List of deaths in rock and roll (2000s)

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The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 2000s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.

Contents

Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider. In determining criteria for inclusion, this list uses as its basis reliable sources listing "rock deaths" or "deaths in rock and roll", as well as such sources as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Preceded by
1990s
List of deaths in popular music
2000s
Succeeded by
2010s

2000

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Nat Adderley
Cannonball Adderley's brother
68January 2, 2000 Lakeland, Florida, U.S.Complications from diabetes [1]
Harmonica Fats 72January 3, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Unknown
Ida Goodson 90January 5, 2000 Pensacola, Florida, U.S.Unknown
Wade Walton 76January 10, 2000 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.Unknown [2]
Richard "Dimples" Fields 57January 12, 2000 Novato, California, U.S.Stroke
Annie Palmen 73January 15, 2000 Beverwijk, NetherlandsLong illness of an undisclosed nature
Gene Harris 66January 16, 2000 Boise, Idaho, U.S.Kidney failure [3]
Dub Jones
The Coasters
71January 16, 2000 Long Beach, California, U.S.Diabetes
Josh Clayton-Felt
School of Fish
32January 19, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Testicular cancer [4]
Friedrich Gulda 69January 27, 2000 Steinbach am Attersee, Austria [5]
Alla Rakha 80February 3, 2000 South Mumbai, India [6]
Doris Coley
The Shirelles
58February 4, 2000 Sacramento, California, U.S.Breast cancer [7]
Steve Waller
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
48February 6, 2000 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Liver problems
Dave Peverett
Foghat
56February 7, 2000 Orlando, Florida, U.S.Renal cancer [8]
Big Pun 28February 7, 2000 White Plains, New York, U.S.Heart attack [9]
Screamin' Jay Hawkins 70February 12, 2000 Neuilly-sur-Seine, FranceComplications following surgery concerning aneurysm [10]
Andy Lewis
The Whitlams
33February 12, 2000 Sydney, AustraliaSuicide [11]
Oliver 54February 12, 2000 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.Lymphatic cancer [12]
Olgita DeCastro
The DeCastro Sisters
68–69February 14, 2000Asthma
William "Wee Gee" Howard
The Dramatics
49February 22, 2000 Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, U.S.
Ofra Haza 42February 23, 2000 Ramat Gan, IsraelAIDS-related pneumonia [13]
Dennis Danell
Social Distortion
38February 29, 2000 Costa Mesa, California, U.S.Brain aneurysm [14]
Pee Wee King 86March 7, 2000 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.Heart attack
Charles Gray 71March 7, 2000 London, EnglandCancer
Tommy Collins 69March 14, 2000 Ashland City, Tennessee [15]
Ian Dury
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
57March 27, 2000 Upminster, London, EnglandColon cancer [16]
Adrian Fisher
Sparks
47March 31, 2000 Ko Samui, Thailand Myocardial infarction
Joe Rock
Manager and producer for The Skyliners
63April 4, 2000Complications from quadruple bypass heart surgery
Gene Pearson
The Cleftones
64April 6, 2000Lung cancer
Richard Trice 82April 6, 2000 Burnsville, North Carolina, U.S.
Heinz Burt
The Tornados
57April 7, 2000 Southampton, EnglandMotor neurone disease and stroke [17]
Cleveland Horne
The Fantastic Four
60'sApril 13, 2000Heart attack
Neal Matthews Jr.
The Jordanaires
70April 21, 2000Heart attack
Barkin' Bill Smith 71April 24, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Pancreatic cancer
Vicki Sue Robinson 45April 27, 2000 Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.Cancer [18]
Bobbi Martin 60May 2, 2000 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.Cancer
Dédé Fortin
Les Colocs
37May 8, 2000 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Suicide
Geoff Goddard 62May 15, 2000Heart attack [19]
Joe Jaramillo
Cannibal & the Headhunters
52May 24, 2000Cirrhosis of the liver
Tex Beneke
Glenn Miller Orchestra
86May 30, 2000 Costa Mesa, California [20]
Johnnie Taylor 66May 31, 2000 Dallas, Texas, U.S.Heart attack [21]
Tito Puente 77June 1, 2000 New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack
Ralph Jones
Bill Haley & His Comets
78June 1, 2000 Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.Unknown
Paul Griffin 62June 14, 2000 New York City, New York, U.S.Complications from diabetes
Hattie Littles 63June 15, 2000 Flint, Michigan, U.S.Heart attack
Clive Westlake 67June 17, 2000 Pegram, Tennessee, U.S.Unknown [22]
Jerome Richardson 79June 23, 2000 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. [23]
Rodrigo Bueno 27June 24, 2000 Berazategui, ArgentinaTraffic collision [24]
Chuck Briggs
U.S. Bombs
40July 4, 2000Complications from drug abuse
Yuri Klinskikh
Sektor Gaza
35July 4, 2000 Voronezh, RussiaHeart failure
Michael Hartman
Guitarist for David Lee Roth and Jeff Beck
24July 6, 2000Cystic fibrosis
Paul Young
Mike + The Mechanics, Sad Café
53July 15, 2000 Hale, Altrincham, EnglandHeart attack [25]
Johnny Duncan 67July 15, 2000 Taree, New South Wales, AustraliaCancer [26]
Ronn Goedert
White Witch
49July 16, 2000Cancer
Jerome Smith
KC and the Sunshine Band
47July 28, 2000 Miami, Florida, U.S.Crushed by a bulldozer [27]
Nazia Hassan 35August 13, 2000London, EnglandLung cancer
Alan Caddy
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
The Tornados
60August 16, 2000Complications due to alcoholism [28]
Jack Nitzsche
Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones
63August 25, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cardiac arrest [29]
Allen Woody
The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule
44August 26, 2000 Queens, New York, U.S.Heroin overdose [30]
Sean Patrick McCabe
Ink & Dagger
27August 28, 2000 Indiana, U.S.Asphyxiation [31]
Saunders King 91August 31, 2000 San Rafael, California, U.S.Unknown
David Brown
Santana
53September 4, 2000Liver and kidney failure
"Sweet James" Epps
Lead singer of The Fantastic Four
63September 11, 2000Heart attack
Stanley Turrentine 66September 12, 2000 New York City, New York, U.S.Stroke [32]
Ian "Spike" Spice
Drummer for Breathe
34September 24, 2000 Thailand Undisclosed cause; Possible car crash
Baden Powell 63September 26, 2000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [33]
Benjamin Orr
The Cars
53October 3, 2000 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Pancreatic cancer [34]
Britt Woodman 80October 13, 2000 Hawthorne, California, U.S.Respiratory failure
Joachim Nielsen
Jokke & Valentinerne
36October 17, 2000 Oslo, NorwayHeroin overdose [35]
Julie London 74October 18, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Stroke and cardiac arrest
Little Mack Simmons 67October 24, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Colon cancer [36]
Winston Grennan 56October 27, 2000 Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.Cancer
Jimmie Davis 101November 5, 2000 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.Stroke
Jimmy Hill
Ray Columbus and the Invaders
56November 7, 2000Heart ailment
Dick Morrissey
If
60November 8, 2000 Deal, Kent, EnglandCancer
Dave Wilson
Drummer for The Cascades
64November 14, 2000Cancer
Joe C.
Kid Rock
26November 16, 2000 Taylor, Michigan, U.S.Severe Celiac Disease [37]
Dušan Dejanović
Ekatarina Velika
??November 16, 2000 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia AIDS
DJ Screw 29November 16, 2000 Houston, Texas, U.S.Codeine overdose
Bobby Sheen
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
59November 23, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Pneumonia [38]
Frankie Smith
The Monotones
62November 26, 2000Lung cancer
Scott Smith
Loverboy
45November 30, 2000 San Francisco, California, U.S.Boating accident [39]
Hoyt Curtin
Primary music director for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio from 1957 to 1986
78December 3, 2000 Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.Accidental fall [40] [41]
Joe Nanini
Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Wall of Voodoo
45December 4, 2000 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Brain Hemorrhage [42]
Velvert Turner 49December 11, 2000 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Pirkle Lee Moses
The El Dorados
63December 16, 2000Cancer
Kirsty MacColl 41December 18, 2000 Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MexicoHit by powerboat [43]
Rob Buck
10,000 Maniacs
42December 19, 2000 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.Acute liver disease [44]
Milt Hinton 90December 19, 2000 Queens, New York, U.S.Unknown
Pops Staples
The Staple Singers
85December 19, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Injuries from a fall [45]
Matthew McQuater
The Clovers
73December 19, 2000 Dallas, Texas, U.S.Unknown
Allan Smethurst 73December 22, 2000 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [46]
Johnny Flamingo 66December 24, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cancer and emphysema
Nick Massi
The Four Seasons
73December 24, 2000 West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.Cancer [47]
Jack McVea 86December 27, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Unknown
Willie D. Warren 76December 30, 2000 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Isaac Guillory 76December 31, 2000 Newcastle, England [48]


2001

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Milan Hlavsa
Plastic People of the Universe
49January 5, 2001 Prague, Czech RepublicLung cancer [49]
James Carr 58January 7, 2001 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Lung cancer [50]
Bryan Gregory
The Cramps
49January 10, 2001 Anaheim, California, U.S.Heart failure [51]
Jack McDuff 74January 23, 2001 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Heart failure [52]
J.J. Johnson 77February 4, 2001 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.Suicide by gunshot
Dale Evans 88February 7, 2001 Apple Valley, California, U.S.Congestive heart failure
Debbie Dean 73February 17, 2001 Ojai, California, U.S.Unknown [53]
John Fahey 61February 22, 2001 Salem, Oregon, U.S.Complications following coronary bypass surgery [54]
Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts III
Body Count
38February 22, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Murder by gunshot [55]
Glenn Hughes
Village People
50March 4, 2001 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.Lung cancer [56]
Mike "Smitty" Smith
Paul Revere & the Raiders
58March 6, 2001Natural causes
Robert Ealey 75March 8, 2001 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
John Phillips
The Mamas & the Papas
65March 18, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart failure [57]
Herbie Jones 74March 19, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S.Complications from diabetes [58]
Earl Beal
The Silhouettes
71March 22, 2001Unknown
John Lewis 80March 29, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S.Prostate cancer
Big Daddy Kinsey 74April 3, 2001 Gary, Indiana, U.S.Prostate cancer [59]
Paul Peek
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
63April 3, 2001 Lithonia, Georgia, U.S.Cirrhosis [60]
Charles Pettigrew
Charles & Eddie
37April 6, 2001 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Cancer [61]
Van Stephenson
Blackhawk
47April 8, 2001 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Melanoma [62]
Sandy Bull 60April 11, 2001 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Lung cancer [63]
Joey Ramone
The Ramones
49April 15, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S. Lymphoma [64]
Al Hibbler 85April 24, 2001 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Natural causes [65]
Ernie Graham
Eire Apparent, Help Yourself, Clancy
54April 27, 2001 London, EnglandAlcohol related illness [66]
Billy Higgins 64May 3, 2001 Inglewood, California, U.S.Kidney & liver failure
Boozoo Chavis 70May 5, 2001 Austin, Texas, U.S.Complications following a heart attack [67]
Mike Hazlewood 59May 6, 2001 Florence, ItalyHeart attack
James E. Myers
Record producer for Bill Haley & His Comets
81May 10, 2001 Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S.Unknown [68]
Perry Como 88May 12, 2001 Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, U.S. Alzheimer's disease. [69]
Prince Ital Joe 38May 16, 2001 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.Traffic accident [70]
Brian Pendleton
Pretty Things
57May 25, 2001 Maidstone, Kent, EnglandLung cancer
Tony Ashton 55May 28, 2001 London, EnglandCancer [71]
Carole Fredericks 49June 7, 2001 Dakar, SenegalApparent heart attack
Marcelo Fromer
Titãs
39June 13, 2001 São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilTraffic accident
Davorin Popović
Indexi
54June 18, 2001 Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMelanoma
Lindsay L. Cooper 61June 19, 2001 Edinburgh, Scotland
John Lee Hooker 83 or 88June 21, 2001 Los Altos, California, U.S.Natural causes [72]
Chet Atkins 77June 30, 2001 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Colon Cancer [73]
Joe Henderson 64June 30, 2001 San Francisco, California, U.S.Emphysema/Heart failure
Roy Nichols
Merle Haggard
68July 3, 2001 Bakersfield, California, U.S.Heart attack
Ernie K-Doe 68July 5, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Kidney and liver failure [74]
Fred Neil 65July 7, 2001 Summerland Key, Florida, U.S.Squamous-cell carcinoma [75]
Big Ed 29July 8, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Lymphoma cancer
Herman Brood 54July 11, 2001 Amsterdam, NetherlandsSuicide
Ritchie Galvin
Drummer for "Earl Preston & the TT's'
57July 13, 2001Unknown
Ian Lowery
The Wall, Ski Patrol, Folk Devils
45July 14, 2001 London, England
Anthony Ian Berkeley
Gravediggaz
36July 15, 2001 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.Colon cancer
Mimi Fariña 56July 18, 2001 Mill Valley, California, U.S. Neuroendocrine tumor [76]
Judy Clay 62July 19, 2001 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.Complications following traffic accident [77]
Milt Gabler
Record producer
90July 20, 2001 Manhattan, New York, U.S.Unknown [78]
Richie Lee
Acetone
34July 23, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Suicide [79]
Harold Land 72July 27, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Stroke
Leon Wilkeson
Lynyrd Skynyrd
49July 27, 2001 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.Natural causes [80]
Bill Wade
Moxy
53July 27, 2001Cancer
Ronald Townson
The 5th Dimension
68August 2, 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Renal failure [81]
Lou Garscadden
Slash Puppet
36August 4, 2001 Toronto, Canada Heart attack [82]
Paul Cunniffe
Blaze X
40August 11, 2001 Whitechapel, London, England
Maurice Oberstein 72August 13, 2001 London, EnglandHeart attack [83]
Betty Everett 61August 19, 2001 South Beloit, Illinois, U.S.Heart attack [84]
Aaliyah 22August 25, 2001 Abaco Islands, BahamasPlane accident [85]
Graeme Strachan
Skyhooks
49August 29, 2001 Mount Archer, Queensland, AustraliaHelicopter accident [86]
Ted Mulry 54September 1, 2001 Sydney, AustraliaBrain cancer [87]
Sil Austin 71September 1, 2001Prostate cancer
Jay Migliori 70September 2, 2001 Mission Viejo, California, U.S.Colon cancer [88]
Dave Myers
The Aces
74September 3, 2001Diabetes
Carl Crack 30September 6, 2001 Berlin, GermanyHeroin overdose [89]
DJ Uncle Al 32September 10, 2001 Miami, Florida, U.S.Murdered [90] [91]
Carolyn Beug
Record producer for Walt Disney Records
48 September 11, 2001 North Tower, One World Trade Center, New York City, New York, U.S. American Airlines Flight 11 hijacking and crash [92]
Kenny Greene
Intro
32October 1, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S.Complications from AIDS [93]
Etta Jones 72October 16, 2001 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.Cancer
Kim Gardner
Badger, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, The Birds, The Creation
53October 24, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cancer
Panama Francis 82November 13, 2001 Orlando, Florida, U.S.Stroke [94]
Tommy Flanagan 71November 16, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S.Complications from an aneurysm
Jack Rothstein
The Wombles
75November 16, 2001 London, EnglandUnknown
Isaac Scott 56November 16, 2001 Edmonds, Washington, U.S.Complications from diabetes
Michael Karoli
Can
53November 17, 2001 Essen, GermanyCancer [95]
Scott Murray
28 Days
22November 18, 2001 Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaHit by a car [96]
Norman Granz
Record producer
83November 22, 2001 Geneva, SwitzerlandCancer
O.C. Smith 69November 23, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack
Melanie Thornton
La Bouche
34November 24, 2001 Bassersdorf, Switzerland Plane accident [97]
Maria Serrano Serrano
Passion Fruit
27November 24, 2001 Bassersdorf, Switzerland Plane accident [98]
Nathaly(i.e.) van het Ende
Passion Fruit
26November 24, 2001 Bassersdorf, Switzerland Plane accident
George Harrison
The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys
58November 29, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Laryngeal cancer [99]
Grady Martin 72December 3, 2001 Lewisburg, Tennessee, U.S.Heart attack
James Crutchfield 89December 7, 2001 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.Heart disease
Chuck Schuldiner
Death, Control Denied
34December 13, 2001 Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S.Brain cancer [100]
Bianca Halstead
Humble Gods
36December 15, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Traffic accident [101]
Rufus Thomas 84December 15, 2001 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Heart failure [102]
Stuart Adamson
The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels
43December 16, 2001 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.Suicide by hanging [103]
Clifford T. Ward 57December 18, 2001 Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, EnglandPneumonia [104]
Christine Kittrell 72December 19, 2001 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.Emphysema
Lance Loud
The Mumps
50December 22, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Liver failure as a result from hepatitis C and HIV
Gareth Williams
This Heat
48December 24, 2001Cancer
Frankie Gaye
Marvin Gaye's brother
60December 30, 2001 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack [105]

