Saturday, September 18, 2010

Their music lives on.




death
age

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 amadeus 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 blood poisoning Second Viennese School
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 Appalachian fiddle
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
Thornton's "Hound Dog"
3/12/1955 charlie parker 35 pneumonia/
bleeding ulcer

5/4/1955 george enescu 63
composer, violinist, pianist, conductor
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 Summertime Blues
8/23/1960 oscar hammerstein II 65 stomach cancer
11/5/1960 johnny horton 35 car crash
3/6/1961 george formby, jr. 56 heart attack
4/29/1961 cisco houston 42 stomach cancer
4/10/1962 stuart sutcliffe 21 fight injuries/ cerebral paralysis The 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?
The Rolling Stones
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
The Jimi 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 clyde 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 The 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 The Supremes
3/14/1976 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
The 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 Crazy Guggenheim
8/24/1978 louis prima 67 brain tumor
9/1/1978 keith moon 32 clomethiazole The 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 The 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 richard 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 "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."
1/30/1980 professor longhair 61 died in his sleep
2/19/1980 bon scott 33 alcohol poisoning AC/DC
3/29/1980 mantovani 74

5/18/1980 ian curtis 23 suicide, hanging Joy Division
9/25/1980 john bonham 32 alcohol/
asphyxiation
Led Zeppelin
12/8/1980 john lennon 40 shot The Beatles
12/29/1980 tim hardin 39 heroin/morphine wrote If I Were a Carpenter
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
The 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
The 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 natural causes
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
violin
12/12/1987 clifton chenier 62 diabetes-related
kidney disease
Zydeco
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
jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, singer
6/22/1988 jesse ed davis 43 drug overdose guitar
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
2/4/1989 jethro burns 68 prostate cancer mandolin
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 chance music
10/25/1992 roger miller 56 lung and throat cancer King of the Road
1/6/1993 dizzy gillespie 75 pancreatic cancer bebop
3/8/1993 billy eckstine 78

4/8/1993 marian anderson 96 heart failure contralto
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 selena 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
3/31/1996 jeffrey lee pierce 37 brain hemorrhage The Gun Club
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 The 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
The Faces, The Small Faces
6/20/1997 lawrence payton 59 cancer The 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 grappelli 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 screaming 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
12/20/1999 hank snow 85

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
10/30/2000 steve allen 78 auto accident-caused haemopericardium
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 The 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 The Beatles
12/15/2001 rufus thomas 84 heart failure
12/16/2001 stuart adamson 43 self-strangulation Big Country
1/15/2002 red river dave 87
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
1/21/2002 peggy lee 81 diabetes and
heart attack

2/10/2002 dave van ronk 65 colon cancer
4/5/2002 layne staley 34 heroin plus cocaine Alice in Chains
6/5/2002 dee dee ramone 49 heroin The Ramones
6/27/2002 john entwistle 57 cocaine induced
heart attack
The Who
6/29/2002 rosemary clooney 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
The Lovin Spoonful
12/22/2002 joe strummer 50 congenital
heart defect
The Clash
1/12/2003 maurice gibb 53 twisted intestine The 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
The Jimi 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 The 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 The Four Tops
7/21/2005 long john baldry 64 severe chest infection
8/13/2005 allen damron 66 pneumonia complications Texas Folk hero
11/1/2005 skitch henderson 87 natrural causes The Tonight Show
11/5/2005 link wray 76 heart failure
1/6/2006 lou rawls 72 lung and brain cancer
1/19/2006 wilson pickett 64 heart attack
2/7/2006 elton dean 60 heart and liver Soft Machine
3/7/2006 jesse taylor 55 hepatitis c
and cirrhosis

4/5/2006 gene pitney 66 found dead/ atherosclerosis
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 The Tonight Show
7/2/2007 beverly sills 78 lung cancer
7/3/2007 boots randolph 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
5/1/2008 jim hager 66 heart attack The Hager Twins
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 The 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 The Kingston Trio
10/15/2008 edie adams 81 cancer and pneumonia
10/17/2008 levi stubbs 72 long illness The Four Tops
10/31/2008 frank navetta 46 short illness The Descendents
11/1/2008 jimmy carl black 70 lung cancer The Mothers of Invention
11/12/2008 mitch mitchell 62 died in his sleep of natural causes The Jimi 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"
12/25/2008 eartha kitt 81 colon cancer actress, singer
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 sam taylor 74 heart disease guitar, song writer, rock, rhythm and blues
1/6/2009 ron asheton 60 heart attack The Stooges
1/9/2009 jon hager 67 found dead in his sleep The Hager Twins
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 david "fathead" newman 75 pancreatic cancer saxophone
1/21/2009 mickey gee 64 emphysema Dave Edmunds, Shakin' Stevens
1/23/2009 george perle 93
twelve-tone tonality
1/29/2009 john martyn 60 double pneumonia Father of Trip-Hop
1/28/2009 billy powell 56 heart attack Lynyrd Skynyrd
1/31/2009 dewey martin 68 natural causes Buffalo Springfield
2/3/2009 tom brumley 73 after a heart attack steel guitar, Bakersfield sound
2/3/2009 max neuhaus 69
sound art
2/4/2009 lux interior 62 aortic dissection The Cramps
2/7/2009 blossom dearie 84 natural causes jazz
2/11/2009 estelle bennett 67 colon cancer The Ronnettes
2/25/2009 randy bewley 53 heart attack Pylon
3/8/2009 willie king 65 heart attack Freedom Creek, I Am The Blues
3/18/2009 kent henry 60 head injury related seizures Steppenwolf, Blues Image
5/9/2009 stephen bruton 60 throat cancer guitar, song writer, producer
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 The Ink Spots
6/14/2009 bob bogle 75 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma The Ventures
6/16/2009 tina marsh 55 breast cancer jazz
6/17/2009 eon 54 pneumonia rave
6/25/2009 sky saxon 71 heart failure The Seeds
6/25/2009 michael jackson 50 acute propofol intoxication The Jackson 5
7/17/2009 gordon waller 64 cardiac arrest Peter &  Gordon
8/12/2009 les paul 94 pneumonia invented the electric guitar
10/9/2009 rusty wier 65 cancer Don't It Make You Wanna Dance
1/18/2010 kate mcgarrigle 63 clear-cell sarcoma folk
3/17/2010 alex chilton 59 heart attack The Box Tops, Big Star
5/9/2010 lena horne 92 heart failure Stormy Weather
6/13/2010 jimmy dean 81 natural causes Big Bad John
7/31/2010 mitch miller 99 died after a short illness Sing Along with Mitch