List of 2017 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 2017.

2017 deaths in popular music

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Preceded by 2016

List of deaths in popular music 2017

Succeeded by 2018

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Mike Gaborno Manic Hispanic	51	January 4, 2017		Liver cancer
Johnny Dick Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries	73	January 6, 2017
Sylvester Potts The Contours	78	January 6, 2017	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease
Eddie Kamae Sons of Hawaii	89	January 7, 2017	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.	[1]
Jerzy Kossela Czerwone Gitary	74	January 7, 2017	Gdynia, Poland	[2]
Buddy Bregman American arranger, record producer, conductor and composer	86	January 8, 2017	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease
Peter Sarstedt	75	January 8, 2017		Progressive supranuclear palsy [3]
Crazy Toones Record producer	45	January 9, 2017		Heart attack [4]
Tommy Allsup Buddy Holly & The Crickets	85	January 11, 2017	Springfield, Missouri, U.S.	Complications from a hernia operation [5]
Tony Booth Poster artist for The Beatles	83	January 11, 2017	Upton, Merseyside, England	Cancer
Larry Steinbachek Bronski Beat	56	January 12, 2017		Cancer [6]
Meir Banai	55	January 12, 2017	Hemed, Israel	Cancer [7]
Muhammad Fachroni Project Pop	44	January 13, 2017		Complications from diabetes [8]
Richie Ingui Soul Survivors	70	January 13, 2017
Magic Alex Electronics engineer for The Beatles	74	January 13, 2017	Kolonaki, Athens, Greece	Pneumonia
Charles "Bobo" Shaw	69	January 16, 2017		[9]
Franz Jarnach The Rattles	72	January 16, 2017	Hamburg, Germany	[10]
Mike Kellie Multi-instrumentalist and record producer for Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones	69	January 18, 2017
Loalwa Braz	63	January 19, 2017	Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Murdered [11]
Howard Kaufman Talent manager for Eagles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard	79	January 19, 2017		[12]
Ronald “Bingo” Mundy The Marcels	76	January 20, 2017	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Pneumonia [13]
Joey Powers	82	January 20, 2017	Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.	[14]
Maggie Roche The Roches	65	January 21, 2017		Cancer
Walter Morrison Record producer for Ohio Players and music director of Parliament-Funkadelic	62	January 21, 2017	London, England
Jaki Liebezeit Can	78	January 22, 2017	Cologne, Germany	Pneumonia [15]
Pete Overend Watts Mott the Hoople, British Lions	69	January 22, 2017		Throat cancer [16]
Bobby Freeman	76	January 23, 2017	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Natural causes [17]
Gil Ray Game Theory, The Loud Family	60	January 24, 2017		Cancer
Björn Thelin The Spotnicks	74	January 24, 2017
Butch Trucks The Allman Brothers Band	69	January 24, 2017	West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.	Suicide by gunshot
Benny Collins Tour manager for The Rolling Stones, Journey	68	January 27, 2017		Pneumonia
Guitar Gable	79	January 28, 2017	Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S.	[18]
Geoff Nicholls Black Sabbath	68	January 28, 2017		Lung cancer [19]
Elkin Ramírez Kraken	54	January 29, 2017	Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia	Brain cancer [20]
James Laurence Record producer for Friendzone	27	January 30, 2017
Deke Leonard Man, Help Yourself	72	January 31, 2017		Heart failure [21]
John Wetton Asia, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash	67	January 31, 2017	Bournemouth, England	Cancer [22]