2002

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Zac Foley
EMF
31January 3, 2002 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. Speedball and alcohol overdose [106]
Bill Savich
Johnny and the Hurricanes
63January 4, 2002Cancer
John Dawson
The Poets
57January 6, 2002 Glasgow, ScotlandCancer
Jon Lee
Feeder
33January 7, 2002 Miami, Florida, U.S.Suicide by hanging [107]
Tyrone "Crusher" Green
Wilson Pickett
58January 8, 2002Pancreatic cancer
David McWilliams 56January 8, 2002 Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern IrelandHeart attack
Hoagy Lands 65January 12, 2002 Orange, New Jersey, U.S.Complications following heart surgery
Sally Donaldson
Radio host for the RBC
57January 14, 2002 Harare, Zimbabwe Throat cancer
Eddie Meduza 53January 17, 2002 Nöbbele, SwedenHeart attack
Carlo Karges
Nena
50January 20, 2002 Hamburg, GermanyLiver failure [108]
Peggy Lee 81January 21, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications of diabetes following a heart attack [109]
Peter Bardens
Camel
56January 22, 2002 Malibu, California, U.S.Lung cancer [110]
Henry Cosby 73January 22, 2002 Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.Complications following cardiac bypass surgery
Andy Kulberg
The Blues Project, Seatrain
57January 28, 2002 Fairfax, California, U.S.Lymphoma
Carlo Karges
Nena, Novalis
50January 30, 2002 Hamburg, GermanyLiver failure
Paul Baloff
Exodus, Hirax, Heathen
41February 2, 2002 Oakland, California, U.S.Stroke/Coma [111]
Willis Draffen
Bloodstone
56February 8, 2002Unknown
Dave Van Ronk 65February 10, 2002 New York City, New York, U.S.Cardiopulmonary failure while undergoing postoperative treatment for colon cancer [112]
Waylon Jennings 64February 13, 2002 Chandler, Arizona, U.S.Complications from diabetes [113]
Mick Tucker
Sweet
54February 14, 2002 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, EnglandLeukemia [114]
Billy Ward
Billy Ward and his Dominoes
80February 16, 2002 Inglewood, California, U.S.Unknown
Huey Davis
The Contours
63February 23, 2002 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Died at his home
Doreen Waddell
Soul II Soul, The KLF
36March 1, 2002 Shoreham, West Sussex, EnglandTraffic accident [115]
Shirley Scott 67March 10, 2002 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Heart failure [116]
Cranford Nix
The Malakas
33March 12, 2002 Berkley, Michigan, U.S.Heroin overdose [117]
Speedy Keen
The Who, Thunderclap Newman
56March 12, 2002Heart failure [118]
Marc Moreland
Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls
44March 13, 2002 Paris, FranceLiver & kidney failure [119]
Marshall Leib
The Teddy Bears
63March 15, 2002 Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack
John Patton 66March 19, 2002 Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.Complications from diabetes [120]
Joe Schermie
Three Dog Night
56March 26, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack [121]
Randy Castillo
Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe
51March 26, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Skin cancer [122]
Dudley Moore 66March 27, 2002 Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.Pneumonia from Palsy (PSP)
Milton Berle 93March 27, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Colon cancer
Randy Carr
Social Distortion
45March 27, 2002 Irvine, California, U.S. Cushing's syndrome
Frank Tovey
Fad Gadget
45April 3, 2002 London, EnglandHeart attack [123]
Layne Staley
Alice in Chains, Mad Season
34April 5, 2002 Seattle, Washington, U.S. Speedball overdose [124]
Kevin Kelly
The Byrds
59April 6, 2002 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Natural causes
Alan Dale 76April 20, 2002 New York City, New York, U.S.Died after a long illness
Lisa Lopes
TLC
30April 25, 2002 La Ceiba, HondurasTraffic accident [125]
Dick Campbell 58April 25, 2002Complications from lung transplant
César Díaz
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Neil Young
50April 26, 2002Unknown
Otis Blackwell 71May 6, 2002 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Heart attack
James Dewar
Robin Trower, Stone the Crows
59May 16, 2002 Paisley, Renfrewshire, ScotlandStroke
Little Johnny Taylor 59May 17, 2002 Conway, Arkansas, U.S.Died at his home
Boyd Bennett 77June 2, 2002 Sarasota, Florida, U.S.Lung ailment
Boo Duckworth
Drummer for Animal Bag
35June 5, 2002Natural causes
Dee Dee Ramone
The Ramones
50June 5, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heroin overdose [126]
Robbin Crosby
Ratt
42June 6, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heroin overdose [127]
Laurie Allen
Bobbie & Laurie
60June 13, 2002Heart attack
John Entwistle
The Who
57June 27, 2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Cocaine-induced heart attack [128]
Russ Freeman 76June 27, 2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Unknown [129]
Rosemary Clooney 74June 29, 2002 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.Lung cancer
Richard "Pistol" Allen
The Funk Brothers
69June 30, 2002 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Cancer
Ray Brown
Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, The L.A. Four
75July 2, 2002 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.Natural causes [130]
Earle Brown 75July 2, 2002 Rye, New York, U.S.Cancer [131]
Jim Cherry
Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down
30July 7, 2002 Simi Valley, California, U.S.Congenital heart condition [132]
Rosco Gordon 74July 11, 2002 Rego Park, Queens, New York, U.S.Heart attack [133]
Barbara Randolph 60July 15, 2002Somewhere in South Africa Cancer
Otis Leavill
Record producer
65July 17, 2002 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Heart attack [134]
Arthur Lee Maye
"Arthur Lee Maye & the Crowns"
67July 17, 2002 Riverside, California, U.S.Pancreatic & liver cancer
Dave Carter
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
49July 19, 2002 Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.Heart attack [135]
Alan Lomax 87July 19, 2002 Safety Harbor, Florida, U.S.Pneumonia [136]
Little Jimmy King 37July 19, 2002 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Heart attack
Gus Dudgeon
Record producer
59July 21, 2002 M4 motorway, Berkshire, EnglandTraffic accident [137]
Roscoe Shelton 70July 27, 2002 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer
Paul Samson
Samson
49August 9, 2002 Norwich, EnglandCancer
Michael Houser
Widespread Panic
40August 10, 2002 Athens, Georgia, U.S.Pancreatic cancer
Dave Williams
Drowning Pool
30August 14, 2002 Manassas, Virginia, U.S.Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy [138]
Lionel Hampton 94August 31, 2002 New York City, New York, U.S.Congestive heart failure [139]
Chris Rice
"3AE" and "The Denizens"
29September 6, 2002Car crash
Erma Franklin 64September 7, 2002 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Laryngeal cancer
Paul Williams 87September 14, 2002 New York City, New York, U.S.
Margita Stefanović
Ekatarina Velika
43September 18, 2002 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia Infective diseases
Tim Rose
The Big 3
62September 24, 2002 London, EnglandHeart attack
Mickey Newbury
Singer-songwriter
62September 29, 2002 Springfield, Oregon, U.S.Emphysema
Darryl DeLoach
Iron Butterfly
55October 3, 2002 Hepatocellular carcinoma/Liver cancer [140]
Ray Conniff 85October 12, 2002 Escondido, California, U.S.Head trauma after a fall
Ramon Loper
The Five Keys
66October 16, 2002Died after a long illness
Bashful Brother Oswald 90October 17, 2002 Madison, Tennessee, U.S.
Paul Owens
The Dixie Hummingbirds, Swan Silvertones, Sensational Nightingales
78October 17, 2002Unknown
Anna King 64October 21, 2002 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Richard Harris 72October 25, 2002 Bloomsbury, London, EnglandHodgkin's disease [141]
Tom Dowd
Audio engineer & record producer
77October 27, 2002 Aventura, Florida, U.S.Emphysema [142]
Baby Lloyd Stallworth
The Famous Flames
61October 27, 2002Natural Causes [143]
Jam Master Jay
Run-DMC
37October 30, 2002 New York City, New York, U.S.Murdered [144]
Claude "Juan" Johnson
Don and Juan
67October 31, 2002Unknown
Lonnie Donegan 71November 3, 2002 Peterborough, EnglandHeart attack [145]
Billy Guy
The Coasters
66November 5, 2002 Clark County, Nevada, U.S.Cardiovascular disease [146]
Michael Stewart
Guitarist/Banjo for We Five
57November 13, 2002Died after a long illness/Possible suicide [147]
Dave "Snaker" Ray 59November 28, 2002 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Lung cancer [148]
Denny Correll
Blues Image
56November 29, 2002 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.Heart failure [149]
Ben Eberbaugh
Black Lips
22December 1, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Traffic accident
Mal Waldron 77December 2, 2002 Brussels, BelgiumCancer
Bernie Dwyer
Drummer for Freddie and the Dreamers
62December 4, 2002Lung cancer
Mary Hansen
Stereolab
36December 9, 2002 London, EnglandTraffic accident [150]
Zal Yanovsky
The Lovin' Spoonful
57December 13, 2002 Kingston, Ontario, CanadaHeart attack [151]
Joe Strummer
The Clash, The Mescaleros
50December 22, 2002 Broomfield, Somerset, EnglandCongenital heart defect [152]
Kevin MacMichael
Cutting Crew
51December 31, 2002 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaLung cancer [153]

