List of 2023 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 2023.

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
2022 		List of deaths in popular music
2023 		Succeeded by
2024
Name Age Date Location of death Cause of death
Fred White
Earth, Wind & Fire		 67 January 1, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed causes[1]
Sebastian Marino
Overkill, Anvil		 57 January 1, 2023 Florida, U.S. Heart attack[2]
Gangsta Boo
Three 6 Mafia		 43 January 1, 2023 Memphis, Tennessee U.S. Overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol[3]
Kingsize Taylor
Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes		 83 January 2, 2023 Southport, England Undisclosed[4]
Alan Rankine
The Associates		 64 January 3, 2023 Heart disease[5]
Gordy Harmon
The Whispers		 79 January 5, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed causes[6]
Jeff Blackburn
Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape, The Ducks		 77 January 6, 2023 Santa Cruz, California, U.S. Undisclosed[7]
Dennis Budimir
The Wrecking Crew		 84 January 10, 2023 U.S. Undisclosed causes [8]
Jeff Beck
The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice		 78 January 10, 2023 East Sussex, England Bacterial meningitis[9]
Yukihiro Takahashi
Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, Metafive		 70 January 11, 2023 Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan Pneumonia[10]
Lisa Marie Presley
Singer-songwriter; daughter of Elvis Presley		 54 January 12, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cardiac arrest from complications of bariatric surgery [11]
Robbie Bachman
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt		 69 January 12, 2023 Vancouver, Canada Undisclosed causes[12]
Keith "Duke" Beaton
Blue Magic		 72 January 13, 2023 Pennsylvania, U.S. Undisclosed causes[13]
Bruce Gowers
Event producer and music video director		 82 January 15, 2023 Santa Monica, California, U.S. Acute respiratory infection[14]
Johnny Powers
Rockabilly guitarist and singer		 84 January 16, 2023 Michigan, U.S. Undisclosed causes[15]
Larry Morris
Larry's Rebels		 75 January 17, 2023 Auckland, New Zealand Long illness[16]
Renée Geyer
Singer		 69 January 17, 2023 Geelong Victoria, Australia Complications from hip surgery[17]
Van Conner
Screaming Trees		 55 January 18, 2023 Seattle, Washington, U.S. Pneumonia[18]
Vitalija Katunskytė [lt]
Lithuanian singer		 67 January 18, 2023 Šiauliai, Lithuania Heart failure
David Crosby
The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 		81 January 19, 2023 Santa Ynez, California, U.S. COVID-19[19]
Alex Napier
Spice, Uriah Heep 		75 January 19, 2023 Undisclosed[20]
Jerry Blavat
Disc jockey and presenter		 82 January 20, 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Complications from myasthenia gravis[21]
B.G. the Prince of Rap
Rapper and Eurodance artist		 57 January 21, 2023 Wiesbaden, Germany Prostate cancer[22]
Lin Brehmer
Disc jockey		 68 January 22, 2023 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Prostate cancer[23]
Anthony "Top" Topham
The Yardbirds		 75 January 23, 2023 Dementia[24]
Dean Daughtry
Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classics IV		 76 January 26, 2023 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. Natural causes[25]
Peter McCann
Songwriter and musician		 74 January 26, 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Undisclosed causes[26]
Floyd Sneed
Three Dog Night		 80 January 27, 2023 Undisclosed[27]
Daniel Boone
Pop musician		 80 January 27, 2023 Paignton, Devon, England Undisclosed[28]
Tom Verlaine
Television		 73 January 28, 2023 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. Prostate cancer[29]
Barrett Strong
