List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s)

The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1970s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Preceded by 1960s

List of deaths in popular music 1970s

Succeeded by 1980s

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Billy Stewart	32	January 17, 1970	Selma, North Carolina, U.S.	Car crash
L. C. McKinley	51	January 19, 1970	East Chicago, Indiana, U.S.	Natural causes
Slim Harpo	46	January 31, 1970	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.	Heart attack
Ishmon Bracey	69-71	February 12, 1970	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.	Unknown
Darrell Banks	32	February 24, 1970	Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.	Shot to death by police [1]
Tammi Terrell	24	March 16, 1970	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Brain tumor [2]
Mary Ann Ganser The Shangri-Las	22	March 16, 1970	Forest Hills, New York, U.S.	Heroin overdose
Kid Thomas	35	April 5, 1970	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot to death
George Goldner	52	April 15, 1970	Turtle Bay, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
Earl Hooker	41	April 21, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Tuberculosis
Otis Spann	40-46	April 24, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Liver cancer [3]
Frankie Lee Sims	53	May 10, 1970	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Pneumonia
Johnny Hodges	62	May 11, 1970	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
Earl Grant	39	June 10, 1970	Interstate 10, Lordsburg, New Mexico, U.S.	Car crash [4]
Lonnie Johnson	71	June 16, 1970	Toronto, Canada	[5]
Booker Ervin	39	August 31, 1970	New York City, U.S.	[6]
Alan Wilson Canned Heat	27	September 3, 1970	Topanga Canyon, California, U.S.	Suicide or accidental barbiturate overdose [7]
Maxwell Davis	54	September 18, 1970	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience	27	September 18, 1970	Kensington, London, England	Asphyxiation on vomit after consuming an unhealthy amount of barbiturates [8]
Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Company	27	October 4, 1970	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose [9]
Baby Huey Baby Huey & the Babysitters	26	October 28, 1970	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Drug induced heart attack
Agustín Lara	73	November 6, 1970	Mexico City, Mexico	[10]
Albert Ayler	34	November 25, 1970	New York City, New York, U.S.	Presumed suicide [11]
George "Smitty" Smith Original lead singer for The Manhattans	30	December 16, 1970		Brain tumor
Coot Grant	77	December 26, 1970	Riverside County, California, U.S.	Unknown
Harold McNair Ginger Baker's Air Force	39	March 7, 1971	London, England	Lung cancer
Francis Wolff	63	March 8, 1971	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack following surgery [12]
Arlester "Dyke" Christian Dyke and the Blazers	27	March 13, 1971	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.	Shot to death
Wynton Kelly	39	April 12, 1971	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Epileptic seizure [13]
Carmen Lombardo Younger brother of Guy Lombardo	67	April 17, 1971	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Undisclosed cancer
Jim Morrison The Doors	27	July 3, 1971	Paris, France	Heart failure brought on by heroin addiction [14]
Louis Armstrong	69	July 6, 1971	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack [15]
Henry D. "Homer" Haynes Homer and Jethro	51	August 7, 1971	Hammond, Indiana, U.S.	Heart attack
King Curtis	37	August 13, 1971	New York City, New York, U.S.	Stabbed to death
Thomas Wayne	31	August 15, 1971	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Car crash
Lil Hardin Armstrong	73	August 27, 1971	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack
Tony Clarke	31	August 28, 1971	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Murdered by his wife
Gene Vincent	36	October 12, 1971	Newhall, California, U.S.	Burst peptic ulcer
Duane Allman The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos	24	October 29, 1971	Macon, Georgia, U.S.	Motorcycle collison [16]
Art Laibly Record producer and manager	77	October 30, 1971		Unknown
Junior Parker	39	November 18, 1971	Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.	Following surgery for brain tumor
Papa Lightfoot	47	November 20, 1971	Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.	Respiratory failure
Charlie Fuqua The Ink Spots	61	December 21, 1971	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.	Unknown
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. "David Seville", creator of The Chipmunks	52	January 16, 1972	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Heart attack [17]