2003

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Dan Davenport
Singer for "The Detroit Romeos"/"The Larados"
64January 1, 2003Emphysema
Edward "Ed" Farran
The Arbors
65January 2, 2003 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Kidney failure [154]
King Biscuit Boy 58January 5, 2003 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mickey Finn
T. Rex
55January 11, 2003 Croydon, Surrey, EnglandAlcohol-related liver problems [155]
Maurice Gibb
Bee Gees
53January 12, 2003 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.Cardiac arrest following volvulus [156]
Roger Troutman Jr.
Zapp
32January 22, 2003 Dayton, Ohio, U.S.Heart failure
Nell Carter 54January 23, 2003 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Arteriosclerotic heart disease complicated by diabetes [157]
Sabotage 29January 24, 2003 São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilMurdered [158] [159]
Kevin "Dino" Conner
H-Town
28January 28, 2003 Houston, Texas, U.S.Car crash [160]
Mongo Santamaría 85February 1, 2003 Miami, Florida, U.S.Stroke [161]
Vincent "Randy" Chin
Record producer and record company owner
65February 2, 2003 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.Diabetes [162]
Malcolm Roberts 58February 7, 2003 Chertsey, Surrey, EnglandHeart attack [163]
Johnny Paycheck 64February 19, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Emphysema [164]
Ty Longley
Great White
31February 20, 2003 West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. The Station nightclub fire [165]
Tom Glazer 88February 21, 2003 Rochester, New York, U.S.Died at his home [166]
Howie Epstein
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
47February 23, 2003 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.Heroin overdose [167]
William "Sonny" Forrest
"The Fantastics"
67February 23, 2003Unknown
Earl Forest 76February 26, 2003 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer
Hank Ballard
The Midnighters
75March 2, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Throat cancer [168]
Alice Martineau 30March 6, 2003 Kensington, London, EnglandCystic fibrosis [169]
Adam Faith 62March 8, 2003 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, EnglandHeart attack [170]
Ian Samwell
The Shadows
66March 13, 2003 Sacramento, California, U.S.Heart ailment [171]
Hardin "Buddy" Pendergrass
White Witch
??March 16, 2003Cancer
Teemu Raimoranta
Finntroll, Thy Serpent, Barathrum, Impaled Nazarene
25March 16, 2003 Helsinki, FinlandFall from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki while intoxicated [172]
Brandi Wells 47March 24, 2003 Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.Breast cancer
Chris Michie
Van Morrison
55March 27, 2003 Fairfax, California, U.S.Melanoma/Cancer [173]
Leslie Cheung 46April 1, 2003 Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, China suicide [174]
Edwin Starr 61April 2, 2003 Bramcote, Nottingham, EnglandHeart attack [175]
Homer Banks 61April 3, 2003 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer [176]
Mark Reynolds
Red Flag
30'sApril 7, 2003Suicide [177]
Little Eva 59April 10, 2003 Kinston, North Carolina, U.S.Cervical cancer [178]
Sean Delaney
Kiss
58April 13, 2003 Utah, U.S.
Allen Eager 76April 13, 2003 Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.Liver cancer
Earl King 69April 17, 2003 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Diabetes-related complications
Nina Simone 70April 21, 2003 Carry-le-Rouet, FranceBreast cancer
Rana Ross
Phantom Blue, Vixen
41April 28, 2003Heart attack
Gerry Shephard
The Glitter Band
51May 6, 2003Cancer
Noel Redding
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
57May 11, 2003 County Cork, Republic of IrelandShock haemorrhage due to esophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis [179]
June Carter Cash
Carter Family, The Carter Sisters, Johnny Cash's second wife
73May 15, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Complications from heart-valve surgery
George Faith 56May 16, 2003Cancer [180]
Jinny Osborn
The Chordettes
76May 19, 2003 Palm Springs, Florida, U.S.Cancer
Camoflauge 21May 19, 2003 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.Murdered [181]
Joe "Guitar" Hughes 65May 20, 2003 Houston, Texas, U.S.Heart attack [182]
Big DS
Onyx
31May 22, 2003Lymphatic cancer
Jeremy Ward
The Mars Volta, De Facto
27May 25, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heroin overdose [183]
Mickie Most
Record producer
64May 30, 2003 Totteridge, London, England Peritoneal mesothelioma
Dave Rowberry
The Animals
62June 6, 2003 Hackney, East London, EnglandHeart failure [184]
Jimmy Knepper 75June 14, 2003 Triadelphia, West Virginia, U.S.Parkinson's disease
Mark Storm
Bassist for National Velvet (band)
30'sMissing since November 2002, found c. July 2003 Lake Ontario, CanadaDrowning
Herbie Mann 73July 1, 2003 Pecos, New Mexico, U.S.Prostate cancer
Skip Scarborough
American arranger and record producer for L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire
58July 3, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cancer
Barry White 58July 4, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Kidney failure/Stroke [185]
Skip Battin
Skip & Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers
69July 6, 2003 Salem, Oregon, U.S.Complications from Alzheimer's disease [186]
John Purdell
Record producer and arranger from Dream Theater, Kix, Heart and L.A. Guns
44July 10, 2003 Quebec, CanadaProstate cancer
Benny Carter 95July 12, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications from bronchitis [187]
Adam Cox
The Exploding Hearts
23July 20, 2003 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.Traffic accident [188]
Jeremy Gage
The Exploding Hearts
21July 20, 2003 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.Traffic accident [188]
Matt Fitzgerald
The Exploding Hearts
20July 20, 2003 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.Traffic accident [188]
Erik Brann
Iron Butterfly
52July 25, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cardiac arrest [189]
René Berg
Hanoi Rocks, "Suicide Twins", "The Hollywood Killers" etc...
47July 28, 2003Drug overdose
Greg Guidry
Singer-Songwriter
49July 28, 2003 Fairview, Tennessee, U.S.Fire
Sam Phillips
Businessman and record producer
80July 30, 2003 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Respiratory failure [190]
Roger Voudouris 48August 3, 2003 Sacramento, California, U.S.Liver disease
Gregory Hines 57August 9, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Liver cancer [191]
Dan Birney
Bassist for Head East
52August 9, 2003Cardiovascular disease
Matt Davis
"the vidablue", "Ten Grand", Afro-Punk (film)
26August 10, 2003 Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, U.S.Aneurysm [192]
Matt Moffitt
Matt Finish
46August 12, 2003 Woollahra, New South Wales, AustraliaStroke
Ed Townsend 74August 13, 2003 San Bernardino, California, U.S.Heart attack [193]
Tony Jackson
The Searchers
63August 18, 2003 Nottingham, EnglandCirrhosis of the liver
Wesley Willis
Wesley Willis Fiasco
40August 21, 2003 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Chronic myelogenous leukemia [194]
Floyd Tillman 88August 22, 2003 Bacliff, Texas, U.S.Leukemia [195]
Bruce Waibel
FireHouse
45September 2, 2003 Florida, U.S.Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
Warren Zevon 56September 7, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Mesothelioma [196]
Bob Markley
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
68September 9, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cause of death not reported
Jerzy "Kawa" Kawalec
Krzak (band)
49September 9, 2003 Chorzów, PolandAggressive laryngeal cancer
Johnny Cash 71September 12, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Complications from diabetes [197]
Chubby Newsom 83September 13, 2003 Merriam, Kansas, U.S. [198]
Sheb Wooley 82September 16, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Leukemia [199]
Slim Dusty 76September 19, 2003 St Ives, New South Wales, AustraliaLung & kidney cancer [200]
Matthew Jay 24September 25, 2003 London, EnglandFall [201]
Shawn Lane
Black Oak Arkansas
40September 26, 2003 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Severe lung complications [202]
Robert Palmer
The Power Station
54September 26, 2003 Paris, FranceHeart attack [203]
Paul Burlison
The Rock and Roll Trio
74September 27, 2003 Horn Lake, Mississippi, U.S.Colon cancer [204]
John Brim 81October 1, 2003 Gary, Indiana, U.S.Heart cancer [205]
John David Kimball
Omen
45October 3, 2003Cancer
Robbie King
The Hometown Band
56October 17, 2003 British Columbia, CanadaCancer [206]
Elliott Smith
Heatmiser
34October 21, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Stabbing (suicide or murder) [207]
Half a Mill 30October 24, 2003 New York City, New York, U.S.Murdered [208]
Oliver Sain 71October 28, 2003 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.Bone cancer
Steve O'Rourke
Manager from Pink Floyd
63October 30, 2003 Miami, Florida, U.S.Stroke [209]
Bobby Hatfield
The Righteous Brothers
63November 4, 2003 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.Heart attack causes by cocaine overdose [210]
Guy Speranza
Riot
47November 8, 2003 Orlando, Florida, U.S.Pancreatic cancer
Tony Thompson
The Power Station, Chic
48November 12, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Renal cell carcinoma [211]
Claude Trenier
The Treniers
84November 16, 2003Bladder cancer
Arthur Conley 57November 17, 2003 Ruurlo, Gelderland, NetherlandsIntestinal cancer [212]
Michael Kamen
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, orchestrator for Pink Floyd, Rush
55November 18, 2003 London, EnglandHeart attack [213]
Greg Ridley
Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie
62November 19, 2003 Alicante, SpainPneumonia [214]
Teddy Randazzo 68November 21, 2003 Orlando, Florida, U.S.Heart attack
Teddy Wilburn
The Wilburn Brothers
71November 24, 2003Congestive heart failure
Soulja Slim 26November 26, 2003 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Murdered [215] [216]
George Magnezid
The Wrens (R&B band)
60'sc. December 2003Unknown
Bill Deal
Bill Deal and the Rhondels
59December 10, 2003Heart attack
Gary Stewart 59December 16, 2003 Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.Suicide by gunshot [217]
Paul Balon
"The Rockin' Rebels"
61December 17, 2003Heart disease
Dave Dudley 75December 22, 2003 Danbury, Wisconsin, U.S.Heart attack
Dick St. John
Dick & Dee Dee
63December 27, 2003Accidental fall from roof
Anita Mui 40December 30, 2003 Happy Valley, Hong Kong Cervical cancer [218]