Singer-songwriter		 81 January 28, 2023 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Undisclosed causes[30]
Charlie Thomas
The Drifters		 85 January 31, 2023 Bowie, Maryland, U.S. Liver cancer[31]
George Zukerman
Bassoonist and impresario		 95 February 1, 2023 After a brief illness[32]
Tim Quy
Cardiacs		 61 February 2, 2023 Barnstaple, North Devon, England Cancer[33]
Butch Miles
Jazz drummer		 78 February 2, 2023 Austin, Texas, U.S. Pulmonary fibrosis[34]
Paul Janovitz
Cold Water Flat		 54 February 3, 2023 Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. Long illness[35]
Lillian Walker-Moss
The Exciters		 78 February 5, 2023 Jamaica, Queens, New York City, U.S. Angiosarcoma[36]
Phil Spalding
GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah		 65 February 6, 2023 Undisclosed[37]
Steve Sostak
Sweep the Leg Johnny		 49 February 7, 2023 Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, U.S. Undisclosed[38]
Burt Bacharach
Singer-songwriter and pianist		 94 February 8, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Natural causes[39]
AKA
Rapper		 35 February 10, 2023 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Shot[40]
David Jude Jolicoeur
De La Soul		 54 February 12, 2023 New York City, New York, U.S. Congestive heart failure[41]
Huey "Piano" Smith
R&B pianist		 89 February 13, 2023 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. Undisclosed[42]
Tim Aymar
Pharaoh, Control Denied		 59 February 14, 2023 New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S. Heart attack[43]
Chuck Jackson
R&B singer		 85 February 16, 2023 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Undisclosed[44]
Alberto Radius
Formula 3		 80 February 16, 2023 San Colombano al Lambro, Italy Long illness[45]
Kyle Jacobs
Country music songwriter, singer, and musician		 49 February 17, 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Suicide by gunshot[46]
Michael "Majk Moti" Kupper
Running Wild		 65 February 17, 2023 Undisclosed[47]
Davis Causey
Sea Level		 74 February 19, 2023 U.S. Undisclosed[48]
Bruce Barthol
Country Joe & the Fish		 75 February 20, 2023 Sebastopol, California, U.S. Undisclosed[49]
Lyubomir Futorsky
Dead Rooster		 50 February 20, 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine Undisclosed[50]
Ron Altbach
King Harvest		 76 February 21, 2023 U.S. Undisclosed[51]
Jesse Gress
Guitarist		 67 February 21, 2023 Woodstock, New York, U.S. Undisclosed[52]
Junnosuke Kuroda
Sumika		 34 February 23, 2023 Japan Undisclosed[53]
David Lumsden
Keyboardist and music educator		 94 February 25, 2023 Winchester, England Undisclosed[54]
Hans-Joachim Behrendt
Ideal		 68 February 27, 2023 Berlin, Germany Undisclosed[55]
Yvonne Constant
Singer		 92 February 28, 2023 Larmor-Plage, France Undisclosed[56]
Leon Hughes
The Coasters		 92 March 1, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Natural causes[57]
Steve Mackey
Pulp		 56 March 2, 2023 Sheffield, England Undisclosed illness[58]
Wayne Shorter
The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report		 89 March 2, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed[59]
David Lindley
Multi-instrumentalist		 78 March 3, 2023 Claremont, California, U.S. Kidney damage as a complication of COVID-19[60]
Robert Haimer
Barnes & Barnes		 68 March 4, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed[61]
Michael Rhodes
The Notorious Cherry Bombs		 69 March 4, 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[62]
Spot
Record producer for Black Flag, Descendents		 71 March 4, 2023 Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. Complications from stroke[63]
James "Owl" Walsh
Gypsy		 74 March 4, 2023 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Congestive heart failure[64]
Gary Rossington
