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The Tornados
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
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Milan Hlavsa Plastic People of the Universe | 49 | January 5, 2001 | Prague, Czech Republic | Lung cancer [49] |
James Carr | 58 | January 7, 2001 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Lung cancer [50] |
Bryan Gregory The Cramps | 49 | January 10, 2001 | Anaheim, California, U.S. | Heart failure [51] |
Jack McDuff | 74 | January 23, 2001 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | Heart failure [52] |
J.J. Johnson | 77 | February 4, 2001 | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | Suicide by gunshot |
Dale Evans | 88 | February 7, 2001 | Apple Valley, California, U.S. | Congestive heart failure |
Debbie Dean | 73 | February 17, 2001 | Ojai, California, U.S. | Unknown [53] |
John Fahey | 61 | February 22, 2001 | Salem, Oregon, U.S. | Complications following coronary bypass surgery [54] |
Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts III Body Count | 38 | February 22, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Murder by gunshot [55] |
Glenn Hughes Village People | 50 | March 4, 2001 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. | Lung cancer [56] |
Mike "Smitty" Smith Paul Revere & the Raiders | 58 | March 6, 2001 | Natural causes | |
Robert Ealey | 75 | March 8, 2001 | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | |
John Phillips The Mamas & the Papas | 65 | March 18, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart failure [57] |
Herbie Jones | 74 | March 19, 2001 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Complications from diabetes [58] |
Earl Beal The Silhouettes | 71 | March 22, 2001 | Unknown | |
John Lewis | 80 | March 29, 2001 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Prostate cancer |
Big Daddy Kinsey | 74 | April 3, 2001 | Gary, Indiana, U.S. | Prostate cancer [59] |
Paul Peek Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps | 63 | April 3, 2001 | Lithonia, Georgia, U.S. | Cirrhosis [60] |
Charles Pettigrew Charles & Eddie | 37 | April 6, 2001 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Cancer [61] |
Van Stephenson Blackhawk | 47 | April 8, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Melanoma [62] |
Sandy Bull | 60 | April 11, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Lung cancer [63] |
Joey Ramone The Ramones | 49 | April 15, 2001 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Lymphoma [64] |
Al Hibbler | 85 | April 24, 2001 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Natural causes [65] |
Ernie Graham Eire Apparent, Help Yourself, Clancy | 54 | April 27, 2001 | London, England | Alcohol related illness [66] |
Billy Higgins | 64 | May 3, 2001 | Inglewood, California, U.S. | Kidney & liver failure |
Boozoo Chavis | 70 | May 5, 2001 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | Complications following a heart attack [67] |
Mike Hazlewood | 59 | May 6, 2001 | Florence, Italy | Heart attack |
James E. Myers Record producer for Bill Haley & His Comets | 81 | May 10, 2001 | Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S. | Unknown [68] |
Perry Como | 88 | May 12, 2001 | Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease. [69] |
Prince Ital Joe | 38 | May 16, 2001 | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | Traffic accident [70] |
Brian Pendleton Pretty Things | 57 | May 25, 2001 | Maidstone, Kent, England | Lung cancer |
Tony Ashton | 55 | May 28, 2001 | London, England | Cancer [71] |
Carole Fredericks | 49 | June 7, 2001 | Dakar, Senegal | Apparent heart attack |
Marcelo Fromer Titãs | 39 | June 13, 2001 | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Traffic accident |
Davorin Popović Indexi | 54 | June 18, 2001 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Melanoma |
Lindsay L. Cooper | 61 | June 19, 2001 | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
John Lee Hooker | 83 or 88 | June 21, 2001 | Los Altos, California, U.S. | Natural causes [72] |
Chet Atkins | 77 | June 30, 2001 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Colon Cancer [73] |
Joe Henderson | 64 | June 30, 2001 | San Francisco, California, U.S. | Emphysema/Heart failure |
Roy Nichols Merle Haggard | 68 | July 3, 2001 | Bakersfield, California, U.S. | Heart attack |
Ernie K-Doe | 68 | July 5, 2001 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Kidney and liver failure [74] |
Fred Neil | 65 | July 7, 2001 | Summerland Key, Florida, U.S. | Squamous-cell carcinoma [75] |
Big Ed | 29 | July 8, 2001 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Lymphoma cancer |
Herman Brood | 54 | July 11, 2001 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Suicide |
Ritchie Galvin Drummer for "Earl Preston & the TT's' | 57 | July 13, 2001 | Unknown | |
Ian Lowery The Wall, Ski Patrol, Folk Devils | 45 | July 14, 2001 | London, England | |
Anthony Ian Berkeley Gravediggaz | 36 | July 15, 2001 | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | Colon cancer |
Mimi Fariña | 56 | July 18, 2001 | Mill Valley, California, U.S. | Neuroendocrine tumor [76] |
Judy Clay | 62 | July 19, 2001 | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. | Complications following traffic accident [77] |
Milt Gabler Record producer | 90 | July 20, 2001 | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | Unknown [78] |
Richie Lee Acetone | 34 | July 23, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Suicide [79] |
Harold Land | 72 | July 27, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Stroke |
Leon Wilkeson Lynyrd Skynyrd | 49 | July 27, 2001 | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. | Natural causes [80] |
Bill Wade Moxy | 53 | July 27, 2001 | Cancer | |
Ronald Townson The 5th Dimension | 68 | August 2, 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Renal failure [81] |
Lou Garscadden Slash Puppet | 36 | August 4, 2001 | Toronto, Canada | Heart attack [82] |
Paul Cunniffe Blaze X | 40 | August 11, 2001 | Whitechapel, London, England | |
Maurice Oberstein | 72 | August 13, 2001 | London, England | Heart attack [83] |
Betty Everett | 61 | August 19, 2001 | South Beloit, Illinois, U.S. | Heart attack [84] |
Aaliyah | 22 | August 25, 2001 | Abaco Islands, Bahamas | Plane accident [85] |
Graeme Strachan Skyhooks | 49 | August 29, 2001 | Mount Archer, Queensland, Australia | Helicopter accident [86] |
Ted Mulry | 54 | September 1, 2001 | Sydney, Australia | Brain cancer [87] |
Sil Austin | 71 | September 1, 2001 | Prostate cancer | |
Jay Migliori | 70 | September 2, 2001 | Mission Viejo, California, U.S. | Colon cancer [88] |
Dave Myers The Aces | 74 | September 3, 2001 | Diabetes | |
Carl Crack | 30 | September 6, 2001 | Berlin, Germany | Heroin overdose [89] |
DJ Uncle Al | 32 | September 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 | 32 | October 1, 2001 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Complications from AIDS [93] |
Etta Jones | 72 | October 16, 2001 | Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. | Cancer |
Kim Gardner Badger, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, The Birds, The Creation | 53 | October 24, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cancer |
Panama Francis | 82 | November 13, 2001 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Stroke [94] |
Tommy Flanagan | 71 | November 16, 2001 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Complications from an aneurysm |
Jack Rothstein The Wombles | 75 | November 16, 2001 | London, England | Unknown |
Isaac Scott | 56 | November 16, 2001 | Edmonds, Washington, U.S. | Complications from diabetes |
Michael Karoli Can | 53 | November 17, 2001 | Essen, Germany | Cancer [95] |
Scott Murray 28 Days | 22 | November 18, 2001 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Hit by a car [96] |
Norman Granz Record producer | 83 | November 22, 2001 | Geneva, Switzerland | Cancer |
O.C. Smith | 69 | November 23, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart attack |
Melanie Thornton La Bouche | 34 | November 24, 2001 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | Plane accident [97] |
Maria Serrano Serrano Passion Fruit | 27 | November 24, 2001 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | Plane accident [98] |
Nathaly(i.e.) van het Ende Passion Fruit | 26 | November 24, 2001 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | Plane accident |
George Harrison The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys | 58 | November 29, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Laryngeal cancer [99] |
Grady Martin | 72 | December 3, 2001 | Lewisburg, Tennessee, U.S. | Heart attack |
James Crutchfield | 89 | December 7, 2001 | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | Heart disease |
Chuck Schuldiner Death, Control Denied | 34 | December 13, 2001 | Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S. | Brain cancer [100] |
Bianca Halstead Humble Gods | 36 | December 15, 2001 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Traffic accident [101] |
Rufus Thomas | 84 | December 15, 2001 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Heart failure [102] |
Stuart Adamson The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels | 43 | December 16, 2001 | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | Suicide by hanging [103] |
Clifford T. Ward | 57 | December 18, 2001 | Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England | Pneumonia [104] |
Christine Kittrell | 72 | December 19, 2001 | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | Emphysema |
Lance Loud The Mumps | 50 | December 22, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Liver failure as a result from hepatitis C and HIV |
Gareth Williams This Heat | 48 | December 24, 2001 | Cancer | |
Frankie Gaye Marvin Gaye's brother | 60 | December 30, 2001 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart attack [105] |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zac Foley EMF | 31 | January 3, 2002 | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | Speedball and alcohol overdose [106] |
Bill Savich Johnny and the Hurricanes | 63 | January 4, 2002 | Cancer | |
John Dawson The Poets | 57 | January 6, 2002 | Glasgow, Scotland | Cancer |
Jon Lee Feeder | 33 | January 7, 2002 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Suicide by hanging [107] |
Tyrone "Crusher" Green Wilson Pickett | 58 | January 8, 2002 | Pancreatic cancer | |
David McWilliams | 56 | January 8, 2002 | Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | Heart attack |
Hoagy Lands | 65 | January 12, 2002 | Orange, New Jersey, U.S. | Complications following heart surgery |
Sally Donaldson Radio host for the RBC | 57 | January 14, 2002 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Throat cancer |
Eddie Meduza | 53 | January 17, 2002 | Nöbbele, Sweden | Heart attack |
Carlo Karges Nena | 50 | January 20, 2002 | Hamburg, Germany | Liver failure [108] |
Peggy Lee | 81 | January 21, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications of diabetes following a heart attack [109] |
Peter Bardens Camel | 56 | January 22, 2002 | Malibu, California, U.S. | Lung cancer [110] |
Henry Cosby | 73 | January 22, 2002 | Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. | Complications following cardiac bypass surgery |
Andy Kulberg The Blues Project, Seatrain | 57 | January 28, 2002 | Fairfax, California, U.S. | Lymphoma |
Carlo Karges Nena, Novalis | 50 | January 30, 2002 | Hamburg, Germany | Liver failure |
Paul Baloff Exodus, Hirax, Heathen | 41 | February 2, 2002 | Oakland, California, U.S. | Stroke/Coma [111] |
Willis Draffen Bloodstone | 56 | February 8, 2002 | Unknown | |
Dave Van Ronk | 65 | February 10, 2002 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Cardiopulmonary failure while undergoing postoperative treatment for colon cancer [112] |
Waylon Jennings | 64 | February 13, 2002 | Chandler, Arizona, U.S. | Complications from diabetes [113] |
Mick Tucker Sweet | 54 | February 14, 2002 | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England | Leukemia [114] |
Billy Ward Billy Ward and his Dominoes | 80 | February 16, 2002 | Inglewood, California, U.S. | Unknown |
Huey Davis The Contours | 63 | February 23, 2002 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Died at his home |
Doreen Waddell Soul II Soul, The KLF | 36 | March 1, 2002 | Shoreham, West Sussex, England | Traffic accident [115] |
Shirley Scott | 67 | March 10, 2002 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Heart failure [116] |
Cranford Nix The Malakas | 33 | March 12, 2002 | Berkley, Michigan, U.S. | Heroin overdose [117] |
Speedy Keen The Who, Thunderclap Newman | 56 | March 12, 2002 | Heart failure [118] | |
Marc Moreland Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls | 44 | March 13, 2002 | Paris, France | Liver & kidney failure [119] |
Marshall Leib The Teddy Bears | 63 | March 15, 2002 | Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart attack |
John Patton | 66 | March 19, 2002 | Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. | Complications from diabetes [120] |
Joe Schermie Three Dog Night | 56 | March 26, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart attack [121] |
Randy Castillo Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe | 51 | March 26, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Skin cancer [122] |
Dudley Moore | 66 | March 27, 2002 | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. | Pneumonia from Palsy (PSP) |
Milton Berle | 93 | March 27, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Colon cancer |
Randy Carr Social Distortion | 45 | March 27, 2002 | Irvine, California, U.S. | Cushing's syndrome |
Frank Tovey Fad Gadget | 45 | April 3, 2002 | London, England | Heart attack [123] |
