal surgery [11]
Jimmy Bain Rainbow, Wild Horses, Dio, Last in Line	68	January 23, 2016	MSC Divina, Atlantic Ocean	Lung cancer [12]
Black	53	January 26, 2016	Cork, Ireland	Traffic accident [13]
T.J. Tindall MFSB	65	January 26, 2016		Cancer [14]
Paul Kantner Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band	74	January 28, 2016	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Multiple organ failure [15]
Signe Toly Anderson Jefferson Airplane	74	January 28, 2016	Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.	COPD [16]
Billy Faier	85	January 29, 2016	Alpine, Texas, U.S.	[17]
Jon Bunch Further Seems Forever, Sense Field	45	February 1, 2016	Long Beach, California, U.S.	Suicidal overdose [18]
Maurice White Earth, Wind & Fire	74	February 4, 2016	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Parkinson's disease [19] [20]
Joe Dowell	76	February 4, 2016	Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack [21]
Dan Hicks The Charlatans	74	February 6, 2016	Mill Valley, California, U.S.	Liver cancer [22]
Kipišas Kastaneda	37	November 12, 2016	Vilnius, Lithuania	Heart attack
L. C. Ulmer	87	February 14, 2016	Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.	Natural causes
Vanity Vanity 6	57	February 15, 2016	Fremont, California, U.S.	Kidney failure [23]
Paul Gordon The B-52's	52	February 18, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart disease [24]
Vi Subversa Poison Girls	80	February 19, 2016		[25]
Piotr Grudziński Riverside	40	February 21, 2016	Warsaw, Poland	Pulmonary embolism [26]
Hans Reffert Guru Guru	69	February 21, 2016	Mannheim, Germany
Lennie Baker Sha Na Na	69	February 24, 2016	Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.	Infection [27]
Josefin Nilsson	46	February 29, 2016	Själsö, Gotland, Sweden	[28]
Aron Burton	77	February 29, 2016	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart failure and diabetes [29]
Gayle McCormick Smith	67	March 1, 2016	St. Louis, Missouri	Cancer [30]
Chip Hooper Phish, Dave Matthews Band	53	March 5, 2016	Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.	Cancer [31]
Ross Hannaford Daddy Cool, Mighty Kong	65	March 8, 2016	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Cancer [32]
George Martin The Beatles, America	90	March 8, 2016	Highbury, London, England	[33]
Naná Vasconcelos Pat Metheny Group	71	March 9, 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Lung cancer [34]
Keith Emerson Emerson, Lake & Palmer	71	March 10, 2016	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Suicide [35]
Tommy Brown	84	March 12, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	[36]
Phife Dawg A Tribe Called Quest	45	March 22, 2016	Oakley, California, U.S.	Complications related to diabetes
Carlo Mastrangelo The Belmonts	78	April 4, 2016		[37]
Leon Haywood	74	April 5, 2016	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	[38]
Merle Haggard	79	April 6, 2016	Palo Cedro, California, U.S.	Pneumonia [39]
Dennis Davis	66	April 6, 2016		Cancer [40]
Jimmie Van Zant	59	April 7, 2016	Florida, U.S.	Liver cancer [41]
Emile Ford	78	April 11, 2016	London, England	[42]
Gib Guilbeau Flying Burrito Brothers	78	April 12, 2016		[43]
Lonnie Mack	74	April 21, 2016	Smithville, Tennessee, U.S	Natural causes [44]
Prince Prince and The Revolution, Prince and The New Power Generation	57	April 21, 2016	Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S.	Accidental fentanyl toxicity [45]
Billy Paul	81	April 24, 2016	Gloucester Township, New Jersey, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer [46]
Harrison Calloway Muscle Shoals Horns	75	April 30, 2016	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.	Stroke [47]
Phil Ryan Man, Pete Brown, Neutrons	69	April 30, 2016	Denmark	[48]
Candye Kane	54	May 6, 2016	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications from pancreatic cancer [49]
John Stabb Government Issue	54	May 7, 2016	Rockville, Maryland, U.S.	Stomach cancer [50]
Luther Simmons The Main Ingredient	74	May 9, 2016		Cancer
Peter Behrens Trio	68	May 11, 2016	Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany	Multiple organ failure [51]
Julius La Rosa	86	May 12, 2016	Crivitz, Wisconsin, U.S.	Natural causes [52]
Guy Clark	74	May 17, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	[53]
John Berry Beastie Boys	52	May 19, 2016	Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.	Frontotemporal dementia [54]
Nick Menza Megadeth, OMH	51	May 21, 2016	Studio City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart failure [55]
Marshall "Rock" Jones Ohio Players	75	May 27, 2016	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Cancer
Reshad Feild The Springfields	82	May 31, 2016	Devon, England
Dave Swarbrick Fairport Convention	75	June 3, 2016	Aberystwyth, Wales	Emphysema [56]