Lynyrd Skynyrd		 71 March 5, 2023 Milton, Georgia, U.S. Undisclosed[65]
Eric Alan Livingston
Mamaleek		 38 March 6, 2023 Undisclosed[66]
Josua Madsen
Artillery		 45 March 8, 2023 Copenhagen, Denmark Bus accident[67]
Robin Lumley
Brand X, The Spiders from Mars		 74 March 9, 2023 Plymouth, England Heart Failure[68]
Napoleon XIV
Singer-songwriter		 84 March 10, 2023 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. Complications from Dementia & Parkinson's Disease[69]
Costa Titch
Amapiano rapper and dancer		 27 March 11, 2023 Johannesburg, South Africa Collapsed on stage[70]
Canisso
Bassist for Raimundos		 57 March 13, 2023 São Paulo, Brazil Undisclosed[71]
Simon Emmerson
Afro Celt Sound System		 67 March 13, 2023 Dorchester, Dorset, England Long illness[72]
Jim Gordon
Derek and the Dominos, Traffic, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends		 77 March 13, 2023 Vacaville, California, U.S. Natural causes[73]
Bobby Caldwell
Singer-songwriter and musician		 71 March 14, 2023 Great Meadows, New Jersey, U.S. Long illness[74]
Tony Coe
Jazz musician		 88 March 16, 2023 Canterbury, Kent, England Undisclosed[75]
Fuzzy Haskins
Parliament-Funkadelic		 81 March 17, 2023 Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, U.S. Complications of diabetes[76]
Mick Slattery
Hawkwind		 77 March 17, 2023 Short illness[77]
Dima Nova
Cream Soda		 35 March 20, 2023 Volga, Russia Drowned[78]
Tom Leadon
Mudcrutch		 70 March 22, 2023 U.S. Natural causes [79]
Wayne Swinny
Saliva		 59 March 22, 2023 Somewhere in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Brain hemorrhage[80]
Luca Bergia
Drummer for Marlene Kuntz		 54 March 23, 2023 Cuneo, Italy Undisclosed causes[81]
Nick Lloyd Webber
Composer and record producer; son of Andrew Lloyd Webber		 43 March 25, 2023 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England Gastric cancer[82]
Ray Pillow
Singer		 85 March 26, 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Undisclosed[83]
Howie Kane
Jay and the Americans		 81 March 27, 2023 U.S. Undisclosed[84]
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yellow Magic Orchestra		 71 March 28, 2023 Tokyo, Japan Cancer[85]
Brian Gillis
LFO		 47 March 29, 2023 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Undisclosed[86]
Sweet Charles Sherrell
James Brown's band, The J.B.'s		 80 March 29, 2023 Netherlands Emphysema[87]
Ray Shulman
Gentle Giant		 73 March 30, 2023 London, England Long illness[88]
Red Robinson
Disc jockey		 86 April 1, 2023 Vancouver, Canada A brief illness[89]
Seymour Stein
American Hall of Fame Music executive		 80 April 2, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cancer[90]
Vivian Trimble
Luscious Jackson		 59 April 4, 2023 U.S. Cancer[91]
Guy Bailey
The Quireboys		 61 April 6, 2023 Undisclosed[92]
Paul Cattermole
S Club 7		 46 April 6, 2023 Wareham, Dorset, England Heart failure[93]
Ian Bairnson
The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot		 69 April 7, 2023 Surrey, England Dementia[94]
John Regan
Peter Frampton, Frehley's Comet		 71 April 7, 2023 Wappingers Falls, New York, U.S. Undisclosed[95]
Lasse Wellander
Guitarist for ABBA		 70 April 7, 2023 Bålsta, Sweden Cancer[96]
Cliff Fish
Paper Lace		 73 April 14, 2023 Cyprus Cancer[97]
Mark Sheehan
The Script		 46 April 14, 2023 Undisclosed illness[98]
Ahmad Jamal
Jazz pianist		 92 April 16, 2023 Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, U.S. Prostate cancer[99]
April Stevens
Nino Tempo & April Stevens		 93 April 17, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Undisclosed[100]
Otis Redding III
The Reddings		 59 April 18, 2023 Macon, Georgia, U.S. Cancer[101]
Moonbin
Astro		 25 April 19, 2023 Seoul, South Korea Suicide[102]
Mark Stewart