Layne Staley Alice in Chains, Mad Season | 34 | April 5, 2002 | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | Speedball overdose [124] |
Kevin Kelly The Byrds | 59 | April 6, 2002 | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Natural causes |
Alan Dale | 76 | April 20, 2002 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Died after a long illness |
Lisa Lopes TLC | 30 | April 25, 2002 | La Ceiba, Honduras | Traffic accident [125] |
Dick Campbell | 58 | April 25, 2002 | Complications from lung transplant | |
César Díaz Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Neil Young | 50 | April 26, 2002 | Unknown | |
Otis Blackwell | 71 | May 6, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Heart attack |
James Dewar Robin Trower, Stone the Crows | 59 | May 16, 2002 | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Stroke |
Little Johnny Taylor | 59 | May 17, 2002 | Conway, Arkansas, U.S. | Died at his home |
Boyd Bennett | 77 | June 2, 2002 | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | Lung ailment |
Boo Duckworth Drummer for Animal Bag | 35 | June 5, 2002 | Natural causes | |
Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones | 50 | June 5, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heroin overdose [126] |
Robbin Crosby Ratt | 42 | June 6, 2002 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heroin overdose [127] |
Laurie Allen Bobbie & Laurie | 60 | June 13, 2002 | Heart attack | |
John Entwistle The Who | 57 | June 27, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Cocaine-induced heart attack [128] |
Russ Freeman | 76 | June 27, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Unknown [129] |
Rosemary Clooney | 74 | June 29, 2002 | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | Lung cancer |
Richard "Pistol" Allen The Funk Brothers | 69 | June 30, 2002 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Cancer |
Ray Brown Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, The L.A. Four | 75 | July 2, 2002 | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | Natural causes [130] |
Earle Brown | 75 | July 2, 2002 | Rye, New York, U.S. | Cancer [131] |
Jim Cherry Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down | 30 | July 7, 2002 | Simi Valley, California, U.S. | Congenital heart condition [132] |
Rosco Gordon | 74 | July 11, 2002 | Rego Park, Queens, New York, U.S. | Heart attack [133] |
Barbara Randolph | 60 | July 15, 2002 | Somewhere in South Africa | Cancer |
Otis Leavill Record producer | 65 | July 17, 2002 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Heart attack [134] |
Arthur Lee Maye "Arthur Lee Maye & the Crowns" | 67 | July 17, 2002 | Riverside, California, U.S. | Pancreatic & liver cancer |
Dave Carter Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer | 49 | July 19, 2002 | Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S. | Heart attack [135] |
Alan Lomax | 87 | July 19, 2002 | Safety Harbor, Florida, U.S. | Pneumonia [136] |
Little Jimmy King | 37 | July 19, 2002 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Heart attack |
Gus Dudgeon Record producer | 59 | July 21, 2002 | M4 motorway, Berkshire, England | Traffic accident [137] |
Roscoe Shelton | 70 | July 27, 2002 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer |
Paul Samson Samson | 49 | August 9, 2002 | Norwich, England | Cancer |
Michael Houser Widespread Panic | 40 | August 10, 2002 | Athens, Georgia, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer |
Dave Williams Drowning Pool | 30 | August 14, 2002 | Manassas, Virginia, U.S. | Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy [138] |
Lionel Hampton | 94 | August 31, 2002 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Congestive heart failure [139] |
Chris Rice "3AE" and "The Denizens" | 29 | September 6, 2002 | Car crash | |
Erma Franklin | 64 | September 7, 2002 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Laryngeal cancer |
Paul Williams | 87 | September 14, 2002 | New York City, New York, U.S. | |
Margita Stefanović Ekatarina Velika | 43 | September 18, 2002 | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | Infective diseases |
Tim Rose The Big 3 | 62 | September 24, 2002 | London, England | Heart attack |
Mickey Newbury Singer-songwriter | 62 | September 29, 2002 | Springfield, Oregon, U.S. | Emphysema |
Darryl DeLoach Iron Butterfly | 55 | October 3, 2002 | Hepatocellular carcinoma/Liver cancer [140] | |
Ray Conniff | 85 | October 12, 2002 | Escondido, California, U.S. | Head trauma after a fall |
Ramon Loper The Five Keys | 66 | October 16, 2002 | Died after a long illness | |
Bashful Brother Oswald | 90 | October 17, 2002 | Madison, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Paul Owens The Dixie Hummingbirds, Swan Silvertones, Sensational Nightingales | 78 | October 17, 2002 | Unknown | |
Anna King | 64 | October 21, 2002 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Richard Harris | 72 | October 25, 2002 | Bloomsbury, London, England | Hodgkin's disease [141] |
Tom Dowd Audio engineer & record producer | 77 | October 27, 2002 | Aventura, Florida, U.S. | Emphysema [142] |
Baby Lloyd Stallworth The Famous Flames | 61 | October 27, 2002 | Natural Causes [143] | |
Jam Master Jay Run-DMC | 37 | October 30, 2002 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Murdered [144] |
Claude "Juan" Johnson Don and Juan | 67 | October 31, 2002 | Unknown | |
Lonnie Donegan | 71 | November 3, 2002 | Peterborough, England | Heart attack [145] |
Billy Guy The Coasters | 66 | November 5, 2002 | Clark County, Nevada, U.S. | Cardiovascular disease [146] |
Michael Stewart Guitarist/Banjo for We Five | 57 | November 13, 2002 | Died after a long illness/Possible suicide [147] | |
Dave "Snaker" Ray | 59 | November 28, 2002 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | Lung cancer [148] |
Denny Correll Blues Image | 56 | November 29, 2002 | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | Heart failure [149] |
Ben Eberbaugh Black Lips | 22 | December 1, 2002 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Traffic accident |
Mal Waldron | 77 | December 2, 2002 | Brussels, Belgium | Cancer |
Bernie Dwyer Drummer for Freddie and the Dreamers | 62 | December 4, 2002 | Lung cancer | |
Mary Hansen Stereolab | 36 | December 9, 2002 | London, England | Traffic accident [150] |
Zal Yanovsky The Lovin' Spoonful | 57 | December 13, 2002 | Kingston, Ontario, Canada | Heart attack [151] |
Joe Strummer The Clash, The Mescaleros | 50 | December 22, 2002 | Broomfield, Somerset, England | Congenital heart defect [152] |
Kevin MacMichael Cutting Crew | 51 | December 31, 2002 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Lung cancer [153] |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Davenport Singer for "The Detroit Romeos"/"The Larados" | 64 | January 1, 2003 | Emphysema | |
Edward "Ed" Farran The Arbors | 65 | January 2, 2003 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Kidney failure [154] |
King Biscuit Boy | 58 | January 5, 2003 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |
Mickey Finn T. Rex | 55 | January 11, 2003 | Croydon, Surrey, England | Alcohol-related liver problems [155] |
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees | 53 | January 12, 2003 | Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. | Cardiac arrest following volvulus [156] |
Roger Troutman Jr. Zapp | 32 | January 22, 2003 | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | Heart failure |
Nell Carter | 54 | January 23, 2003 | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | Arteriosclerotic heart disease complicated by diabetes [157] |
Sabotage | 29 | January 24, 2003 | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Murdered [158] [159] |
Kevin "Dino" Conner H-Town | 28 | January 28, 2003 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Car crash [160] |
Mongo Santamaría | 85 | February 1, 2003 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Stroke [161] |
Vincent "Randy" Chin Record producer and record company owner | 65 | February 2, 2003 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | Diabetes [162] |
Malcolm Roberts | 58 | February 7, 2003 | Chertsey, Surrey, England | Heart attack [163] |
Johnny Paycheck | 64 | February 19, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Emphysema [164] |
Ty Longley Great White | 31 | February 20, 2003 | West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. | The Station nightclub fire [165] |
Tom Glazer | 88 | February 21, 2003 | Rochester, New York, U.S. | Died at his home [166] |
Howie Epstein Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 47 | February 23, 2003 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. | Heroin overdose [167] |
William "Sonny" Forrest "The Fantastics" | 67 | February 23, 2003 | Unknown | |
Earl Forest | 76 | February 26, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer |
Hank Ballard The Midnighters | 75 | March 2, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Throat cancer [168] |
Alice Martineau | 30 | March 6, 2003 | Kensington, London, England | Cystic fibrosis [169] |
Adam Faith | 62 | March 8, 2003 | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England | Heart attack [170] |
Ian Samwell The Shadows | 66 | March 13, 2003 | Sacramento, California, U.S. | Heart ailment [171] |
Hardin "Buddy" Pendergrass White Witch | ?? | March 16, 2003 | Cancer | |
Teemu Raimoranta Finntroll, Thy Serpent, Barathrum, Impaled Nazarene | 25 | March 16, 2003 | Helsinki, Finland | Fall from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki while intoxicated [172] |
Brandi Wells | 47 | March 24, 2003 | Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Breast cancer |
Chris Michie Van Morrison | 55 | March 27, 2003 | Fairfax, California, U.S. | Melanoma/Cancer [173] |
Leslie Cheung | 46 | April 1, 2003 | Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, China | suicide [174] |
Edwin Starr | 61 | April 2, 2003 | Bramcote, Nottingham, England | Heart attack [175] |
Homer Banks | 61 | April 3, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer [176] |
Mark Reynolds Red Flag | 30's | April 7, 2003 | Suicide [177] | |
Little Eva | 59 | April 10, 2003 | Kinston, North Carolina, U.S. | Cervical cancer [178] |
Sean Delaney Kiss | 58 | April 13, 2003 | Utah, U.S. | |
Allen Eager | 76 | April 13, 2003 | Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | Liver cancer |
Earl King | 69 | April 17, 2003 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Diabetes-related complications |
Nina Simone | 70 | April 21, 2003 | Carry-le-Rouet, France | Breast cancer |
Rana Ross Phantom Blue, Vixen | 41 | April 28, 2003 | Heart attack | |
Gerry Shephard The Glitter Band | 51 | May 6, 2003 | Cancer | |
Noel Redding The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 57 | May 11, 2003 | County Cork, Republic of Ireland | Shock haemorrhage due to esophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis [179] |
June Carter Cash Carter Family, The Carter Sisters, Johnny Cash's second wife | 73 | May 15, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications from heart-valve surgery |
George Faith | 56 | May 16, 2003 | Cancer [180] | |
Jinny Osborn The Chordettes | 76 | May 19, 2003 | Palm Springs, Florida, U.S. | Cancer |
Camoflauge | 21 | May 19, 2003 | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | Murdered [181] |
Joe "Guitar" Hughes | 65 | May 20, 2003 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Heart attack [182] |
Big DS Onyx | 31 | May 22, 2003 | Lymphatic cancer | |
Jeremy Ward The Mars Volta, De Facto | 27 | May 25, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heroin overdose [183] |
Mickie Most Record producer | 64 | May 30, 2003 | Totteridge, London, England | Peritoneal mesothelioma |
Dave Rowberry The Animals | 62 | June 6, 2003 | Hackney, East London, England | Heart failure [184] |
Jimmy Knepper | 75 | June 14, 2003 | Triadelphia, West Virginia, U.S. | Parkinson's disease |
Mark Storm Bassist for National Velvet (band) | 30's | Missing since November 2002, found c. July 2003 | Lake Ontario, Canada | Drowning |
Herbie Mann | 73 | July 1, 2003 | Pecos, New Mexico, U.S. | Prostate cancer |
Skip Scarborough American arranger and record producer for L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire | 58 | July 3, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cancer |
Barry White | 58 | July 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 | 69 | July 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 | 44 | July 10, 2003 | Quebec, Canada | Prostate cancer |
Benny Carter | 95 | July 12, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications from bronchitis [187] |
Adam Cox The Exploding Hearts | 23 | July 20, 2003 | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | Traffic accident [188] |
Jeremy Gage The Exploding Hearts | 21 | July 20, 2003 | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | Traffic accident [188] |
Matt Fitzgerald The Exploding Hearts | 20 | July 20, 2003 | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | Traffic accident [188] |
Erik Brann Iron Butterfly | 52 | July 25, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cardiac arrest [189] |
René Berg Hanoi Rocks, "Suicide Twins", "The Hollywood Killers" etc... | 47 | July 28, 2003 | Drug overdose | |
Greg Guidry Singer-Songwriter | 49 | July 28, 2003 | Fairview, Tennessee, U.S. | Fire |
Sam Phillips Businessman and record producer | 80 | July 30, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Respiratory failure [190] |
Roger Voudouris | 48 | August 3, 2003 | Sacramento, California, U.S. | Liver disease |
Gregory Hines | 57 | August 9, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Liver cancer [191] |
Dan Birney Bassist for Head East | 52 | August 9, 2003 | Cardiovascular disease | |
Matt Davis "the vidablue", "Ten Grand", Afro-Punk (film) | 26 | August 10, 2003 | Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, U.S. | Aneurysm [192] |
