Music Immortals

September 28, 2008

in memoriam

death
3/9/1706	johann pachelbel	52
7/28/1741	antonio vivaldi	63	internal infection
7/29/1750	johann sebastian bach	65	eye surgery
7/23/1757	domenico scarlatti	71
4/14/1759	george frideric handel	74	cancer
12/5/1791	wolfgang amadeas mozart	34	rheumatic fever
5/31/1809	joseph haydn	77	artillery bombardment
3/26/1827	ludwig van beethoven	56	lead poisoning
11/29/1828	franz schubert	31	mercury treatment for syphilis/ typhiod fever?
5/27/1840	niccolò paganini	57	mercury treatment for syphilis/ throat cancer
1/11/1843	francis scott key	63	pleurisy
11/4/1847	felix mendelssohn	38	strokes
10/17/1849	frédéric chopin	39	long illness
1/13/1864	stephen foster	37	fever/ fell/ cut/ loss of blood
6/3/1875	georges bizet	36	heart attack
2/13/1883	richard wagner	69	heart attack
7/31/1886	franz liszt	74	pneumonia
11/6/1893	pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky	53	cholera
4/3/1897	johannes brahms	63	cancer
6/3/1899	johann strauss II	73	pneumonia
1/27/1901	giuseppe verdi	87	stroke
5/1/1904	antonín dvořák	62	after a short illness
6/8/1908	nikolai rimsky-korsakov	64	heart failure
5/18/1911	gustav mahler	50	failing health
9/1/1912	samuel coleridge-taylor	37	pneumonia
4/1/1917	scott joplin	49	syphilis
3/25/1918	claude debussy	55	colorectal cancer
2/8/1921	george formby sr.	45	bronchitis tuberculosis
8/2/1921	enrico caruso	48	pleurisy
12/16/1921	camille saint-saëns	86	pneumonia
7/27/1924	ferruccio busoni	58	kidney disease
11/29/1924	giacomo puccini	67	throat cancer/ radiation/ heart attack
12/12/1929	blind lemon jefferson	35	heart attack or murder and/or froze to death
8/6/1931	bix beiderbecke	28	alcoholism/ delirium tremens/ seizure
3/6/1932	john phillip sousa	77	died in his sleep
5/26/1933	jimmie rodgers	35	tuberculosis
12/24/1935	alban berg	50
7/11/1937	george gershwin	38	brain tumor
9/26/1937	bessie smith	43	car crash
12/28/1937	maurice ravel	62	taxi crash/head injury/ experimental brain surgery
8/16/1938	robert johnson	27	murder/strychnine
2/18/1940	rudy wiedoeft	47	cirrhosis
6/29/1941	ignaz paderewski	80	pneumonia
3/2/1942	charlie christian	25	tuberculosis
3/28/1943	sergei rachmaninoff	69	melanoma
11/22/1943	lorenz hart	48	pneumonia
12/15/1943	fats waller	39	pneumonia
12/15/1944	glenn miller	40	aircraft lost
9/26/1945	béla bartók	64	leukemia
6/1/1948	sonny boy williamson	34	mugged
12/6/1949	lead belly	61	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
10/23/1950	al jolson	64	heart attack
2/3/1951	ed haley	65	heart attack
7/13/1951	arnold schoenberg	76	triskaidekaphobia
1/1/1953	hank williams	29	morphine
3/5/1953	sergei prokofiev	61	stroke
5/16/1953	django reinhardt	43	brain hemorrhage
12/25/1954	johnny ace	25	pcp/ shot himself
3/12/1955	charlie parker	35	pneumonia/ bleeding ulcer
5/4/1955	george enescu	63
8/5/1955	carmen miranda	46	toxemia/ heart failure
11/5/1956	art tatum	47	kidney failure
11/26/1956	tommy dorsey	51	sleeping pills/ asphyxiation
1/16/1957	arturo toscanini	89	stroke
2/15/1958	little walter	37	alcoholism/ fight injuries/ died in his sleep
8/14/1958	big bill broonzy	60	throat cancer
2/3/1959	ritchie valens	17	plane crash
2/3/1959	buddy holly	22	plane crash
2/3/1959	the big bopper	28	plane crash
7/17/1959	billie holiday	44	cirrhosis
10/17/1959	mario lanza	38	pulmonary embolism
4/21/1960	eddie cochran	21	taxi accident
8/23/1960	oscar hammerstein II	65	stomach cancer