The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & The Maffia, New Age Steppers		 62 April 21, 2023 Undisclosed[103]
Ron Cahute
Recording artist and songwriter		 68 April 22, 2023 Toronto, Canada Undisclosed[104]
Keith Gattis
Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer		 52 April 23, 2023 Tractor accident[105]
Harry Belafonte
Singer		 96 April 25, 2023 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. Congestive heart failure[106]
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
Singer-songwriter		 97 April 26, 2023 Clearwater, Florida, U.S. Undisclosed[107]
Wee Willie Harris
Rock and roll singer		 90 April 27, 2023 Undisclosed[108]
Tim Bachman
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt		 71 April 28, 2023 London, England Cancer[109]
John Fean
Horslips		 71 April 28, 2023 Shannon, County Clare, Ireland Undisclosed[110]
Gordon Lightfoot
Singer-songwriter		 84 May 1, 2023 Toronto, Canada Natural causes[111]
Linda Lewis
Singer-songwriter		 72 May 3, 2023 Waltham Abbey, England Natural causes[112]
Rob Laakso
Kurt Vile and the Violators, Swirlies		 44 May 4, 2023 Bile-duct cancer[113]
Chris Strachwitz
Record producer		 91 May 5, 2023 San Rafael, California, U.S. Undisclosed[114]
Menahem Pressler
Beaux Arts Trio		 99 May 6, 2023 London, England Undisclosed[115]
Rita Lee
Os Mutantes		 75 May 8, 2023 São Paulo, Brazil Lung cancer[116]
Jon Povey
Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen		 80 May 9, 2023 Undisclosed[117]
Francis Monkman
Curved Air, Matching Mole, Sky, 801		 73 May 11, 2023 Bedfordshire, England Cancer[118]
Dum-Dum
Facção Central		 54 May 12, 2023 Complications from a stroke[119]
Arno Veimer
Terminaator		 50 May 13, 2023 Undisclosed[120]
John Giblin
Bassist		 71 May 14, 2023 Cheltenham, England Chronic illness[121]
Algy Ward
Tank, The Damned, The Saints		 63 May 17, 2023 Royal Tunbridge Wells, England Undisclosed[122]
Pete Brown
Singer and performance poet		 82 May 19, 2023 Hastings, England Cancer[123]
Andy Rourke
The Smiths		 59 May 19, 2023 New York City, New York, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[124]
Ed Ames
Ames Brothers		 95 May 21, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alzheimer's disease[125]
Kirk Arrington
Metal Church		 61 May 22, 2023 Undisclosed[126]
Chas Newby
The Beatles, The Quarrymen		 81 May 22, 2023 London, England Undisclosed[127]
Mark Adams
Saint Vitus		 64 May 23, 2023 Parkinson's disease[128]
Redd Holt
The Ramsey Lewis Trio		 91 May 23, 2023 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Lung cancer[129]
Sheldon Reynolds
Sun, The Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire		 63 May 23, 2023 Undisclosed[130]
Bill Lee
Jazz bassist and composer		 94 May 24, 2023 New York City, New York, U.S. Undisclosed[131]
Tina Turner
Singer-songwriter		 83 May 24, 2023 Küsnacht, Switzerland After a long illness[132]
İlham Gencer
Turkish jazz musician		 101 May 24, 2023 Bodrum, Turkey Undisclosed[133]
Reuben Wilson
Willis Jackson, Melvin Sparks		 88 May 26, 2023 Harlem, New York, U.S. Lung cancer[134]
Mordechai Rechtman
Israeli bassonist		 97 May 27, 2023 Tel Aviv, Israel Undisclosed[135]
Dickie Harrell
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps		 82 May 31, 2023 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. Undisclosed[136]
Pacho El Antifeka
Rapper		 42 June 1, 2023 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, U.S. Shot[137]
Roy Taylor
Jump the Gun		 66 June 1, 2023 Motor neurone disease[138]
Kaija Saariaho
Finnish composer		 70 June 2, 2023 Paris, France Brain cancer[139]
George Winston
Pianist		 74 June 4, 2023 Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S. Cancer[140]
Astrud Gilberto