Big Maybelle	47	January 23, 1972	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Complications of diabetes/Coma [18]
Mahalia Jackson	60	January 27, 1972	Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S.	Heart failure and diabetes [19]
Lee Morgan	33	February 19, 1972	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot. [20]
Linda Jones	27	March 14, 1972	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	Complications of diabetes
Doles Dickens	56	May 2, 1972	Somewhere in New Jersey, U.S.	Unknown
Leslie Harvey Stone the Crows	27	May 3, 1972	Swansea, Wales	Electrocuted by a live microphone on stage
Reverend Gary Davis	76	May 5, 1972	Hammonton, New Jersey, U.S.	Heart attack
John Ryanes The Monotones	32	May 30, 1972	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	Unknown
Jimmy Rushing	70	June 8, 1972	New York City, New York, U.S.	Leukemia and blood cancer
Clyde McPhatter Billy Ward and His Dominoes, The Drifters	39	June 13, 1972	Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.	Alcohol related complications/ Heart attack [21]
Mississippi Fred McDowell	66	July 3, 1972	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Undisclosed
Lovie Austin	84	July 10, 1972	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Unknown
Brian Cole The Association	29	August 2, 1972	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose
Baby Tate	56	August 17, 1972	Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.	Heart attack
Calvin Frazier	57	September 23, 1972	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Undisclosed
Rory Storm	34	September 28, 1972	Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England	Suicide
Billy Murcia The New York Dolls	21	November 6, 1972	London, England	Accidental suffocation due to alcohol abuse
Raymond Jackson Record producer for Stax Records	31	November 10, 1972		Burned to death in a house fire
Berry Oakley The Allman Brothers Band	24	November 11, 1972	Macon, Georgia, U.S.	Motorcycle collison
Danny Whitten Crazy Horse	29	November 18, 1972	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Barbiturate & alcohol overdose
William Manuel Johnson	100	December 3, 1972	New Braunfels, Texas, U.S.	Unknown
Kenny Dorham	48	December 5, 1972	New York City, New York, U.S.	Kidney disease [22]
Jeffrey Carp	24	January 1, 1973		Drowned (boating accident)
Kid Ory	86	January 23, 1973	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.	Pneumonia and a heart attack
Cornelius "Tenoo" Coleman	44	February 20, 1973	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Stroke [23]
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Grateful Dead	27	March 8, 1973	Corte Madera, California, U.S.	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with alcoholism [24]
Duke Henderson	48	April 9, 1973	Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart failure
Sammy Babitzin	24	April 29, 1973	Jyväskylä, Finland	Visceral injuries caused by car accident
Mike Furber Mike Furber and the Bowery Boys	25	May 10, 1973	Sydney, Australia	Suicide by hanging
Clarence White The Kentucky Colonels, The Byrds	29	July 14, 1973	Palmdale, California, U.S.	Hit by a drunk driver
Jimmy Radcliffe	36	July 27, 1973	The Bronx, New York, U.S.	Kidney complications
Roger Lee Durham Percussionist for Bloodstone	27	July 27, 1973		Injuries following falling off a horse
Memphis Minnie	76	August 6, 1973	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke [25]
Paul Williams The Temptations	34	August 17, 1973	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Gunshot wound (disputed suicide)
Gram Parsons The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers	26	September 19, 1973	Joshua Tree, California, U.S.	Morphine and alcohol related heart failure
Jim Croce	30	September 20, 1973	Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S.	Plane crash [26]
Maury Muehleisen Jim Croce's lead guitarist	24	September 20, 1973	Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S.	Plane crash
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	58	October 9, 1973	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Stroke [27]
Gene Krupa	64	October 16, 1973	Yonkers, New York, U.S.	Leukemia and blood cancer [28]
Zeke Zettner The Stooges	25	November 10, 1973		Heroin overdose
Allan Sherman	48	November 20, 1973	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Respiratory failure
John Rostill The Shadows	31	November 26, 1973	Radlett, Hertfordshire, England	Suicide
Bobby Darin	37	December 20, 1973	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications of cardiac bypass surgery
Lowman Pauling The Five Royales	47	December 26, 1973	Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.	Epileptic seizure
Packy Axton The Mar-Keys	32	January 20, 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Cirrhosis or heart attack