Robert Dahlqvist The Hellacopters, Dundertåget	40	February 3, 2017	Bagarmossen, Sweden	Accidental drowning following seizure [23]
Steve Lang April Wine	67	February 4, 2017		Parkinson’s disease [24]
Noel Simms	82	February 4, 2017	Alligator Reef, Florida, U.S.	Lung cancer [25]
David Axelrod	85	February 5, 2017	Burbank, California, U.S.	Lung cancer [26]
Sonny Geraci The Outsiders, Climax	69	February 5, 2017	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	[27]
Tony Särkkä Abruptum, Ophthalamia	44	February 8, 2017	Finspång, Sweden	Alleged suicide [28]
Rina Matsuno Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku	18	February 8, 2017		Cardiac arrhythmia
Tony Davis The Spinners	86	February 10, 2017
Harvey Lichtenstein American arts administrator for Brooklyn Academy of Music	87	February 11, 2017		Stroke [29]
Damian	52	February 12, 2017		Cancer [30]
Robert Fisher Willard Grant Conspiracy	59	February 12, 2017		Cancer [31]
Al Jarreau	76	February 12, 2017	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Respiratory failure [32]
Trish Doan Kittie	31	February 13, 2017		Suicide
Alan Aldridge Artist and graphic designer	73	February 17, 2017
Peter Skellern	69	February 17, 2017	Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall, England	Brain cancer [33]
David Yorko Guitarist for Johnny and the Hurricanes	73	February 17, 2017	"Heartland of Waterville"	Emphysema [34]
Clyde Stubblefield	73	February 18, 2017	Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.	Kidney failure [35]
Larry Coryell The Eleventh House	73	February 19, 2017	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart failure [36]
Ilene Berns Record producer, record company director and co-founded of Bang Records	73	February 23, 2017	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Heart failure
Leon Ware Record producer	77	February 23, 2017	Marina del Rey, California, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Eric Miller Record producer for Pablo Records	75	February 25, 2017	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Toshio Nakanishi Plastics	61	February 25, 2017	Tokyo, Japan	Esophageal cancer [37]
Hiroshi Kamayatsu The Spiders	78	March 1, 2017		Pancreatic cancer [38]
Jim Fuller The Surfaris	69	March 3, 2017	Monrovia, California, U.S.	Undisclosed
Tommy Page Music industry executive from Reprise Records	46	March 3, 2017	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Suicide by hanging
Edi Fitzroy	62	March 4, 2017	May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica	[39]
Ritchie Adams	78	March 6, 2017		[40]
Lars Diedricson Snowstorm	55	March 6, 2017	Gothenburg, Sweden	[41]
Robbie Hoddinoff Kingfish	62	March 6, 2017
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya	56	March 7, 2017	Hooghly district, West Bengal, India	Traffic accident [42]
Tony Lorenzo Sons of Azrael	30	March 9, 2017		Complications from paralysis [43]
Joni Sledge Sister Sledge	60	March 10, 2017	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.	Natural causes [44]
Evan Johns The LeRoi Brothers	69	March 11, 2017	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Liver disease [45]
Joey Alves Y&T	63	March 12, 2017		Complications from ulcerative colitis [46]
Tommy LiPuma Record producer	80	March 13, 2017	New York City, New York, U.S.	[47]
John Lever The Chameleons	55	March 13, 2017
James Cotton	81	March 16, 2017	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Pneumonia [48]
Chuck Berry	90	March 18, 2017	Wentzville, Missouri, U.S.	Heart attack [49]
Billy Bland	84	March 22, 2017	New York City, New York, U.S.
