List of 2016 deaths in popular music

This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2016.

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
2015 		List of deaths in popular music
2016 		Succeeded by
2017
Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Long John Hunter 84 January 4, 2016 Phoenix, Arizona [1]
Robert Stigwood
Manager for The Bee Gees, Cream		 81 January 4, 2016 London, England [2][3]
Otis Clay 73 January 8, 2016 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack
David Bowie
Arnold Corns, The Riot Squad, Tin Machine		 69 January 10, 2016 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Liver cancer[4]
Giorgio Gomelsky
Manager for The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Paramounts		 81 January 13, 2016 New York City, New York, U.S. Cancer[5]
Pete Huttlinger
The John Denver Band		 54 January 15, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Stroke[6]
Gary Loizzo
The American Breed		 70 January 16, 2016 Orland Park, Illinois, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[7]
Blowfly 76 January 17, 2016 Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, U.S. Liver cancer[8]
Mic Gillette
Tower of Power		 64 January 17, 2016 Concord, California, U.S. Heart attack[9]
Dale Griffin
Mott the Hoople, British Lions		 67 January 17, 2016 Alzheimer's disease[10]
Glenn Frey
Eagles		 67 January 18, 2016 New York City, New York, U.S. Rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia while recovering from intestinal surgery[11]
Jimmy Bain
Rainbow, Wild Horses, Dio, Last in Line		 68 January 23, 2016 MSC Divina, Atlantic Ocean Lung cancer[12]
Black 53 January 26, 2016 Cork, Ireland Traffic accident[13]
T.J. Tindall
MFSB		 65 January 26, 2016 Cancer[14]
Paul Kantner
Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, KBC Band		 74 January 28, 2016 San Francisco, California, U.S. Multiple organ failure[15]
Signe Toly Anderson
Jefferson Airplane		 74 January 28, 2016 Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. COPD[16]
Billy Faier 85 January 29, 2016 Alpine, Texas, U.S. [17]
Jon Bunch
Further Seems Forever, Sense Field		 45 February 1, 2016 Long Beach, California, U.S. Suicidal overdose[18]
Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire		 74 February 4, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Parkinson's disease[19][20]
Joe Dowell 76 February 4, 2016 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack[21]
Dan Hicks
The Charlatans		 74 February 6, 2016 Mill Valley, California, U.S. Liver cancer[22]
Kipišas
Kastaneda		 37 February 12, 2016 Vilnius, Lithuania Cardiac arrest
L. C. Ulmer 87 February 14, 2016 Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S. Natural causes
Vanity
Vanity 6		 57 February 15, 2016 Fremont, California, U.S. Kidney failure[23]
Paul Gordon
The B-52's		 52 February 18, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Heart disease[24]
Vi Subversa
Poison Girls		 80 February 19, 2016 [25]
Piotr Grudziński
Riverside		 40 February 21, 2016 Warsaw, Poland Pulmonary embolism[26]
Hans Reffert
Guru Guru		 69 February 21, 2016 Mannheim, Germany
Lennie Baker
Sha Na Na		 69 February 24, 2016 Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S. Infection[27]
Josefin Nilsson 46 February 29, 2016 Själsö, Gotland, Sweden [28]
Aron Burton 77 February 29, 2016 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart failure and diabetes[29]
Gayle McCormick
Smith		 67 March 1, 2016 St. Louis, Missouri Cancer[30]
Chip Hooper
Phish, Dave Matthews Band		 53 March 5, 2016 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S. Cancer[31]
Ross Hannaford
Daddy Cool, Mighty Kong		 65 March 8, 2016 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Cancer[32]
George Martin