2004

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
John Guerin 64January 5, 2004 West Hills, California, U.S.Heart failure
Randy VanWarmer 48January 12, 2004 Seattle, Washington, U.S.Leukemia [219]
Terje Bakken
Windir
25January 14, 2004Reppastølen, Sogndal, NorwayHypothermia [220]
Jimmi Lawrence
Hope of the States
26January 15, 2004Real World StudiosSuicide by hanging [221]
John Siomos 56January 16, 2004 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Billy May 87January 22, 2004 San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.Heart attack [222]
Mel Pritchard
Drummer/Percussionist for Barclay James Harvest
56January 28, 2004 Greenfield, Greater Manchester, UKDied in his sleep (Heart attack)
Rene DeKnight
The Delta Rhythm Boys
90January 29, 2004Unknown
Soko Richardson
Ike & Tina Turner, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
64January 29, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Diabetes
Cornelius Bumpus
The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan
58February 3, 2004 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.Heart attack
Preston Love 82February 12, 2004 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.Prostate cancer
Doris Troy 67February 16, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Emphysema [223]
J.J. Malone 68February 20, 2004 Hawaii, U.S.Cancer
Les Gray
Mud
57February 21, 2004 Algarve, Lagos, PortugalHeart attack following throat cancer [224]
Carl Anderson 58February 23, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Leukemia [225]
Bob Mayo 53February 23, 2004 Basel, SwitzerlandHeart attack [226]
A.C. Reed 77February 24, 2004 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Cancer
Estelle Axton
Co-founder of Stax Records
85February 25, 2004Pneumonia [227]
John McGeoch
Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, Visage, The Armoury Show
48March 4, 2004 Cornwall, EnglandHeart attack [228]
Peggy DeCastro
The DeCastro Sisters
82March 6, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Lung cancer [229]
Rust Epique
Crazy Town
36March 9, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Aortic rupture [230]
Dave Schulthise
The Dead Milkmen
47March 10, 2004 North Salem, New York, U.S.Suicide by drug overdose [231]
Kyle Tullis
Bassist for Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels, Steve Wariner, Vern Gosdin, The Oak Ridge Boys and many others
55March 9, 2004 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Liver and bone cancer
Edmund Sylvers
The Sylvers
47March 11, 2004 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.Lung cancer [232]
Mary Ann Fisher
Ray Charles, The Raelettes
81March 12, 2004Natural causes
Johnny Bristol 65March 21, 2004 Brighton Township, Michigan, U.S.Natural causes [233]
Jan Berry
Jan & Dean
62March 26, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications from a seizure [234]
Adán Sánchez 19March 27, 2004 Sinaloa, Mexico Car crash
Timi Yuro 63March 30, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Throat cancer
Paul Atkinson
The Zombies
58April 1, 2004 Santa Monica, California, U.S.Liver disease [235]
Niki Sullivan
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
66April 6, 2004 Sugar Creek, Missouri, U.S.Heart attack [236]
Felix Haug
Drummer/Keyboardist for Double
52May 1, 2004 Uster, SwitzerlandHeart attack [237]
Curtis Gordon 75May 2, 2004 Moultrie, Georgia, U.S.Unknown cause
Coxsone Dodd
Record producer
72May 4, 2004 Kingston, JamaicaHeart attack [238]
Barney Kessel 80May 6, 2004 San Diego, California, U.S.Brain tumor [239]
Rudi Maugeri
The Crew-Cuts
73May 7, 2004Pancreatic cancer [240]
Brenda Fassie 39May 9, 2004 Johannesburg, South AfricaCocaine overdose/Coma [241]
John Whitehead
McFadden & Whitehead
55May 11, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Murdered [242]
Clint Warwick
The Moody Blues
58May 15, 2004 Birmingham, EnglandHepatitis [243]
Alex Nelson
Guitarist for Lizzy Borden (band)
41May 17, 2004Car crash [244]
Gunnar Graps 52May 17, 2004 Tallinn, EstoniaHeart attack
Elvin Jones 76May 18, 2004 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.Heart failure [245]
Gatemouth Moore 90May 19, 2004 Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. [246]
Derek Frigo
Guitarist for Enuff Z'Nuff
37May 28, 2004 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.Drug overdose [247]
Robert Quine 61May 31, 2004 New York, U.S.Suicide by heroin overdose [248]
Steve Lacy 69June 4, 2004Liver cancer
Quorthon
Bathory
38June 7, 2004 Stockholm, SwedenHeart failure [249]
Bill Lowery
Record producer and music entrepreneur
79June 8, 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Cancer [250]
Ray Charles 73June 10, 2004 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.Complications of acute liver disease [251]
Graeme Kelling
Deacon Blue
47June 10, 2004Pancreatic cancer [252]
Jeff Reid
Bassist for SR-71 (band)
36June 11, 2004Lung cancer
Jimmy Arnold
The Four Lads
72June 15, 2004 Sacramento, California, U.S.Lung cancer
Richard Tepp
Richard and the Young Lions
57June 17, 2004Leukemia
Syreeta Wright 57July 6, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Congestive heart failure [253]
Ersel Hickey 70July 9, 2004 Manhattan, New York, U.S.Complications from gallbladder surgery
Arthur Kane
New York Dolls
55July 13, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Leukemia [254]
Richard Anthony "Richie" Puente
Percussionist for Foxy
51July 18, 2004 Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.Brain injury/Died in his sleep
Illinois Jacquet 81July 22, 2004 New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack
George Williams
The Tymes
68July 28, 2004 Maple Shade, New Jersey, U.S.Unknown
Hunter Hancock
American disc jockey
88August 4, 2004 Claremont, California, U.S.Natural Causes
Rick James 56August 6, 2004 Burbank, California, U.S.Pulmonary and cardiac failure [255]
Jak Airport
Classix Nouveaux, X-Ray Spex
49August 13, 2004Cancer
D-Roc "The Executioner"
Body Count
44August 17, 2004 Duarte, California, U.S.Lymphatic cancer/Lymphoma [256]
Noble "Thin Man" Watts 78August 24, 2004Pneumonia and emphysema [257]
Laura Branigan 52August 26, 2004 East Quogue, New York, U.S.Brain aneurysm [258]
Carl Wayne
The Move
61August 31, 2004 Birmingham, EnglandEsophageal cancer [259]
Raful Neal 68September 1, 2004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.Cancer [260]
Wildman Steve
Comic entertainer, radio personality, promoter, MC and rock artist
78September 1, 2004 Miami, Florida, U.S. [261]
Michael Connor
Keyboardist for Pure Prairie League
54September 2, 2004 Sarasota, Florida, U.S.Cancer
Robert Cotoia
Keyboardist for John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band
51September 3, 2004Liver disease
Jimmy Lewis
The Drifters
66September 11, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S. [262]
Johnny Ramone
The Ramones
55September 15, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Prostate cancer [263]
Izora Armstead
The Weather Girls
62September 16, 2004 San Leandro, California, U.S.Heart failure [264]
Skeeter Davis 72September 19, 2004 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Breast cancer
Gary Strater
Bassist for Starcastle
51September 20, 2004Pancreatic cancer
Roy Drusky 74September 23, 2004 Portland, Tennessee, U.S.Lung cancer [265]
Louis Satterfield
Earth, Wind & Fire
67September 27, 2004 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Unknown [266]
Bruce Palmer
Buffalo Springfield
58October 1, 2004 Belleville, Ontario, CanadaHeart attack [267]
Rodney Dangerfield 82October 5, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications after open heart replacement surgery [268]
Clem Tholet
?
56October 6, 2004 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa ?
William Henry "Pat" Best
The 4 Tunes
81October 14, 2004 Roseville, California, U.S.Unknown [269]
Dave Godin
Record producer and co-founder of Soul City Records
68October 15, 2004 Rotherham, EnglandUnknown
Doug Bennett
Doug & the Slugs
52October 16, 2004 Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCirrhosis of the liver
Greg Shaw
Fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner, manager for Flamin' Groovies
55October 19, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart failure [270]
C. P. Spencer
The Originals
66October 20, 2004Heart attack [271]
John Peel
English DJ
65October 25, 2004 Cuzco, PeruHeart attack [272]
Bill Reed
The Diamonds
68October 22, 2004 Toronto, CanadaCancer
Terry Knight
Terry Knight and the Pack, Grand Funk Railroad
61November 1, 2004 Temple, Texas, U.S.Murder by stabbing [273]
Mark Ledford
Pat Metheny Group
44November 1, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart disease
Mac Dre 34November 1, 2004 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.Shot to death [274]
Robert Heaton
New Model Army, Hawkwind
43November 4, 2004 Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K.Head injury
Lenny Mayes
The Dramatics
53November 7, 2004 Southfield, Michigan, U.S.Heart attack [275]
John Balance
Coil, Psychic TV
42November 13, 2004 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, EnglandFall
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Wu-Tang Clan
35November 13, 2004 New York City, New York, U.S.Accidental drug overdose [276]
Cy Coleman 75November 18, 2004 New York City, New York, U.S.Cardiac arrest [277]
Terry Melcher
Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords
62November 19, 2004 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Melanoma [278]
Kevin Coyne 60December 2, 2004 Nuremberg, Bavaria, GermanyLung fibrosis
Nadine Renee
Planet Soul
32December 2, 2004 Miami, Florida, U.S.Complications following childbirth [279]
Dimebag Darrell
Pantera, Damageplan
38December 8, 2004 Columbus, Ohio, U.S.Murdered (on stage) [280]
Herbert Dreilich
Karat
62December 12, 2004 Berlin, GermanyLiver cancer [281]
Freddie Perren
Record producer and arranger from The Jackson 5, The Sylvers and Peaches & Herb
61December 16, 2004 Chatsworth, California, U.S.Complications following a stroke [282]
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation
70December 17, 2004 London, EnglandAcute liver failure [283]
Son Seals 62December 20, 2004 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Complications of diabetes [284]
Mieszko Talarczyk
Nasum
30December 26, 2004 Phi Phi Island, Thailand 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Hank Garland 74December 27, 2004 Orange Park, Florida, U.S.Staph infection
Artie Shaw 94December 30, 2004 Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.Natural causes [285]

2005

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
David McNeil
The Larks
72January 8, 2005Unknown
Spencer Dryden
Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage
66January 11, 2005 Penngrove, California, U.S.Stomach cancer [286]
Jimmy Griffin
Bread
61January 11, 2005 Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.Complications due to cancer [287]
Marko Busch
Dritte Wahl
35January 17, 2005Stomach cancer
Johnny Carson 79January 23, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Emphysema [288]
Ray Peterson 69January 25, 2005 Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer [289]
Clarence Bassett
Shep and the Limelites
68January 25, 2005 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.Emphysema
Mark Evans
Drummer for Warrior Soul
48January 26, 2005 Seething Wells, London, EnglandMurdered (Strangled and burned) [290]
Jim Capaldi
Traffic
60January 28, 2005 Westminster, London, EnglandStomach cancer
Eric Griffiths
The Quarrymen
64January 29, 2005 Edinburgh, ScotlandPancreatic cancer [291]
David Lerchey
The Del-Vikings
67January 29, 2005 Hallandale, Florida, U.S.Cancer/Heart ailment
Wes Wehmiller
Duran Duran, Missing Persons
33January 30, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Thyroid cancer [292]
Merle Kilgore 70February 6, 2005 Mexico Heart failure while undergoing experimental treatments for lung cancer [293]
Grantley Dee59February 7, 2005 Melbourne, AustraliaUnknown cause
Keith Knudsen
The Doobie Brothers
56February 8, 2005 Kentfield, California, U.S.Pneumonia [294]
Jimmy Smith 79February 8, 2005 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.Natural causes
Tyrone Davis 66February 9, 2005 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Stroke
Sammi Smith 61February 12, 2005 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.Emphysema
Joe Martin
The Willows
69February 19, 2005Congestive heart failure
Edward Patten
Gladys Knight & the Pips
65February 25, 2005 Livonia, Michigan, U.S.Stroke caused by diabetes [295]
Chris Curtis
The Searchers
63February 28, 2005 Liverpool, EnglandDied after a long illness [296]
George "Wild Child" Butler 68March 1, 2005 Windsor, Ontario, CanadaPulmonary embolism
Joseph Dougherty Carter
Carter Family
78March 2, 2005 Hiltons, Scott County, Virginia, U.S.Unknown
Chris LeDoux 56March 9, 2005 Casper, Wyoming, U.S.Bile Duct Cancer [297]
Danny Joe Brown
The Danny Joe Brown Band, Molly Hatchet
53March 10, 2005 Davie, Florida, U.S.Renal failure
Jackie Neal 37March 10, 2005 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.Murder by gunshot [298]
Lyn Collins 56March 13, 2005 Pasadena, California, U.S.Cardiac arrhythmia
Jakson Spires
Blackfoot
53March 16, 2005 Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.Brain aneurysm
Renée Diggs
Starpoint
50March 18, 2005 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.Complications of multiple sclerosis [299]
Rod Price
Foghat
57March 22, 2005 Wilton, New Hampshire, U.S.Heart attack [300]
Paul Hester
Crowded House, Split Enz
46March 26, 2005 Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSuicide by hanging [301]
Rigo Tovar 58March 27, 2005 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MexicoCardiac arrest
Derrick Plourde
Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, Rich Kids on LSD
33March 30, 2005Suicide by gunshot [302]
Billy "Bass Wolf"
Guitar Wolf
38March 31, 2005 Tokyo, JapanHeart attack
Barry Stern
Zoetrope, Trouble
45April 1, 2005Complications following hip replacement surgery
Duke McFadden
Keyboardist for 707
40sApril 5, 2005Heart problems
Grant Kitchings
The Ravens, The Drifters
66April 5, 2005Diabetes [303]
Johnnie Johnson 80April 13, 2005 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.Kidney failure and pneumonia
John Fred
John Fred and His Playboy Band
63April 14, 2005 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Complications from kidney transplant
Andrew Steele
Drummer for The Herd
63April 18, 2005Cancer
Stan Levey 79April 19, 2005 Van Nuys, California, U.S.Jaw cancer [304]
Blade Icewood28April 19, 2005 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Shot to death [305]
Bryan Ottoson
Guitarist for American Head Charge
27April 19, 2005 North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.Barbiturate overdose [306]
Richard Lewis
The Silhouettes
71April 19, 2005Kidney failure
Jimmy Woode
Flip Phillips, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington etc...
78April 23, 2005 Linden, New Jersey, U.S.Complications following a surgery for a stomach aneurysm
Hasil Adkins 67April 26, 2005 Boone County, West Virginia, U.S.
Percy Heath
Modern Jazz Quartet
81April 28, 2005 Southampton, New York, U.S.Bone cancer
Jim Pash
The Surfaris
56April 29, 2005Congestive heart failure [307]
Johnnie Stewart
Television producer and music program from Top of the Pops
87April 29, 2005 East Dereham, Norfolk, England [308]
Norma-Jean Wofford
Female rhythm guitarist for Bo Diddley
63April 30, 2005 Fontana, California, U.S.Unknown
Pierre Moerlen
Gong
52May 3, 2005 Strasbourg, FranceNatural causes [309]
Neal Pattman 79May 4, 2005 Athens, Georgia, U.S.Bone cancer
David Wayne
Metal Church, Reverend
47May 10, 2005 Tacoma, Washington, U.S.Traffic accident [310]
Frankie LaRocka
Company of Wolves, Bon Jovi, David Johansen, Bryan Adams, John Waite
51May 12, 2005 New York City, New York, U.S.Complications after heart surgery [311]
Mike Mahaffey
Self
38May 25, 2005Died in his sleep/Unknown causes
Domenic Troiano
The James Gang, The Guess Who, Ronnie Hawkins
59May 25, 2005 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProstate cancer
Eddie Albert 99May 26, 2005 Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Pneumonia/Alzheimer's Disease [312]
Oscar Brown 78May 29, 2005 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Osteomyelitis
Karl Mueller
Soul Asylum
41June 17, 2005 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Throat cancer
Johnny Reed
The Orioles
81June 18, 2005Natural causes
Chet Helms
Music promoter
62June 25, 2005Stroke
Renaldo Benson
The Four Tops
69July 1, 2005 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Lung cancer [313]
Luther Vandross
Change
54July 1, 2005 Edison, New Jersey, U.S.Heart attack following a stroke [314]
Hedy West 67July 3, 2005 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Cancer
Al Downing 65July 4, 2005 Massachusetts, U.S.Leukemia
Ray Davis
Parliament, Funkadelic
65July 5, 2005 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.Respiratory problems [315]
Shirley Goodman
Shirley and Company
69July 5, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Stroke [316]
Dennis D'Ell
The Honeycombs
61July 6, 2005Cancer
Keith Alexander
Carnivore
41July 11, 2005Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, U.S.Traffic accident [317]
Michael Dahlquist
Silkworm
39July 14, 2005 Skokie, Illinois, U.S.Vehicular reckless homicide [318]
Long John Baldry
Blues Incorporated
64July 21, 2005 Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSevere chest infection [319]
Eugene Record
The Chi-Lites
64July 22, 2005 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Cancer [320]
Dom Um Romão 79July 27, 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lucky Thompson 81July 30, 2005 Seattle, Washington, U.S.Alzheimer's disease [321]
Loulie Jean Norman
Star Trek, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, The Tokens etc...
92August 2, 2005 Studio City, California, U.S.Natural causes
Little Milton 70August 4, 2005 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Stroke [322]
Carlo Little
The Rolling Stones
65August 6, 2005 Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, EnglandLung cancer [323]
Detroit Junior 73August 9, 2005 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Heart failure
John Loder
Sound engineer, record producer, founder of Southern Studios
59August 12, 2005 London, EnglandBrain tumor [324]
Francine Hurd Barker
Peaches & Herb
58August 13, 2005Cancer
Krzysztof Raczkowski
Vader
34August 18, 2005 Olsztyn, Poland Heart failure due to alcoholism [325]
Steven Ronald Jensen
The Vandals
46August 20, 2005 Maui, Hawaii Barbiturate overdose
Robert Moog
Moog Synthesizer
71August 21, 2005 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.Brain cancer [326]
Harold Kalin
Kalin Twins
71August 24, 2005Traffic accident
Davor "Moskri" Bobić
Lead rapper of Prti Bee Gee  [ sr ]
27August 25, 2005 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Heroin overdose [327]
Denis D'Amour
Voivod
45August 26, 2005Colon cancer
R.L. Burnside
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
78September 1, 2005 Memphis, Tennessee Heart attack
Barry Cowsill
The Cowsills
50c. September 2, 2005 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Drowning related to flooding during Hurricane Katrina [328]
Eric Roche 37September 6, 2005Throat cancer
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 81September 10, 2005 Orange, Texas, U.S.Lung cancer/Emphysema [329]
Frank Fields 91September 18, 2005 Zachary, Louisiana, U.S.
Willie Hutch 60September 19, 2005 Dallas, Texas, U.S.Natural causes [330]
Paul Pena 55October 1, 2005 San Francisco, California, U.S.Diabetes and pancreatitis [331]
Hamilton Camp 70October 2, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cardiac tamponade and dissecting aortic hemorrhage [332]
Mike Gibbins
Badfinger
56October 4, 2005 Oviedo, Florida, U.S.Died in his sleep/Brain aneurysm [333]
Shirley Ellis 76October 5, 2005 Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Paul "Wine" Jones 59October 9, 2005 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.Cancer [334]
Nick Hawkins
Big Audio Dynamite
40October 10, 2005 Laa Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Heart attack [335]
Sonji Clay-Glover59October 11, 2005 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Natural causes
Baker Knight 72October 12, 2005 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Natural causes [336]
David Reilly
God Lives Underwater
34October 16, 2005Stomach rupture leading to coma [337]
Sabú54October 16, 2005 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MexicoLung cancer
Shirley Horn
Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others
71October 20, 2005 Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.Complications of diabetes [338]
Franky Gee
Captain Jack
43October 22, 2005 Palma de Mallorca, SpainCerebral hemorrhage/Coma
Michael Arnone
The Duprees
63October 27, 2005Unknown
David Townsend
The Isley Brothers, Surface, Sunrize, Marvin Gaye
50October 26, 2005 Northridge, California, U.S.Drug overdose [339]
John "Beatz" Holohan
Bayside
31October 31, 2005 Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.Traffic accident
Milt Holland 88November 4, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alzheimer's disease and kidney failure [340]
Link Wray 76November 5, 2005 Copenhagen, DenmarkHeart failure [341]
Johnny Tanner
The Five Royales
79November 8, 2005Cancer [342]
Al Frazier
The Rivingtons
75November 13, 2005Heart attack
Chris Whitley 45November 20, 2005 Houston, Texas, U.S.Lung cancer [343]
Jay Owens 58November 26, 2005 Orlando, Florida, U.S.Complications of diabetes [344]
Mark Craney
Gino Vannelli, Jethro Tull, Eric Burdon etc...
53November 26, 2005 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.Complications from diabetes and pneumonia
Joe Jones 79November 27, 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications following quadruple bypass surgery [345]
Tony Meehan
The Shadows
62November 28, 2005 Paddington, London, EnglandHead injuries following a fall
Gerry Humphrys
The Loved Ones
64December 2, 2005Heart attack
Don Charles 71December 4, 2005 Herstmonceux, East Sussex, EnglandUnknown
Danny Williams 63December 6, 2005Lung cancer
Mike Botts
Bread
61December 9, 2005 Burbank, California, U.S.Colon cancer [346]
Richard "Bomer" Manzullo
Rich Kids on LSD
38December 12, 2005 Summerland, California, U.S.Heart failure from drug abuse