Sib Hashian Boston	67	March 22, 2017	At sea near Nassau, Bahamas	Heart attack [50]
Sven-Erik Magnusson Sven-Ingvars	74	March 22, 2017	Karlstad, Sweden	Prostate cancer
Jimmy Dotson	83	March 26, 2017	Houston, Texas, U.S.	[51]
Clem Curtis The Foundations	76	March 27, 2017		Lung cancer [52]
Edward Grimes Rachel's, Shipping News	43	March 27, 2017
Aldo Guibovich Los Pasteles Verdes	64	March 29, 2017	Chimbote, Peru	Brain tumor
Lonnie Brooks	83	April 1, 2017	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	[53]
Brenda Jones The Jones Girls	62	April 2, 2017		Traffic accident
Paul O'Neill Record producer for Trans-Siberian Orchestra	61	April 5, 2017	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	Intoxication of prescription drugs
David Peel The Lower East Side Band	73	April 6, 2017	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
Joseph Rascoff Tour manager from U2, The Rolling Stones	71	April 6, 2017		Prostate cancer
Kim Plainfield	63	April 8, 2017	Tomkins Cove, New York, U.S.	[54]
Keni Richards Autograph	60	April 8, 2017	U.S.	Murdered
Banner Thomas Molly Hatchet	60	April 10, 2017		Pneumonia [55]
J. Geils The J. Geils Band	71	April 11, 2017	Groton, Massachusetts, U.S.	Natural causes [56]
Tom Coyne Mastering engineer	63	April 12, 2017	U.S.	Multiple myeloma [57]
Toby Smith Jamiroquai	46	April 12, 2017		Cancer [58]
Mika Vainio Pan Sonic	57	April 12, 2017		Multiple myeloma [59]
Sylvia Moy Record producer	78	April 15, 2017	Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.	Pneumonia [60]
Matt Holt Nothingface	39	April 15, 2017	Frederick, Maryland, U.S.	Undisclosed degenerative illness [61]
Allan Holdsworth Soft Machine, U.K.	70	April 16, 2017	Vista, California, U.S.	Heart disease [62]
Pat Fitzpatrick Aslan	60	April 19, 2017		Cancer[ citation needed ]
Cuba Gooding Sr The Main Ingredient	72	April 20, 2017	Woodland Hills, California, U.S.	Natural causes [63]
Sandy Gallin American talent agent	76	April 21, 2017	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Multiple myeloma
Calep Emphrey Jr.	67	April 25, 2017	U.S.	[64]
Bruce Hampton Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton Grease Band	70	May 1, 2017	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Heart attack
Kevin Garcia Grandaddy	41	May 2, 2017		Stroke
Saxa The Beat	87	May 3, 2017		[65]
Christopher Boykin Entertainer from Rob & Big	45	May 9, 2017		Heart failure [66]
Robert Miles	47	May 9, 2017	Ibiza, Spain	Cancer [67]
Jimmy Copley Manfred Mann's Earth Band	63	May 13, 2017	Bristol, England	Leukemia [68]
Kevin Stantion Mi-Sex	61	May 17, 2017	New Zealand	Cervical spondylitis
Chris Cornell Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog	52	May 18, 2017	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Suicide by hanging [69]
Frankie Paul	51	May 18, 2017	Kingston, Jamaica	[70]
Jimmy Hayes The Persuasions	74	May 18, 2017	New York, New York, U.S.	Died during surgery
Kid Vinil Record producer	62	May 19, 2017	São Paulo, Brazil	[71]
Jimmy LaFave	61	May 21, 2017	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Spindle cell sarcoma [72]
Gregg Allman The Allman Brothers Band	69	May 27, 2017	Richmond Hill, Georgia, U.S.	Liver cancer [73]
Aamir Zaki Vital Signs	49	June 2, 2017	Karachi, Pakistan	Heart failure [74]
Vin Garbutt	69	June 6, 2017		Heart failure [75]
Sandra Reemer Sandra & Andres	66	June 6, 2017	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Breast cancer [76]
Rosalie Sorrels	83	June 11, 2017	Reno, Nevada, U.S.	[77]
Prodigy Mobb Deep	42	June 20, 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Accidental choking [78]
Gunter Gabriel	75	June 22, 2017	Hanover, Germany	Fall [79]
Jimmy Nalls Sea Level	66	June 22, 2017		Fall [80]
Dave Rosser The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers	50	June 27, 2017		Colon cancer [81]
Gary DeCarlo Steam	75	June 28, 2017	Branford, Connecticut, U.S.	Lung cancer [82]
Rudy Rotta	66	July 3, 2017	Verona, Italy	[83]
John Blackwell	43	July 4, 2017	Land o' Lakes, Florida, U.S.	Brain tumor [84]
Melvyn "Deacon" Jones Baby Huey & the Babysitters	73	July 6, 2017	Hollywood, California, U.S.	[85]
Ray Phiri	70	July 12, 2017	Nelspruit, South Africa	Lung cancer [86]
Simon Holmes The Hummingbirds	54	July 13, 2017	Sydney, Australia	[87]