Matt Moffitt Matt Finish | 46 | August 12, 2003 | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia | Stroke |
Ed Townsend | 74 | August 13, 2003 | San Bernardino, California, U.S. | Heart attack [193] |
Tony Jackson The Searchers | 63 | August 18, 2003 | Nottingham, England | Cirrhosis of the liver |
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis Fiasco | 40 | August 21, 2003 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Chronic myelogenous leukemia [194] |
Floyd Tillman | 88 | August 22, 2003 | Bacliff, Texas, U.S. | Leukemia [195] |
Bruce Waibel FireHouse | 45 | September 2, 2003 | Florida, U.S. | Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning |
Warren Zevon | 56 | September 7, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Mesothelioma [196] |
Bob Markley The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band | 68 | September 9, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cause of death not reported |
Jerzy "Kawa" Kawalec Krzak (band) | 49 | September 9, 2003 | Chorzów, Poland | Aggressive laryngeal cancer |
Johnny Cash | 71 | September 12, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications from diabetes [197] |
Chubby Newsom | 83 | September 13, 2003 | Merriam, Kansas, U.S. | [198] |
Sheb Wooley | 82 | September 16, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Leukemia [199] |
Slim Dusty | 76 | September 19, 2003 | St Ives, New South Wales, Australia | Lung & kidney cancer [200] |
Matthew Jay | 24 | September 25, 2003 | London, England | Fall [201] |
Shawn Lane Black Oak Arkansas | 40 | September 26, 2003 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Severe lung complications [202] |
Robert Palmer The Power Station | 54 | September 26, 2003 | Paris, France | Heart attack [203] |
Paul Burlison The Rock and Roll Trio | 74 | September 27, 2003 | Horn Lake, Mississippi, U.S. | Colon cancer [204] |
John Brim | 81 | October 1, 2003 | Gary, Indiana, U.S. | Heart cancer [205] |
John David Kimball Omen | 45 | October 3, 2003 | Cancer | |
Robbie King The Hometown Band | 56 | October 17, 2003 | British Columbia, Canada | Cancer [206] |
Elliott Smith Heatmiser | 34 | October 21, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Stabbing (suicide or murder) [207] |
Half a Mill | 30 | October 24, 2003 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Murdered [208] |
Oliver Sain | 71 | October 28, 2003 | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | Bone cancer |
Steve O'Rourke Manager from Pink Floyd | 63 | October 30, 2003 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Stroke [209] |
Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers | 63 | November 4, 2003 | Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. | Heart attack causes by cocaine overdose [210] |
Guy Speranza Riot | 47 | November 8, 2003 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer |
Tony Thompson The Power Station, Chic | 48 | November 12, 2003 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Renal cell carcinoma [211] |
Claude Trenier The Treniers | 84 | November 16, 2003 | Bladder cancer | |
Arthur Conley | 57 | November 17, 2003 | Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands | Intestinal cancer [212] |
Michael Kamen New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, orchestrator for Pink Floyd, Rush | 55 | November 18, 2003 | London, England | Heart attack [213] |
Greg Ridley Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie | 62 | November 19, 2003 | Alicante, Spain | Pneumonia [214] |
Teddy Randazzo | 68 | November 21, 2003 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack |
Teddy Wilburn The Wilburn Brothers | 71 | November 24, 2003 | Congestive heart failure | |
Soulja Slim | 26 | November 26, 2003 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Murdered [215] [216] |
George Magnezid The Wrens (R&B band) | 60's | c. December 2003 | Unknown | |
Bill Deal Bill Deal and the Rhondels | 59 | December 10, 2003 | Heart attack | |
Gary Stewart | 59 | December 16, 2003 | Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. | Suicide by gunshot [217] |
Paul Balon "The Rockin' Rebels" | 61 | December 17, 2003 | Heart disease | |
Dave Dudley | 75 | December 22, 2003 | Danbury, Wisconsin, U.S. | Heart attack |
Dick St. John Dick & Dee Dee | 63 | December 27, 2003 | Accidental fall from roof | |
Anita Mui | 40 | December 30, 2003 | Happy Valley, Hong Kong | Cervical cancer [218] |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Guerin | 64 | January 5, 2004 | West Hills, California, U.S. | Heart failure |
Randy VanWarmer | 48 | January 12, 2004 | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | Leukemia [219] |
Terje Bakken Windir | 25 | January 14, 2004 | Reppastølen, Sogndal, Norway | Hypothermia [220] |
Jimmi Lawrence Hope of the States | 26 | January 15, 2004 | Real World Studios | Suicide by hanging [221] |
John Siomos | 56 | January 16, 2004 | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |
Billy May | 87 | January 22, 2004 | San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S. | Heart attack [222] |
Mel Pritchard Drummer/Percussionist for Barclay James Harvest | 56 | January 28, 2004 | Greenfield, Greater Manchester, UK | Died in his sleep (Heart attack) |
Rene DeKnight The Delta Rhythm Boys | 90 | January 29, 2004 | Unknown | |
Soko Richardson Ike & Tina Turner, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers | 64 | January 29, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Diabetes |
Cornelius Bumpus The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan | 58 | February 3, 2004 | Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. | Heart attack |
Preston Love | 82 | February 12, 2004 | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | Prostate cancer |
Doris Troy | 67 | February 16, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Emphysema [223] |
J.J. Malone | 68 | February 20, 2004 | Hawaii, U.S. | Cancer |
Les Gray Mud | 57 | February 21, 2004 | Algarve, Lagos, Portugal | Heart attack following throat cancer [224] |
Carl Anderson | 58 | February 23, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Leukemia [225] |
Bob Mayo | 53 | February 23, 2004 | Basel, Switzerland | Heart attack [226] |
A.C. Reed | 77 | February 24, 2004 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Cancer |
Estelle Axton Co-founder of Stax Records | 85 | February 25, 2004 | Pneumonia [227] | |
John McGeoch Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, Visage, The Armoury Show | 48 | March 4, 2004 | Cornwall, England | Heart attack [228] |
Peggy DeCastro The DeCastro Sisters | 82 | March 6, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Lung cancer [229] |
Rust Epique Crazy Town | 36 | March 9, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Aortic rupture [230] |
Dave Schulthise The Dead Milkmen | 47 | March 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 | 55 | March 9, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Liver and bone cancer |
Edmund Sylvers The Sylvers | 47 | March 11, 2004 | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | Lung cancer [232] |
Mary Ann Fisher Ray Charles, The Raelettes | 81 | March 12, 2004 | Natural causes | |
Johnny Bristol | 65 | March 21, 2004 | Brighton Township, Michigan, U.S. | Natural causes [233] |
Jan Berry Jan & Dean | 62 | March 26, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications from a seizure [234] |
Adán Sánchez | 19 | March 27, 2004 | Sinaloa, Mexico | Car crash |
Timi Yuro | 63 | March 30, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Throat cancer |
Paul Atkinson The Zombies | 58 | April 1, 2004 | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | Liver disease [235] |
Niki Sullivan Buddy Holly & The Crickets | 66 | April 6, 2004 | Sugar Creek, Missouri, U.S. | Heart attack [236] |
Felix Haug Drummer/Keyboardist for Double | 52 | May 1, 2004 | Uster, Switzerland | Heart attack [237] |
Curtis Gordon | 75 | May 2, 2004 | Moultrie, Georgia, U.S. | Unknown cause |
Coxsone Dodd Record producer | 72 | May 4, 2004 | Kingston, Jamaica | Heart attack [238] |
Barney Kessel | 80 | May 6, 2004 | San Diego, California, U.S. | Brain tumor [239] |
Rudi Maugeri The Crew-Cuts | 73 | May 7, 2004 | Pancreatic cancer [240] | |
Brenda Fassie | 39 | May 9, 2004 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Cocaine overdose/Coma [241] |
John Whitehead McFadden & Whitehead | 55 | May 11, 2004 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Murdered [242] |
Clint Warwick The Moody Blues | 58 | May 15, 2004 | Birmingham, England | Hepatitis [243] |
Alex Nelson Guitarist for Lizzy Borden (band) | 41 | May 17, 2004 | Car crash [244] | |
Gunnar Graps | 52 | May 17, 2004 | Tallinn, Estonia | Heart attack |
Elvin Jones | 76 | May 18, 2004 | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | Heart failure [245] |
Gatemouth Moore | 90 | May 19, 2004 | Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. | [246] |
Derek Frigo Guitarist for Enuff Z'Nuff | 37 | May 28, 2004 | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | Drug overdose [247] |
Robert Quine | 61 | May 31, 2004 | New York, U.S. | Suicide by heroin overdose [248] |
Steve Lacy | 69 | June 4, 2004 | Liver cancer | |
Quorthon Bathory | 38 | June 7, 2004 | Stockholm, Sweden | Heart failure [249] |
Bill Lowery Record producer and music entrepreneur | 79 | June 8, 2004 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Cancer [250] |
Ray Charles | 73 | June 10, 2004 | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | Complications of acute liver disease [251] |
Graeme Kelling Deacon Blue | 47 | June 10, 2004 | Pancreatic cancer [252] | |
Jeff Reid Bassist for SR-71 (band) | 36 | June 11, 2004 | Lung cancer | |
Jimmy Arnold The Four Lads | 72 | June 15, 2004 | Sacramento, California, U.S. | Lung cancer |
Richard Tepp Richard and the Young Lions | 57 | June 17, 2004 | Leukemia | |
Syreeta Wright | 57 | July 6, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Congestive heart failure [253] |
Ersel Hickey | 70 | July 9, 2004 | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | Complications from gallbladder surgery |
Arthur Kane New York Dolls | 55 | July 13, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Leukemia [254] |
Richard Anthony "Richie" Puente Percussionist for Foxy | 51 | July 18, 2004 | Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S. | Brain injury/Died in his sleep |
Illinois Jacquet | 81 | July 22, 2004 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Heart attack |
George Williams The Tymes | 68 | July 28, 2004 | Maple Shade, New Jersey, U.S. | Unknown |
Hunter Hancock American disc jockey | 88 | August 4, 2004 | Claremont, California, U.S. | Natural Causes |
Rick James | 56 | August 6, 2004 | Burbank, California, U.S. | Pulmonary and cardiac failure [255] |
Jak Airport Classix Nouveaux, X-Ray Spex | 49 | August 13, 2004 | Cancer | |
D-Roc "The Executioner" Body Count | 44 | August 17, 2004 | Duarte, California, U.S. | Lymphatic cancer/Lymphoma [256] |
Noble "Thin Man" Watts | 78 | August 24, 2004 | Pneumonia and emphysema [257] | |
Laura Branigan | 52 | August 26, 2004 | East Quogue, New York, U.S. | Brain aneurysm [258] |
Carl Wayne The Move | 61 | August 31, 2004 | Birmingham, England | Esophageal cancer [259] |
Raful Neal | 68 | September 1, 2004 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | Cancer [260] |
Wildman Steve Comic entertainer, radio personality, promoter, MC and rock artist | 78 | September 1, 2004 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | [261] |
Michael Connor Keyboardist for Pure Prairie League | 54 | September 2, 2004 | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | Cancer |
Robert Cotoia Keyboardist for John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band | 51 | September 3, 2004 | Liver disease | |
Jimmy Lewis The Drifters | 66 | September 11, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | [262] |
Johnny Ramone The Ramones | 55 | September 15, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Prostate cancer [263] |
Izora Armstead The Weather Girls | 62 | September 16, 2004 | San Leandro, California, U.S. | Heart failure [264] |
Skeeter Davis | 72 | September 19, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Breast cancer |
Gary Strater Bassist for Starcastle | 51 | September 20, 2004 | Pancreatic cancer | |
Roy Drusky | 74 | September 23, 2004 | Portland, Tennessee, U.S. | Lung cancer [265] |
Louis Satterfield Earth, Wind & Fire | 67 | September 27, 2004 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Unknown [266] |
Bruce Palmer Buffalo Springfield | 58 | October 1, 2004 | Belleville, Ontario, Canada | Heart attack [267] |
Rodney Dangerfield | 82 | October 5, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications after open heart replacement surgery [268] |
Clem Tholet ? | 56 | October 6, 2004 | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | ? |
William Henry "Pat" Best The 4 Tunes | 81 | October 14, 2004 | Roseville, California, U.S. | Unknown [269] |
Dave Godin Record producer and co-founder of Soul City Records | 68 | October 15, 2004 | Rotherham, England | Unknown |
Doug Bennett Doug & the Slugs | 52 | October 16, 2004 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Cirrhosis of the liver |
Greg Shaw Fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner, manager for Flamin' Groovies | 55 | October 19, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart failure [270] |
C. P. Spencer The Originals | 66 | October 20, 2004 | Heart attack [271] | |
John Peel English DJ | 65 | October 25, 2004 | Cuzco, Peru | Heart attack [272] |
Bill Reed The Diamonds | 68 | October 22, 2004 | Toronto, Canada | Cancer |
Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack, Grand Funk Railroad | 61 | November 1, 2004 | Temple, Texas, U.S. | Murder by stabbing [273] |