11/5/1960	johnny horton	35	car crash
3/6/1961	george fromby jr.	56	heart attack
4/29/1961	cisco houston	42	stomach cancer
4/10/1962	stuart sutcliffe	21	fight injuries/ cerebral paralysis
3/5/1963	patsy cline	30	plane crash
5/24/1963	elmore james	45	heart attack
12/14/1963	dinah washington	39	accidental overdose of prescription sleeping medication
7/31/1964	jim reeves	40	plane crash
8/14/1964	johnny burnette	30	drowned
10/1/1964	ernst toch	76	stomach cancer
10/15/1964	cole porter	73	kidney failure
12/11/1964	sam cooke	33	shot
2/15/1965	nat king cole	45	lung cancer
10/27/1965	peter lafarge	34	stroke or overdose/or suicide by bleeding
11/6/1965	edgard varèse	81	intestinal surgery
4/30/1966	richard fariña	29	motorcycle accident
7/18/1966	bobby fuller	23	"suicide"/murder
7/31/1966	bud powell	41	tuberculosis
7/17/1967	john coltrane	40	liver cancer
10/3/1967	woody guthrie	35	huntington's disease
12/10/1967	otis redding	26	plane crash
2/27/1968	frankie lymon	25	heroin
6/22/1969	judy garland	47	seconal
7/3/1969	brian jones	27	drowning/drugs/ murder?
9/5/1969	josh white	55	failed heart valve surgery
3/16/1970	tammi terrell	24	malignant brain tumor
9/3/1970	alan "blind owl" wilson	27	barbiturate overdose
9/18/1970	jimi hendrix	27	vesperax/ asphyxiation
10/4/1970	janis joplin	27	heroin
4/6/1971	igor stravinsky	88
7/3/1971	jim morrison	27	heroin
7/6/1971	louis armstrong	69	heart attack
7/17/1971	cliff "ukelele ike" edwards	76	cardiac arrest/ arterioscleosis
8/31/1971	king curtis	37	stabbed
10/12/1971	gene vincent	36	ruptured stomach ulcer
10/29/1971	duane allman	24	motorcycle crash
12/28/1971	max steiner	83	congestive heart failure
1/16/1972	david seville	52	heart attack
1/27/1972	mahalia jackson	60	diabetes/ heart failure
6/13/1972	cylde mcphatter	39	alcohol: heart/liver/ kidney disease
11/6/1972	billy murcia	21	choked to death
11/18/1972	danny whitten	29	heroin
3/8/1973	ron "pigpen" mckernan	27	alcohol/ gastrointestinal hemorrhage
7/14/1973	clarence white	29	hit by drunken driver
8/17/1973	paul williams	34	shot/believed to be suicide
9/19/1973	gram parsons	26	morphine/alcohol
9/20/1973	jim croce	30	plane crash
10/16/1973	gene krupa	64	leukemia and heart failure
10/22/1973	pablo casals	96	brief illness
12/20/1973	bobby darin	37	prosthetic heart valve clot
7/29/1974	mama cass	32	died in her sleep/ heart attack
10/24/1974	david oistrakh	66	heart attack
2/4/1975	louis jordan	66	heart attack
4/12/1975	joséphine baker	69	natural causes
4/27/1947	peter ham	27	suicide by hanging
5/13/1975	bob wills	70	strokes
11/25/1974	nick drake	26	amitriptyline
5/24/1975	duke ellington	75	lung cancer/ pneumonia
8/9/1975	dmitri shostakovich	68	lung cancer
12/17/1975	hound dog taylor	60	cancer
1/10/1976	howlin' wolf	65	kidney failure
1/23/1976	paul robeson	77	stroke
2/22/1976	florence ballard	32	coronary thrombosis
9/14/1976	paul kossoff	25	drug-related heart problems
4/9/1976	phil ochs	35	suicide by hanging
5/14/1976	keith relf	33	electrocuted by guitar
6/25/1976	johnny mercer	66	surgery to remove brain tumor/ complications
8/29/1976	jimmy reed	50	alcoholism/epilepsy
7/24/1977	utah carl	57	carcinoma of lung
8/16/1977	elvis presley	42	drugs/ enlarged heart/ heart attack
9/16/1977	maria callas	53	heart attack
9/16/1977	marc bolan	29	car crash
10/14/1977	bing crosby	74	heart attack
10/20/1977	ronnie van zant	29	air crash