Fresh Kid Ice 2 Live Crew	53	July 13, 2017	Miami, Florida, U.S.	cirrhosis of the liver [88]
David Zablidowsky Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, SOTO, ZO2	38	July 14, 2017	Micanopy, Florida, U.S.	Traffic accident [89]
Roland Cazimero The Brothers Cazimero	66	July 16, 2017	U.S.	[90]
Thor Lindsay Record producer for Tim/Kerr	58	July 16, 2017
Chester Bennington Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, Stone Temple Pilots	41	July 20, 2017	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Suicide by hanging [91]
Kenny Shields Streetheart	69	July 21, 2017		Complications from cardiac surgery [92]
Bobby Taylor Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers	83	July 22, 2017		Cancer [93]
Michael Johnson	72	July 25, 2017	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.	[94]
Billy Joe Walker Jr.	65	July 25, 2017	Kerrville, Texas, U.S.	[95]
Goldy McJohn Steppenwolf	72	August 1, 2017	Burien, Washington, U.S.	Heart attack [96]
Tony Cohen Record producer for The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	60	August 2, 2017	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia	[97]
Glen Campbell	81	August 8, 2017	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease [98]
Benard Ighner	72	August 14, 2017	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Lung cancer [99]
Melissa Bell Soul II Soul	53	August 28, 2017		Kidney failure[ citation needed ]
Skip Prokop Lighthouse, The Paupers	73	August 30, 2017	St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada	[100]
Walter Becker Steely Dan	67	September 3, 2017	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Esophageal cancer [101]
Dave Hlubek Molly Hatchet	66	September 3, 2017	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack [102]
Earl Lindo The Wailers	64	September 4, 2017	London, England	[103]
Holger Czukay Can	79	September 5, 2017	Weilerswist, Germany	Natural causes [104]
Rick Stevens Tower of Power	77	September 5, 2017	U.S.	Liver cancer
Troy Gentry Montgomery Gentry	50	September 8, 2017		Helicopter accident
Michael Friedman In association of The Civilians	41	September 9, 2017	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	HIV/AIDS [105]
Virgil Howe Little Barrie	41	September 11, 2017		Heart attack [106]
Will Youatt Man, Neutrons	67	September 12, 2017		[107]
Jessi Zazu Those Darlins	28	September 12, 2017		Cervical cancer
Grant Hart Hüsker Dü	56	September 14, 2017	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.	Liver cancer [108]
Mark Selby	56	September 18, 2017	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer [109]
Billy Hatton Bass guitarist for The Fourmost	76	September 19, 2017		Unknown
Johnny Sandlin Record producer for The Allman Brothers Band	72	September 19, 2017	Decatur, Arkansas, U.S.	Cancer
Cecs Bergman Record producer for Catapult	65	September 21, 2017
Ammon Tharp Drummer for Bill Deal and the Rhondels	75	September 22, 2017		Undisclosed cause
Charles Bradley	68	September 23, 2017	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.	Stomach cancer [110]
CeDell Davis	91	September 27, 2017	Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.	Heart attack [111]
Frank Slay Record producer, and record label owner	87	September 30, 2017
Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys	66	October 2, 2017	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest [112]
Jerry Ross Record producer and co-founder of Heritage Records	84	October 4, 2017	Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Bunny Sigler Record producer	76	October 6, 2017	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Heart attack
Jimmy Beaumont The Skyliners	76	October 7, 2017	McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Natural causes/Died in his sleep
Grady Tate	85	October 8, 2017	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Complications from Alzheimer's disease [113]
Francisco Ernesto Ruíz Banda Cuisillos	32	October 12, 2017	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	Gunshot
Iain Shedden The Saints	60	October 16, 2017	Sydney, Australia	Laryngeal cancer [114]
Gord Downie The Tragically Hip	53	October 17, 2017	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Glioblastoma [115]
Howard Carroll Guitarist for The Dixie Hummingbirds	92	October 17, 2017	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Unknown [116]