Mark Ledford Pat Metheny Group | 44 | November 1, 2004 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart disease |
Mac Dre | 34 | November 1, 2004 | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | Shot to death [274] |
Robert Heaton New Model Army, Hawkwind | 43 | November 4, 2004 | Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. | Head injury |
Lenny Mayes The Dramatics | 53 | November 7, 2004 | Southfield, Michigan, U.S. | Heart attack [275] |
John Balance Coil, Psychic TV | 42 | November 13, 2004 | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England | Fall |
Ol' Dirty Bastard Wu-Tang Clan | 35 | November 13, 2004 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Accidental drug overdose [276] |
Cy Coleman | 75 | November 18, 2004 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Cardiac arrest [277] |
Terry Melcher Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords | 62 | November 19, 2004 | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | Melanoma [278] |
Kevin Coyne | 60 | December 2, 2004 | Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | Lung fibrosis |
Nadine Renee Planet Soul | 32 | December 2, 2004 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Complications following childbirth [279] |
Dimebag Darrell Pantera, Damageplan | 38 | December 8, 2004 | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | Murdered (on stage) [280] |
Herbert Dreilich Karat | 62 | December 12, 2004 | Berlin, Germany | Liver cancer [281] |
Freddie Perren Record producer and arranger from The Jackson 5, The Sylvers and Peaches & Herb | 61 | December 16, 2004 | Chatsworth, California, U.S. | Complications following a stroke [282] |
Dick Heckstall-Smith Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation | 70 | December 17, 2004 | London, England | Acute liver failure [283] |
Son Seals | 62 | December 20, 2004 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Complications of diabetes [284] |
Mieszko Talarczyk Nasum | 30 | December 26, 2004 | Phi Phi Island, Thailand | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami |
Hank Garland | 74 | December 27, 2004 | Orange Park, Florida, U.S. | Staph infection |
Artie Shaw | 94 | December 30, 2004 | Thousand Oaks, California, U.S. | Natural causes [285] |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
David McNeil The Larks | 72 | January 8, 2005 | Unknown | |
Spencer Dryden Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage | 66 | January 11, 2005 | Penngrove, California, U.S. | Stomach cancer [286] |
Jimmy Griffin Bread | 61 | January 11, 2005 | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications due to cancer [287] |
Marko Busch Dritte Wahl | 35 | January 17, 2005 | Stomach cancer | |
Johnny Carson | 79 | January 23, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Emphysema [288] |
Ray Peterson | 69 | January 25, 2005 | Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer [289] |
Clarence Bassett Shep and the Limelites | 68 | January 25, 2005 | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | Emphysema |
Mark Evans Drummer for Warrior Soul | 48 | January 26, 2005 | Seething Wells, London, England | Murdered (Strangled and burned) [290] |
Jim Capaldi Traffic | 60 | January 28, 2005 | Westminster, London, England | Stomach cancer |
Eric Griffiths The Quarrymen | 64 | January 29, 2005 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Pancreatic cancer [291] |
David Lerchey The Del-Vikings | 67 | January 29, 2005 | Hallandale, Florida, U.S. | Cancer/Heart ailment |
Wes Wehmiller Duran Duran, Missing Persons | 33 | January 30, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Thyroid cancer [292] |
Merle Kilgore | 70 | February 6, 2005 | Mexico | Heart failure while undergoing experimental treatments for lung cancer [293] |
Grantley Dee | 59 | February 7, 2005 | Melbourne, Australia | Unknown cause |
Keith Knudsen The Doobie Brothers | 56 | February 8, 2005 | Kentfield, California, U.S. | Pneumonia [294] |
Jimmy Smith | 79 | February 8, 2005 | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | Natural causes |
Tyrone Davis | 66 | February 9, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Stroke |
Sammi Smith | 61 | February 12, 2005 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | Emphysema |
Joe Martin The Willows | 69 | February 19, 2005 | Congestive heart failure | |
Edward Patten Gladys Knight & the Pips | 65 | February 25, 2005 | Livonia, Michigan, U.S. | Stroke caused by diabetes [295] |
Chris Curtis The Searchers | 63 | February 28, 2005 | Liverpool, England | Died after a long illness [296] |
George "Wild Child" Butler | 68 | March 1, 2005 | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | Pulmonary embolism |
Joseph Dougherty Carter Carter Family | 78 | March 2, 2005 | Hiltons, Scott County, Virginia, U.S. | Unknown |
Chris LeDoux | 56 | March 9, 2005 | Casper, Wyoming, U.S. | Bile Duct Cancer [297] |
Danny Joe Brown The Danny Joe Brown Band, Molly Hatchet | 53 | March 10, 2005 | Davie, Florida, U.S. | Renal failure |
Jackie Neal | 37 | March 10, 2005 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | Murder by gunshot [298] |
Lyn Collins | 56 | March 13, 2005 | Pasadena, California, U.S. | Cardiac arrhythmia |
Jakson Spires Blackfoot | 53 | March 16, 2005 | Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. | Brain aneurysm |
Renée Diggs Starpoint | 50 | March 18, 2005 | Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. | Complications of multiple sclerosis [299] |
Rod Price Foghat | 57 | March 22, 2005 | Wilton, New Hampshire, U.S. | Heart attack [300] |
Paul Hester Crowded House, Split Enz | 46 | March 26, 2005 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Suicide by hanging [301] |
Rigo Tovar | 58 | March 27, 2005 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | Cardiac arrest |
Derrick Plourde Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, Rich Kids on LSD | 33 | March 30, 2005 | Suicide by gunshot [302] | |
Billy "Bass Wolf" Guitar Wolf | 38 | March 31, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Heart attack |
Barry Stern Zoetrope, Trouble | 45 | April 1, 2005 | Complications following hip replacement surgery | |
Duke McFadden Keyboardist for 707 | 40s | April 5, 2005 | Heart problems | |
Grant Kitchings The Ravens, The Drifters | 66 | April 5, 2005 | Diabetes [303] | |
Johnnie Johnson | 80 | April 13, 2005 | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | Kidney failure and pneumonia |
John Fred John Fred and His Playboy Band | 63 | April 14, 2005 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Complications from kidney transplant |
Andrew Steele Drummer for The Herd | 63 | April 18, 2005 | Cancer | |
Stan Levey | 79 | April 19, 2005 | Van Nuys, California, U.S. | Jaw cancer [304] |
Blade Icewood | 28 | April 19, 2005 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Shot to death [305] |
Bryan Ottoson Guitarist for American Head Charge | 27 | April 19, 2005 | North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | Barbiturate overdose [306] |
Richard Lewis The Silhouettes | 71 | April 19, 2005 | Kidney failure | |
Jimmy Woode Flip Phillips, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington etc... | 78 | April 23, 2005 | Linden, New Jersey, U.S. | Complications following a surgery for a stomach aneurysm |
Hasil Adkins | 67 | April 26, 2005 | Boone County, West Virginia, U.S. | |
Percy Heath Modern Jazz Quartet | 81 | April 28, 2005 | Southampton, New York, U.S. | Bone cancer |
Jim Pash The Surfaris | 56 | April 29, 2005 | Congestive heart failure [307] | |
Johnnie Stewart Television producer and music program from Top of the Pops | 87 | April 29, 2005 | East Dereham, Norfolk, England | [308] |
Norma-Jean Wofford Female rhythm guitarist for Bo Diddley | 63 | April 30, 2005 | Fontana, California, U.S. | Unknown |
Pierre Moerlen Gong | 52 | May 3, 2005 | Strasbourg, France | Natural causes [309] |
Neal Pattman | 79 | May 4, 2005 | Athens, Georgia, U.S. | Bone cancer |
David Wayne Metal Church, Reverend | 47 | May 10, 2005 | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | Traffic accident [310] |
Frankie LaRocka Company of Wolves, Bon Jovi, David Johansen, Bryan Adams, John Waite | 51 | May 12, 2005 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Complications after heart surgery [311] |
Mike Mahaffey Self | 38 | May 25, 2005 | Died in his sleep/Unknown causes | |
Domenic Troiano The James Gang, The Guess Who, Ronnie Hawkins | 59 | May 25, 2005 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Prostate cancer |
Eddie Albert | 99 | May 26, 2005 | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Pneumonia/Alzheimer's Disease [312] |
Oscar Brown | 78 | May 29, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Osteomyelitis |
Karl Mueller Soul Asylum | 41 | June 17, 2005 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | Throat cancer |
Johnny Reed The Orioles | 81 | June 18, 2005 | Natural causes | |
Chet Helms Music promoter | 62 | June 25, 2005 | Stroke | |
Renaldo Benson The Four Tops | 69 | July 1, 2005 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Lung cancer [313] |
Luther Vandross Change | 54 | July 1, 2005 | Edison, New Jersey, U.S. | Heart attack following a stroke [314] |
Hedy West | 67 | July 3, 2005 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Cancer |
Al Downing | 65 | July 4, 2005 | Massachusetts, U.S. | Leukemia |
Ray Davis Parliament, Funkadelic | 65 | July 5, 2005 | New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. | Respiratory problems [315] |
Shirley Goodman Shirley and Company | 69 | July 5, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Stroke [316] |
Dennis D'Ell The Honeycombs | 61 | July 6, 2005 | Cancer | |
Keith Alexander Carnivore | 41 | July 11, 2005 | Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, U.S. | Traffic accident [317] |
Michael Dahlquist Silkworm | 39 | July 14, 2005 | Skokie, Illinois, U.S. | Vehicular reckless homicide [318] |
Long John Baldry Blues Incorporated | 64 | July 21, 2005 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Severe chest infection [319] |
Eugene Record The Chi-Lites | 64 | July 22, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Cancer [320] |
Dom Um Romão | 79 | July 27, 2005 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
Lucky Thompson | 81 | July 30, 2005 | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease [321] |
Loulie Jean Norman Star Trek, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, The Tokens etc... | 92 | August 2, 2005 | Studio City, California, U.S. | Natural causes |
Little Milton | 70 | August 4, 2005 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Stroke [322] |
Carlo Little The Rolling Stones | 65 | August 6, 2005 | Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England | Lung cancer [323] |
Detroit Junior | 73 | August 9, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Heart failure |
John Loder Sound engineer, record producer, founder of Southern Studios | 59 | August 12, 2005 | London, England | Brain tumor [324] |
Francine Hurd Barker Peaches & Herb | 58 | August 13, 2005 | Cancer | |
Krzysztof Raczkowski Vader | 34 | August 18, 2005 | Olsztyn, Poland | Heart failure due to alcoholism [325] |
Steven Ronald Jensen The Vandals | 46 | August 20, 2005 | Maui, Hawaii | Barbiturate overdose |
Robert Moog Moog Synthesizer | 71 | August 21, 2005 | Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. | Brain cancer [326] |
Harold Kalin Kalin Twins | 71 | August 24, 2005 | Traffic accident | |
Davor "Moskri" Bobić Lead rapper of Prti Bee Gee [ sr ] | 27 | August 25, 2005 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Heroin overdose [327] |
Denis D'Amour Voivod | 45 | August 26, 2005 | Colon cancer | |
R.L. Burnside Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 78 | September 1, 2005 | Memphis, Tennessee | Heart attack |
Barry Cowsill The Cowsills | 50 | c. September 2, 2005 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Drowning related to flooding during Hurricane Katrina [328] |
Eric Roche | 37 | September 6, 2005 | Throat cancer | |
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | 81 | September 10, 2005 | Orange, Texas, U.S. | Lung cancer/Emphysema [329] |
Frank Fields | 91 | September 18, 2005 | Zachary, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Willie Hutch | 60 | September 19, 2005 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Natural causes [330] |
Paul Pena | 55 | October 1, 2005 | San Francisco, California, U.S. | Diabetes and pancreatitis [331] |
Hamilton Camp | 70 | October 2, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cardiac tamponade and dissecting aortic hemorrhage [332] |
Mike Gibbins Badfinger | 56 | October 4, 2005 | Oviedo, Florida, U.S. | Died in his sleep/Brain aneurysm [333] |
Shirley Ellis | 76 | October 5, 2005 | Bronx, New York City, U.S. | |
Paul "Wine" Jones | 59 | October 9, 2005 | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | Cancer [334] |
Nick Hawkins Big Audio Dynamite | 40 | October 10, 2005 | Laa Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Heart attack [335] |
Sonji Clay-Glover | 59 | October 11, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Natural causes |
Baker Knight | 72 | October 12, 2005 | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | Natural causes [336] |
David Reilly God Lives Underwater | 34 | October 16, 2005 | Stomach rupture leading to coma [337] | |
Sabú | 54 | October 16, 2005 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | Lung cancer |
Shirley Horn Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others | 71 | October 20, 2005 | Cheverly, Maryland, U.S. | Complications of diabetes [338] |
Franky Gee Captain Jack | 43 | October 22, 2005 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Cerebral hemorrhage/Coma |