10/20/1977	steve gaines	28	air crash
4/21/1978	sandy denny	31	cerebral hemorrhage
5/1/1978	aram khachaturian	74
8/4/1978	frank fontaine	58	heart attack
8/24/1978	louis prima	67	brain tumor
9/1/1978	keith moon	32	clomethiazole
1/5/1979	charles mingus	56	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1/13/1979	donny hathaway	33	suicide/leapt to his death
2/2/1979	sid vicious	21	heroin
5/11/1979	lester flatt	64	heart failure
6/29/1979	lowell george	34	heart attack
7/12/1979	minnie riperton	31	breast cancer
12/30/1979	richards rodgers	77	survived cancer of the jaw/ heart attack/ laryngectomy, then …
1/7/1980	larry williams	44	shot/ maybe not a suicide
1/29/1980	jimmy durante	86	stroke/ pneumonia
1/30/1980	professor longhair	61	died in his sleep
2/19/1980	bon scott	33	alcohol poisoning
3/29/1980	annuzio mantovani	74
9/25/1980	john bonham	32	alcohol/ asphyxiation
12/8/1980	john lennon	40	shot
12/29/1980	tim hardin	39	heroin/morphine
2/15/1981	mike bloomfield	37	heroin
5/11/1981	bob marley	36	melanoma
7/16/1981	harry chapin	38	car crash
12/27/1981	hoagy carmichael	82	heart failure
1/30/1982	lightnin' hopkins	69	esophageal cancer/ pneumonia
2/17/1982	thelonious monk	64	stroke
6/16/1982	james honeyman-scott	25	cocaine
10/4/1982	glenn gould	50	stroke
12/8/1982	marty robbins	57	heart surgery complications
2/4/1983	karen carpenter	32	anorexia nervosa
2/12/1983	eubie blake	96
4/17/1983	felix pappalardi	43	shot
4/30/1983	muddy waters	70	died in his sleep
7/5/1983	harry james	67	lymphatic cancer
8/17/1983	ira gershwin	86	died in his sleep/ heart disease
11/19/1983	tom evans	36	suicide by hanging
12/28/1983	dennis wilson	39	alcohol-related drowning
1/21/1984	jackie wilson	49	heart attack
2/15/1984	ethel merman	76	brain tumor/ found dead/ natural causes
4/1/1984	marvin gaye	44	shot
4/26/1984	count basie	79	pancreatic cancer
7/4/1984	jimmie spheeris	36	motorcycle crash
7/25/1984	big mama thorton	57	alcohol abuse/ liver and heart complications
9/6/1984	ernest tubb	70	emphysema
9/20/1984	steve goodman	36	leukemia
3/29/1985	the singing nun	51	suicide/barbiturates and alcohol
10/12/1985	ricky wilson	32	aids
11/24/1985	big joe turner	74	heart attack
12/12/1985	ian stewart	47	respiratory problems/ heart attack
12/31/1985	ricky nelson	45	air crash
3/4/1986	richard manuel	42	suicide by hanging
3/11/1986	sonny terry	74
6/13/1986	benny goodman	77	heart attack
6/17/1986	kate smith	79	diabetes
7/3/1986	rudy vallée	84	cancer
12/2/1986	desi arnaz	69	lung cancer
2/4/1987	liberace	67	aids
3/21/1987	dino martin	35	air crash
4/2/1987	buddy rich	69	heart failure following surgery for malignant brain tumor
4/17/1987	carlton barret	36	murder/shot
5/4/1987	paul butterfield	44	alcohol/drug abuse/heart attack
6/2/1987	andrés segovia	94	heart attack
12/10/1987	jascha heifetz	86
12/12/1987	clifton chenier	62	diabetes-related kidney disease
3/5/1988	andy gibb	30	cocaine/ myocarditis
4/28/1988	b.w. stevenson	38	heart valve surgery
5/13/1988	chet baker	58	heroin/cocaine/ head wounds
6/22/1988	jesse ed davis	43	drug overdose
9/14/1988	roy buchanan	48	suicide by hanging
10/19/1988	son house	86	cancer of the larynx
12/6/1988	roy orbison	52	heart attack
2/1/1989	blaze foley	39	shot
5/7/1989	ron wilson	43	brain aneurysm
9/22/1989	irving berlin	101	heart attack
11/5/1989	vladimir horowitz	86	stroke
2/8/1990	del shannon	55	suicide/shot
4/3/1990	sarah vaughan	66	lung cancer