The Beatles, America		 90 March 8, 2016 Highbury, London, England [33]
Naná Vasconcelos
Pat Metheny Group		 71 March 9, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Lung cancer[34]
Keith Emerson
Emerson, Lake & Palmer		 71 March 10, 2016 Santa Monica, California, U.S. Suicide[35]
Tommy Brown 84 March 12, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. [36]
Phife Dawg
A Tribe Called Quest		 45 March 22, 2016 Oakley, California, U.S. Complications related to diabetes
Jimmy Riley 68 March 22, 2016 New York, U.S. [37]
Jelena Marianović 32 April 3, 2016 Belgrade, Serbia Murder
Carlo Mastrangelo
The Belmonts		 78 April 4, 2016 [38]
Leon Haywood 74 April 5, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. [39]
Merle Haggard 79 April 6, 2016 Palo Cedro, California, U.S. Pneumonia[40]
Jade Lemons
Injected		 43 April 6, 2016 ?, U.S. Drug overdose
Dennis Davis 66 April 6, 2016 Cancer[41]
Jimmie Van Zant 59 April 7, 2016 Florida, U.S. Liver cancer[42]
Emile Ford 78 April 11, 2016 London, England [43]
Gib Guilbeau
Flying Burrito Brothers		 78 April 12, 2016 [44]
Lonnie Mack 74 April 21, 2016 Smithville, Tennessee, U.S Natural causes[45]
Prince
Prince and The Revolution, New Power Generation		 57 April 21, 2016 Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S. Accidental fentanyl toxicity[46]
Billy Paul 81 April 24, 2016 Gloucester Township, New Jersey, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[47]
Harrison Calloway
Muscle Shoals Horns		 75 April 30, 2016 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. Stroke[48]
Phil Ryan
Man, Pete Brown, Neutrons		 69 April 30, 2016 Denmark [49]
Isao Tomita 84 May 5, 2016 Tokyo, Japan [50]
Candye Kane 54 May 6, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Complications from pancreatic cancer[51]
John Stabb
Government Issue		 54 May 7, 2016 Rockville, Maryland, U.S. Stomach cancer[52]
Luther Simmons
The Main Ingredient		 74 May 9, 2016 Cancer
Peter Behrens
Trio		 68 May 11, 2016 Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany Multiple organ failure[53]
Julius La Rosa 86 May 12, 2016 Crivitz, Wisconsin, U.S. Natural causes[54]
Guy Clark 74 May 17, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [55]
John Berry
Beastie Boys		 52 May 19, 2016 Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S. Frontotemporal dementia[56]
Nick Menza
Megadeth, OMH		 51 May 21, 2016 Studio City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[57]
Marshall "Rock" Jones
Ohio Players		 75 May 27, 2016 Houston, Texas, U.S. Cancer
Reshad Feild
The Springfields		 82 May 31, 2016 Devon, England
Dave Swarbrick
Fairport Convention		 75 June 3, 2016 Aberystwyth, Wales Emphysema[58]
Habib 68 June 10, 2016 Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran Cardiac arrest[59]
Christina Grimmie 22 June 10, 2016 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Gunshot[60]
Chips Moman 79 June 12, 2016 LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. Lung disease[61]
Chris Warren 49 June 12, 2016
Henry McCullough
Wings		 72 June 14, 2016 Ballywindelland, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland Stroke[62]
Attrell Cordes
P.M. Dawn		 46 June 17, 2016 Neptune City, New Jersey, U.S. Renal disease[63]
Sverre Kjelsberg
The Pussycats		 69 June 19, 2016 Tromsø, Norway [64]
Wayne Jackson
The Mar-Keys		 74 June 21, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Heart failure[65]
Bill Ham
Manager for ZZ Top		 79 June 22, 2016 Austin, Texas, U.S. [66]
Jim Boyd
The Jim Boyd Band		 60 June 22, 2016 [67]
Bernie Worrell
Parliament, Funkadelic, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains		 72 June 24, 2016 Everson, Washington, U.S. Lung cancer[68]
Mack Rice
The Falcons		 82 June 27, 2016 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease[69]
