List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s)

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

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