Michael Arnone The Duprees | 63 | October 27, 2005 | Unknown | |
David Townsend The Isley Brothers, Surface, Sunrize, Marvin Gaye | 50 | October 26, 2005 | Northridge, California, U.S. | Drug overdose [339] |
John "Beatz" Holohan Bayside | 31 | October 31, 2005 | Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | Traffic accident |
Milt Holland | 88 | November 4, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease and kidney failure [340] |
Link Wray | 76 | November 5, 2005 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Heart failure [341] |
Johnny Tanner The Five Royales | 79 | November 8, 2005 | Cancer [342] | |
Al Frazier The Rivingtons | 75 | November 13, 2005 | Heart attack | |
Chris Whitley | 45 | November 20, 2005 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Lung cancer [343] |
Jay Owens | 58 | November 26, 2005 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Complications of diabetes [344] |
Mark Craney Gino Vannelli, Jethro Tull, Eric Burdon etc... | 53 | November 26, 2005 | Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. | Complications from diabetes and pneumonia |
Joe Jones | 79 | November 27, 2005 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications following quadruple bypass surgery [345] |
Tony Meehan The Shadows | 62 | November 28, 2005 | Paddington, London, England | Head injuries following a fall |
Gerry Humphrys The Loved Ones | 64 | December 2, 2005 | Heart attack | |
Don Charles | 71 | December 4, 2005 | Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England | Unknown |
Danny Williams | 63 | December 6, 2005 | Lung cancer | |
Mike Botts Bread | 61 | December 9, 2005 | Burbank, California, U.S. | Colon cancer [346] |
Richard "Bomer" Manzullo Rich Kids on LSD | 38 | December 12, 2005 | Summerland, California, U.S. | Heart failure from drug abuse |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bryan Harvey House of Freaks, Gutterball | 49 | January 1, 2006 | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | Murder during home robbery [347] |
Michael S. Smith | 59 | January 2, 2006 | Prostate cancer | |
Alex St. Clair Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 64 | January 5, 2006 | Lancaster, California, U.S. | Heart attack [348] |
Lou Rawls | 72 | January 6, 2006 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Lung cancer [349] |
Mark Spoon Jam & Spoon | 39 | January 11, 2006 | Berlin, Germany | Heart attack [350] |
Dave Lepard Crashdïet | 25 | January 13, 2006 | Uppsala, Sweden | Suicide by hanging [351] |
Bob Weinstock Record producer, founded Prestige Records | 77 | January 14, 2006 | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | Diabetes |
Wilson Pickett The Falcons | 64 | January 19, 2006 | Reston, Virginia, U.S. | Heart attack [352] |
Janette Carter Carter Family | 82 | January 22, 2006 | Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S. | Unknown |
Fayard Nicholas The Nicholas Brothers | 91 | January 24, 2006 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Pneumonia following a stroke |
Gene McFadden McFadden & Whitehead | 56 | January 27, 2006 | Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Liver and lung cancer [353] |
Brent Dowe The Melodians | 59 | January 29, 2006 | Jamaica | Heart attack |
Jason Sears Rich Kids on LSD | 38 | January 31, 2006 | Tijuana, Mexico | Pulmonary thrombosis. [354] |
Bobby Moore Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces | 75 | February 1, 2006 | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | Kidney failure |
Elton Dean Soft Machine | 60 | February 8, 2006 | London, England | Heart and liver problems |
Johnny Ross Baby Huey & the Babysitters | 63 | February 9, 2006 | Hobart, Indiana, U.S. | Heart failure following appendicitis |
Bob Riley Grace Pool | 50 | February 9, 2006 | Heart attack | |
J Dilla Slum Village, Soulquarians | 32 | February 10, 2006 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cardiac arrest |
Lynden David Hall | 31 | February 14, 2006 | Complications from a steam cell transplant | |
Bill Cowsill The Cowsills, The Blue Shadows, Blue Northern | 58 | February 18, 2006 | Calgary, Alberta, U.S. | Emphysema [355] |
Yuri Morozov | 57 | February 23, 2006 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
Johnny Jackson Drummer for The Jackson 5 | 50 | March 1, 2006 | Gary, Indiana, U.S. | Stabbing [356] |
Jack Wild | 53 | March 1, 2006 | Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England | Oral cancer [357] |
Willie Kent | 70 | March 2, 2006 | Englewood, Illinois, U.S. | Colon cancer [358] |
King Floyd | 61 | March 6, 2006 | Jackson, California, U.S. | Complications of stroke and diabetes |
Johnny Williams | 99 | March 6, 2006 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | [359] |
Hanka Bielicka | 90 | March 9, 2006 | Warsaw, Poland | Aortic aneurysm/After operation |
Buck Owens Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | 76 | March 25, 2006 | Bakersfield, California, U.S. | Heart attack [360] |
Rocío Dúrcal | 61 | March 25, 2006 | Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain | Uterus cancer |
Nikki Sudden Swell Maps | 49 | March 26, 2006 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Heart attack [361] |
Peter Wells Rose Tattoo | 59 | March 27, 2006 | Sydney, Australia | Prostate cancer [362] |
Don Alias | 66 | March 28, 2006 | New York City, New York, U.S. | No cause given |
Jackie McLean Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis etc... | 74 | March 31, 2006 | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | Died after a long illness |
Martin Gilks The Wonder Stuff | 41 | April 3, 2006 | London, England | Traffic accident [363] |
Gene Pitney | 66 | April 5, 2006 | Cardiff, Wales | Heart attack [364] |
Henry Lewy | 79 | April 8, 2006 | Prescott, Arizona, U.S. | Stroke and following heart surgery [365] |
June Pointer The Pointer Sisters | 52 | April 11, 2006 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cancer [366] |
Proof Eminem, D12 | 32 | April 11, 2006 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Murder by gunshot [367] [368] [369] |
Cees Kalis Earth & Fire | 56 | April 16, 2006 | Unknown | |
Phil Walden Record producer and co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based on Capricorn Records | 66 | April 22, 2006 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Cancer [370] |
Bonnie Owens | 76 | April 24, 2006 | Bakersfield, California, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease |
Danny McKenna Toby Beau, Bob Seger, Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers | 54 | April 26, 2006 | McAllen, Texas, U.S. | Suicide by gunshot [371] |
Johnny Paris Frontman/Saxophonist for Johnny and the Hurricanes | 65 | May 1, 2006 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | Sepsis/Pneumonia |
Big Hawk | 36 | May 1, 2006 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot to death [372] |
Grant McLennan The Go-Betweens | 48 | May 6, 2006 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Heart attack [373] |
Steve Bender Record producer and member of Dschinghis Khan | 59 | May 7, 2006 | Munich, Germany | Lung cancer |
Soraya | 37 | May 10, 2006 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Breast cancer |
John Hicks Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Woody Herman, etc... | 64 | May 10, 2006 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Internal bleeding |
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. Heatwave | 56 | May 13, 2006 | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | Complications of paralysis |
Steve Cooper S.A. Slayer | 47 | May 14, 2006 | Kidney failure due to complications of type 1 diabetes | |
Freddie Garrity Freddie and the Dreamers | 69 | May 19, 2006 | Bangor, Wales | Emphysema [374] |
Billy Walker | 77 | May 21, 2006 | Fort Deposit, Alabama, U.S. | Car crash |
Desmond Dekker | 64 | May 25, 2006 | Thornton Heath, Croydon, England | Heart attack [375] |
Vince McAllister Pentagram | 51 | May 26, 2006 | Neck cancer | |
Vince Welnick Grateful Dead, The Tubes | 55 | June 2, 2006 | Sonoma County, California, U.S. | Suicide [376] |
Johnny Grande Bill Haley & His Comets | 76 | June 3, 2006 | Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer [377] |
Billy Preston | 59 | June 6, 2006 | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | Respiratory failure, stemming from pericarditis [378] |
Drafi Deutscher | 60 | June 9, 2006 | Frankfurt, Essen, Germany | Heart failure |
Freddie Gorman The Originals | 67 | June 13, 2006 | Lung cancer | |
Duane Roland Molly Hatchet | 52 | June 19, 2006 | St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. | Natural causes [379] |
Claydes Charles Smith Kool & the Gang | 57 | June 20, 2006 | Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S. | Undisclosed illness [380] |
Back Alley John | 51 | June 22, 2006 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Respiratory disease [381] |
Andy Howard | 40 | June 22, 2006 | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | |
Emanuel Lasky | 60 | June 23, 2006 | Cancer | |
Arif Mardin Music producer | 74 | June 25, 2006 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer [382] |
Johnny Jenkins | 67 | June 26, 2006 | Bibb County, Georgia, U.S. | Stroke [383] |
Joe Weaver | 71 | July 5, 2006 | Southfield, Michigan, U.S. | Stroke |
Al Hodge The Onyx | 55 | July 6, 2006 | Cancer | |
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd | 60 | July 7, 2006 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | Pancreatic cancer [384] |
Milan Williams Commodores | 58 | July 9, 2006 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Cancer [385] |
Sam Myers | 70 | July 17, 2006 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Throat cancer |
Herbert Kalin Kalin Twins | 72 | July 21, 2006 | Heart attack | |
Jessie Mae Hemphill | 82 | July 22, 2006 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications from an ulcer [386] |
Floyd Dixon | 77 | July 26, 2006 | Orange County, U.S. | Kidney failure [387] |
Arthur Lee Love | 61 | August 3, 2006 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Leukemia [388] |
Richie Barrett The Valentines | 73 | August 3, 2006 | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer |
John Locke Nazareth, Spirit | 62 | August 4, 2006 | Ojai, California, U.S. | Cancer/Lymphoma [389] |
Barbara George | 63 | August 10, 2006 | Chauvin, Louisiana, U.S. | Lung infection |
Jon Nödtveidt Dissection, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, The Black | 31 | August 13, 2006 | Hässelby, Sweden | Suicide by gunshot. [390] |
Johnny Duncan | 67 | August 14, 2006 | Heart attack [391] | |
Bruce Gary The Knack | 55 | August 22, 2006 | Tarzana, California, U.S. | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma [392] |
Maynard Ferguson | 78 | August 23, 2006 | Ventura, California, U.S. | Kidney and liver failure |
Jesse Pintado Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Lock Up, Brujeria | 37 | August 27, 2006 | Ridderkerk, Netherlands | Liver failure [393] |
Pip Pyle Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong | 56 | August 28, 2006 | Paris, France | Natural causes [394] |
Jumpin' Gene Simmons | 69 | August 29, 2006 | Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. | After a long illness [395] |
Dewey Redman | 75 | September 2, 2006 | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | Liver failure |
Al Casey | 69 | September 17, 2006 | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |
Danny Flores The Champs | 77 | September 19, 2006 | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. | Pneumonia [396] |
Scott Frazer Guitarist for Space Opera | 57 | September 19, 2006 | Cancer | |
Boz Burrell Bad Company, King Crimson | 60 | September 21, 2006 | Marbella, Spain | Heart attack [397] |
Etta Baker | 93 | September 23, 2006 | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | [398] |
Henry Townsend | 96 | September 24, 2006 | Mequon, Wisconsin, U.S. | [399] |
Jamie Lyons Singer for The Music Explosion | 57 | September 25, 2006 | Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. | Heart failure |
Prentiss Barnes The Moonglows | 81 | October 1, 2006 | Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S. | Traffic accident [400] |
Larissa "Strickland" Stolarchuk L-Seven, Laughing Hyenas | 46 | October 9, 2006 | North Port, Florida, U.S. | Drug overdose |
Jared Anderson Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal | 31 | October 14, 2006 | Covington, Kentucky, U.S. | Unspecified cause/Died in his sleep [401] |
Freddy Fender | 69 | October 14, 2006 | Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | Lung cancer |
Pete Graves The Moonglows | 76 | October 15, 2006 | Natural causes | |
Lionel Mattice Bassist for Johnny and the Hurricanes | 67 | October 16, 2006 | Unknown | |
Snooky Pryor | 85–87 | October 18, 2006 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. | [402] |
Sandy West The Runaways | 47 | October 21, 2006 | San Dimas, California, U.S. | Lung cancer [403] |
Eddie Medora Guitarist for The Sunrays | 61 | October 27, 2006 | Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. | Heart attack |
Chris Williams Drummer for Pat McGee Band | 39 | October 28, 2006 | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | Heart condition |
Paul Mauriat | 81 | November 3, 2006 | Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France | Unknown |
Jance Garfat Bassist for Dr. Hook | 62 | November 6, 2006 | Union City, New Jersey, U.S. | Motorcycle accident |
Gerald Levert LeVert | 40 | November 10, 2006 | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | Drug induced heart attack [404] |
Annie Laurie | 82 | November 13, 2006 | Titusville, Florida, U.S. | |
Ruth Brown | 78 | November 17, 2006 | Henderson, Nevada, U.S. | Heart attack and stroke [405] |
Robert Lockwood Jr. | 91 | November 21, 2006 | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | Cerebral aneurysm and stroke |