Bobby Bloom	28	February 28, 1974	Hollywood, California, U.S.	Accidentally shot himself
Bobby Timmons	38	March 1, 1974	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cirrhosis of the liver
Harry Womack The Valentinos	28	March 9, 1974	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stabbed to death
Roy Hawkins	71	March 19, 1974	Compton, California, U.S.	Cirrhosis of the liver
Arthur Crudup	68	March 28, 1974	Nassawadox, Virginia, U.S.	Complications of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Graham Bond The Graham Bond Organisation, Ginger Baker's Air Force	36	May 8, 1974	London, England	Suicide by a subway train
Duke Ellington	75	May 24, 1974	New York City, New York, U.S.	Pneumonia and lung cancer [29]
Don Rich The Buckaroos	32	July 17, 1974	San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.	Motorcycle crash
Gene Ammons	49	July 23, 1974	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Undisclosed
Lightnin' Slim	61	July 27, 1974	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Stomach cancer
Cass Elliot The Mamas & the Papas	32	July 29, 1974	London, England	Heart failure [30]
Bill Chase Chase	39	August 9, 1974	Jackson, Minnesota, U.S.	Plane crash
Wallace "Wally" Yohn Chase	27	August 12, 1974	Jackson, Minnesota	Plane crash
Tina Brooks	42	August 13, 1974	New York City, New York, U.S.	Liver failure
Robbie McIntosh Average White Band	24	September 23, 1974	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Drug overdose
Pink Anderson	74	October 12, 1974	Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.	Heart attack
Victor Olof Record producer for Decca Records and HMV Records	76	November 3, 1974		Unknown
Ivory Joe Hunter	60	November 8, 1974	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Lung cancer
Nick Drake	26	November 25, 1974	Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England	Suicide by acute amitriptyline overdose [31]
Ezra Carter Manager of the Carter Family	78	January 22, 1975		Unknown
Louis Jordan Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	66	February 4, 1975	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Dave Alexander The Stooges	27	February 10, 1975	Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.	Pulmonary edema from alcohol abuse
J. B. Long	71	February 25, 1975	Elon, North Carolina, U.S.	Unknown
T-Bone Walker	64	March 16, 1975	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stroke/Bronchial pneumonia
Walter Vinson	74	April 22, 1975	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	[32]
Pete Ham Badfinger	27	April 24, 1975	Surrey, England	Suicide by hanging
Tom Donahue Rock and roll radio disc jockey	46	April 29, 1975		Heart attack
Bob Wills	70	May 13, 1975	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	Pneumonia [33]
Tim Buckley	28	June 29, 1975	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose [34]
Chan Daniels The Highwaymen	35	July 2, 1975		Pneumonia
George Morgan	51	July 7, 1975		Heart attack
Don Robey Record producer	71	July 16, 1975	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Heart attack
Lefty Frizzell	47	July 19, 1975	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke
Fran O'Toole The Miami Showband	28	July 31, 1975	A1 road at Buskhill, County Down, Northern Ireland	Ambushed and murdered
Tony Geraghty The Miami Showband	24	July 31, 1975	A1 road at Buskhill, County Down, Northern Ireland	Ambushed and murdered
Brian McCoy The Miami Showband	32	July 31, 1975	A1 road at Buskhill, County Down, Northern Ireland	Ambushed and murdered
Cannonball Adderley	46	August 8, 1975	Gary, Indiana, U.S.	Cerebral hemorrhage
Otto Jeffries The Five Royales	63	August 8, 1975	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.	Unknown
Al Jackson, Jr. Booker T. & the MG's	39	October 1, 1975	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Murder
Oliver Nelson	43	October 28, 1975	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack [35]
Fiddlin' Joe Martin	75	November 2, 1975	Walls, Mississippi, U.S.	Unknown
Gary Thain The Keef Hartley Band, Uriah Heep	27	December 8, 1975	Norwood Green, England	Heroin overdose [36]
Hound Dog Taylor	60	December 17, 1975	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Lung cancer
Howlin' Wolf	65	January 10, 1976	Hines, Illinois, U.S.	Congestive heart failure
Chris Kenner	46	January 25, 1976	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Heart attack
Rudy Pompilli Bill Haley & His Comets	51	February 5, 1976	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Lung cancer
Percy Faith	67	February 9, 1976	Encino, California, U.S	Cancer
Sal Mineo	37	February 12, 1976	West Hollywood, California, U.S.	Stabbed to death
Florence Ballard The Supremes	32	February 22, 1976	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Coronary thrombosis and cardiac arrest [37]
