List of deaths in rock and roll

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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

In rock & roll history there have been many notable and tragic deaths, many quite young but still leaving their mark on music. The following is a list of the names of many such iconic figures and the date and cause of death.

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[edit] 1950s Deaths

Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day The Music Died"
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Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day The Music Died"

[edit] 1960s Deaths

  • Jessie Belvin - Car crash, February 6, 1960
  • Eddie Cochran - Limo accident, April 17, 1960 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
  • Stuart Sutcliffe (The Beatles) - Cerebral hemorrhage, April 10, 1962
  • Sam Cooke - Shot to death by Bertha Franklin, December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California
  • Richard Fariña - motorcycle accident, April 30, 1966
  • Bobby Fuller - suspicious, officially 'suicide', Los Angeles, July 18, 1966
  • "Johnny Kidd" Frederick Heath - Car crash, October 7, 1966
  • "Rockin' Robin" Roberts (of the Wailers) - Car crash, 1967
  • Joe Meek - Suicide by gun shot, February 3, 1967 in London, England
  • Brian Epstein (Manager of The Beatles from 1962-1967) - Accidental overdose, August 27, 1967 in London, England
  • Otis Redding - Plane crash, December 10, 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin
  • Frankie_Lymon - heroin OD, February 27, 1968 in New York, NY
  • Little Willie John - suspicious, 'heart attack' in prison (for murder), May 26, 1968 in Walla Walla, WA
  • Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) - Accidental drowning, July 3, 1969 in Cotchford Farm, Sussex, England
  • Don MacAllister (of Seattle's Daily Flash) - overdose, autumn 1969, Los Angeles [1]
  • Tommy Edwards - Brain aneurysm October 22, 1969 in Richmond, VA

[edit] 1970s Deaths

[edit] 1980s Deaths

[edit] 1990s Deaths

[edit] 2000s Deaths

[edit] References

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