Habib	68	June 10, 2016	Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran	Cardiac arrest [57]
Christina Grimmie	22	June 10, 2016	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Gunshot [58]
Chips Moman	79	June 12, 2016	LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.	Lung disease [59]
Chris Warren	49	June 12, 2016
Henry McCullough Wings	72	June 14, 2016	Ballywindelland, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland	Stroke [60]
Attrell Cordes P.M. Dawn	46	June 17, 2016	Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S.	Renal disease [61]
Sverre Kjelsberg The Pussycats	69	June 19, 2016	Tromsø, Norway	[62]
Wayne Jackson The Mar-Keys	74	June 21, 2016	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart failure [63]
Bill Ham Manager for ZZ Top	79	June 22, 2016	Austin, Texas, U.S.	[64]
Jim Boyd The Jim Boyd Band	60	June 22, 2016		[65]
Bernie Worrell Parliament, Funkadelic, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains	72	June 24, 2016	Everson, Washington, U.S.	Lung cancer [66]
Mack Rice The Falcons	82	June 27, 2016	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease [67]
Scotty Moore	84	June 28, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	[68]
Rob Wasserman RatDog	64	June 29, 2016	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Undisclosed [69]
William Hawkins	76	July 4, 2016	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Danny Smythe The Box Tops	67	July 6, 2016		[70]
Geneviève Castrée	35	July 9, 2016	Anacortes, Washington	Pancreatic cancer [71]
Roland Prince	69	July 15, 2016		[72]
Alan Vega Suicide	78	July 16, 2016	New York City, New York, U.S.	[73]
Gary S. Paxton Record producer for Skip & Flip, The Hollywood Argyles	77	July 17, 2016	Branson, Missouri, U.S.	Complications of heart surgery and liver disease [74]
Lewis Steinberg Booker T. & the M.G.'s	82	July 21, 2016	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer
Keith Gemmell Audience	68	July 24, 2016		Throat cancer
Allan Barnes The Blackbyrds	67	July 26, 2016	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack
Sandy Pearlman Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash, Black Sabbath	72	July 26, 2016	Marin County, California, U.S.	Pneumonia and complication from a stroke [75]
Lucille Dumont	97	July 29, 2016	Canada	[76]
Snaffu Rigor Music group from Cinderella	69	August 4, 2016	Manila, Philippines	Lung cancer
Pete Fountain	86	August 6, 2016	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Heart failure [77]
B.E. Taylor	65	August 7, 2016	Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.	Brain tumor [78]
Glenn Yarbrough The Limeliters	86	August 11, 2016	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Dementia [79]
Ruby Wilson	68	August 12, 2016	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart attack [80]
Bobby Hutcherson	75	August 15, 2016	Montara, California, U.S.	Emphysema [81]
James Woolley 2wo, Nine Inch Nails	49	August 17, 2016		Complications from spinal injury [82]
Horacio Salgán	100	August 19, 2016	Buenos Aires, Argentina	[83]
Lou Pearlman Record producer and manager for NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, O-Town	62	August 19, 2016	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Cardiac arrest [84]
Matt Roberts 3 Doors Down	38	August 20, 2016	West Bend, Wisconsin	Prescription drug overdose [85]
Louis Stewart	72	August 20, 2016	Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland	Cancer
Toots Thielemans	94	August 22, 2016	Brussels, Belgium	[86]
Gilli Smyth Gong	83	August 22, 2016	Byron Bay, Australia	Pulmonary pneumonia [87]
Rudy Van Gelder	91	August 25, 2016	Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.	Natural causes [88]
Juan Gabriel	66	August 28, 2016	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Heart attack [89]
Fred Hellerman	89	September 1, 2016	Weston, Connecticut, U.S.	[90]
Jerry Heller Music manager for N.W.A	75	September 2, 2016	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Heart attack
Lewis Merenstein Record producer	81	September 6, 2016	New York City, New York	Pneumonia
Clifford Curry	79	September 7, 2016	Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke [91]
Prince Buster	78	September 8, 2016	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Stroke [92]
Jerry Corbetta Sugarloaf	68	September 16, 2016	Denver, Colorado, U.S.	Pick's disease
John D. Loudermilk	82	September 21, 2016	Christiana, Tennessee, U.S.	Bone cancer [93]
Kashif B. T. Express	59	September 25, 2016	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hagen Liebing Die Ärzte	55	September 25, 2016	Berlin, Germany	Brain tumor [94]
Joe Clay	78	September 26, 2016		[95]
Jonathan David Brown Record producer & audio engineer	60	September 27, 2016	Ozark, Missouri, U.S.