Martin Eric Ain Celtic Frost, Hellhammer	50	October 21, 2017	Zürich, Switzerland	Heart attack [117]
Scott Putesky Marilyn Manson	49	October 22, 2017		Colon cancer [118]
Al Hurricane	81	October 22, 2017	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Prostate cancer [119]
George Young The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan	70	October 22, 2017	Singapore	[120]
Fats Domino	89	October 24, 2017	Harvey, Louisiana, U.S.	Natural causes [121]
Dick Noel	90	October 27, 2017	Escondido, California, U.S.	[122]
Billy Mize	88	October 28, 2017	U.S.	[123]
Muhal Richard Abrams	87	October 29, 2017	Manhattan, U.S.	[124]
Katie Lee	98	November 1, 2017	Jerome, Arizona, U.S.	[125]
Robert Knight	72	November 5, 2017	Tennessee, U.S.	[126]
Pentti Glan Alice Cooper	71	November 7, 2017	Innisfil, Ontario, Canada	Lung cancer [127]
Chuck Mosley Faith No More, Bad Brains	57	November 9, 2017	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Drug overdose [128]
Chad Hanks Co-Founder and Bassist for American Head Charge	46	November 12, 2017		Terminal illness/Cancer [129] [130]
Bonnie Flower Wendy and Bonnie	63	November 15, 2017		[131]
Lil Peep	21	November 15, 2017	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.	Drug overdose [132]
Ben Riley	84	November 18, 2017	West Islip, New York, U.S.	Lung disease [133]
Malcolm Young AC/DC	64	November 18, 2017	Sydney, Australia	Dementia [134]
Charles Manson	83	November 19, 2017	Bakersfield, California, U.S.	Colon cancer [135] Manson died while serving time in California State Prison, Corcoran. [136]
Warren "Pete" Moore The Miracles	78	November 19, 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Complications from diabetes [137]
Della Reese	86	November 19, 2017	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	[138]
David Cassidy The Partridge Family	67	November 21, 2017	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.	Liver failure [139]
Wayne Cochran	78	November 21, 2017	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Cancer [140]
George Avakian Record producer from Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records	98	November 22, 2017	Upper West Side, New York City, New York, U.S.	[141]
Tommy Keene	59	November 22, 2017		Cardiac arrest [142]
Mitch Margo The Tokens	70	November 24, 2017	Studio City, California, U.S.	Natural causes [143]
Robert Popwell The Young Rascals, The Crusaders	66	November 27, 2017	Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.	[144]
Robert Walker	80	November 29, 2017	California, U.S.	Cancer [145]
Zé Pedro Xutos & Pontapés	61	November 30, 2017		[146]
Norihiko Hashida	72	December 2, 2017	Kyoto, Japan	Parkinson's disease [147]
Johnny Hallyday	74	December 6, 2017	Marnes-la-Coquette, France	Lung cancer [148]
Sir Christus Negative	39	December 7, 2017		[149]
Sunny Murray	81	December 8, 2017	Paris, France	Multiple organ failure [150]
Leon Rhodes Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours	85	December 9, 2017		[151]
Keith Chegwin Brown Sauce	60	December 11, 2017		Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [152]
Manno Charlemagne	69	December 10, 2017	Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.	Cancer [153]
Pat DiNizio The Smithereens	62	December 12, 2017	Summit, New Jersey, U.S.	[154]
Dave Christenson Stabilizers	54	December 15, 2017		Lung cancer [155]
Warrel Dane Sanctuary, Nevermore	56	December 13, 2017	São Paulo, Brazil, U.S.	Heart attack [156]
Michael Prophet	60	December 16, 2017	Bedford, England	Lung cancer [157]
Richard Dobson	75	December 16, 2017	Diessenhofen, Switzerland	Cancer
Kevin Mahogany	59	December 17, 2017	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Diabetes [158]
Larry Harris Record producer from Casablanca Records	70	December 20, 2017	Port Angeles, Washington, U.S.	[159]
Kim Jong-hyun Shinee	27	December 18, 2017	Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea	Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning [160]
Combat Jack American music journalist, editor and podcaster	53	December 20, 2017	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.	Colon cancer [161]
Jordan Feldstein Manager from Maroon 5	40	December 23, 2017		Pulmonary thromboembolism [162]

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