Walter Booker | 72 | November 24, 2006 | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | |
Valentín Elizalde | 27 | November 25, 2006 | Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Shot to death |
Tony Silvester The Main Ingredient | 65 | November 27, 2006 | Multiple myeloma | |
Mariska Veres Shocking Blue | 59 | December 2, 2006 | The Hague, Netherlands | Gall bladder cancer [406] |
Logan Whitehurst The Velvet Teen | 29 | December 3, 2006 | Los Banos, California, U.S. | Brain cancer |
Darren Brown Mega City Four | 44 | December 6, 2006 | Tooting, London, England | Brain blood clot |
Jay McShann | 90 | December 7, 2006 | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | Undisclosed [407] |
Homesick James | 96 | December 13, 2006 | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | Heart attack [408] |
Ahmet Ertegun Record producer, record label executive and co-founder of Atlantic Records | 83 | December 14, 2006 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Injuries from an accidental fall [409] |
Denis Payton The Dave Clark Five | 63 | December 17, 2006 | Bournemouth, Dorset, England | Cancer [410] |
James Brown The Famous Flames, The J.B.'s | 73 | December 25, 2006 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia [411] |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tad Jones | 54 | January 1, 2007 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Fall |
Del Reeves | 73 | January 1, 2007 | Centerville, Tennessee, U.S. | Emphysema |
Sneaky Pete Kleinow The Flying Burrito Brothers | 72 | January 6, 2007 | Petaluma, California, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease [412] |
Chris Aylmer Samson | 58 | January 9, 2007 | Throat cancer | |
Alice Coltrane | 69 | January 12, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Respiratory failure [413] |
Michael Brecker | 57 | January 13, 2007 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Leukemia |
Doyle Holly The Buckaroos | 70 | January 13, 2007 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Prostate cancer |
Colin Thurston Producer, record engineer | 59 | January 15, 2007 | Long illness | |
Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson The Spaniels | 72 | January 16, 2007 | Capitol Heights, Maryland, U.S. | Cancer |
Gary Phillips The Greg Kihn Band | 59 | January 17, 2007 | United States | Cancer |
Brent Liles Social Distortion, Agent Orange | 43 | January 18, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Traffic accident [414] |
Denny Doherty The Mamas & the Papas | 66 | January 19, 2007 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Kidney failure [415] |
Esmond Edwards Record producer, record engineering and co-founded of Prestige Records | 79 | January 20, 2007 | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | |
Crown Prince Waterford | 90 | February 1, 2007 | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | [416] |
Billy Henderson The Spinners | 67 | February 2, 2007 | Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | Diabetes [417] |
Joe Hunter The Funk Brothers | 79 | February 2, 2007 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Natural causes [418] |
Barbara McNair | 72 | February 4, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Throat cancer [419] |
Frankie Laine | 93 | February 6, 2007 | San Diego, California, U.S. | Heart failure |
Alan "Nidge" Miller "Blitz" | 48 | February 10, 2007 | Austin County, Texas, U.S. | Hit by a car on a freeway |
Jimmy Campbell "The Kirkbys" | 63 | February 12, 2007 | Liverpool, UK | No cause given |
Eldee Young Young-Holt Unlimited | 71 | February 12, 2007 | Bangkok, Thailand | Heart attack |
John O'Banion | 59 | February 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 | 76 | February 18, 2007 | ||
Ian Wallace King Crimson | 60 | February 22, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Esophageal cancer [420] |
Donnie Brooks | 71 | February 23, 2007 | Heart attack/After a long illness | |
Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs | 60 | February 28, 2007 | Sydney, Australia | Heart attack [421] |
Paul deLay | 55 | March 7, 2007 | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | Leukaemia [422] |
Brad Delp Boston | 55 | March 9, 2007 | Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S. | Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning [423] |
Betty Hutton | 86 | March 11, 2007 | Palm Springs, California, U.S. | Colon cancer [424] |
Carol Richards | 84 | March 16, 2007 | Vero Beach, Florida, U.S. | Kidney failure |
Vince Hozier The Sunrays | 61 | March 18, 2007 | No cause given | |
Luther Ingram | 69 | March 19, 2007 | Belleville, Illinois, U.S. | Heart failure[ citation needed ] |
Cha Burns Fingerprintz, The Silencers, Adam Ant | 50 | March 26, 2007 | Prestatyn, Wales | Lung cancer |
Tony Scott | 85 | March 28, 2007 | Rome, Italy | Prostate cancer |
Phil Cordell | 59 | March 31, 2007 | No cause given | |
Danny Barcelona Louis Armstrong | 77 | April 1, 2007 | Cancer | |
Mark St. John Kiss | 51 | April 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... | 87 | April 7, 2007 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Heart disease |
Dakota Staton | 76 | April 10, 2007 | New York, U.S. | Stroke [426] |
Bill Guffey Shooting Star | 54 | April 12, 2007 | Complications from a liver transplant | |
Don Ho | 76 | April 14, 2007 | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | Congestive heart failure [427] |
James B. Davis The Dixie Hummingbirds | 90–91 | April 17, 2007 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Heart ailment [428] |
Andrew Hill | 75 | April 20, 2007 | Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. | Lung cancer |
Lobby Loyde The Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Rose Tattoo | 65 | April 21, 2007 | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia | Lung cancer |
San Fadyl The Ladybug Transistor | 31 | April 26, 2007 | ||
Bobby Pickett The Crypt-Kickers | 69 | April 27, 2007 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Leukemia [429] |
Zola Taylor The Platters | 69 | April 30, 2007 | Riverside, California, U.S. | Pneumonia [430] |
Wolfgang Jäger Extrabreit | 54 | May 3, 2007 | Hagen, Germany | |
Big Joe Duskin | 86 | May 6, 2007 | Avondale, Ohio, U.S. | Diabetes [431] |
Carey Bell | 70 | May 6, 2007 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Heart failure [432] |
Carolyn Johnson The Exciters | 62 | May 7, 2007 | No cause given | |
Carson Whitsett Record producer for The Imperial Show Band | 62 | May 8, 2007 | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | Brain cancer [433] |
Izumi Sakai Zard | 40 | May 27, 2007 | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | Accidental fall |
Tony Thompson Hi-Five | 31 | June 1, 2007 | Waco, Texas, U.S. | Chlorodifluoromethane [434] |
John Pyke Ra Ra Riot | 23 | June 3, 2007 | Drowned | |
Freddie Scott | 74 | June 4, 2007 | Jamaica, New York, U.S. | Heart disease [435] |
Lynne Randell | 57 | June 8, 2007 | Melbourne, Australia | Suicide |
Richard Bell The Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band | 61 | June 15, 2007 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Multiple myeloma [436] |
Donna King The King Sisters | 88 | June 16, 2007 | Plano, Texas, U.S. | Unknown |
Bill Barber | 87 | June 18, 2007 | Bronxville, New York, U.S. | Heart failure |
Hank Medress The Tokens | 68 | June 18, 2007 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Lung cancer [437] |
Antonio Aguilar | 88 | June 19, 2007 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | Pneumonia |
Natasja Saad | 33 | June 24, 2007 | Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica | Traffic accident [438] |
George McCorkle Marshall Tucker Band | 60 | June 29, 2007 | Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer [439] |
Rolandas Janavičius Rondo | 36 | July 1, 2007 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | Gastric cancer |
Beverly Sills | 78 | July 2, 2007 | Lung cancer | |
Boots Randolph | 80 | July 3, 2007 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Brain hemorrhage |
Bill Pinkney The Drifters | 81 | July 4, 2007 | Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack [440] |
X1 | 28 | July 4, 2007 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Unknown |
Kelly Johnson Girlschool | 49 | July 15, 2007 | Clapham, London, England | Spinal cancer [441] |
Ron Miller | 74 | July 23, 2007 | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | Cardiac arrest [442] |
Trevor Hudson Bottom of the Hudson | 27 | July 29, 2007 | Traffic accident | |
Lee Hazlewood | 78 | August 4, 2007 | Henderson, Nevada, U.S. | Renal cancer |
Clarence Tex Walker The Coasters | 61 | August 8, 2007 | Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England | Heart attack [443] |
Jon Lucien | 65 | August 14, 2007 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Respiratory failure [444] |
Max Roach | 83 | August 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 | 75 | August 28, 2007 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Lung cancer [446] |
Kip Anderson | 69 | August 29, 2007 | Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. | [447] |
Carter Albrecht Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | 30 | September 3, 2007 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed |
Janis Martin | 67 | September 3, 2007 | Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | Cancer |
Hughie Thomasson Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd | 55 | September 9, 2007 | Brooksville, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack [448] |
Willie Tee | 63 | September 11, 2007 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Colon cancer [449] |
Joe Zawinul Weather Report | 75 | September 11, 2007 | Vienna, Austria | Skin cancer [450] |
Bobby Byrd The Famous Flames, The JB's | 73 | September 12, 2007 | Loganville, Georgia, U.S. | Cancer [451] |
Pepsi Tate Tigertailz | 42 | September 18, 2007 | Penarth, Wales, England | Pancreatic cancer |
Patrick Bourque Bass guitarist for Emerson Drive | 29 | September 25, 2007 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Suicide |
George Malone The Monotones | 67 | October 5, 2007 | Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S. | |
Jacqueline "Lady Jaye" Breyer Psychic TV | 38 | October 9, 2007 | heart arrhythmia [452] | |
Dickie Threatt The Five Keys | 70's | October 9, 2007 | Unknown | |
Backwards Sam Firk | 64 | October 11, 2007 | Mill Spring, North Carolina, U.S. | Heart attack [453] |
Big Moe | 33 | October 14, 2007 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Heart attack |
Toše Proeski | 26 | October 16, 2007 | Nova Gradiška, Croatia | Car accident |
Lucky Dube | 43 | October 18, 2007 | Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa | Murder [454] |
Paul Raven Killing Joke, Prong, Ministry, Zilch | 46 | October 20, 2007 | Geneva, Switzerland | Heart attack |
Paul Fox The Ruts | 56 | October 21, 2007 | Lung cancer [455] | |
Lance Hahn Cringer, J Church | 40 | October 21, 2007 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | Nephropathy complications |
Linda S. Stein American talent agent | 62 | October 30, 2007 | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | Murder by blunt impact trauma to head and neck [456] |
Joe Verscharen The Skyliners | 67 | November 2, 2007 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Cancer |
John Petersen Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels | 65 | November 11, 2007 | Sierra Madre, California, U.S. | [457] |
Jim Ford | 66 | November 18, 2007 | Fort Bragg, California, U.S. | [458] |
Kevin DuBrow Quiet Riot | 52 | November 19, 2007 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Drug overdose [459] |
Ernest "Doc" Paulin | 100 | November 25, 2007 | Marrero, Louisiana, U.S. | [460] |
Cecil Payne | 84 | November 27, 2004 | Stratford, New Jersey, U.S. | Prostate cancer [461] |
Zayda Peña Zayda y los Culpables | 34 | December 2, 2007 | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Shot in the hospital while being treated [462] |
Sergio Gomez K-Paz De La Sierra | 34 | December 2, 2007 | Morelia, Mexico | Kidnapped and tortured to death [463] |
Pimp C UGK | 33 | December 4, 2007 | West Hollywood, California, U.S. | Heavy usage of Lean and sleep apnea [464] |
Lynette Knackstedt Skankin' Pickle | 37 | December 7, 2007 | San Francisco, California, U.S. | Drug overdose |
Ike Turner Kings of Rhythm Ike & Tina Turner | 76 | December 12, 2007 | San Marcos, California, U.S. | Drug overdose [465] |
Frank Morgan | 73 | December 14, 2007 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | Colorectal cancer |
Dan Fogelberg | 56 | December 16, 2007 | Deer Isle, Maine, U.S. | Prostate cancer [466] |
Damien "Damo" Morris Vocalist for the Red Shore | 27 | December 19, 2007 | Off the Pacific Highway just north of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | Bus crash |
Joe Ames Ames Brothers | 86 | December 22, 2007 | Eltville, Germany | Heart attack |
Oscar Peterson | 82 | December 23, 2007 | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Kidney failure [467] |
Joe Dolan | 68 | December 26, 2007 | Dublin, Ireland | Intracerebral hemorrhage |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Baxter 3 Colours Red | 36 | January 4, 2008 | Liver failure | |
Mort Garson | 83 | January 4, 2008 | San Francisco, California, U.S. | Kidney failure |
Irene Reid | 77 | January 5, 2008 | The Bronx, New York, U.S. | Cardiac arrest |
Ken Nelson Record producer and manager from Capitol Records | 96 | January 6, 2008 | Somis, California, U.S. | [468] |
Clyde Otis | 83 | January 8, 2008 | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | Natural causes |
Dave Day The Monks | 66 | January 10, 2008 | Renton, Washington, U.S. | Heart attack |
Rod Allen Lead singer for The Fortunes | 63 | January 10, 2008 | Eastern Green, Coventry, England | Liver cancer |