Scotty Moore 84 June 28, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [70]
Rob Wasserman
RatDog		 64 June 29, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed[71]
William Hawkins 76 July 4, 2016 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Danny Smythe
The Box Tops		 67 July 6, 2016 [72]
Geneviève Castrée 35 July 9, 2016 Anacortes, Washington Pancreatic cancer[73]
Roland Prince 69 July 15, 2016 [74]
Alan Vega
Suicide		 78 July 16, 2016 New York City, New York, U.S. [75]
Gary S. Paxton
Record producer for Skip & Flip, The Hollywood Argyles		 77 July 17, 2016 Branson, Missouri, U.S. Complications of heart surgery and liver disease[76]
Lewis Steinberg
Booker T. & the M.G.'s		 82 July 21, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer
Keith Gemmell
Audience 		68 July 24, 2016 Throat cancer
Allan Barnes
The Blackbyrds		 67 July 26, 2016 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Heart attack
Einojuhani Rautavaara 87 July 26, 2016 Helsinki, Finland [77]
Sandy Pearlman
Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash, Black Sabbath		 72 July 26, 2016 Marin County, California, U.S. Pneumonia and complication from a stroke[78]
Lucille Dumont 97 July 29, 2016 Canada [79]
Ricci Martin
Dean Martin's son		 62 August 3, 2016 Salt Lake City, Utah Unknown[80]
Snaffu Rigor
Music group from Cinderella		 69 August 4, 2016 Manila, Philippines Lung cancer
Pete Fountain 86 August 6, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Heart failure[81]
B.E. Taylor 65 August 7, 2016 Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. Brain tumor[82]
Glenn Yarbrough
The Limeliters		 86 August 11, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Dementia[83]
Ruby Wilson 68 August 12, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Heart attack[84]
Bobby Hutcherson 75 August 15, 2016 Montara, California, U.S. Emphysema[85]
James Woolley
2wo, Nine Inch Nails		 49 August 17, 2016 Fell off a ladder[86]
Horacio Salgán 100 August 19, 2016 Buenos Aires, Argentina [87]
Lou Pearlman
Record producer and manager for NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, O-Town		 62 August 19, 2016 Miami, Florida, U.S. Cardiac arrest[88]
Matt Roberts
3 Doors Down		 38 August 20, 2016 West Bend, Wisconsin Prescription drug overdose[89]
Louis Stewart 72 August 20, 2016 Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland Cancer
Toots Thielemans 94 August 22, 2016 Brussels, Belgium [90]
Gilli Smyth
Gong		 83 August 22, 2016 Byron Bay, Australia Pulmonary pneumonia[91]
Rudy Van Gelder 91 August 25, 2016 Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S. Natural causes[92]
Juan Gabriel 66 August 28, 2016 Santa Monica, California, U.S. Heart attack[93]
Fred Hellerman 89 September 1, 2016 Weston, Connecticut, U.S. [94]
Jerry Heller
Music manager for N.W.A		 75 September 2, 2016 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Heart attack
Lewis Merenstein
Record producer		 81 September 6, 2016 New York City, New York Pneumonia
Clifford Curry 79 September 7, 2016 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. Stroke[95]
Prince Buster 78 September 8, 2016 Miami, Florida, U.S. Stroke[96]
Jerry Corbetta
Sugarloaf		 68 September 16, 2016 Denver, Colorado, U.S. Pick's disease
John D. Loudermilk 82 September 21, 2016 Christiana, Tennessee, U.S. Bone cancer[97]
Kashif
B. T. Express		 59 September 25, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jean Shepard 82 September 25, 2016 Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S. [98]
Hagen Liebing
Die Ärzte 		55 September 25, 2016 Berlin, Germany Brain tumor[99]
Joe Clay 78 September 26, 2016 [100]
Jonathan David Brown
Record producer & audio engineer		 60 September 27, 2016 Ozark, Missouri, U.S.
