List of 2018 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 2018.

2018 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 2017

List of deaths in popular music 2018

Succeeded by 2019

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Betty Willis	76	January 1, 2018	Santa Ana, California, U.S.	Strangled [1]
Rick Hall Record producer	85	January 2, 2018	Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.	Prostate cancer [2]
Ray Thomas Moody Blues	76	January 4, 2018	Surrey, England	Prostate cancer [3]
Chris Tsangarides Record producer from Judas Priest, Depeche Mode	61	January 6, 2018		Heart failure following pneumonia [4]
Jimmy Robinson Recording engineer, record producer	67	January 6, 2018	New York City, New York, U.S.	[5]
France Gall	70	January 7, 2018	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France	Cancer
Denise LaSalle	78	January 8, 2018	Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.	Complications from fall [6]
Eddie Clarke Motörhead, Fastway	67	January 10, 2018		Pneumonia [7]
Ernest H. Sanders German-born American musicologist	99	January 13, 2018	New York, U.S.	[8]
Barbara Cope Groupie	67	January 14, 2018	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	House fire [9]
Marlene VerPlanck	84	January 14, 2018	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer [10]
Edwin Hawkins	74	January 15, 2018	Pleasanton, California, U.S.	[11]
Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries	46	January 15, 2018	London, England	Drowning caused by alcohol intoxication [12]
Dave Holland Trapeze, Judas Priest	69	January 16, 2018	Lugo, Spain	Lung cancer [13]
Fredo Santana	27	January 20, 2018	Reseda, Los Angeles, California	Seizure [14]
Terry Evans	80	January 20, 2018	U.S.	[15]
Jim Rodford Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies	76	January 20, 2018	St Albans, England	Complications from fall [16]
Hugh Masekela	78	January 23, 2018	Johannesburg, South Africa	Prostate cancer [17]
Lari White	52	January 23, 2018	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Peritoneal cancer [18]
Mark E. Smith The Fall	60	January 24, 2018	Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England	Lung and kidney cancer [19]
Buzz Clifford	76	January 26, 2018		Complications of influenza [20]
Leah LaBelle	31	January 31, 2018	Studio City, California	Traffic collision
Dennis Edwards The Temptations	74	February 1, 2018	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Complications from meningitis [21]
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler Record producer and university professor	65	February 3, 2018	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Prostate cancer [22]
Zeno Roth Uli Jon Roth	61	February 5, 2018		[23]
John Perry Barlow Lyricist for The Grateful Dead, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation	70	February 6, 2018	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Complications from heart attack [24]
Mickey Jones Kenny Rogers and the First Edition	76	February 7, 2018	Simi Valley, California, U.S.	Diabetes [25]
Pat Torpey Mr. Big	64	February 7, 2018		Complications of Parkinson's disease [26]
Lovebug Starski Record producer for DJ Hollywood	57	February 8, 2018	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Heart attack [27]
Craig MacGregor Foghat	68	February 9, 2018	Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Lung cancer [28]
Wesla Whitfield	70	February 9, 2018	St. Helena, California	[29]
Jóhann Jóhannsson	48	February 9, 2018	Berlin, Germany	Likely cocaine use [30]
Troy Blakely Record producer for Scorpions, Poison, Red Hot Chili Peppers	68	February 10, 2018	U.S.	Cancer [31]
Vic Damone	89	February 11, 2018	Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.	Natural causes [32]
Daryle Singletary	46	February 12, 2018	Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.	Blood Clot [33]
Scott Boyer Cowboy	70	February 13, 2018	Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.	Peripheral artery disease [34]
Little Sammy Davis	89	February 13, 2018	Middletown, New York, U.S.	[35]
Wim Claes Record producer	56	February 24, 2018		[36]
Harvey Schmidt	88	February 28, 2018	Tomball, Texas, U.S.	Congestive heart failure [37]
Bill Burkette The Vogues	75	March 1, 2018		Unknown
Van McLain Shooting Star	62	March 2, 2018		West Nile virus
Virgilijus Noreika 3 Tigrai	82	March 3, 2018	Vilnius, Lithuania	Cancer