2006

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Bryan Harvey
House of Freaks, Gutterball
49January 1, 2006 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.Murder during home robbery [347]
Michael S. Smith 59January 2, 2006Prostate cancer
Alex St. Clair
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
64January 5, 2006 Lancaster, California, U.S.Heart attack [348]
Lou Rawls 72January 6, 2006 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Lung cancer [349]
Mark Spoon
Jam & Spoon
39January 11, 2006 Berlin, GermanyHeart attack [350]
Dave Lepard
Crashdïet
25January 13, 2006 Uppsala, SwedenSuicide by hanging [351]
Bob Weinstock
Record producer, founded Prestige Records
77January 14, 2006 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.Diabetes
Wilson Pickett
The Falcons
64January 19, 2006 Reston, Virginia, U.S.Heart attack [352]
Janette Carter
Carter Family
82January 22, 2006 Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S.Unknown
Fayard Nicholas
The Nicholas Brothers
91January 24, 2006 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Pneumonia following a stroke
Gene McFadden
McFadden & Whitehead
56January 27, 2006 Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Liver and lung cancer [353]
Brent Dowe
The Melodians
59January 29, 2006 Jamaica Heart attack
Jason Sears
Rich Kids on LSD
38January 31, 2006 Tijuana, MexicoPulmonary thrombosis. [354]
Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces
75February 1, 2006 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.Kidney failure
Elton Dean
Soft Machine
60February 8, 2006 London, EnglandHeart and liver problems
Johnny Ross
Baby Huey & the Babysitters
63February 9, 2006 Hobart, Indiana, U.S.Heart failure following appendicitis
Bob Riley
Grace Pool
50February 9, 2006Heart attack
J Dilla
Slum Village, Soulquarians
32February 10, 2006 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cardiac arrest
Lynden David Hall 31February 14, 2006Complications from a steam cell transplant
Bill Cowsill
The Cowsills, The Blue Shadows, Blue Northern
58February 18, 2006 Calgary, Alberta, U.S. Emphysema [355]
Yuri Morozov 57February 23, 2006 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Johnny Jackson
Drummer for The Jackson 5
50March 1, 2006 Gary, Indiana, U.S.Stabbing [356]
Jack Wild 53March 1, 2006 Tebworth, Bedfordshire, EnglandOral cancer [357]
Willie Kent 70March 2, 2006 Englewood, Illinois, U.S.Colon cancer [358]
King Floyd 61March 6, 2006 Jackson, California, U.S.Complications of stroke and diabetes
Johnny Williams 99March 6, 2006 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. [359]
Hanka Bielicka 90March 9, 2006 Warsaw, PolandAortic aneurysm/After operation
Buck Owens
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
76March 25, 2006 Bakersfield, California, U.S.Heart attack [360]
Rocío Dúrcal 61March 25, 2006 Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain Uterus cancer
Nikki Sudden
Swell Maps
49March 26, 2006 New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack [361]
Peter Wells
Rose Tattoo
59March 27, 2006 Sydney, AustraliaProstate cancer [362]
Don Alias 66March 28, 2006 New York City, New York, U.S.No cause given
Jackie McLean
Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis etc...
74March 31, 2006 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.Died after a long illness
Martin Gilks
The Wonder Stuff
41April 3, 2006 London, EnglandTraffic accident [363]
Gene Pitney 66April 5, 2006 Cardiff, WalesHeart attack [364]
Henry Lewy 79April 8, 2006 Prescott, Arizona, U.S.Stroke and following heart surgery [365]
June Pointer
The Pointer Sisters
52April 11, 2006 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cancer [366]
Proof
Eminem, D12
32April 11, 2006 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Murder by gunshot [367] [368] [369]
Cees Kalis
Earth & Fire
56April 16, 2006Unknown
Phil Walden
Record producer and co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based on Capricorn Records
66April 22, 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Cancer [370]
Bonnie Owens 76April 24, 2006 Bakersfield, California, U.S.Alzheimer's disease
Danny McKenna
Toby Beau, Bob Seger, Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers
54April 26, 2006 McAllen, Texas, U.S.Suicide by gunshot [371]
Johnny Paris
Frontman/Saxophonist for Johnny and the Hurricanes
65May 1, 2006 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.Sepsis/Pneumonia
Big Hawk 36May 1, 2006 Houston, Texas, U.S.Shot to death [372]
Grant McLennan
The Go-Betweens
48May 6, 2006 Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaHeart attack [373]
Steve Bender
Record producer and member of Dschinghis Khan
59May 7, 2006Munich, GermanyLung cancer
Soraya 37May 10, 2006 Miami, Florida, U.S.Breast cancer
John Hicks
Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Woody Herman, etc...
64May 10, 2006 New York City, New York, U.S.Internal bleeding
Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
Heatwave
56May 13, 2006 Dayton, Ohio, U.S.Complications of paralysis
Steve Cooper
S.A. Slayer
47May 14, 2006Kidney failure due to complications of type 1 diabetes
Freddie Garrity
Freddie and the Dreamers
69May 19, 2006 Bangor, WalesEmphysema [374]
Billy Walker 77May 21, 2006 Fort Deposit, Alabama, U.S.Car crash
Desmond Dekker 64May 25, 2006 Thornton Heath, Croydon, EnglandHeart attack [375]
Vince McAllister
Pentagram
51May 26, 2006Neck cancer
Vince Welnick
Grateful Dead, The Tubes
55June 2, 2006 Sonoma County, California, U.S.Suicide [376]
Johnny Grande
Bill Haley & His Comets
76June 3, 2006 Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer [377]
Billy Preston 59June 6, 2006 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.Respiratory failure, stemming from pericarditis [378]
Drafi Deutscher 60June 9, 2006 Frankfurt, Essen, GermanyHeart failure
Freddie Gorman
The Originals
67June 13, 2006Lung cancer
Duane Roland
Molly Hatchet
52June 19, 2006 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.Natural causes [379]
Claydes Charles Smith
Kool & the Gang
57June 20, 2006 Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.Undisclosed illness [380]
Back Alley John 51June 22, 2006 Calgary, Alberta, CanadaRespiratory disease [381]
Andy Howard40June 22, 2006Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Emanuel Lasky60June 23, 2006Cancer
Arif Mardin
Music producer
74June 25, 2006 New York City, New York, U.S.Pancreatic cancer [382]
Johnny Jenkins 67June 26, 2006 Bibb County, Georgia, U.S.Stroke [383]
Joe Weaver 71July 5, 2006 Southfield, Michigan, U.S.Stroke
Al Hodge
The Onyx
55July 6, 2006Cancer
Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd
60July 7, 2006 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandPancreatic cancer [384]
Milan Williams
Commodores
58July 9, 2006 Houston, Texas, U.S.Cancer [385]
Sam Myers 70July 17, 2006 Dallas, Texas, U.S.Throat cancer
Herbert Kalin
Kalin Twins
72July 21, 2006Heart attack
Jessie Mae Hemphill 82July 22, 2006 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Complications from an ulcer [386]
Floyd Dixon 77July 26, 2006 Orange County, U.S.Kidney failure [387]
Arthur Lee
Love
61August 3, 2006 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Leukemia [388]
Richie Barrett
The Valentines
73August 3, 2006 Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, U.S.Pancreatic cancer
John Locke
Nazareth, Spirit
62August 4, 2006 Ojai, California, U.S.Cancer/Lymphoma [389]
Barbara George 63August 10, 2006 Chauvin, Louisiana, U.S.Lung infection
Jon Nödtveidt
Dissection, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, The Black
31August 13, 2006 Hässelby, SwedenSuicide by gunshot. [390]
Johnny Duncan 67August 14, 2006Heart attack [391]
Bruce Gary
The Knack
55August 22, 2006 Tarzana, California, U.S. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma [392]
Maynard Ferguson 78August 23, 2006 Ventura, California, U.S.Kidney and liver failure
Jesse Pintado
Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Lock Up, Brujeria
37August 27, 2006 Ridderkerk, NetherlandsLiver failure [393]
Pip Pyle
Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong
56August 28, 2006 Paris, FranceNatural causes [394]
Jumpin' Gene Simmons 69August 29, 2006 Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.After a long illness [395]
Dewey Redman 75September 2, 2006 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Liver failure
Al Casey 69September 17, 2006 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Danny Flores
The Champs
77September 19, 2006 Huntington Beach, California, U.S.Pneumonia [396]
Scott Frazer
Guitarist for Space Opera
57September 19, 2006Cancer
Boz Burrell
Bad Company, King Crimson
60September 21, 2006 Marbella, SpainHeart attack [397]
Etta Baker 93September 23, 2006 Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. [398]
Henry Townsend 96September 24, 2006 Mequon, Wisconsin, U.S. [399]
Jamie Lyons
Singer for The Music Explosion
57September 25, 2006 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.Heart failure
Prentiss Barnes
The Moonglows
81October 1, 2006 Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S.Traffic accident [400]
Larissa "Strickland" Stolarchuk
L-Seven, Laughing Hyenas
46October 9, 2006 North Port, Florida, U.S.Drug overdose
Jared Anderson
Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal
31October 14, 2006 Covington, Kentucky, U.S.Unspecified cause/Died in his sleep [401]
Freddy Fender 69October 14, 2006 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.Lung cancer
Pete Graves
The Moonglows
76October 15, 2006Natural causes
Lionel Mattice
Bassist for Johnny and the Hurricanes
67October 16, 2006Unknown
Snooky Pryor 85–87October 18, 2006 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. [402]
Sandy West
The Runaways
47October 21, 2006 San Dimas, California, U.S.Lung cancer [403]
Eddie Medora
Guitarist for The Sunrays
61October 27, 2006 Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.Heart attack
Chris Williams
Drummer for Pat McGee Band
39October 28, 2006 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.Heart condition
Paul Mauriat 81November 3, 2006 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, FranceUnknown
Jance Garfat
Bassist for Dr. Hook
62November 6, 2006 Union City, New Jersey, U.S.Motorcycle accident
Gerald Levert
LeVert
40November 10, 2006 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.Drug induced heart attack [404]
Annie Laurie 82November 13, 2006 Titusville, Florida, U.S.
Ruth Brown 78November 17, 2006 Henderson, Nevada, U.S.Heart attack and stroke [405]
Robert Lockwood Jr. 91November 21, 2006 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.Cerebral aneurysm and stroke
Walter Booker 72November 24, 2006 Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Valentín Elizalde 27November 25, 2006 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, MexicoShot to death
Tony Silvester
The Main Ingredient
65November 27, 2006 Multiple myeloma
Mariska Veres
Shocking Blue
59December 2, 2006 The Hague, NetherlandsGall bladder cancer [406]
Logan Whitehurst
The Velvet Teen
29December 3, 2006 Los Banos, California, U.S.Brain cancer
Darren Brown
Mega City Four
44December 6, 2006 Tooting, London, EnglandBrain blood clot
Jay McShann 90December 7, 2006 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.Undisclosed [407]
Homesick James 96December 13, 2006 Springfield, Missouri, U.S.Heart attack [408]
Ahmet Ertegun
Record producer, record label executive and co-founder of Atlantic Records
83December 14, 2006 New York City, New York, U.S.Injuries from an accidental fall [409]
Denis Payton
The Dave Clark Five
63December 17, 2006 Bournemouth, Dorset, EnglandCancer [410]
James Brown
The Famous Flames, The J.B.'s
73December 25, 2006 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia [411]

