List of 2024 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 2024.

2024 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 2023

List of deaths in popular music 2024

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Name	Age	Date	Location of death	Cause of death
Chris Karrer Amon Düül, Amon Düül II, Embryo	76	January 2, 2024		COVID-19 [1]
Glynis Johns Actress and singer	100	January 4, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Natural causes [2]
David Soul Actor and singer	80	January 4, 2024	London, England	COPD [3]
Larry Collins Country guitarist and singer-songwriter	79	January 5, 2024	Santa Clarita, California, US	Natural causes [4]
Gene Deer Blues guitarist and singer	59	January 5, 2024	Fairland, Indiana, US	Unknown [5]
Del Palmer Bass guitarist and audio engineer	71	January 5, 2024		Undisclosed [6]
Iasos New-age musician	76	January 6, 2024		Undisclosed [7]
Tony Clarkin Magnum	77	January 7, 2024		Spinal condition [8]
Phill Niblock Avant-garde composer and filmmaker	90	January 8, 2024	Manhattan, New York, US	Heart failure [9]
James Kottak Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Warrant	61	January 9, 2024	Louisville, Kentucky, US	Cardiac arrest [10]
Audie Blaylock Bluegrass musician	61	January 10, 2024	Auburn, Indiana, US	Undisclosed [11]
Bill Hayes Actor and singer	98	January 12, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Undisclosed [12]
Jo-El Sonnier Country and Cajun singer-songwriter and musician	77	January 13, 2024	Austin, Texas, US	Cardiac arrest [13]
Ari Taskinen  [ fi ] Finnish musician, composer, and lyricist	64	January 15, 2024	Dahab, Egypt	Undisclosed illness [14]
Silent Servant (Juan Mendez) Techno musician, DJ, producer	46	January 18, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Fentanyl overdose [15]
The Soft Moon (Luis Vasquez) Techno musician, singer-songwriter, producer	44	January 18, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Fentanyl overdose [15]
Marlena Shaw Jazz and soul singer	84	January 19, 2024		Undisclosed [16]
Mary Weiss The Shangri-Las	75	January 19, 2024	Palm Springs, California, US	COPD [17]
Frank Farian Singer and record producer	82	January 23, 2024	Miami, Florida, US	Undisclosed [18]
Melanie Singer-songwriter	76	January 23, 2024	Nashville, Tennessee, US	Undisclosed [19]
Margo Smith Country singer-songwriter	84	January 23, 2024	Franklin, Tennessee, US	Stroke [20]
Bhavatharini Indian singer	47	January 25, 2024	Sri Lanka	Stomach cancer [21]
Dean Brown Jazz guitarist	68	January 26, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Cancer [22]
Tony Cedras South African multi-instrumentalist	72	January 29, 2024	Cape Town, South Africa	Emphysema [23]
Chita Rivera Actress, singer, and dancer	91	January 30, 2024	New York City, US	A brief illness [24]
Paul Brett Rock guitarist	76	January 31, 2024		Heart failure [25]
Hank Cicalo Recording engineer	91	January 31, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Undisclosed [26]
Wayne Kramer MC5	75	February 2, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Pancreatic cancer [27]
Derrick McIntyre Jamiroquai	66	February 2, 2024	Hertfordshire, England	Car crash [28]
Aston "Family Man" Barrett Bob Marley and the Wailers	77	February 3, 2024	Miami, Florida, US	Heart failure after a series of strokes [29]
Toby Keith Country singer-songwriter	62	February 5, 2024	Oklahoma, US	Stomach cancer [30]
Henry Fambrough The Spinners	85	February 7, 2024	Sterling, Virginia, US	Natural causes [31]
Mojo Nixon Musician, actor, and DJ	66	February 7, 2024	On a cruise ship	Cardiac arrest [32]
Damo Suzuki Can	74	February 9, 2024		Colon cancer [33]
Jimmy Van Eaton Rock and roll drummer	86	February 9, 2024	Alabama, US	Undisclosed [34]
Randy Sparks The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority	90	February 11, 2024	San Diego, California, US	Undisclosed [35]