5/16/1990	sammy davis jr	64	throat cancer
6/2/1990	stiv bators	40	hit by taxi/ died in his sleep from untreated injuries
8/27/1990	stevie ray vaughn	35	helicopter crash
10/14/1990	leonard bernstein	72	tobacco
10/16/1990	art blakey	71	lung cancer
4/20/1991	steve marriott	44	fire
4/23/1991	johnny thunders	38	drug-related causes/ possible foul play
5/24/1991	gene clark	46	alcohol/ bleeding ulcer
6/1/1991	david ruffin	50	cocaine
6/6/1991	stan getz	64	liver cancer
9/4/1991	dottie west	58	car crash
9/18/1991	robin tyner	46	heart attack
9/28/1991	miles davis	65	stroke/pneumonia/ respiratory failure
11/24/1991	freddie mercury	45	aids caused bronchial pneumonia
1/14/1992	jerry nolan	45	meningitis pneumonia stroke
1/29/1992	willie dixon	76	heart failure
5/17/1992	lawrence welk	92	pneumonia
8/12/1992	john cage	79	stroke
10/25/1992	roger miller	56	lung and throat cancer
1/6/1993	dizzy gillespie	75	pancreatic cancer
3/8/1993	billy eckstine	78
4/8/1993	marian anderson	96	heart failure
11/24/1993	albert collins	61	lung cancer
12/4/1993	frank zappa	52	prostate cancer
12/19/1993	michael clarke	47	alcohol/ liver failure
1/15/1994	harry nilsson	52	heart failure
2/22/1994	papa john creach	76	heart attack/ pneumonia
2/24/1994	dinah shore	77	ovarian cancer
4/5/1994	kurt cobain	27	suicide/shot
6/14/1994	henry mancini	70	pancreatic cancer
9/6/1994	nicky hopkins	50	intestinal surgery
10/4/1994	danny gatton	49	suicide/shot
11/10/1994	carmen mcrae	74	empheysema/ stroke
11/19/1994	cab calloway	86	stroke
11/23/1994	tommy boyce	55	suicide/shot
2/18/1995	bob stinson	35	alcohol and drug abuse
3/31/1995	selina	23	murder/shot
8/9/1995	jerry garcia	53	heart attack
10/21/1995	shannon hoon	28	cocaine
11/23/1995	junior walker	64	cancer
12/25/1995	dean martin	78	lung cancer
2/16/1996	brownie mcghee	80	stomach cancer
5/11/1996	walter hyatt	46	air crash
6/15/1996	ella fitzgerald	79	diabetes
7/17/1996	chas chandler	57	heart condition
9/9/1996	bill monroe	84	stroke
9/13/1996	tupac shakur	25	shot
11/2/1996	eva cassidy	33	melanoma
11/30/1996	tiny tim	64	heart attack
12/10/1996	faron young	64	suicide/shot
1/1/1997	townes van zandt	52	post-surgical pulmonary embolism
1/2/1997	randy california	45	drowned
3/9/1997	notorious b.i.g.	24	shot
3/10/1997	lavern baker	67	coronary complications
4/8/1997	laura nyro	49	ovarian cancer
5/9/1997	georg solti	84	sudden death
5/29/1997	jeff buckley	30	drowned
6/4/1997	ronnie lane	51	multiple sclerosis/ pneumonia
6/26/1997	iz kamakawiwo'ole	38	weight-related respiratory illness
8/1/1997	sviatoslav richter	82	heart attack
10/12/1997	john denver	53	plane crash
11/22/1997	michael hutchence	37	suicide by hanging or autoerotic asphyxiation
12/1/1997	stéphane grapelli	89	complications from hernia surgery
1/19/1998	carl perkins	65	strokes/ throat cancer
2/6/1998	carl wilson	51	tobacco/lung and brain cancer
4/6/1998	wendy o. williams	48	suicide/shot
4/17/1998	linda mccartney	56	breast cancer
5/14/1998	frank sinatra	82	heart attack
7/6/1998	roy rogers	86	congestive heart failure
9/26/1998	betty carter	69	pancreatic cancer
10/2/1998	gene autry	91	colon cancer
11/22/1998	irving berlin	101	heart attack
3/2/1999	dusty springfield	59	breast cancer
3/12/1999	yehudi menuhin	82	bronchitis
6/5/1999	mel tormé	73	stroke
6/16/1999	screamin' lord sutch	58	suicide by hanging
10/9/1999	milt jackson	76	liver cancer
10/16/1999	bruce cameron	43	murder/suicide?