Brazilian vocalist; sang "The Girl from Ipanema"		 83 June 5, 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Undisclosed[141]
Tony McPhee
The Groundhogs		 79 June 6, 2023 Complications from fall and stroke[142]
Peter Belli
Danish singer		 79 June 8, 2023 Undisclosed[143]
Jack Earls
Rockabilly singer and guitarist		 90 June 12, 2023 Madison Heights, Michigan Undisclosed[144]
Christy Dignam
Aslan		 63 June 13, 2023 Dublin, Ireland Multiple myeloma
Blackie Onassis
Urge Overkill		 57 June 13, 2023 Undisclosed[145]
Sergey Kolchin
Zemlyane		 45 June 15, 2023 Undisclosed[146]
Peter Dickinson
Pianist, composter, and musicologist		 88 June 16, 2023 Undisclosed[147]
Big Pokey
Rapper		 48 June 18, 2023 Beaumont, Texas, U.S. Heart attack (on stage)[148]
Teresa Taylor
Butthole Surfers		 60 June 18, 2023 Lung disease[149]
John Waddington
The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume		 63 June 20, 2023 Undisclosed[150]
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz musician		 82 June 22, 2023 Wuppertal, Germany Undisclosed[151]
Jesse McReynolds
Jim & Jesse		 93 June 23, 2023 Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S. Undisclosed[152]
Tapas Das
Indian singer-songwriter and guitarist		 68 June 25, 2023 Kolkata, India Lung cancer[153]
Ysabelle Lacamp
French novelist, actress, and singer		 68 June 26, 2023 Paris, France Cancer[154]
Monte Cazazza
Psychic TV		 74 June 27, 2023 Undisclosed[155]
Bobby Osborne
Osborne Brothers		 91 June 27, 2023 Gallatin, Tennessee Aging[156]
Clarence Barlow
Composer		 77 June 29, 2023 Barcelona, Spain Injuries sustained in a fall[157]
Rick Froberg
Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes		 55 June 30, 2023 Natural causes[158]
Mo Foster
Musician, composer, record producer		 78 July 3, 2023 Liver and bile duct cancer[159]
Coco Lee
Hong Kong singer		 48 July 5, 2023 Hong Kong, China Suicide
George Tickner
Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch		 76 July 5, 2023 Undisclosed[160]
Caleb Southern
Record producer		 53 July 6, 2023 Unknown[161]
Violeta Hemsy de Gainza
Argentine pianist and composer		 94 July 7, 2023 Buenos Aires, Argentina Natural causes[162]
Özkan Uğur
MFÖ		 69 July 8, 2023 Istanbul, Turkey Lymphoma[163]
Sam Cutler
Tour manager for the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead		 80 July 11, 2023 Brisbane, Australia Cancer[164]
Jane Birkin
Actress and singer		 76 July 16, 2023 Paris, France Undisclosed[165]
Violeta Sagaitytė [lt]
Opera singer		 76 July 17, 2023 Lithuania Undisclosed
Tony Bennett
Singer		 96 July 21, 2023 New York City, New York, U.S. Alzheimer's disease[166]
Patty Ryan
Eurodisco singer		 62 July 23, 2023 Germany Lung cancer[167]
Brad Houser
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Critters Buggin		 62 July 24, 2023 Stroke[168]
Biff Rose
Singer-songwriter		 85 July 25, 2023 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Undisclosed[169]
Sinéad O'Connor
Singer-songwriter		 56 July 26, 2023 London, England COPD and bronchial asthma[170][171]
Randy Meisner
Eagles, Poco, The Stone Canyon Band		 77 July 26, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. COPD[172]
John Gosling
The Kinks		 75 August 3, 2023 Undisclosed causes[173]
David LaFlamme
The Orkustra, It's A Beautiful Day		 82 August 6, 2023 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. Complications from Parkinson's disease[174]
Erkin Koray
Turkish folk and rock musician		 82 August 7, 2023 Toronto, Canada Lung-related problems[175]
DJ Casper
DJ and songwriter		 58 August 7, 2023 Hazel Crest, Illinois, U.S. Liver and kidney cancer[176]
Robbie Robertson
The Band		 80 August 9, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Prostate cancer[177]
Sixto Rodriguez