2007

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Tad Jones 54January 1, 2007 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Fall
Del Reeves 73January 1, 2007 Centerville, Tennessee, U.S.Emphysema
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
The Flying Burrito Brothers
72January 6, 2007 Petaluma, California, U.S. Alzheimer's disease [412]
Chris Aylmer
Samson
58January 9, 2007Throat cancer
Alice Coltrane 69January 12, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Respiratory failure [413]
Michael Brecker 57January 13, 2007 New York City, New York, U.S.Leukemia
Doyle Holly
The Buckaroos
70January 13, 2007 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Prostate cancer
Colin Thurston
Producer, record engineer
59January 15, 2007Long illness
Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson
The Spaniels
72January 16, 2007 Capitol Heights, Maryland, U.S.Cancer
Gary Phillips
The Greg Kihn Band
59January 17, 2007 United States Cancer
Brent Liles
Social Distortion, Agent Orange
43January 18, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Traffic accident [414]
Denny Doherty
The Mamas & the Papas
66January 19, 2007 Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaKidney failure [415]
Esmond Edwards
Record producer, record engineering and co-founded of Prestige Records
79January 20, 2007 Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Crown Prince Waterford 90February 1, 2007 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. [416]
Billy Henderson
The Spinners
67February 2, 2007 Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.Diabetes [417]
Joe Hunter
The Funk Brothers
79February 2, 2007 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Natural causes [418]
Barbara McNair 72February 4, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Throat cancer [419]
Frankie Laine 93February 6, 2007 San Diego, California, U.S.Heart failure
Alan "Nidge" Miller
"Blitz"
48February 10, 2007 Austin County, Texas, U.S.Hit by a car on a freeway
Jimmy Campbell
"The Kirkbys"
63February 12, 2007 Liverpool, UKNo cause given
Eldee Young
Young-Holt Unlimited
71February 12, 2007 Bangkok, ThailandHeart attack
John O'Banion 59February 14, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Blunt force trauma as a result of being hit by a car while touring in New Orleans, Louisiana
John Lane
Bill Haley & His Comets
76February 18, 2007
Ian Wallace
King Crimson
60February 22, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Esophageal cancer [420]
Donnie Brooks 71February 23, 2007Heart attack/After a long illness
Billy Thorpe
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
60February 28, 2007 Sydney, AustraliaHeart attack [421]
Paul deLay 55March 7, 2007 Portland, Oregon, U.S. Leukaemia [422]
Brad Delp
Boston
55March 9, 2007 Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S.Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning [423]
Betty Hutton 86March 11, 2007 Palm Springs, California, U.S.Colon cancer [424]
Carol Richards 84March 16, 2007 Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.Kidney failure
Vince Hozier
The Sunrays
61March 18, 2007No cause given
Luther Ingram 69March 19, 2007 Belleville, Illinois, U.S.Heart failure[ citation needed ]
Cha Burns
Fingerprintz, The Silencers, Adam Ant
50March 26, 2007 Prestatyn, WalesLung cancer
Tony Scott 85March 28, 2007 Rome, ItalyProstate cancer
Phil Cordell 59March 31, 2007No cause given
Danny Barcelona
Louis Armstrong
77April 1, 2007Cancer
Mark St. John
Kiss
51April 5, 2007 New York City, New York, U.S.Cerebral hemorrhage [425]
Lefty Bates
The El Dorados, The Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta James etc...
87April 7, 2007 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Heart disease
Dakota Staton 76April 10, 2007 New York, U.S.Stroke [426]
Bill Guffey
Shooting Star
54April 12, 2007Complications from a liver transplant
Don Ho 76April 14, 2007 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.Congestive heart failure [427]
James B. Davis
The Dixie Hummingbirds
90–91April 17, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Heart ailment [428]
Andrew Hill 75April 20, 2007 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.Lung cancer
Lobby Loyde
The Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Rose Tattoo
65April 21, 2007 Box Hill, Victoria, AustraliaLung cancer
San Fadyl
The Ladybug Transistor
31April 26, 2007
Bobby Pickett
The Crypt-Kickers
69April 27, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Leukemia [429]
Zola Taylor
The Platters
69April 30, 2007 Riverside, California, U.S.Pneumonia [430]
Wolfgang Jäger
Extrabreit
54May 3, 2007 Hagen, Germany
Big Joe Duskin 86May 6, 2007 Avondale, Ohio, U.S.Diabetes [431]
Carey Bell 70May 6, 2007 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Heart failure [432]
Carolyn Johnson
The Exciters
62May 7, 2007No cause given
Carson Whitsett
Record producer for The Imperial Show Band
62May 8, 2007 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.Brain cancer [433]
Izumi Sakai
Zard
40May 27, 2007 Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanAccidental fall
Tony Thompson
Hi-Five
31June 1, 2007 Waco, Texas, U.S. Chlorodifluoromethane [434]
John Pyke
Ra Ra Riot
23June 3, 2007Drowned
Freddie Scott 74June 4, 2007 Jamaica, New York, U.S.Heart disease [435]
Lynne Randell 57June 8, 2007 Melbourne, Australia Suicide
Richard Bell
The Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band
61June 15, 2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Multiple myeloma [436]
Donna King
The King Sisters
88June 16, 2007 Plano, Texas, U.S.Unknown
Bill Barber 87June 18, 2007 Bronxville, New York, U.S.Heart failure
Hank Medress
The Tokens
68June 18, 2007 New York City, New York, U.S.Lung cancer [437]
Antonio Aguilar 88June 19, 2007 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Pneumonia
Natasja Saad 33June 24, 2007 Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, JamaicaTraffic accident [438]
George McCorkle
Marshall Tucker Band
60June 29, 2007 Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer [439]
Rolandas Janavičius
Rondo
36July 1, 2007 Klaipėda, LithuaniaGastric cancer
Beverly Sills 78July 2, 2007Lung cancer
Boots Randolph 80July 3, 2007 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Brain hemorrhage
Bill Pinkney
The Drifters
81July 4, 2007 Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.Heart attack [440]
X1 28July 4, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Unknown
Kelly Johnson
Girlschool
49July 15, 2007 Clapham, London, EnglandSpinal cancer [441]
Ron Miller 74July 23, 2007 Santa Monica, California, U.S.Cardiac arrest [442]
Trevor Hudson
Bottom of the Hudson
27July 29, 2007Traffic accident
Lee Hazlewood 78August 4, 2007 Henderson, Nevada, U.S.Renal cancer
Clarence Tex Walker
The Coasters
61August 8, 2007 Woodstock, Oxfordshire, EnglandHeart attack [443]
Jon Lucien 65August 14, 2007 Orlando, Florida, U.S.Respiratory failure [444]
Max Roach 83August 16, 2007 New York City, New York, U.S.Complications from Alzheimer's and dementia [445]
Hilly Kristal
Founder of CBGB, manager for The Dead Boys
75August 28, 2007 New York City, New York, U.S.Lung cancer [446]
Kip Anderson 69August 29, 2007 Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. [447]
Carter Albrecht
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
30September 3, 2007 Dallas, Texas, U.S.Shot and killed
Janis Martin 67September 3, 2007 Durham, North Carolina, U.S.Cancer
Hughie Thomasson
Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd
55September 9, 2007 Brooksville, Florida, U.S.Heart attack [448]
Willie Tee 63September 11, 2007 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Colon cancer [449]
Joe Zawinul
Weather Report
75September 11, 2007 Vienna, AustriaSkin cancer [450]
Bobby Byrd
The Famous Flames, The JB's
73September 12, 2007 Loganville, Georgia, U.S.Cancer [451]
Pepsi Tate
Tigertailz
42September 18, 2007 Penarth, Wales, EnglandPancreatic cancer
Patrick Bourque
Bass guitarist for Emerson Drive
29September 25, 2007 Montreal, Quebec, CanadaSuicide
George Malone
The Monotones
67October 5, 2007 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.
Jacqueline "Lady Jaye" Breyer
Psychic TV
38October 9, 2007 heart arrhythmia [452]
Dickie Threatt
The Five Keys
70'sOctober 9, 2007Unknown
Backwards Sam Firk 64October 11, 2007 Mill Spring, North Carolina, U.S.Heart attack [453]
Big Moe 33October 14, 2007 Houston, Texas, U.S.Heart attack
Toše Proeski 26October 16, 2007 Nova Gradiška, CroatiaCar accident
Lucky Dube 43October 18, 2007 Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng, South AfricaMurder [454]
Paul Raven
Killing Joke, Prong, Ministry, Zilch
46October 20, 2007 Geneva, SwitzerlandHeart attack
Paul Fox
The Ruts
56October 21, 2007Lung cancer [455]
Lance Hahn
Cringer, J Church
40October 21, 2007 Austin, Texas, U.S.Nephropathy complications
Linda S. Stein
American talent agent
62October 30, 2007 Manhattan, New York, U.S.Murder by blunt impact trauma to head and neck [456]
Joe Verscharen
The Skyliners
67November 2, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Cancer
John Petersen
Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels
65November 11, 2007 Sierra Madre, California, U.S. [457]
Jim Ford 66November 18, 2007 Fort Bragg, California, U.S. [458]
Kevin DuBrow
Quiet Riot
52November 19, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Drug overdose [459]
Ernest "Doc" Paulin 100November 25, 2007 Marrero, Louisiana, U.S. [460]
Cecil Payne 84November 27, 2004 Stratford, New Jersey, U.S.Prostate cancer [461]
Zayda Peña
Zayda y los Culpables
34December 2, 2007 Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico Shot in the hospital while being treated [462]
Sergio Gomez
K-Paz De La Sierra
34December 2, 2007 Morelia, Mexico Kidnapped and tortured to death [463]
Pimp C
UGK
33December 4, 2007 West Hollywood, California, U.S.Heavy usage of Lean and sleep apnea [464]
Lynette Knackstedt
Skankin' Pickle
37December 7, 2007 San Francisco, California, U.S.Drug overdose
Ike Turner
Kings of Rhythm
Ike & Tina Turner
76December 12, 2007 San Marcos, California, U.S.Drug overdose [465]
Frank Morgan 73December 14, 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Colorectal cancer
Dan Fogelberg 56December 16, 2007 Deer Isle, Maine, U.S.Prostate cancer [466]
Damien "Damo" Morris
Vocalist for the Red Shore
27December 19, 2007Off the Pacific Highway just north of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, AustraliaBus crash
Joe Ames
Ames Brothers
86December 22, 2007 Eltville, GermanyHeart attack
Oscar Peterson 82December 23, 2007 Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaKidney failure [467]
Joe Dolan 68December 26, 2007 Dublin, IrelandIntracerebral hemorrhage