Nora Dean	72	September 29, 2016	Connecticut, U.S.	[96]
Michael Casswell	53	September 30, 2016	Níjar, Spain	Drowning
Oscar Brand	96	September 30, 2016	Great Neck, New York, U.S.	Pneumonia [97]
Steve Byrd	61	October 2, 2016	Munich, Germany	Heart attack [98]
Caroline Crawley	53	October 4, 2016		[99]
Rod Temperton Heatwave	66	October 5, 2016	London, England	Cancer [100]
Don Ciccone The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Critters	70	October 8, 2016
Bored Nothing	26	October 9, 2016		Suicide [101]
Robert Bateman Record producer	80	October 12, 2016		Heart attack
Sonny Sanders	77	October 12, 2016	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	[102]
Werner Lämmerhirt	67	October 14, 2016	Bodenwerder, Germany	[103]
Bobby Ellis	84	October 18, 2016	Kingston, Jamaica	Pneumonia related [104]
Pete Burns Dead or Alive	57	October 23, 2016	London, England	Cardiac arrest [105]
Bobby Vee	73	October 24, 2016	Rogers, Minnesota, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease [106]
John Zacherle	98	October 27, 2016	New York City, New York, U.S.	[107]
Norman Brokaw American talent agent	89	October 29, 2016	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Bap Kennedy	54	November 1, 2016	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Pancreatic and bowel cancer [108]
Bob Cranshaw	83	November 2, 2016	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Cancer [109]
Kay Starr	94	November 3, 2016	Bel Air, Los Angeles, U.S.	Complications from Alzheimer's disease [110]
Eddie Harsch The Black Crowes	59	November 4, 2016	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	[111]
Jean-Jacques Perrey	87	November 4, 2016	Lausanne, Switzerland	Lung cancer [112]
Leonard Cohen	82	November 7, 2016	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer [113]
Jimmy Young	95	November 7, 2016	London, England	[114]
Al Caiola	96	November 9, 2016	Allendale, New Jersey, U.S.	[115]
Victor Bailey Weather Report	56	November 11, 2016	Stafford, Virginia, U.S.	Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease [116]
Doug Edwards Skylark, Chilliwack	70	November 11, 2016	Vancouver, British Columbia, U.S.	[117]
Leon Russell	74	November 13, 2016	Mount Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart surgery [118]
David Mancuso Known from The Loft	72	November 14, 2016	New York, New York, U.S.
Mose Allison	89	November 15, 2016	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Natural causes [119]
Cliff Barrows Music director from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association	93	November 15, 2016	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Milt Okun American arranger, record producer and co-founder of the Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company	92	November 15, 2016	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Mentor Williams	70	November 16, 2016	Taos, New Mexico, U.S.	Lung cancer [120] [121]
Saki Kaskas Best known from his soundtracks in the Need for Speed Series	45	November 17, 2016	Greece	Drug overdose
Sharon Jones Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	60	November 18, 2016	Cooperstown, New York, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer [122]
Hugh McDonald Redgum	62	November 18, 2016	Australia	Prostate cancer
Blakdyak	46	November 21, 2016	Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines	[123]
Craig Gill Inspiral Carpets	44	November 22, 2016		Suicide [124]
Colonel Abrams	67	November 24, 2016		Diabetes [125]
Tony Martell American music industry and senior executive	90	November 27, 2016	Madison, New Jersey, U.S.
Carlton Kitto	74	November 28, 2016		[126]
Ray Columbus Ray Columbus and the Invaders	74	November 29, 2016	Snells Beach, North Auckland, New Zealand	Heart attack [127]
Mark Gray Exile	64	December 2, 2016	Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.
Harry Balk Record producer and record company executive	91	December 3, 2016	Oak Park, Michigan, U.S.	[128]
Herbert Hardesty	91	December 3, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Cancer [129]
Wayne Duncan Daddy Cool	72	December 4, 2016	Melbourne, Australia	Stroke
Radim Hladik Blue Effect	69	December 4, 2016		Pulmonary fibrosis [130]
Junaid Jamshed Vital Signs	52	December 7, 2016	Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	Plane accident [131]
Greg Lake Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson	69	December 7, 2016	London, England	Cancer [132]
Bob Krasnow Record producer and music executive from Elektra Records	82	December 11, 2016	Wellington, Florida, U.S.	Organ dysfunction
Barrelhouse Chuck	58	December 12, 2016	Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.	Prostate cancer [133]
Jim Lowe	93	December 12, 2016	East Hampton, Long Island, New York, U.S.	[134]
Bunny Walters	63	December 14, 2016	Hamilton, New Zealand	[135]
Gordie Tapp Host of the hit TV show Hee Haw	94	December 18, 2016	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Mick Zane Malice	57	December 23, 2016	Los Angeles, California	Brain cancer [136]
Rick Parfitt Status Quo	68	December 24, 2016	Marbella, Spain	Septicaemia and following complications to a shoulder injury [137]
George Michael Wham!	53	December 25, 2016	Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England	Heart failure [138]
Alphonse Mouzon Weather Report, The Eleventh House	68	December 25, 2016	Granada Hills, California, U.S.	Neuroendocrine carcinoma [139]
Allan Williams Businessman and talent manager from the Beatles	86	December 30, 2016	Liverpool, England	[140]

See also

• List of murdered musicians

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