Patrick Doyle Veronica Falls	32	March 3, 2018	?, U.S.	Suicide [38]
Jeff St John	71	March 6, 2018	Perth, Western Australia	Infection following surgery [39]
Jerzy Milian	82	March 7, 2018	Katowice, Poland	Natural causes [40]
Milko Kelemen	93	March 8, 2018	Stuttgart, Germany	Natural causes
Ken Dodd	90	March 11, 2018	Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England	Chest infection [41]
Craig Mack	47	March 12, 2018	Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S.	Heart failure [42]
Nokie Edwards The Ventures	82	March 12, 2018	Yuma, Arizona, U.S.	Complications following hip surgery
Claudia Fontaine Afrodiziak	57	March 13, 2018		[43]
Charlie Quintana The Plugz, Social Distortion, Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds	56	March 13, 2018	Cancún, Mexico	Heart attack [44]
Jimmy Wisner	86	March 13, 2018		[45]
Buell Neidlinger Cecil Taylor, Frank Zappa, Duane Eddy	82	March 16, 2018		Unknown
Killjoy Necrophagia	48	March 18, 2018		Undisclosed causes [46]
Peter "Mars" Cowling Pat Travers Band, Flying Hat Band	72	March 20, 2018	U.S.	[47]
Lys Assia winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest	94	March 24, 2018	Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland	[48]
Mike Harrison Spooky Tooth	75	March 25, 2018	Carlisle, England	[49]
Seo Min-woo 100%	33	March 25, 2018	Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea	Cardiac arrest [50]
Jerry Williams	75	March 25, 2018	Täby, Sweden	Cancer [51]
Caleb Scofield Cave In, Old Man Gloom, Zozobra	39	March 28, 2018	Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.	Traffic collision [52]
Alias Record producer from Anticon Records	41	March 30, 2018	U.S.	Heart attack [53]
Ron Dunbar Record producer	77	April 3, 2018	U.S.	[54]
Cecil Taylor	89	April 5, 2018	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.	[55]
Avicii	28	April 20, 2018	Muscat, Oman	Suicide [56]
Bob Dorough	94	April 23, 2018	Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, U.S.	[57]
Kato Khandwala Record producer from Blondie, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, The Pretty Reckless	47	April 25, 2018	North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Traffic collision [58]
Charles Neville The Neville Brothers	79	April 26, 2018	Huntington, Massachusetts, U.S.	[59]
John "Jabo" Starks The J.B.'s	79	May 1, 2018	Mobile, Alabama, U.S.	[60]
Scott Hutchison Frightened Rabbit	36	May 9, 2018	South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland	Suicide by drowning [61]
Phil Emmanuel	65	May 24, 2018	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia	[62]
Eddy Clearwater	83	June 1, 2018	Skokie, Illinois, U.S.	[63]
Ralph Santolla Obituary, Deicide, Iced Earth	48	June 6, 2018	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack [64]
Danny Kirwan Fleetwood Mac, Tramp	68	June 8, 2018	London, England	[65]
Jon Hiseman Colosseum, Colosseum II, Tempest, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Graham Bond Organisation	73	June 12, 2018	Sutton, London, England	Brain cancer [66]
D. J. Fontana	87	June 13, 2018	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	[67]
XXXTentacion	20	June 18, 2018	Deerfield Beach, Florida	Shot [68]
Jimmy Wopo	21	June 18, 2018	Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	shot [69]
Vinnie Paul Abbott Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah	54	June 22, 2018	Las Vegas, Nevada	Heart attack [70]
Alan Longmuir Bay City Rollers	70	July 2, 2018	Edinburgh, Scotland	[71]
Jim Malloy Record producer	87	July 5, 2018		[72]
Henry Butler	69	July 2, 2018	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cancer [73]
Stan Lewis Record producer from Jewel Records	91	July 15, 2018	Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.	[74]
Olga Jackowska Maanam	67	July 28, 2018	Bliżów, Poland	Ovarian cancer [75]
Oliver Dragojević	70	July 29, 2018	Split, Croatia	[76]
Jason Luttrell Primer 55	40	August 10, 2018	?, West Virginia, U.S.	Hepatitis C
Randy Rampage Annihilator	58	August 14, 2018	Vancouver, Canada	Heart attack [77]
Jill Janus Huntress	42	August 14, 2018	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	Suicide
Fabio Melanitto Uff	33	August 15, 2018	Narvarte Poniente, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Gunshot
Aretha Franklin	76	August 16, 2018	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer [78]
Danny Pearson	65	August 17, 2018	Stonewall, Mississippi, U.S.	Liver cancer [79]