10/26/1999	hoyt axton	61	strokes/ heart attack
11/18/1999	doug sahm	58	died in his sleep/ heart attack
12/10/1999	rick danko	56	died in his sleep/ heart failure
12/26/1999	curtis mayfield	57	diabetes
2/12/2000	screamin' jay hawkins	70	after surgery for aneurysm
5/31/2000	tito puente	77	failed to recover from heart surgery
8/25/2000	jack nitzsche	63	recurring bronchial infection/cardiac arrest
10/18/2000	julie london	74	stroke
12/31/2ooo	eddy shaver	38	heroin
3/18/2001	john phillips	65	heart failure
4/15/2001	joey ramone	49	lymphoma
5/12/2001	perry como	88	died in his sleep
6/4/2001	john hartford	63	non-hodgkin's lymphoma
6/21/2001	john lee hooker	83	died in his sleep
6/30/2001	chet atkins	77	colon cancer
7/27/2001	leon wilkeson	49	liver and lung disease
8/25/2001	aaliyah	22	plane crash
9/22/2001	isaac stern	81	congestive heart failure
11/3/2001	champ hood	49	lung cancer
11/29/2001	george harrison	58	lung cancer
12/15/2001	rufus thomas	84	heart failure
123/16/2001	stuart adamson	43	self-strangulation
1/21/2002	peggy lee	81	diabetes and heart attack
2/10/2002	dave van ronk	65	colon cancer
6/5/2002	dee dee ramone	49	heroin
6/27/2002	john entwistle	57	cocaine induced heart attack
6/29/2002	rosemary cloney	74	lung cancer
8/31/2002	lionel hampton	94	congestive heart failure
12/13/2002	zal yanovsky	57	congestive heart failure
12/22/2002	joe strummer	50	congenital heart defect
1/12/2003	maurice gibb	53	twisted intestine
1/23/2003	nell carter	54	diabetes/obesity heart disease
3/2/2003	hank ballard	76	throat cancer
4/10/2003	little eva	59	cervical cancer
4/21/2003	nina simone	70	breast cancer/ died in her sleep
5/11/2003	noel redding	57	found dead/ no cause given
6/15/2003	june carter cash	73	heart valve replacement surgery complications
7/4/2003	barry white	58	renal failure
7/16/2003	celia cruz	77	cancerous brain tumor
8/9/2003	gregory hines	57	liver cancer
9/7/2003	warren zevon	56	mesothelioma
9/12/2003	johnny cash	71	diabetes/ autonomic neuropathy
9/16/2003	sheb wooley	82	leukemia
9/26/2003	robert palmer	54	heart attack
11/5/2003	bobby hatfield	63	cocaine
2/3/1004	cornelius bumpus	58	heart attack
3/26/2004	jan berry	62	seizure/stroke
3/30/2004	timi yuro	63	cancer of the thoat
4/1/2004	paul atkinson	58	liver and kidney disease
5/31/2004	robert quine	61	heroin/grief
6/10/2004	ray charles	73	liver cancer
7/13/2004	arthur "killer" kane	55	leukemia
8/6/2004	rick james	56	drug abuse/ diabetes/pulmonary and cardiac failures
8/26/2004	laura branigan	47	brain aneurysm
9/15/2004	johnny ramone	55	prostate cancer
9/19/2004	skeeter davis	72	breast cancer
2/6/2005	merle kilgore	70	lung cancer/ congestive heart failure
3/26/2005	paul hester	46	depression/ suicide by hanging