2008

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Keith Baxter
3 Colours Red
36January 4, 2008Liver failure
Mort Garson 83January 4, 2008 San Francisco, California, U.S.Kidney failure
Irene Reid 77January 5, 2008 The Bronx, New York, U.S.Cardiac arrest
Ken Nelson
Record producer and manager from Capitol Records
96January 6, 2008 Somis, California, U.S. [468]
Clyde Otis 83January 8, 2008 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.Natural causes
Dave Day
The Monks
66January 10, 2008 Renton, Washington, U.S.Heart attack
Rod Allen
Lead singer for The Fortunes
63January 10, 2008 Eastern Green, Coventry, EnglandLiver cancer
Freddy Nieuland
Wallace Collection
63January 10, 2008 Brussels, BelgiumCancer
Pete Candoli 84January 11, 2008 Studio City, California, U.S.Prostate cancer
Carlos 64January 17, 2008 Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, FranceLiver cancer
John Stewart
The Kingston Trio
68January 19, 2008 San Diego, California, U.S.Stroke [469]
Trevor Taylor
Bad Boys Blue
50January 19, 2008 Cologne, GermanyHeart attack [470]
Tommy McQuater 93January 20, 2008 London, EnglandNo cause given
Francis Clay 84January 21, 2008 San Francisco, California, U.S.Natural causes [471]
David Durham64January 24, 2008Natural causes
Ben McMillan
Lead singer for Gruntruck
46January 26, 2008Complications from Diabetes
Jeff Salen
Tuff Darts
55January 26, 2008 Heart attack
Sean Finnegan
Void
43January 30, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.Apparent heart attack
Vance Walker
Patty & the Emblems
63February 1, 2008Unknown causes
Jackie Orszaczky 59February 3, 2008 Sydney, AustraliaHodgkin's lymphoma
Chris Anderson 81February 4, 2008 Manhattan, New York, U.S.Complications from a stroke
Scot Halpin
The Who
54February 9, 2008 Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.Brain tumor [472]
Vincent Thomas
Ohio Players
50February 16, 2008 Lubbock, Texas, U.S.Cancer
Bobby Lord 74February 16, 2008 Stuart, Florida, U.S.Died after a long illness
Yegor Letov
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
43February 19, 2008 Omsk, RussiaHeart failure [473]
Teo Macero 82February 19, 2008 Riverhead, New York Died in sleep
Janina Miščiukaitė-Brazaitienė
Singer
59February 20, 2008 Vilnius, LithuaniaCancer
Static Major
Playa
33February 25, 2008 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.Complications from a medical procedure
Buddy Miles 60February 26, 2008 Austin, Texas, U.S.Congestive heart disease [474]
Mike Smith
The Dave Clark Five
64February 28, 2008 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, EnglandPneumonia [475]
Mike Conley
M.I.A.
49February 28, 2008 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Head injuries from fall
Jeff Healey
The Jeff Healey Band
41March 2, 2008 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sarcoma [476]
Norman Smith
Record producer and audio engineer
85March 3, 2008 East Sussex, England [477]
Vytautas Kernagis 56March 15, 2008 Vilnius, LithuaniaGastric cancer
Mikey Dread 53March 15, 2008 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.Brain tumor [478]
Daniel MacMaster
Bonham
39March 16, 2008 Thunder Bay, CanadaStaph infection [479]
Klaus Dinger
Kraftwerk, Neu!, La! Neu?
61March 21, 2008Heart failure [480]
Chalmers Alford 52March 24, 2008 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.Diabetes
Sean Levert
LeVert
39March 30, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.Heart disease/Diabetes [481]
Lawrence Brown
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
63April 6, 2008Respiratory condition
George Butler
Record producer
76April 9, 2008 Castro Valley, California, U.S.Alzheimer's disease [482]
Ozzie Cadena
Record producer for Savoy Records
83April 9, 2008 Torrance, California, U.S.Pneumonia and complications from a stroke [483]
Sean Costello 28April 15, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Drug overdose [484]
Cliff Davies
If, Ted Nugent
59–60April 15, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Suicide
Brian Davison
The Nice
65April 15, 2008 Bideford, Devon, EnglandBrain tumor [485]
Danny Federici
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
58April 17, 2008 New York City, New York, U.S.Melanoma [486]
Orish Grinstead
Original member of 702
27April 20, 2008Kidney failure
VL Mike 32April 20, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Shot to death [487]
Al Wilson 68April 21, 2008 Fontana, California, U.S.Kidney failure
Bob Childers 61April 22, 2008 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [488]
Paul Davis 60April 22, 2008 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.Heart attack [489]
Micky Waller
The Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group
66April 29, 2008 London, EnglandLiver failure [490]
Eddy Arnold 89May 8, 2008 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Natural causes
John Rutsey
Rush
55May 11, 2008 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHeart attack as a result of diabetes [491]
Michelle Meldrum
Phantom Blue, Meldrum
39May 21, 2008 Burbank, California, U.S.Brain cyst/Coma [492]
Jimmy McGriff 72May 24, 2008 Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S.Multiple sclerosis [493]
Jerry Cole 68May 28, 2008 Corona, California, U.S.Heart attack [494]
Hugh Jarrett
The Jordanaires
78May 31, 2008Injuries from a car crash
Al Jones 62June 1, 2008No cause given [495]
Bo Diddley 79June 2, 2008 Archer, Florida, U.S.Heart failure [496]
Lula Reed 82June 21, 2008 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Natural causes [497]
Ira Tucker
The Dixie Hummingbirds
83June 24, 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Cardiovascular disease [498]
Mel Galley
Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena
60July 1, 2008 Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, Staffordshire, EnglandEsophageal cancer [499]
Natasha Shneider
Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age
52July 2, 2008 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cancer
Paul Varley
The Arrows (drummer)
59July 2, 2008 Preston, Lancashire, England, United KingdomPneumonia
Colin Cooper
Singer/Saxophone for "Climax Blues Band"
68July 3, 2008Cancer
Oscar McLollie
The Bullets
83July 4, 2008 Oakland, California, U.S.Natural causes
Les Crane 74July 13, 2008 Greenbrae, California, U.S.Natural causes
Katie Reider 30July 14, 2008 New York City, New York, U.S.Jaw tumor/Cerebral hemorrhage
Jo Stafford 90July 16, 2008 Century City, California, U.S.Congestive heart failure [500]
Artie Traum 65July 20, 2008 Bearsville, New York, U.S.Cancer
Joe Beck 62July 22, 2008 Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S.Lung cancer
Hiram Bullock 52July 25, 2008 Manhattan, New York, U.S.Cancer [501]
Johnny Griffin 80July 25, 2008 Paris, FranceHeart attack
Erik Darling
The Rooftop Singers
74August 3, 2008 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.Lymphatic cancer
Isaac Hayes 65August 10, 2008 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Complications due to stroke [502]
Don Helms
Drifting Cowboys
81August 11, 2008 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Diabetes (after heart surgery)
Christie Allen 54August 12, 2008 Bunbury, Western Australia, AustraliaPancreatic cancer
Jerry Wexler
Music journalist and record producer
91August 15, 2008 Sarasota, Florida, U.S.Congestive heart failure [503]
Jimmy Moore
The Five Royales
81–83August 16, 2008 Ossining, New York, U.S.Died after a long illness [504]
Pervis Jackson
The Spinners
70August 18, 2008 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Brain and liver cancer [505]
LeRoi Moore
The Dave Matthews Band
46August 19, 2008 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications after ATV accident / Pneumonia
Little Arthur Duncan 74August 20, 2008 Northlake, Illinois, U.S.Complications after brain surgery
Jerry Finn
Record producer
39August 21, 2008 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cerebral hemorrhage [506]
Egidijus Remeikis
Tipo Grupė
26August 23, 2008 Kaunas, LithuaniaCar accident
Jevgenijus Snytkinas
Tipo Grupė
27August 23, 2008 Kaunas, LithuaniaCar accident
Jerry Reed 71September 1, 2008 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Emphysema [507]
Richard "Popcorn" Wylie 69September 7, 2008 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Congestive heart problems
Richard Wright
Pink Floyd
65September 15, 2008 London, EnglandLung cancer [508]
Norman Whitfield
Record producer for The Temptations and co-founder of Motown and Whitfield Records
68September 16, 2008 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Diabetes [509]
Opal Courtney Jr.
The Spaniels
71September 18, 2008 Gary, Indiana, U.S.Heart attack
Earl Palmer 83September 19, 2008 Banning, California, U.S.After a long illness [510]
Nappy Brown 78September 20, 2008 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.Natural causes [511]
Cherry Smith
The Wailers
65September 24, 2008 Miami, Florida, U.S.Heart attack [512]
Nick Reynolds
The Kingston Trio
75October 1, 2008 San Diego, California, U.S.Acute respiratory disease [513]
Johnny "J" 39October 3, 2008 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Apparent suicide
Gidget Gein
Marilyn Manson
39October 8, 2008 Burbank, California, U.S.Heroin overdose [514]
Alton Ellis 70October 10, 2008 Hammersmith, London, EnglandBone cancer [515]
Cliff Nobles 67October 12, 2008 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.Unknown
Frankie Kerr
Teenage Head
51October 15, 2008 Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaThroat cancer
Levi Stubbs
The Four Tops
72October 17, 2008 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Natural causes [516]
Dee Dee Warwick 66October 18, 2008 Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.Falling health from drug addiction [517]
Virgil Gonsalves
Pacific Gas & Electric
76October 20, 2008 Salinas, California, U.S.Unknown
Peter Gläser
Klaus Renft Combo, Karussell
59October 23, 2008 Leipzig, Saxony, GermanyCancer [518]
Merl Saunders
Legion of Mary
74October 24, 2008Complications following stroke [519]
Mike Baker
Shadow Gallery
45October 29, 2008Heart attack [520]
Frank Navetta
Descendents
46October 31, 2008Diabetic coma/Died in his sleep [521]
Jimmy Carl Black
The Mothers of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart
70November 1, 2008 Siegsdorf, GermanyLung cancer [522]
Nathaniel Mayer 64November 1, 2008 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Stroke [523]
Jody Reynolds
The Storms
75November 7, 2008 Palm Desert, California, U.S.Liver cancer [524]
Mitch Mitchell
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
62November 12, 2008 Portland, Oregon, U.S.Natural causes [525]
MC Breed 37November 22, 2008 Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S.Complications from kidney failure
Michael Lee 39November 24, 2008Epileptic seizure
Munetaka Higuchi
Loudness
49November 30, 2008 Osaka, Japan Hepatocellular carcinoma [526]
Odetta 77December 2, 2008 New York City, New York, U.S.Heart disease [527]
Chico Banks 46December 3, 2008 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Heart problems [528]
Steve Isham
Autograph
56December 9, 2008 North Hills, California, U.S.Liver cancer
Dennis Yost
Classics IV
65December 7, 2008 Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.Respiratory failure. [529]
Davey Graham 68December 15, 2008 London, EnglandLung cancer
Sandeé
Exposé
46December 15, 2008 Hollywood, Florida, U.S.Seizure [530]
Feliciano Vierra Tavares
Tavares
88December 17, 2008 Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.Prostate cancer [531]
Robert Ward
Ohio Players
70December 25, 2008 Dry Branch, Georgia, U.S.After a long illness and strokes [532]
Delaney Bramlett
Delaney & Bonnie
69December 27, 2008 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Complications after gall bladder surgery [533]
Freddie Hubbard 70December 29, 2008 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.Complications from a heart attack [534]