Kerry "Fatman" Hunter New Orleans Nightcrawlers	53	February 13, 2024	New Orleans, Louisiana, US	Hit by a car [36]
Ian Amey Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	79	February 14, 2024	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK	Undisclosed [37]
Etterlene DeBarge Gospel singer	88	February 16, 2024	Woodland Hills, California, US	Undisclosed [38]
Dexter Romweber Flat Duo Jets	57	February 16, 2024		Natural causes [39]
Cynthia Strother The Bell Sisters	88	February 16, 2024	Las Vegas, Nevada, US	Heart failure [40]
Geoffrey Michaels Violinst	79	February 17, 2024	Voorhees Township, New Jersey, United States	Parkinson's disease [41]
Vitalij Kuprij Trans-Siberian Orchestra	49	February 20, 2024		Cardiac arrest [42]
Roni Stoneman Bluegrass banjo player	85	February 22, 2024	Nashville, Tennessee, US	Undisclosed [43]
Shinsadong Tiger K-pop producer and songwriter	40	February 23, 2024	Seoul, South Korea	Unknown [44]
Peter "Peetah" Morgan Morgan Heritage	46	February 25, 2024		Stroke [45]
Bob Heil Sound and radio engineer	83	February 28, 2024	Belleville, Illinois, US	Cancer [46]
Cat Janice Singer-songwriter	31	February 28, 2024	Annandale, Virginia, US	Sarcoma [47]
Don Lee Van Winkle The American Dream	75	February 28, 2024	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US	Liver cancer [48]
Jimmy Maxwell Bandleader and conductor	70	February 29, 2024	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Undisclosed [49]
Jim Beard Steely Dan	63	March 2, 2024	New York, New York, US	A sudden illness [50]
W. C. Clark Blues musician	84	March 2, 2024		Undisclosed [51]
Eleanor Collins Jazz singer	104	March 3, 2024	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada	Undisclosed [52]
Brit Turner Blackberry Smoke	57	March 3, 2024		Glioblastoma [53]
B. B. Seaton The Gaylads	79	March 4, 2024	London, UK	Undisclosed [54]
Debra Byrd Singer and vocal coach	72	March 5, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Undisclosed [55]
Pavel Zajíček DG 307	72	March 5, 2024	Prague, Czech Republic	Pneumonia [56]
Steve Lawrence Singer, comedian, and actor	88	March 7, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Alzheimer's disease [57]
Pete Rodriguez Pianist and bandleader	89	March 7, 2024		Undisclosed [58]
Ernie Fields Jr. Jazz saxophonist	90	March 9, 2024	Pasadena, California, US	Undisclosed [59]
Blake Harrison Pig Destroyer	48	ca. March 10, 2024		Undisclosed [60]
Paul Nelson Rock and blues guitarist	63	March 10, 2024		Heart attack [61]
T. M. Stevens Bass guitarist	72	March 10, 2024		Dementia [62]
Karl Wallinger The Waterboys, World Party	66	March 10, 2024	Hastings, UK	Stroke [63]
Boss (Lichelle Laws) Rapper	54	March 11, 2024	Southfield, Michigan, US	Kidney failure [64]
Eric Carmen Raspberries	74	March 11, 2024	Gates Mills, Ohio, US	Undisclosed [65]
Michael Knott Christian rock musician	61	March 12, 2024		Undisclosed [66]
Russell Wilson Junkhouse	62	March 12, 2024		Meningitis [67]
Angela McCluskey Wild Colonials	64	March 14, 2024		Arterial tear [68]
Cola Boyy Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumetalist	34	March 17, 2024	Oxnard, California, US	Undisclosed [69]
Sandra Crouch Gospel singer and percussionist	81	March 17, 2024	Northridge, California, US	Complications from radiation treatment [70]
Steve Harley Cockney Rebel	73	March 17, 2024	Suffolk, UK	Cancer [71]
Kevin Toney The Blackbyrds	70	March 18, 2024		Cancer [72]
Greg Lee Hepcat	53	March 19, 2024		Brain aneurysm [73]
Gene Elders Ace in the Hole Band	80	March 20, 2024		Undisclosed [74]
Chris Cross Ultravox	71	March 25, 2024		Undisclosed [75]
Zero (Clare Elliott) Suburban Reptiles	66-67	March 26, 2024	Auckland, New Zealand	Undisclosed [76]
Gerry Conway Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention	76	March 29, 2024		Motor neurone disease [77]
Casey Benjamin Saxophonist, producer, and songwriter	45	March 30, 2024		Pulmonary thromboembolism [78]