7/1/2005	luther vandross	54	diabetes/ hypertension/ stroke
7/21/2005	long john baldry	64	severe chest infection
8/13/2005	allen damron	66	pneumonia complications
11/1/2005	skitch henderson	87	natrural causes
11/5/2005	link wray	76	no cause given
1/19/2006	wilson pickett	64	heart attack
3/7/2006	jesse taylor	55	hepatitis c and cirrhosis
4/5/2006	gene pitney	66	found dead/ natural causes
6/6/2006	billy preston	59	kidney disease/ malignant hypertension
7/7/2006	syd barrett	60	diabetes/ pancreatic cancer
9/20/2006	don walser	72	diabetes
9/21/2006	boz burrell	60	heart attack
10/14/2006	freddy fender	69	lung cancer
12/25/2006	james brown	73	congestive heart failure/ pneumonia
2/2/2007	eric von schmidt	75	throat cancer/ stroke
3/9/2007	brad delp	55	suicide/ carbon monoxide
4/27/2007	mstislav rostropovich	80	intestinal cancer
4/28/2007	tommy newsom	78	cancer
7/2/2007	beverly sills	78	lung cancer
7/3/2007	boots randolf	80	brain hemorrhage
9/6/2007	luciano pavarotti	71	pancreatic cancer
10/28/2007	porter waggoner	80	lung cancer
10/30/2007	robert goulet	73	idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
12/12/2007	ike turner	76	cardiovascular disease/ emphysema/ cocaine overdose
12/16/2007	dan fogelberg	56	prostate cancer
12/23/2007	oscar peterson	82	renal failure
1/19/2008	john stewart	68	stroke or aneurysm
2/26/2008	buddy miles	60	congestive heart failure
4/17/2008	danny federici	58	melanoma
4/17/2008	chris gaffney	57	liver cancer
5/8/2008	eddy arnold	89	lengthy illness
5/23/2008	utah phillips	73	complications from heart disease
6/2/2008	bo diddley	79	heart attack/ stroke/ heart failure
8/10/2008	isaac hayes	65	stroke

living legends

birth
7/4/1911	mitch miller	96
7/7/1913	pinetop perkins	95
6/9/1915	les paul	93
6/30/1917	lena horne	90
5/2/1919	pete seeger	88
4/7/1920	ravi shankar	87
12/6/1920	dave brubeck	87
12/29/1921	johnny otis	86
12/22/1922	jean ritchie	85
1/6/1924	earl scruggs	84
1/20/1924	slim whitman	84
9/16/1925	b.b. king	82
1/12/1926	ray price	82
10/18/1926	chuck berry	81
1/17/1927	eartha kitt	81
2/10/1927	leontyne price	81
3/1/1927	harry belafonte	81
11/11/1927	mose allison	80
2/26/1928	fats domino	79
8/10/1928	jimmy dean	79
12/30/1928	bo diddley	79	r.i.p. 6/2/2008	ride on Gun Slinger
3/9/1930	ornette coleman	78
9/7/1930	sonny rollins	77
12/31/1930	odetta	77
9/12/1931	george jones	76
12/5/1932	little richard	75
3/14/1933	quincy jones	75
4/30/1933	willie nelson	74
4/12/1934	van cliburn	73
9/29/1935	jerry lee lewis	72
9/30/1935	johnny mathis	72
1/24/1936	doug kershaw	72
10/24/1936	bill wyman	71
4/6/1937	merl haggard	70
3/18/1938	charlie pride	70
3/11/1939	flaco jiménez	69
3/25/1942	aretha franklin	66
12/18/1943	keith richards	65

September 28, 2008