Saturday, July 25, 2009

The chronology of their deaths

Music Immortals

For instance, Vladimir Horowitz,89, died (stroke) 3 months before Allen Collins, 37, died (complications from auto accident-caused paralysis) two weeks before Del Shannon, 55, died (shot himself).
Three legends from three different worlds, each from such different times, such different lives, each devoted to their music, all die within 4 months of each other.

Even though these are the historical facts, it still strikes me as far fetched.


Les Paul died yesterday.

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/ typhoid 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 Beatles
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 “I Fought the Law”
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 and The Teenagers
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 canned heat
9/18/1970 jimi hendrix 27 vesperax/ asphyxiation hendrix experience
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
8/13/1971 king curtis 37 stabbed
10/12/1971 gene vincent 36 ruptured stomach ulcer “Be-Bop-A-Lula”
10/29/1971 duane allman 24 motorcycle crash Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos
12/28/1971 max steiner 83 congestive heart failure Theme for A Summer Place
1/16/1972 david seville 52 heart attack "The Witch Doctor", Alvin and the Chipmunks
1/27/1972 mahalia jackson 60 diabetes/ heart failure
6/13/1972 cylde mcphatter 39 alcohol: heart/liver/ kidney disease The Drifters
11/6/1972 billy murcia 21 choked to death New York Dolls
11/18/1972 danny whitten 29 heroin Crazy Horse
3/8/1973 ron "pigpen" mckernan 27 alcohol/ gastrointestinal hemorrhage Grateful Dead
7/14/1973 clarence white 29 hit by drunken driver The Byrds
8/17/1973 paul williams 34 shot/ believed to be suicide The Temptations
9/19/1973 gram parsons 26 morphine/ alcohol Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers
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 The Mamas & the Papas
10/24/1974 david oistrakh 66 heart attack violin
11/25/1974 nick drake 26 amitriptyline
2/4/1975 louis jordan 66 heart attack
2/10/1975 dave alexander 27 pulmonary edema stooges
4/12/1975 joséphine baker 69 natural causes
4/24/1975 peter ham 27 suicide by hanging bad finger
5/13/1975 bob wills 70 strokes
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
2/6/1976 vince guaraldi 47 heart attack "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", A Charlie Brown Christmas (album)
2/9/1976 percy faith 67 cancer "Theme from A Summer Place"
2/22/1976 florence ballard 32 coronary thrombosis supremes
9/14/1976 paul kossoff 25 drug-related heart problems free
4/9/1976 phil ochs 35 suicide by hanging
5/14/1976 keith relf 33 electrocuted by guitar yardbirds
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 T.Rex
10/14/1977 bing crosby 74 heart attack
10/20/1977 ronnie van zant 29 air crash Lynyrd Skynyrd
10/20/1977 steve gaines 28 air crash Lynyrd Skynyrd
10/20/1977 cassie gaines 29 air crash Lynyrd Skynyrd
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 who
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 Sex Pistols
5/11/1979 lester flatt 64 heart failure Flatt & Scruggs, the Foggy Mountain Boys
6/29/1979 lowell george 34 heart attack little feat
7/12/1979 minnie riperton 31 breast cancer Rotary Connection
8/25/1979 stan kenton 67 stroke mellophonium band, jazz educator
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 Short Fat Fannie”, “Bony Moronie
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 AC/DC
3/29/1980 annuzio mantovani 74