Michael Ward The Wallflowers, School of Fish	57	April 1, 2024		Complications from diabetes [79]
Jerry Abbott Songwriter and record producer	81	April 2, 2024	Denton, Texas, US	Undisclosed [80]
Albert Heath Heath Brothers	88	April 3, 2024	Santa Fe, New Mexico, US	Leukemia [81]
Keith LeBlanc Drummer and record producer	69	April 4, 2024		Undisclosed [82]
Phil Nimmons Jazz musician, composer, and educator	100	April 5, 2024	Thornhill, Ontario, Canada	Undisclosed [83]
C. J. Snare FireHouse	64	April 5, 2024	Charlotte, North Carolina, US	Colon cancer, cardiac arrest [84]
Dutty Dior Norwegian rapper	27	April 6, 2024		Undisclosed [85]
Clarence "Frogman" Henry Rhythm and blues singer and pianist	87	April 7, 2024	New Orleans, Louisiana, US	Complications following back surgery [86]
Mister Cee Hip-hop DJ and producer	57	April 10, 2024	New York City, US	Diabetes-related coronary artery and kidney disease [87]
Park Bo-ram South Korean singer	30	April 11, 2024	Seoul, South Korea	Acute alcohol poisoning [88]
Ben Eldridge The Seldom Scene	85	April 14, 2024		Undisclosed [89]
Calvin Keys Jazz guitarist	82	April 14, 2024	Berkeley, California, US	Stroke [90]
Reita The Gazette	42	April 15, 2024		Undisclosed [91]
Arthur Tavares Tavares	81	April 15, 2024		Undisclosed [92]
Clorofila (Jorge Verdín) Nortec Collective	59	April 16, 2024	Pasadena, California, US	Undisclosed [93]
Rusty Gauthier New Riders of the Purple Sage	73	April 16, 2024	Petaluma, California, US	A protracted lung illness [94]
Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band	80	April 18, 2024	Osprey, Florida, US	Cancer and COPD [95]
Jack Green T. Rex, Pretty Things, Rainbow	73	April 18, 2024		Cancer [96]
Mandisa Gospel singer	47	April 18, 2024	Nashville, Tennessee, US	Complications of class III obesity [97]
MC Duke Rapper	58	April 21, 2024		Undisclosed [98]
Mike Pinder The Moody Blues	82	April 24, 2024	Sacramento, California, US	Unspecified breathing issues [99]
Robin George Rock guitarist	68	April 26, 2024	Málaga, Spain	Undisclosed [100]
Frank Wakefield Bluegrass mandolin player	89	April 26, 2024	Saratoga Springs, New York, US	Undisclosed [101]
Duane Eddy Rock and roll guitarist	86	April 30, 2024	Franklin, Tennessee, US	Cancer [102]
Richard Tandy Electric Light Orchestra	76	May 1, 2024	Albany, New York, US	Undisclosed [103]
Jim Mills Bluegrass banjo player	57	May 3, 2024	Durham, North Carolina, US	Heart attack [104]
Steve Albini Rock musician and record producer	61	May 7, 2024	Chicago, Illinois, US	Heart attack [105]
Ignatius Jones Jimmy and the Boys	67	May 7, 2024	Iloilo City, Philippines	A short illness [106]
John Barbata Drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship	79	May 8, 2024		Complications of heart disease [107]
Dennis Thompson MC5	75	May 8, 2024	Taylor, Michigan, US	Complications from a heart attack [108]
Mike Sversvold JFA	57	May 11, 2024	Phoenix, Arizona, US	Autoimmune disease [109]
David Sanborn Saxophonist	78	May 12, 2024	Tarrytown, New York, US	Prostate cancer [110]
Jimmy James Singer	83	May 14, 2024	London, England, UK	Parkinson's disease and a heart condition [111]
John Hawken Renaissance, Strawbs	84	May 15, 2024	Metuchen, New Jersey, US	Melanoma [112]
Randy Fuller The Bobby Fuller Four	80	May 16, 2024		Undisclosed [113]
Charlie Colin Train, The Side Deal	57	c. May 17, 2024	Brussels, Belgium	Slipped and fell in the shower [114]
Frank Ifield Country singer and musician	86	May 18, 2024	Sydney, Australia	Pneumonia [115]
"Spider" John Koerner Folk and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist	85	May 18, 2024	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Cancer [116]
Jon Wysocki Staind	53	May 18, 2024		Undisclosed [117]
Doug Ingle Iron Butterfly	78	May 24, 2024		Undisclosed [118]
Doug Dagger The Generators	56	May 30, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Cancer [119]
Ed Mann Keyboardist and percussionist	69	May 31, 2024		Undisclosed [120]