Freddy Nieuland Wallace Collection | 63 | January 10, 2008 | Brussels, Belgium | Cancer |
Pete Candoli | 84 | January 11, 2008 | Studio City, California, U.S. | Prostate cancer |
Carlos | 64 | January 17, 2008 | Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Liver cancer |
John Stewart The Kingston Trio | 68 | January 19, 2008 | San Diego, California, U.S. | Stroke [469] |
Trevor Taylor Bad Boys Blue | 50 | January 19, 2008 | Cologne, Germany | Heart attack [470] |
Tommy McQuater | 93 | January 20, 2008 | London, England | No cause given |
Francis Clay | 84 | January 21, 2008 | San Francisco, California, U.S. | Natural causes [471] |
David Durham | 64 | January 24, 2008 | Natural causes | |
Ben McMillan Lead singer for Gruntruck | 46 | January 26, 2008 | Complications from Diabetes | |
Jeff Salen Tuff Darts | 55 | January 26, 2008 | Heart attack | |
Sean Finnegan Void | 43 | January 30, 2008 | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | Apparent heart attack |
Vance Walker Patty & the Emblems | 63 | February 1, 2008 | Unknown causes | |
Jackie Orszaczky | 59 | February 3, 2008 | Sydney, Australia | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
Chris Anderson | 81 | February 4, 2008 | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | Complications from a stroke |
Scot Halpin The Who | 54 | February 9, 2008 | Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. | Brain tumor [472] |
Vincent Thomas Ohio Players | 50 | February 16, 2008 | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. | Cancer |
Bobby Lord | 74 | February 16, 2008 | Stuart, Florida, U.S. | Died after a long illness |
Yegor Letov Grazhdanskaya Oborona | 43 | February 19, 2008 | Omsk, Russia | Heart failure [473] |
Teo Macero | 82 | February 19, 2008 | Riverhead, New York | Died in sleep |
Janina Miščiukaitė-Brazaitienė Singer | 59 | February 20, 2008 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Cancer |
Static Major Playa | 33 | February 25, 2008 | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | Complications from a medical procedure |
Buddy Miles | 60 | February 26, 2008 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | Congestive heart disease [474] |
Mike Smith The Dave Clark Five | 64 | February 28, 2008 | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England | Pneumonia [475] |
Mike Conley M.I.A. | 49 | February 28, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Head injuries from fall |
Jeff Healey The Jeff Healey Band | 41 | March 2, 2008 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Sarcoma [476] |
Norman Smith Record producer and audio engineer | 85 | March 3, 2008 | East Sussex, England | [477] |
Vytautas Kernagis | 56 | March 15, 2008 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Gastric cancer |
Mikey Dread | 53 | March 15, 2008 | Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. | Brain tumor [478] |
Daniel MacMaster Bonham | 39 | March 16, 2008 | Thunder Bay, Canada | Staph infection [479] |
Klaus Dinger Kraftwerk, Neu!, La! Neu? | 61 | March 21, 2008 | Heart failure [480] | |
Chalmers Alford | 52 | March 24, 2008 | Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. | Diabetes |
Sean Levert LeVert | 39 | March 30, 2008 | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | Heart disease/Diabetes [481] |
Lawrence Brown Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | 63 | April 6, 2008 | Respiratory condition | |
George Butler Record producer | 76 | April 9, 2008 | Castro Valley, California, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease [482] |
Ozzie Cadena Record producer for Savoy Records | 83 | April 9, 2008 | Torrance, California, U.S. | Pneumonia and complications from a stroke [483] |
Sean Costello | 28 | April 15, 2008 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Drug overdose [484] |
Cliff Davies If, Ted Nugent | 59–60 | April 15, 2008 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Suicide |
Brian Davison The Nice | 65 | April 15, 2008 | Bideford, Devon, England | Brain tumor [485] |
Danny Federici Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band | 58 | April 17, 2008 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Melanoma [486] |
Orish Grinstead Original member of 702 | 27 | April 20, 2008 | Kidney failure | |
VL Mike | 32 | April 20, 2008 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot to death [487] |
Al Wilson | 68 | April 21, 2008 | Fontana, California, U.S. | Kidney failure |
Bob Childers | 61 | April 22, 2008 | Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. | Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [488] |
Paul Davis | 60 | April 22, 2008 | Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. | Heart attack [489] |
Micky Waller The Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group | 66 | April 29, 2008 | London, England | Liver failure [490] |
Eddy Arnold | 89 | May 8, 2008 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Natural causes |
John Rutsey Rush | 55 | May 11, 2008 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Heart attack as a result of diabetes [491] |
Michelle Meldrum Phantom Blue, Meldrum | 39 | May 21, 2008 | Burbank, California, U.S. | Brain cyst/Coma [492] |
Jimmy McGriff | 72 | May 24, 2008 | Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S. | Multiple sclerosis [493] |
Jerry Cole | 68 | May 28, 2008 | Corona, California, U.S. | Heart attack [494] |
Hugh Jarrett The Jordanaires | 78 | May 31, 2008 | Injuries from a car crash | |
Al Jones | 62 | June 1, 2008 | No cause given [495] | |
Bo Diddley | 79 | June 2, 2008 | Archer, Florida, U.S. | Heart failure [496] |
Lula Reed | 82 | June 21, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Natural causes [497] |
Ira Tucker The Dixie Hummingbirds | 83 | June 24, 2008 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Cardiovascular disease [498] |
Mel Galley Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena | 60 | July 1, 2008 | Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, Staffordshire, England | Esophageal cancer [499] |
Natasha Shneider Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age | 52 | July 2, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cancer |
Paul Varley The Arrows (drummer) | 59 | July 2, 2008 | Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | Pneumonia |
Colin Cooper Singer/Saxophone for "Climax Blues Band" | 68 | July 3, 2008 | Cancer | |
Oscar McLollie The Bullets | 83 | July 4, 2008 | Oakland, California, U.S. | Natural causes |
Les Crane | 74 | July 13, 2008 | Greenbrae, California, U.S. | Natural causes |
Katie Reider | 30 | July 14, 2008 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Jaw tumor/Cerebral hemorrhage |
Jo Stafford | 90 | July 16, 2008 | Century City, California, U.S. | Congestive heart failure [500] |
Artie Traum | 65 | July 20, 2008 | Bearsville, New York, U.S. | Cancer |
Joe Beck | 62 | July 22, 2008 | Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S. | Lung cancer |
Hiram Bullock | 52 | July 25, 2008 | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | Cancer [501] |
Johnny Griffin | 80 | July 25, 2008 | Paris, France | Heart attack |
Erik Darling The Rooftop Singers | 74 | August 3, 2008 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. | Lymphatic cancer |
Isaac Hayes | 65 | August 10, 2008 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications due to stroke [502] |
Don Helms Drifting Cowboys | 81 | August 11, 2008 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Diabetes (after heart surgery) |
Christie Allen | 54 | August 12, 2008 | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia | Pancreatic cancer |
Jerry Wexler Music journalist and record producer | 91 | August 15, 2008 | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | Congestive heart failure [503] |
Jimmy Moore The Five Royales | 81–83 | August 16, 2008 | Ossining, New York, U.S. | Died after a long illness [504] |
Pervis Jackson The Spinners | 70 | August 18, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Brain and liver cancer [505] |
LeRoi Moore The Dave Matthews Band | 46 | August 19, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications after ATV accident / Pneumonia |
Little Arthur Duncan | 74 | August 20, 2008 | Northlake, Illinois, U.S. | Complications after brain surgery |
Jerry Finn Record producer | 39 | August 21, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cerebral hemorrhage [506] |
Egidijus Remeikis Tipo Grupė | 26 | August 23, 2008 | Kaunas, Lithuania | Car accident |
Jevgenijus Snytkinas Tipo Grupė | 27 | August 23, 2008 | Kaunas, Lithuania | Car accident |
Jerry Reed | 71 | September 1, 2008 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Emphysema [507] |
Richard "Popcorn" Wylie | 69 | September 7, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Congestive heart problems |
Richard Wright Pink Floyd | 65 | September 15, 2008 | London, England | Lung cancer [508] |
Norman Whitfield Record producer for The Temptations and co-founder of Motown and Whitfield Records | 68 | September 16, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Diabetes [509] |
Opal Courtney Jr. The Spaniels | 71 | September 18, 2008 | Gary, Indiana, U.S. | Heart attack |
Earl Palmer | 83 | September 19, 2008 | Banning, California, U.S. | After a long illness [510] |
Nappy Brown | 78 | September 20, 2008 | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | Natural causes [511] |
Cherry Smith The Wailers | 65 | September 24, 2008 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack [512] |
Nick Reynolds The Kingston Trio | 75 | October 1, 2008 | San Diego, California, U.S. | Acute respiratory disease [513] |
Johnny "J" | 39 | October 3, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Apparent suicide |
Gidget Gein Marilyn Manson | 39 | October 8, 2008 | Burbank, California, U.S. | Heroin overdose [514] |
Alton Ellis | 70 | October 10, 2008 | Hammersmith, London, England | Bone cancer [515] |
Cliff Nobles | 67 | October 12, 2008 | Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Unknown |
Frankie Kerr Teenage Head | 51 | October 15, 2008 | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Throat cancer |
Levi Stubbs The Four Tops | 72 | October 17, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Natural causes [516] |
Dee Dee Warwick | 66 | October 18, 2008 | Essex County, New Jersey, U.S. | Falling health from drug addiction [517] |
Virgil Gonsalves Pacific Gas & Electric | 76 | October 20, 2008 | Salinas, California, U.S. | Unknown |
Peter Gläser Klaus Renft Combo, Karussell | 59 | October 23, 2008 | Leipzig, Saxony, Germany | Cancer [518] |
Merl Saunders Legion of Mary | 74 | October 24, 2008 | Complications following stroke [519] | |
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery | 45 | October 29, 2008 | Heart attack [520] | |
Frank Navetta Descendents | 46 | October 31, 2008 | Diabetic coma/Died in his sleep [521] | |
Jimmy Carl Black The Mothers of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart | 70 | November 1, 2008 | Siegsdorf, Germany | Lung cancer [522] |
Nathaniel Mayer | 64 | November 1, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Stroke [523] |
Jody Reynolds The Storms | 75 | November 7, 2008 | Palm Desert, California, U.S. | Liver cancer [524] |
Mitch Mitchell The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 62 | November 12, 2008 | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | Natural causes [525] |
MC Breed | 37 | November 22, 2008 | Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S. | Complications from kidney failure |
Michael Lee | 39 | November 24, 2008 | Epileptic seizure | |
Munetaka Higuchi Loudness | 49 | November 30, 2008 | Osaka, Japan | Hepatocellular carcinoma [526] |
Odetta | 77 | December 2, 2008 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Heart disease [527] |
Chico Banks | 46 | December 3, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Heart problems [528] |
Steve Isham Autograph | 56 | December 9, 2008 | North Hills, California, U.S. | Liver cancer |
Dennis Yost Classics IV | 65 | December 7, 2008 | Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. | Respiratory failure. [529] |
Davey Graham | 68 | December 15, 2008 | London, England | Lung cancer |
Sandeé Exposé | 46 | December 15, 2008 | Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | Seizure [530] |
Feliciano Vierra Tavares Tavares | 88 | December 17, 2008 | Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S. | Prostate cancer [531] |
Robert Ward Ohio Players | 70 | December 25, 2008 | Dry Branch, Georgia, U.S. | After a long illness and strokes [532] |
Delaney Bramlett Delaney & Bonnie | 69 | December 27, 2008 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications after gall bladder surgery [533] |
Freddie Hubbard | 70 | December 29, 2008 | Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. | Complications from a heart attack [534] |
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Taylor Jr | 74 | January 5, 2009 | Islandia, New York, U.S. | Heart Disease [535] |
Ron Asheton The Stooges | 60 | January 6, 2009 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | Heart attack [536] |
Claude Jeter Swan Silvertones, The Dixie Hummingbirds | 94 | January 6, 2009 | The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. | Unknown [537] |
Lamya Duran Duran, Soul II Soul | 35 | January 8, 2009 | Oman | Heart attack [538] |
Dave Dee Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | 67 | January 9, 2009 | Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England | Prostate cancer [539] |
Andy DeMize Nekromantix | 25 | January 11, 2009 | Fullerton, California, U.S. | Traffic accident [540] |
Alejandro Sokol Las Pelotas | 48 | January 12, 2009 | Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina | Respiratory insufficiency [541] |