9/25/1980 john bonham 32 alcohol/ asphyxiation led zeppelin
12/8/1980 john lennon 40 shot beatles
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 The Pretenders
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 Disraeli Gears”, Mountain
4/30/1983 muddy waters 70 died in his sleep
5/6/1983 kai winding 60 brain tumor trombone
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 Badfinger
12/28/1983 dennis wilson 39 alcohol-related drowning Beach Boys
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
10/6/1985 nelson riddle 64 liver ailments Route 66 Theme, nat king cole, sinatra, garland, ronstadt
10/12/1985 ricky wilson 32 aids B-52's
11/24/1985 big joe turner 74 heart attack
12/12/1985 ian stewart 47 respiratory problems/ heart attack Rolling Stones
12/31/1985 ricky nelson 45 air crash
1/4/1986 phil lynott 36 heart failure and pneumonia
3/4/1986 richard manuel 42 suicide by hanging The Band
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 The Wailers
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 The Surfaris, "Wipe Out"
9/22/1989 irving berlin 101 heart attack
11/5/1989 vladimir horowitz 86 stroke
1/23/1990 allen collins 37 chronic pneumonia complication of the paralysis Lynyrd Skynyrd
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 The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church
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 Humble Pie
4/23/1991 johnny thunders 38 drug-related causes/ possible foul play New York Dolls
5/24/1991 gene clark 46 alcohol/ bleeding ulcer The Byrds
6/1/1991 david ruffin 50 cocaine The Temptations
6/6/1991 stan getz 64 liver cancer
9/4/1991 dottie west 58 car crash
9/18/1991 robin tyner 46 heart attack MC5
9/28/1991 miles davis 65 stroke/pneumonia/ respiratory failure
11/24/1991 freddie mercury 45 aids caused bronchial pneumonia Queen
1/14/1992 jerry nolan 45 meningitis pneumonia stroke The New York Dolls
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 The Byrds
1/15/1994 harry nilsson 52 heart failure
2/22/1994 papa john creach 76 heart attack/ pneumonia Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship
2/24/1994 dinah shore 77 ovarian cancer
4/5/1994 kurt cobain 27 suicide/shot nirvana
6/14/1994 henry mancini 70 pancreatic cancer
9/6/1994 nicky hopkins 50 intestinal surgery Kinks, Who, Stones, Beatles, L. Ron Hubbard
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 The Monkees
2/18/1995 bob stinson 35 alcohol and drug abuse The Replacements
3/31/1995 selina 23 murder/shot
8/9/1995 jerry garcia 53 heart attack Grateful Dead
8/30/1995 sterling morrison 53 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma The Velvet Underground
10/21/1995 shannon hoon 28 cocaine Blind Melon
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 Uncle Walt's Band
6/15/1996 ella fitzgerald 79 diabetes
7/17/1996 chas chandler 57 heart condition The Animals, Jimi Hendrix Experience
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 Spirit
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 velvet underground
5/9/1997 georg solti 84 sudden death
5/29/1997 jeff buckley 30 drowned
6/4/1997 ronnie lane 51 multiple sclerosis/ pneumonia Faces, The Small Faces
6/20/1997 lawrence payton 59 cancer Four Tops
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 INXS
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 Plasmatics
4/17/1998 linda mccartney 56 breast cancer wings
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 Sir Douglas Quintet
12/10/1999 rick danko 56 died in his sleep/ heart failure the band
12/26/1999 curtis mayfield 57 diabetes The Impressions
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 too numerous to mention
10/18/2000 julie london 74 stroke cry me a river
12/31/2000 eddy shaver 38 heroin eddy metal
3/18/2001 john phillips 65 heart failure The Journeymen, The Mamas & the Papas
4/15/2001 joey ramone 49 lymphoma ramones
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 Lynyrd Skynyrd
8/25/2001 aaliyah 22 plane crash
9/22/2001 isaac stern 81 congestive heart failure
11/3/2001 champ hood 49 lung cancer The Mighty Contenders, Uncle Walt's Band
11/29/2001 george harrison 58 lung cancer beatles
12/15/2001 rufus thomas 84 heart failure
12/16/2001 stuart adamson 43 self-strangulation Big Country
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 ramones
6/27/2002 john entwistle 57 cocaine induced heart attack who
6/29/2002 rosemary cloney 74 lung cancer
8/31/2002 lionel hampton 94 congestive heart failure
11/13/2002 mike stewart 57 suicide We Five, Joel's Piano Man
12/13/2002 zal yanovsky 57 congestive heart failure lovin spoonful
12/22/2002 joe strummer 50 congenital heart defect clash
1/12/2003 maurice gibb 53 twisted intestine bee gees
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 hendrix experience
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 “The Purple People Eater”, Wilhelm scream
9/26/2003 robert palmer 54 heart attack
11/5/2003 bobby hatfield 63 cocaine The Righteous Brothers
11/19/2003 greg ridley 56 pneumonia humble pie
2/3/2004 cornelius bumpus 58 heart attack Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan
3/26/2004 jan berry 62 seizure/stroke Jan and Dean
3/30/2004 timi yuro 63 cancer of the thoat
4/1/2004 paul atkinson 58 liver and kidney disease The Zombies
5/31/2004 robert quine 61 heroin/grief Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Lou Reed (The Blue Mask), Brian Eno ( Nerve Net), John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Lloyd Cole, Tom Waits (Rain Dogs), Matthew Sweet, Odds, Jody Harris {Escape}, Lester Bangs.
6/10/2004 ray charles 73 liver cancer
7/13/2004 arthur "killer" kane 55 leukemia New York Dolls
8/6/2004 rick james 56 drug abuse/ diabetes/pulmonary and cardiac failures Superfreak
8/26/2004 laura branigan 47 brain aneurysm
9/15/2004 johnny ramone 55 prostate cancer ramones
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 crowded house
7/1/2005 luther vandross 54 diabetes/ hypertension/ stroke
7/1/2005 obie benson 68 cancer Four Tops
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 tonight show band
11/5/2005 link wray 76 no cause given
1/6/2006 lou rawls 72 lung and brain cancer
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 pink floyd
9/20/2006 don walser 72 diabetes
9/21/2006 boz burrell 60 heart attack King Crimson, Bad Company
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 Boston
4/27/2007 mstislav rostropovich 80 intestinal cancer
4/28/2007 tommy newsom 78 cancer tonight show band
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 Daydream Believer”, Kingston Trio
2/26/2008 buddy miles 60 congestive heart failure Band of Gypsys
4/17/2008 danny federici 58 melanoma E Street Band
4/17/2008 chris gaffney 57 liver cancer Hacienda Brothers
5/8/2008 eddy arnold 89 lengthy illness
5/11/2008 john rutsey 55 diabetes rush
5/21/2008 michelle meldrum-norum 39 cystic growth on her brain Phantom Blue and Meldrum
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
8/23/2008 steve foley 49 accidental overdose of prescription replacements
9/1/2008 jerry reed 71 emphysema “Guitar Man”, Smokey and The Bandit
9/15/2008 rick wright 65 cancer pink floyd
10/1/2008 nick reynolds 75 acute respiratory disease Kingston Trio
10/15/2008 edie adams 81 cancer and pneumonia
10/17/2008 levi stubbs 72 long illness Four Tops
10/31/2008 frank navetta 46 short illness Descendents
11/1/2008 jimmy carl black 70 lung cancer mothers of invention
11/12/2008 mitch mitchell 62 died in his sleep of natural causes hendrix experience
11/22/2008 alan gordon 64 cancer Happy Together
11/23/2008 richey edwards 41(?) officially presumed dead; disappeared on 2/1/ 1995 Manic Street Preachers
12/2/2008 odetta 77 heart disease
12/7/2008 dennis yost 65 respiratory failure Classics IV
12/23/2008 clint ballard, jr. 77
You're No Good”, "Game of Love"
12/27/2008 delaney bramlett 69 complications of gall bladder surgery Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
12/29/2008 freddie hubbard 70 November 26 heart attack complications
1/5/2009 ron asheton 60 heart attack stooges
1/9/2009 dave dee 67 prostate cancer Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
1/11/2009 andy demize 25 auto accident Nekromantix and The Rocketz
1/20/2009 mickey gee 64 emphysema dave edmunds, shakin' stevens
1/28/2009 billy powell 56 heart attack Lynyrd Skynyrd
2/4/2009 lux interior 62 aortic dissection the cramps
2/11/2009 estelle bennett 67 colon cancer ronnette
2/25/2009 randy bewley 53 heart attack pylon
5/24/2009 jay bennett 45 accidental overdose of fentanyl wilco
5/26/2009 ean evans 48 cancer Lynyrd Skynyrd
6/03/2009 koko taylor 80 complications from surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding
6/07/2009 kenny rankin 69 lung cancer
6/10/2009 huey long 105 105 ink spots
6/14/2009 bob bogle 75 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ventures
6/16/2009 tina marsh 55 breast cancer jazz
6/17/2009 eon 54 pneumonia rave
6/25/2009 sky saxon 71 yet to be determined seeds
6/25/2009 michael jackson 50 yet to be determined jackson5
7/17/2009 gordon waller 64 cardiac arrest peter & gordon
8/13/2009 les paul 94 pneumonia guitar