2009

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Sam Taylor Jr 74January 5, 2009 Islandia, New York, U.S.Heart Disease [535]
Ron Asheton
The Stooges
60January 6, 2009 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.Heart attack [536]
Claude Jeter
Swan Silvertones, The Dixie Hummingbirds
94January 6, 2009 The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.Unknown [537]
Lamya
Duran Duran, Soul II Soul
35January 8, 2009 Oman Heart attack [538]
Dave Dee
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
67January 9, 2009 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, EnglandProstate cancer [539]
Andy DeMize
Nekromantix
25January 11, 2009 Fullerton, California, U.S.Traffic accident [540]
Alejandro Sokol
Las Pelotas
48January 12, 2009 Río Cuarto, Córdoba, ArgentinaRespiratory insufficiency [541]
The Mighty Duke 76January 14, 2009St. Clair (Port-of-Spain), Trinidad and Tobago Myelofibrosis [542]
Leroy Smith
Sweet Sensation
56January 15, 2009Bronchopneumonia
Jean Adebambo 46January 15, 2009 London, England Suspected suicide by barbiturate overdose [543]
Ron McClelland
StorySide:B
33January 18, 2009Undiagnoused heart condition
David "Fathead" Newman 75January 20, 2009 Kingston, New York, U.S.Complications of pancreatic cancer [544]
Corey James Daum
Lizzy Borden
39January 24, 2009 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Car crash [545]
Billy Powell
Lynyrd Skynyrd
56January 28, 2009 Orange Park, Florida, U.S.Heart attack [546]
Hank Crawford 74January 29, 2009 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.Stroke [547]
John Martyn 60January 29, 2009 Thomastown, IrelandRespiratory failure [548]
Dewey Martin
Buffalo Springfield
68January 31, 2009 Van Nuys, California, U.S.Natural causes [549]
Cornelius Johnson
Ohio Players
71February 1, 2009Undisclosed causes
Tom Brumley
Buck Owens, The Buckaroos, Rick Nelson, The Desert Rose Band, The Strangers
73February 3, 2009 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.Heart attack [550]
Steve Dullaghan
The Primitives, "Nocturnal Babies"
45February 4, 2009Natural causes [551]
Lux Interior
The Cramps
62February 4, 2009 Glendale, California, U.S.Aortic dissection [552]
Molly Bee 69February 7, 2009 Oceanside, California, U.S.Stroke [553]
Estelle Bennett
The Ronettes
67February 11, 2009 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.Colon cancer [554]
Elizabeth "Bispy" Amirian27February 12, 2009Stabbing
Louie Bellson
Drummer for Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Harry James
84February 14, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Parkinson's Disease [555]
Morris Broadnax 78February 17, 2009Congestive heart failure [556]
Snooks Eaglin 72February 18, 2009 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.Heart attack [557]
Miika Tenkula
Sentenced
34February 18, 2009 Muhos, FinlandHeart attack/Genetic heart disease [558]
Kelly Groucutt
Electric Light Orchestra
63February 19, 2009 Worcester, EnglandHeart attack [559]
Ian Carr 75February 25, 2009Alzheimer's Disease
Randall Bewley
Pylon
53February 25, 2009 Athens, Georgia, U.S.Heart attack [560]
Ernest Ashworth 80March 2, 2009 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Natural causes after bypass surgery [561]
John Cephas
Cephas & Wiggins
78March 4, 2009Natural casuses/Pulmonary fibrosis [562]
Francis Magalona 44March 6, 2009 The Medical City, Pasig, Metro Manila, PhilippinesAcute myeloid leukemia
David Williams
Guitarist for Chanson, Michael Jackson, Madonna, etc...
58March 6, 2009 Hampton, Virginia, U.S.Cardiac arrest [563]
Jimmy Boyd 70March 7, 2009 Santa Monica, California, U.S.Cancer [564]
Hank Locklin 91March 8, 2009 Brewton, Alabama, U.S.Natural causes/Unknown [565]
Willie King 65March 8, 2009 Old Memphis, Alabama, U.S.Heart attack [566]
Johnny Dinamo63March 9, 2009 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Cancer
Eddie Bo 78March 18, 2009 Picayune, Mississippi, U.S.Heart attack [567]
Kent Henry
Blues Image, Steppenwolf
60March 18, 2009 Portland, Oregon, U.S.Alzheimer's disease [568]
Mel Brown 69March 20, 2009 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Complications from emphysema [569]
Uriel Jones
The Funk Brothers
74March 24, 2009 Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.Heart attack [570]
Dan Seals
England Dan and John Ford Coley
61March 25, 2009 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Mantle cell lymphoma [571]
John Mayhew
Drummer for Genesis
61March 26, 2009 Glasgow, ScotlandHeart condition [572]
Monte Hale 89March 29, 2009 Studio City, California, U.S.After a long illness [573]
Duane Jarvis 51April 1, 2009 Marina del Rey, California, U.S.Colon cancer [574]
Bud Shank 82April 2, 2009 Tucson, Arizona, U.S.Pulmonary embolism [575] [576]
Freddie "The Texas Legend" Everett
"The Freddie Everett Band"
49April 2, 2009Lou Gehrig's Disease/ALS [577]
Nancy Overton
The Chordettes
83April 5, 2009 Blairstown, New Jersey, U.S.Esophageal cancer [578]
Tam Paton
Bay City Rollers
70April 8, 2009 Edinburgh, ScotlandHeart attack [579]
Randy Cain
The Delfonics
63April 9, 2009 Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, U.S.Undisclosed causes [580]
Rocky Hill
Dusty Hill's oldest brother and association of American Blues
62April 10, 2009 Houston, Texas, U.S.Undisclosed illness [581]
Zeke Zarchy 93April 11, 2009 Irvine, California, U.S.Pneumonia [582]
Ron Stallings
Huey Lewis and the News
62April 13, 2009Multiple myeloma
Gregg Fulkerson
Blue Tears
44April 14, 2009Undisclosed [583]
Robert Brookins
Earth, Wind & Fire, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jeffrey Osborne, The Whispers, Wayman Tisdale, etc...
46April 15, 2009Heart attack [584] [585]
Betty Hall Jones 98April 20, 2009 Torrance, California, U.S.Natural causes [586]
Vern Gosdin 74April 28, 2009 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Stroke [587]
Ean Evans
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws
48May 6, 2009 Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.Lung cancer [588]
Maxine King
The King Sisters
97May 13, 2009 Corona, California, U.S.Unknown
Dolla 21May 18, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Murdered [589] [590] [591]
Uli Trepte
Guru Guru
68May 21, 2009 Berlin, GermanyCancer [592]
Jay Bennett
Wilco
45May 24, 2009 Urbana, Illinois, U.S.Accidental overdose [593]
Koko Taylor 80June 3, 2009 Kildeer, Illinois, U.S.Complications from gastrointestinal bleeding [594]
Hugh Hopper
Soft Machine
64June 7, 2009 Whitstable, Kent, EnglandLeukemia
Barry Beckett 66June 10, 2009 Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.Stroke
Bob Bogle
The Ventures
75June 14, 2009 Vancouver, Washington, U.S. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma [595]
Sky Saxon
The Seeds
71June 25, 2009 Austin, Texas, U.S.Heart and kidney failure [596]
Michael Jackson
The Jackson 5
50June 25, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cardiac arrest from propofol overdose. [597]
Fayette Pinkney
The Three Degrees
61June 27, 2009 Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.Respiratory failure [598]
Allen Klein
Record label executive and co-founder of ABKCO Records
77July 4, 2009 New York City, New York, U.S.Respiratory failure [599]
Drake Levin
Paul Revere & the Raiders
62July 4, 2009 San Francisco, California, U.S.Cancer [600]
George William Fullerton 86July 4, 2009 Fullerton, California, U.S. [601]
Midnight
Crimson Glory
47July 8, 2009 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.Stomach aneurysm [602]
Gordon Waller
Peter and Gordon
64July 17, 2009 Norfolk, Connecticut, U.S.Cardiac arrest [603]
John Dawson
New Riders of the Purple Sage
64July 21, 2009 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Stomach cancer [604]
Andrew Freddie Thomas
Bad Boys Blue
63July 21, 2009 Cologne, GermanyPancreatic cancer
Marcel Jacob
Talisman
45July 21, 2009 Kristineberg, Stockholm, SwedenSuicide [605]
Danny McBride
Sha Na Na
63July 23, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Cardiovascular disease
Andy Parle
Space
42August 1, 2009 Liverpool, EnglandFell crossing the road [606]
Mbah Surip 52August 4, 2009 Jakarta, IndonesiaHeart attack [607]
Willy DeVille
Mink DeVille
58August 6, 2009 New York City, New York, U.S.Pancreatic cancer [608]
Mike Seeger 75August 7, 2009 Lexington, Virginia, U.S.Cancer [609]
David Van De Pitte
Record producer, arranger and co-founder of Motown Records
67August 9, 2009 Southfield, Michigan, U.S.Cancer [610]
Rashied Ali 76August 12, 2009 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack [611]
Les Paul 94August 13, 2009 White Plains, New York, U.S.Pneumonia [612]
Larry Knechtel
Bread
69August 20, 2009 Yakima, Washington, U.S.Heart attack [613]
Johnny Carter
The Flamingos, The Dells
75August 21, 2009 Harvey, Illinois, U.S.Lung cancer [614]
Ellie Greenwich 68August 26, 2009 New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack [615]
DJ AM
Crazy Town
36August 28, 2009 New York City, New York, U.S.Drug overdose
Marie Knight 89August 30, 2009 Harlem, New York City, U.S.Complications from pneumonia
Jake Drake-Brockman
Echo & the Bunnymen
53September 1, 2009 Isle of Man Traffic accident [616]
Guy Babylon 52September 2, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack [617]
Jim Carroll 60September 11, 2009 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.Heart attack [618]
Lily Tembo 27September 14, 2009 Lusaka, ZambiaGastritis
Mary Travers
Peter, Paul And Mary
72September 16, 2009 Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.Complications arising from bone marrow transplant [619]
Roc Raida
The X-Ecutioners
37September 19, 2009 New York City, New York, U.S.Cardiac arrest
John "Bootsie" Wilson
The Silhouettes
69September 21, 2009Unknown
Sam Carr
The Jelly Roll Kings
83September 21, 2009 Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S. Congestive heart failure [620]
Greg Ladanyi
Record producer
57September 29, 2009 Nicosia, CyprusFractured skull after fall [621]
Mercedes Sosa 74October 4, 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Mike Alexander
Evile
32October 5, 2009 Luleå, SwedenPulmonary embolism [622]
Nate Niec
Bassist of numerous punk bands
27October 6, 2009 Johns Creek, Georgia, U.S.Road accident
Steve Ferguson
NRBQ
60October 7, 2009
Stephen Gately
Boyzone
33October 10, 2009 Majorca, SpainCongenital heart defect [623]
Dickie Peterson
Blue Cheer
61October 12, 2009 Erkelenz, GermanyLiver cancer [624]
Brendan Mullen
Music promoter, founder of Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque
60October 12, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Stroke [625]
Al Martino 82October 13, 2009 Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S.Heart attack
Sirone 69October 21, 2009 Berlin, Germany [626]
Luther Dixon
The Platters, The Shirelles, The Four Buddies
78October 22, 2009 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. [627]
Chris Bartley 62October 26, 2009Kidney failure [628]
Taylor Mitchell 19October 28, 2009 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Coyote attack [629]
Norton Buffalo
The Steve Miller Band
58October 30, 2009 Paradise, California, U.S.Lung cancer [630]
Chen Lin 39October 31, 2009 China Suicide (Jumped from building)
Jerry Fuchs
!!!, Maserati
34November 8, 2009 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Fall after elevator accident [631]
Haydain Neale
Jacksoul
39November 22, 2009 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLung cancer [632]
Al Alberts
The Four Aces
87November 27, 2009 Arcadia, Florida, U.S.Renal failure [633]
Bob Keane 87November 28, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Kidney failure [634]
Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project
64December 2, 2009 London, EnglandKidney cancer [635]
Liam Clancy
Makem and Clancy, The Clancy Brothers
74December 4, 2009 Cork, IrelandPulmonary fibrosis [636]
Jack Rose
Pelt
38December 5, 2009 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.Heart attack [637]
Yvonne King
The King Sisters
89December 13, 2009 Santa Barbara, California, U.S.Complications after a fall
James Gurley
Big Brother and the Holding Company
69December 20, 2009 Palm Desert, California, U.S.Heart attack [638]
Britanny Murphy 32December 20, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Pneumonia/Cardiac arrest
Mick Cocks
Rose Tattoo
54December 22, 2009 Sydney, AustraliaLiver cancer [639]
Arnold S. Caplin
Record producer, co-founder and owner of Historical Records and Biograph Records
80December 25, 2009 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Vic Chesnutt 45December 25, 2009 Athens, Georgia, U.S.Suicide by drug overdose [640]
Tony Bellamy
Redbone
63December 25, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Liver failure [641]
The Rev
Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends
28December 28, 2009 Huntington Beach, California, U.S.Drug overdose [642]
Rowland S. Howard
The Birthday Party
50December 30, 2009 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Hepatocellular carcinoma [643]
Earl Gaines 74December 31, 2009 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [644]

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