Arthur Gunter	49	March 16, 1976	Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.	Pneumonia
Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson	34	March 18, 1976	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Lung cancer
Paul Kossoff Free, Back Street Crawler	25	March 19, 1976	Flight from New York to Los Angeles, U.S.	Pulmonary embolism/Lung blood clot [38]
Jimmy Garrison	42	April 7, 1976	New York City, New York, U.S.	Lung cancer [39]
Phil Ochs	35	April 9, 1976	New York City, New York, U.S.	Suicide by hanging [40]
William Bobo The Dixie Hummingbirds	54	April 28, 1976		Unknown
Keith Relf The Yardbirds	33	May 12, 1976	London, England	Electrocuted by a guitar [41]
Charles Stepney Record producer and arranger	45	May 17, 1976	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack
Melvin Jackson	60	May 30, 1976	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Car crash
Cecilia	27	August 2, 1976	Quiruelas de Vidriales, Castile and León, Spain	Car crash
Jimmy Reed	50	August 29, 1976	Oakland, California, U.S.	Epileptic seizure
L. C. Robinson	61	September 26, 1976	Berkeley, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Leo Mintz Record store and music promoter	65	November 4, 1976	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Unknown
Tommy Bolin Deep Purple, The James Gang, Zephyr	25	December 4, 1976	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Heroin and alcohol overdose [42]
Freddie King	42	December 28, 1976	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Stomach ulcer and pancreatitis
Buddy Johnson	62	February 9, 1977	New York City, New York, U.S.	Brain tumor and sickle cell anemia
Bukka White	67-70	February 26, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Undisclosed
Achim Kirchhoff Scorpions	30	April 1, 1977		Unknown
Annette Snell	32	April 4, 1977	New Hope, Georgia, U.S.	Southern Airways Flight 242 plane crash
Julius Watkins	55	April 4, 1977	Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.	Diabetes [43]
Helmut Köllen Triumvirat	27	May 3, 1977	Cologne, Germany	Carbon monoxide poisoning
Lafayette Thomas	48	May 20, 1977	Brisbane, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Paul Desmond	52	May 30, 1977	New York City, New York, U.S.	Lung cancer [44]
Sleepy John Estes	77-78	June 5, 1977	Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke
Peter Laughner Pere Ubu	24	June 22, 1977	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Acute pancreatitis from alcohol poisoning [45]
Baby Boy Warren	57	July 1, 1977	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack
Big John Wrencher	54	July 15, 1977	Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.	Heart attack
Richie Kamuca	46	July 22, 1977	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer [46]
Milt Buckner	62	July 27, 1977	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack [47]
Elvis Presley	42	August 16, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Cardiac arrhythmia [48]
Tarheel Slim	63	August 21, 1977	New York City, New York, U.S.	Pneumonia brought on by chemotherapy
Ethel Waters	80	September 1, 1977	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Uterine cancer [49]
George Barnes	56	September 5, 1977	Concord, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Mercy Baby	47	September 10, 1977	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Gunshot wound
Marc Bolan T. Rex	29	September 16, 1977	London, England	Traffic accident [50]
Shirley Brickley The Orlons	33	October 13, 1977	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Shot to death by home intruder
Bing Crosby	74	October 14, 1977	Alcobendas, Spain	Heart attack
Cassie Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd	29	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, U.S.	Plane accident
Steve Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd	28	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, U.S.	Plane accident
Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd	29	October 20, 1977	Gillsburg, Mississippi, U.S.	Plane accident
Peg Leg Sam	65	October 27, 1977	Jonesville, South Carolina, U.S.	Unknown
Guy Lombardo Older brother of Carmen Lombardo	75	November 5, 1977	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Heart attack
Rahsaan Roland Kirk	42	December 5, 1977	Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.	Stroke
Big Chief Ellis	63	December 20, 1977	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	Heart failure
St. Louis Jimmy Oden	74	December 30, 1977		Bronchopneumonia
Terry Kath Chicago	31	January 23, 1978	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Accidentally shot himself [51]
Vic Ames Ames Brothers	52	January 28, 1978		Car crash