The Mighty Duke | 76 | January 14, 2009 | St. Clair (Port-of-Spain), Trinidad and Tobago | Myelofibrosis [542] |
Leroy Smith Sweet Sensation | 56 | January 15, 2009 | Bronchopneumonia | |
Jean Adebambo | 46 | January 15, 2009 | London, England | Suspected suicide by barbiturate overdose [543] |
Ron McClelland StorySide:B | 33 | January 18, 2009 | Undiagnoused heart condition | |
David "Fathead" Newman | 75 | January 20, 2009 | Kingston, New York, U.S. | Complications of pancreatic cancer [544] |
Corey James Daum Lizzy Borden | 39 | January 24, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Car crash [545] |
Billy Powell Lynyrd Skynyrd | 56 | January 28, 2009 | Orange Park, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack [546] |
Hank Crawford | 74 | January 29, 2009 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Stroke [547] |
John Martyn | 60 | January 29, 2009 | Thomastown, Ireland | Respiratory failure [548] |
Dewey Martin Buffalo Springfield | 68 | January 31, 2009 | Van Nuys, California, U.S. | Natural causes [549] |
Cornelius Johnson Ohio Players | 71 | February 1, 2009 | Undisclosed causes | |
Tom Brumley Buck Owens, The Buckaroos, Rick Nelson, The Desert Rose Band, The Strangers | 73 | February 3, 2009 | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | Heart attack [550] |
Steve Dullaghan The Primitives, "Nocturnal Babies" | 45 | February 4, 2009 | Natural causes [551] | |
Lux Interior The Cramps | 62 | February 4, 2009 | Glendale, California, U.S. | Aortic dissection [552] |
Molly Bee | 69 | February 7, 2009 | Oceanside, California, U.S. | Stroke [553] |
Estelle Bennett The Ronettes | 67 | February 11, 2009 | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | Colon cancer [554] |
Elizabeth "Bispy" Amirian | 27 | February 12, 2009 | Stabbing | |
Louie Bellson Drummer for Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Harry James | 84 | February 14, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Parkinson's Disease [555] |
Morris Broadnax | 78 | February 17, 2009 | Congestive heart failure [556] | |
Snooks Eaglin | 72 | February 18, 2009 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Heart attack [557] |
Miika Tenkula Sentenced | 34 | February 18, 2009 | Muhos, Finland | Heart attack/Genetic heart disease [558] |
Kelly Groucutt Electric Light Orchestra | 63 | February 19, 2009 | Worcester, England | Heart attack [559] |
Ian Carr | 75 | February 25, 2009 | Alzheimer's Disease | |
Randall Bewley Pylon | 53 | February 25, 2009 | Athens, Georgia, U.S. | Heart attack [560] |
Ernest Ashworth | 80 | March 2, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Natural causes after bypass surgery [561] |
John Cephas Cephas & Wiggins | 78 | March 4, 2009 | Natural casuses/Pulmonary fibrosis [562] | |
Francis Magalona | 44 | March 6, 2009 | The Medical City, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines | Acute myeloid leukemia |
David Williams Guitarist for Chanson, Michael Jackson, Madonna, etc... | 58 | March 6, 2009 | Hampton, Virginia, U.S. | Cardiac arrest [563] |
Jimmy Boyd | 70 | March 7, 2009 | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | Cancer [564] |
Hank Locklin | 91 | March 8, 2009 | Brewton, Alabama, U.S. | Natural causes/Unknown [565] |
Willie King | 65 | March 8, 2009 | Old Memphis, Alabama, U.S. | Heart attack [566] |
Johnny Dinamo | 63 | March 9, 2009 | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | Cancer |
Eddie Bo | 78 | March 18, 2009 | Picayune, Mississippi, U.S. | Heart attack [567] |
Kent Henry Blues Image, Steppenwolf | 60 | March 18, 2009 | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease [568] |
Mel Brown | 69 | March 20, 2009 | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | Complications from emphysema [569] |
Uriel Jones The Funk Brothers | 74 | March 24, 2009 | Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. | Heart attack [570] |
Dan Seals England Dan and John Ford Coley | 61 | March 25, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Mantle cell lymphoma [571] |
John Mayhew Drummer for Genesis | 61 | March 26, 2009 | Glasgow, Scotland | Heart condition [572] |
Monte Hale | 89 | March 29, 2009 | Studio City, California, U.S. | After a long illness [573] |
Duane Jarvis | 51 | April 1, 2009 | Marina del Rey, California, U.S. | Colon cancer [574] |
Bud Shank | 82 | April 2, 2009 | Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | Pulmonary embolism [575] [576] |
Freddie "The Texas Legend" Everett "The Freddie Everett Band" | 49 | April 2, 2009 | Lou Gehrig's Disease/ALS [577] | |
Nancy Overton The Chordettes | 83 | April 5, 2009 | Blairstown, New Jersey, U.S. | Esophageal cancer [578] |
Tam Paton Bay City Rollers | 70 | April 8, 2009 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Heart attack [579] |
Randy Cain The Delfonics | 63 | April 9, 2009 | Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, U.S. | Undisclosed causes [580] |
Rocky Hill Dusty Hill's oldest brother and association of American Blues | 62 | April 10, 2009 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Undisclosed illness [581] |
Zeke Zarchy | 93 | April 11, 2009 | Irvine, California, U.S. | Pneumonia [582] |
Ron Stallings Huey Lewis and the News | 62 | April 13, 2009 | Multiple myeloma | |
Gregg Fulkerson Blue Tears | 44 | April 14, 2009 | Undisclosed [583] | |
Robert Brookins Earth, Wind & Fire, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jeffrey Osborne, The Whispers, Wayman Tisdale, etc... | 46 | April 15, 2009 | Heart attack [584] [585] | |
Betty Hall Jones | 98 | April 20, 2009 | Torrance, California, U.S. | Natural causes [586] |
Vern Gosdin | 74 | April 28, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Stroke [587] |
Ean Evans Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws | 48 | May 6, 2009 | Columbus, Mississippi, U.S. | Lung cancer [588] |
Maxine King The King Sisters | 97 | May 13, 2009 | Corona, California, U.S. | Unknown |
Dolla | 21 | May 18, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Murdered [589] [590] [591] |
Uli Trepte Guru Guru | 68 | May 21, 2009 | Berlin, Germany | Cancer [592] |
Jay Bennett Wilco | 45 | May 24, 2009 | Urbana, Illinois, U.S. | Accidental overdose [593] |
Koko Taylor | 80 | June 3, 2009 | Kildeer, Illinois, U.S. | Complications from gastrointestinal bleeding [594] |
Hugh Hopper Soft Machine | 64 | June 7, 2009 | Whitstable, Kent, England | Leukemia |
Barry Beckett | 66 | June 10, 2009 | Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. | Stroke |
Bob Bogle The Ventures | 75 | June 14, 2009 | Vancouver, Washington, U.S. | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma [595] |
Sky Saxon The Seeds | 71 | June 25, 2009 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | Heart and kidney failure [596] |
Michael Jackson The Jackson 5 | 50 | June 25, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cardiac arrest from propofol overdose. [597] |
Fayette Pinkney The Three Degrees | 61 | June 27, 2009 | Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Respiratory failure [598] |
Allen Klein Record label executive and co-founder of ABKCO Records | 77 | July 4, 2009 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Respiratory failure [599] |
Drake Levin Paul Revere & the Raiders | 62 | July 4, 2009 | San Francisco, California, U.S. | Cancer [600] |
George William Fullerton | 86 | July 4, 2009 | Fullerton, California, U.S. | [601] |
Midnight Crimson Glory | 47 | July 8, 2009 | St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. | Stomach aneurysm [602] |
Gordon Waller Peter and Gordon | 64 | July 17, 2009 | Norfolk, Connecticut, U.S. | Cardiac arrest [603] |
John Dawson New Riders of the Purple Sage | 64 | July 21, 2009 | San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | Stomach cancer [604] |
Andrew Freddie Thomas Bad Boys Blue | 63 | July 21, 2009 | Cologne, Germany | Pancreatic cancer |
Marcel Jacob Talisman | 45 | July 21, 2009 | Kristineberg, Stockholm, Sweden | Suicide [605] |
Danny McBride Sha Na Na | 63 | July 23, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cardiovascular disease |
Andy Parle Space | 42 | August 1, 2009 | Liverpool, England | Fell crossing the road [606] |
Mbah Surip | 52 | August 4, 2009 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Heart attack [607] |
Willy DeVille Mink DeVille | 58 | August 6, 2009 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer [608] |
Mike Seeger | 75 | August 7, 2009 | Lexington, Virginia, U.S. | Cancer [609] |
David Van De Pitte Record producer, arranger and co-founder of Motown Records | 67 | August 9, 2009 | Southfield, Michigan, U.S. | Cancer [610] |
Rashied Ali | 76 | August 12, 2009 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. | Heart attack [611] |
Les Paul | 94 | August 13, 2009 | White Plains, New York, U.S. | Pneumonia [612] |
Larry Knechtel Bread | 69 | August 20, 2009 | Yakima, Washington, U.S. | Heart attack [613] |
Johnny Carter The Flamingos, The Dells | 75 | August 21, 2009 | Harvey, Illinois, U.S. | Lung cancer [614] |
Ellie Greenwich | 68 | August 26, 2009 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Heart attack [615] |
DJ AM Crazy Town | 36 | August 28, 2009 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Drug overdose |
Marie Knight | 89 | August 30, 2009 | Harlem, New York City, U.S. | Complications from pneumonia |
Jake Drake-Brockman Echo & the Bunnymen | 53 | September 1, 2009 | Isle of Man | Traffic accident [616] |
Guy Babylon | 52 | September 2, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart attack [617] |
Jim Carroll | 60 | September 11, 2009 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. | Heart attack [618] |
Lily Tembo | 27 | September 14, 2009 | Lusaka, Zambia | Gastritis |
Mary Travers Peter, Paul And Mary | 72 | September 16, 2009 | Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. | Complications arising from bone marrow transplant [619] |
Roc Raida The X-Ecutioners | 37 | September 19, 2009 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Cardiac arrest |
John "Bootsie" Wilson The Silhouettes | 69 | September 21, 2009 | Unknown | |
Sam Carr The Jelly Roll Kings | 83 | September 21, 2009 | Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S. | Congestive heart failure [620] |
Greg Ladanyi Record producer | 57 | September 29, 2009 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Fractured skull after fall [621] |
Mercedes Sosa | 74 | October 4, 2009 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome |
Mike Alexander Evile | 32 | October 5, 2009 | Luleå, Sweden | Pulmonary embolism [622] |
Nate Niec Bassist of numerous punk bands | 27 | October 6, 2009 | Johns Creek, Georgia, U.S. | Road accident |
Steve Ferguson NRBQ | 60 | October 7, 2009 | ||
Stephen Gately Boyzone | 33 | October 10, 2009 | Majorca, Spain | Congenital heart defect [623] |
Dickie Peterson Blue Cheer | 61 | October 12, 2009 | Erkelenz, Germany | Liver cancer [624] |
Brendan Mullen Music promoter, founder of Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque | 60 | October 12, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Stroke [625] |
Al Martino | 82 | October 13, 2009 | Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Heart attack |
Sirone | 69 | October 21, 2009 | Berlin, Germany | [626] |
Luther Dixon The Platters, The Shirelles, The Four Buddies | 78 | October 22, 2009 | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | [627] |
Chris Bartley | 62 | October 26, 2009 | Kidney failure [628] | |
Taylor Mitchell | 19 | October 28, 2009 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Coyote attack [629] |
Norton Buffalo The Steve Miller Band | 58 | October 30, 2009 | Paradise, California, U.S. | Lung cancer [630] |
Chen Lin | 39 | October 31, 2009 | China | Suicide (Jumped from building) |
Jerry Fuchs !!!, Maserati | 34 | November 8, 2009 | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | Fall after elevator accident [631] |
Haydain Neale Jacksoul | 39 | November 22, 2009 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Lung cancer [632] |
Al Alberts The Four Aces | 87 | November 27, 2009 | Arcadia, Florida, U.S. | Renal failure [633] |
Bob Keane | 87 | November 28, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Kidney failure [634] |
Eric Woolfson The Alan Parsons Project | 64 | December 2, 2009 | London, England | Kidney cancer [635] |
Liam Clancy Makem and Clancy, The Clancy Brothers | 74 | December 4, 2009 | Cork, Ireland | Pulmonary fibrosis [636] |
Jack Rose Pelt | 38 | December 5, 2009 | Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Heart attack [637] |
Yvonne King The King Sisters | 89 | December 13, 2009 | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | Complications after a fall |
James Gurley Big Brother and the Holding Company | 69 | December 20, 2009 | Palm Desert, California, U.S. | Heart attack [638] |
Britanny Murphy | 32 | December 20, 2009 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Pneumonia/Cardiac arrest |
Mick Cocks Rose Tattoo | 54 | December 22, 2009 | Sydney, Australia | Liver cancer [639] |
Arnold S. Caplin Record producer, co-founder and owner of Historical Records and Biograph Records | 80 | December 25, 2009 | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Vic Chesnutt | 45 | December 25, 2009 | Athens, Georgia, U.S. | Suicide by drug overdose [640] |
Tony Bellamy Redbone | 63 | December 25, 2009 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Liver failure [641] |
The Rev Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends | 28 | December 28, 2009 | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. | Drug overdose [642] |
Rowland S. Howard The Birthday Party | 50 | December 30, 2009 | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | Hepatocellular carcinoma [643] |
Earl Gaines | 74 | December 31, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | [644] |
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