Colin Gibb Black Lace	70	June 2, 2024		Undisclosed [121]
Brother Marquis 2 Live Crew	57	June 3, 2024	Gadsden, Alabama, US	Heart attack [122]
Enchanting Rapper	26	June 11, 2024	Dallas, Texas, US	Drug overdose [123]
Françoise Hardy Singer-songwriter and actress	80	June 11, 2024	Paris, France	Lymphatic cancer [124]
Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson The Selecter	73	June 11, 2024	Coventry, UK	Undisclosed [125]
Johnny Canales Tejano singer and TV host	81	June 12, 2024	Corpus Christi, Texas, US	Undisclosed [126]
Angela Bofill Singer-songwriter	70	June 13, 2024	Vallejo, California, US	Undisclosed [127]
Jeremy Tepper Country singer, DJ, and producer	60	June 14, 2024	Queens, New York, US	Heart attack [128]
Buzz Cason Singer and songwriter	84	June 16, 2024	Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.	Undisclosed [129]
Paul Spencer Dario G	53	June 17, 2024		Rectal cancer [130]
James Chance James Chance and the Contortions	71	June 18, 2024	New York City, US	Undisclosed [131]
Julio Foolio Rapper	26	June 23, 2024	Tampa, Florida, US	Shot [132]
Shifty Shellshock Crazy Town	49	June 24, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Drug overdose [133]
Kinky Friedman Country singer-songwriter	79	June 26, 2024	Medina, Texas, US	Parkinson's disease [134]
Martin Mull Actor and musician	80	June 27, 2024	Los Angeles, California, US	Undisclosed [135]
Bill Crook Spiritbox, Living with Lions		c. July 2024		Undisclosed [136]
Tom Fowler The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day	73	July 2, 2024		Undisclosed [137]
Joe Egan Stealers Wheel	77	July 6, 2024		Undisclosed [138]
Adrián Olivares Menudo	48	July 8, 2024		Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis [139]
Joe Bonsall The Oak Ridge Boys	76	July 9, 2024	Hendersonville, Tennessee, US	Complications of ALS [140]
Dave Loggins Singer-songwriter	76	July 10, 2024	Nashville, Tennessee, US	Undisclosed [141]
Tomcraft DJ and record producer	49	July 15, 2024		Undisclosed [142]
Happy Traum Folk musician	86	July 17, 2024		Pancreatic cancer [143]
Toumani Diabaté Kora player	58	July 19, 2024	Bamako, Mali	A brief illness [144]
Jerry Miller Moby Grape	81	July 20, 2024	Tacoma, Washington, US	Undisclosed [145]
Sandy Posey Country singer	80	July 20, 2024	Lebanon, Tennessee, US	Complications from dementia [146]
Evelyn Thomas Disco singer	70	July 21, 2024		Undisclosed [147]
Duke Fakir Four Tops	88	July 22, 2024	Detroit, Michigan, US	Heart failure [148]
John Mayall John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers	90	July 22, 2024	California, US	Undisclosed [149]
Jason Clark The Nelons	50	July 26, 2024	Near Gillette, Wyoming, U.S.	Plane crash [150]
Kelly Nelon Clark The Nelons	64	July 26, 2024	Near Gillette, Wyoming, U.S.	Plane crash [150]
Amber Nelon Kistler The Nelons	35	July 26, 2024	Near Gillette, Wyoming, U.S.	Plane crash [150]
Danny Clarke The Meditations	72	July 27, 2024		Undisclosed [151]
Pat Collier The Vibrators	72	July 27, 2024		Undisclosed [152]
DJ Polo Juice Crew	63	July 27, 2024		Undisclosed [153]
Chino XL Rapper	50	July 28, 2024		Unknown [154]
Martin Phillipps The Chills	61	July 28, 2024	Dunedin, New Zealand	Undisclosed [155]
Mick Underwood The Outlaws, The Herd, Episode Six, Quatermass, Gillan	78	July 28, 2024		Alzheimer's and vascular dementia [156]
Joey Gilmore Guitarist for James Brown, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Little Milton, and Little Johnny Taylor	80	July 29, 2024	Florida, U.S.	Undisclosed [157]
DJ Randall DJ and record producer	54	July 31, 2024		Undisclosed [158]
Nicu Covaci Transsylvania Phoenix	77	August 2, 2024	Timișoara, Romania	Undisclosed [159]
Shaun Martin Snarky Puppy	45	August 3, 2024		Undisclosed [160]
Maurice Williams The Zodiacs	86	August 5, 2024		Undisclosed [161]
Carl Bevan 60 Ft. Dolls	51	c. August 9, 2024		Undisclosed [162]

See also

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