Gregory Herbert	30	January 31, 1978	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Drug overdose
Johnny Wallace The Four Knights	65	March 2, 1978		Unknown
Bill Kenny The Ink Spots	63	March 23, 1978	New Westminster, Canada	Respiratory illness [52]
Money Johnson	60	March 28, 1978	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
Sandy Denny	31	April 21, 1978	London, England	Cerebral hemorrhage after accidental fall
Gerry Shury	33	May 24, 1978	Surrey, England	Traffic accident
Juke Boy Bonner	46	June 29, 1978	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Cirrhosis
Glenn Goins Parliament-Funkadelic	24	July 29, 1978		Hodgkin's lymphoma
Joe Negroni Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	37	September 5, 1978	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cerebral hemorrhage
Al Benson Radio disc jockey, music promoter and record label owner	70	September 6, 1978	Three Oaks, Michigan, U.S.	Unknown
Tom Wilson Record producer	47	September 6, 1978	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Keith Moon The Who	32	September 7, 1978	London, England	Drug overdose [53]
Johnny O'Keefe	43	October 6, 1978	Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia	Heart attack
Jacques Brel	49	October 9, 1978	Boubigny, France	Pulmonary embolism
Mel Street	45	October 21, 1978	Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States	Suicide by gunshot
Maybelle Carter Carter Family, The Carter Sisters	69	October 23, 1978	Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.	Respiratory disease
Lennie Tristano	59	November 18, 1978	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack [54]
Chris Bell Big Star	27	December 27, 1978	East Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Traffic accident
Charles Mingus	56	January 8, 1979	Cuernavaca, Mexico	[55]
Sara Carter Carter Family	80	January 8, 1979	Lodi, California, U.S.	Unknown
Donny Hathaway	33	January 13, 1979	New York City, New York, U.S.	Suicide or accidental fall [56]
Grant Green	43	January 31, 1979	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
Sid Vicious Sex Pistols	21	February 2, 1979	New York City, New York, U.S.	Drug overdose (possible suicide)
Mike Patto Timebox, Patto, Spooky Tooth, Boxer	36	March 4, 1979		lymphatic leukemia
Freddy Owens Saxophonist for Bill Deal and the Rhondels	29	March 4, 1979	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.	Shot to death
Roy Montrell	51	March 16, 1979	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Drug overdose
Zenon De Fleur Guitarist for The Count Bishops	27	March 17–18, 1979		Car crash and subsequent medical complications
Joe Willie Wilkins	56-58	March 28, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Meningitis
Doug Rauch Bassist for Santana	28	April 23, 1979	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Drug overdose [57]
James Leroy	32	May 10, 1979	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Suicide
Blue Mitchell	49	May 21, 1979	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer
Jack Haley The Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz	81	June 6, 1979	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack [58]
Darla Hood Our Gang	47	June 13, 1979	North Hollywood, California, U.S.	Heart failure from hepatitis
Lowell George	34	June 29, 1979	Arlington, Virginia, U.S.	Heart attack
Van McCoy	39	July 6, 1979	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.	Heart attack
Minnie Riperton Rotary Connection	31	July 12, 1979	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Breast cancer [59]
Dorsey Burnette the Rock and Roll Trio	46	August 19, 1979	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Coronary thrombosis
Jimmy McCulloch Paul McCartney & Wings	26	September 27, 1979	London, England	Morphine poisoning
Gus Cannon	96	October 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Unknown
Tiki Fulwood Parliament-Funkadelic	35	October 29, 1979		Stomach cancer
John Glascock Carmen, Jethro Tull	28	November 17, 1979	London, England	Congenital heart defect
Judee Sill	35	November 23, 1979	North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Either suicide by speedball overdose or accidental speedball overdose
Jackie Brenston	49-51	December 15, 1979	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart attack
Voyle Gilmore Record producer from Capitol Records	67	December 19, 1979		Unknown

See also

• List of deaths in rock and roll (1950s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1960s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1980s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1990s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (2000s)
• List of 2010s deaths in popular music
• List of 2020s deaths in popular music

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