Nora Dean 72 September 29, 2016 Connecticut, U.S. [101]
Michael Casswell 53 September 30, 2016 Níjar, Spain Drowning
Oscar Brand 96 September 30, 2016 Great Neck, New York, U.S. Pneumonia[102]
Steve Byrd 61 October 2, 2016 Munich, Germany Heart attack[103]
Caroline Crawley 53 October 4, 2016 [104]
Rod Temperton
Heatwave		 66 October 5, 2016 London, England Cancer[105]
Don Ciccone
The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Critters		 70 October 8, 2016
Bored Nothing 26 October 9, 2016 Suicide[106]
Robert Bateman
Record producer		 80 October 12, 2016 Heart attack
Sonny Sanders 77 October 12, 2016 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. [107]
Werner Lämmerhirt 67 October 14, 2016 Bodenwerder, Germany [108]
Bobby Ellis 84 October 18, 2016 Kingston, Jamaica Pneumonia related[109]
Pete Burns
Dead or Alive		 57 October 23, 2016 London, England Cardiac arrest[110]
Bobby Vee 73 October 24, 2016 Rogers, Minnesota, U.S. Alzheimer's disease[111]
John Zacherle 98 October 27, 2016 New York City, New York, U.S. [112]
Norman Brokaw
American talent agent		 89 October 29, 2016 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Bap Kennedy 54 November 1, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland Pancreatic and bowel cancer[113]
Bob Cranshaw 83 November 2, 2016 Manhattan, New York, U.S. Cancer[114]
Kay Starr 94 November 3, 2016 Bel Air, Los Angeles, U.S. Complications from Alzheimer's disease[115]
Eddie Harsch
The Black Crowes		 59 November 4, 2016 Toronto, Ontario, Canada [116]
Jean-Jacques Perrey 87 November 4, 2016 Lausanne, Switzerland Lung cancer[117]
Leonard Cohen 82 November 7, 2016 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cancer[118]
Jimmy Young 95 November 7, 2016 London, England [119]
Al Caiola 96 November 9, 2016 Allendale, New Jersey, U.S. [120]
Victor Bailey
Weather Report		 56 November 11, 2016 Stafford, Virginia, U.S. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease[121]
Doug Edwards
Skylark, Chilliwack		 70 November 11, 2016 Vancouver, British Columbia, U.S. [122]
Leon Russell 74 November 13, 2016 Mount Juliet, Tennessee, U.S. Heart surgery[123]
David Mancuso
Known from The Loft		 72 November 14, 2016 New York, New York, U.S.
Mose Allison 89 November 15, 2016 Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S. Natural causes[124]
Cliff Barrows
Music director from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association		 93 November 15, 2016 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Milt Okun
American arranger, record producer and co-founder of the Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company		 92 November 15, 2016 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Mentor Williams 70 November 16, 2016 Taos, New Mexico, U.S. Lung cancer[125][126]
Saki Kaskas
Best known from his soundtracks in the Need for Speed Series		 45 November 17, 2016 Greece Drug overdose
Sharon Jones
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings		 60 November 18, 2016 Cooperstown, New York, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[127]
Hugh McDonald
Redgum		 62 November 18, 2016 Australia Prostate cancer
Blakdyak 46 November 21, 2016 Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines [128]
Craig Gill
Inspiral Carpets		 44 November 22, 2016 Suicide[129]
Colonel Abrams 67 November 24, 2016 Diabetes[130]
Tony Martell
American music industry and senior executive		 90 November 27, 2016 Madison, New Jersey, U.S.
Carlton Kitto 74 November 28, 2016 [131]
Ray Columbus
Ray Columbus and the Invaders		 74 November 29, 2016 Snells Beach, North Auckland, New Zealand Heart attack[132]
Mark Gray
Exile		 64 December 2, 2016 Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.
Harry Balk
Record producer and record company executive		 91 December 3, 2016 Oak Park, Michigan, U.S. [133]
Herbert Hardesty 91 December 3, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Cancer[134]
Wayne Duncan
Daddy Cool		 72 December 4, 2016 Melbourne, Australia Stroke
Radim Hladik
Blue Effect		 69 December 4, 2016 Pulmonary fibrosis[135]
Junaid Jamshed
Vital Signs		 52 December 7, 2016 Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Plane accident[136]
Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson		 69 December 7, 2016 London, England Cancer[137]
Bob Krasnow
Record producer and music executive from Elektra Records		 82 December 11, 2016 Wellington, Florida, U.S. Organ dysfunction
Barrelhouse Chuck 58 December 12, 2016 Libertyville, Illinois, U.S. Prostate cancer[138]
Jim Lowe 93 December 12, 2016 East Hampton, Long Island, New York, U.S. [139]
Bunny Walters 63 December 14, 2016 Hamilton, New Zealand [140]
Gordie Tapp
Host of the hit TV show Hee Haw		 94 December 18, 2016 Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Mick Zane
Malice		 57 December 23, 2016 Los Angeles, California Brain cancer[141]
Rick Parfitt
Status Quo		 68 December 24, 2016 Marbella, Spain Septicaemia and following complications to a shoulder injury[142]
George Michael
Wham!		 53 December 25, 2016 Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England Heart failure[143]
Alphonse Mouzon
Weather Report, The Eleventh House		 68 December 25, 2016 Granada Hills, California, U.S. Neuroendocrine carcinoma[144]
Allan Williams
Businessman and talent manager from the Beatles		 86 December 30, 2016 Liverpool, England [145]

See also

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