Ed King Lynyrd Skynyrd, Strawberry Alarm Clock	68	August 22, 2018	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Lung cancer [80]
Lazy Lester	85	August 22, 2018	Paradise, California, U.S.	Stomach cancer [81]
Kyle Pavone We Came as Romans	28	August 25, 2018	Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.	Drug overdose [82]
Conway Savage Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	58	September 2, 2018	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Brain tumour [83]
Don Gardner	87	September 4, 2018	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	[84] [85]
Mac Miller	26	September 7, 2018	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Drug overdose [86] [87] [88]
Maartin Allcock Fairport Convention	61	September 16, 2018		Liver cancer [89]
Big Jay McNeely	91	September 16, 2018	Moreno Valley, California, U.S.	Prostate cancer [89]
Chas Hodges Chas & Dave, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Outlaws, Heads Hands & Feet	74	September 22, 2018	England	Organ failure [90]
Marty Balin Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship	76	September 27, 2018	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	[91]
Otis Rush	84	September 29, 2018	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Stroke [92]
Kim Larsen Gasolin'	72	September 30, 2018	Odense, Denmark	Prostate cancer [93]
Charles Aznavour	94	October 1, 2018	Alpilles, France	Cardiac arrest [94]
Geoff Emerick Record engineered from Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles	72	October 2, 2018	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack [95]
John Wicks The Records	65	October 7, 2018	Burbank, California, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer [96]
Takehisa Kosugi	80	October 12, 2018	Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan	[97]
Wah Wah Watson The Funk Brothers	67	October 24, 2018	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	[98]
Tony Joe White	75	October 24, 2018	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart attack [99]
Todd Youth Agnostic Front, Danzig	47	October 27, 2018	[100]
Jimmy Farrar Molly Hatchet	67	October 29, 2018	LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.	Heart failure [101]
Hardy Fox The Residents	73	October 30, 2018	San Anselmo, California, U.S.	Glioblastoma [102] (Brain cancer [103] )
Josh Fauver Deerhunter	39	November 2, 2018	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	[104]
Glenn Schwartz James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric, All Saved Freak Band	78	November 2, 2018	U.S.	[105]
Hugh McDowell Electric Light Orchestra	65	November 6, 2018		Cancer [106]
Scott Harrick The Arbors	80-81	November 7, 2018	Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico	Stroke [107]
Roy Clark	85	November 15, 2018	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.	Pneumonia [108]
Devin Lima LFO	41	November 21, 2018	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Adrenal cancer [109]
Jody Williams	83	December 1, 2018	Munster, Indiana, U.S.	Cancer [110]
Pete Shelley The Buzzcocks	63	December 6, 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Heart attack [111]
Nancy Wilson	81	December 13, 2018	Pioneertown, California, U.S.	[112]
Joe Osborn The Wrecking Crew	81	December 14, 2018	Greenwood, Louisiana, U.S.	[113]
Herman Sikumbang Seventeen	36	December 22, 2018	Tanjung Lesung, Banten, Indonesia	Drowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018 [114]
M. Awal "Bani" Purbani Seventeen	36	December 22, 2018	Tanjung Lesung, Banten, Indonesia	Drowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018 [115]
Windu Andi Harmawan Seventeen	36	December 24, 2018	Pandeglang Regency, Indonesia	Drowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018 [116]
Jerry Riopelle Record producer	77	December 24, 2018		Cancer [117]
James Calvin Wilsey Avengers	61	December 24, 2018	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Multiple organ failure [118]
Dean Ford Marmalade	72	December 31, 2018	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Parkinson's disease [119]
Ray Sawyer Dr. Hook	81	December 31, 2018	Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.	[120]

See also

• Biography portal
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• List of murdered hip hop musicians
• 27 Club

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