We observe the sequence in which they died.

August 14th, 2009

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:43 PM

    Where is Allen Collins - 1-23-1990, complications from a car wreck
    &
    Billy Powell - 1-28-2009, heart attack, from LYNYRD SKYNYRD?????

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  2. Of course, you are exactly correct, Sir. Within the limitations of merely my experience (and reading a lot of Wikipedia) there are bound to be omissions. I see that I also neglected to include Cassie Gaines (10/20/1977) and, more recently Ean Evans (5/26/2009) as well as Misters Collins and Powell, who you have been so good to point out to me.

    I thank you and will be including all of them as soon as I update the chronology of deaths.

    I need all the help I can get.

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  3. Anonymous6:56 AM

    Thanks Jim. It's REALLY bad when your favorite band starts having REPLACEMENT PLAYERS dying.(Ian)

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  4. You have my sympathies.

    My favorite band, The Experience never got to have any replacements and the last survivor, Mitch Mitchell died November 12, 2008.

    My chronology of Death began as a memory exercise because I could recall Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, And I could recall Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, though I was lost on the last three's sequence. Then I remembered Eddy Cochran, Gene Vincent, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Soon I had fifty legends' names, but not the order of when they died and only a few of them did I know how they died.

    This post is my memory aid.

    There are now 438 legends commemorated here.

    And probably that many more that I have forgotten to add.

    May we both be blessed to get to outlive all of our heroes. We will always have their music. And we will have our memories of experiencing their music live.

    "If I leave here tomorrow would you still remember me?"

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