Singer-songwriter		 81 August 9, 2023 Undisclosed causes[178]
Ron Peno
Died Pretty		 68 August 11, 2023 Melbourne, Australia Esophageal cancer[179]
Clarence Avant
Music executive		 92 August 13, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed[180]
Jerry Moss
Record executive		 88 August 16, 2023 Bel Air, California, U.S. Natural causes[181]
Walter Aipolani
Hawaiian singer-songwriter and guitarist		 68 August 17, 2023 Liver cancer[182]
Bobby Eli
Songwriter and guitarist		 77 August 17, 2023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Natural causes[183]
Gary Young
Pavement		 70 August 17, 2023 Undisclosed[184]
Ray Hildebrand
Paul & Paula		 82 August 18, 2023 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Undisclosed[185]
Václav Patejdl
Elán		 68 August 19, 2023 A short illness[186]
Toto Cutugno
Italian singer-songwriter and musician		 80 August 22, 2023 Prostate cancer[187]
Vaccine
Dubstep producer and musician		 43 August 22, 2023 Undisclosed[188]
Bernie Marsden
Whitesnake, UFO, Wild Turkey, Paice Ashton Lord		 72 August 24, 2023 Bacterial meningitis[189]
John Kezdy
The Effigies		 64 August 26, 2023 Evanston, Illinois Bicycle crash[190]
Brian McBride
Stars of the Lid, Bell Gardens		 53 August 27, 2023 Undisclosed[191]
James Casey
Trey Anastasio Band		 40 August 28, 2023 Colon cancer[192]
Len Chandler
Folk singer		 88 August 28, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Stroke[193]
Jack Sonni
Dire Straits		 68 August 30, 2023 Undisclosed[194]
Curtis Fowlkes
The Jazz Passengers		 73 August 31, 2023 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Congestive heart failure[195]
Jimmy Buffett
Singer-songwriter		 76 September 1, 2023 Sag Harbor, New York, U.S. Merkel-cell skin cancer[196]
Steve Harwell
Smash Mouth		 56 September 4, 2023 Boise, Idaho, U.S. Liver failure[197]
Gary Wright
Spooky Tooth,
Singer-songwriter		 80 September 4, 2023 Palos Verdes Estates, California, U.S. Parkinson's disease

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Larry Chance
The Earls		 82 September 5, 2023 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Lung cancer[200]
Charles Gayle
Jazz musician		 84 September 5, 2023 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Undisclosed[201]
Bruce Guthro
Runrig		 62 September 5, 2023 Cancer[202]
Richard Davis
Bassist		 93 September 6, 2023 Undisclosed[203]
Mylon LeFevre
Christian rock singer		 78 September 8, 2023 Cancer[204]
Brendan Croker
The Notting Hillbillies		 70 September 10, 2023 Leukemia[205]
Charlie Robison
Country singer-songwriter		 59 September 10, 2023 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Cardiac arrest[206]
Matt Stewart
Streetlight Manifesto		 41 September 10, 2023 Natural causes[207]
MohBad
Nigerian rapper		 27 September 12, 2023 Lagos, Nigeria Unknown[208]
see Death of MohBad
Roger Whittaker
Singer-songwriter		 87 September 13, 2023 France Stroke[209]
Paul Woseen
The Screaming Jets		 56 September 15, 2023 Undisclosed[210]
Irish Grinstead
702		 43 September 16, 2023 Undisclosed illness[211]
John Marshall
Nucleus, Soft Machine		 82 September 16, 2023 London, England Undisclosed[212]
Lou Deprijck
Singer and record producer		 77 September 19, 2023 Brussels, Belgium Undisclosed illness[213]
Katherine Anderson
The Marvelettes		 79 September 20, 2023 Heart failure[214]
Kent Stax
Scream		 61 September 20, 2023 Metastatic cancer[215]
Terry Kirkman
The Association		 83 September 23, 2023 Montclair, California, U.S. Congestive heart failure[216]
Russell Batiste Jr.
The Funky Meters, Vida Blue		 57 September 30, 2023 LaPlace, Louisiana, U.S. Heart attack[217]
Ron Haffkine
Record producer		 84 October 1, 2023 Mexico Leukemia and kidney failure[218]
Shinji Tanimura
Japanese singer-songwriter		 74 October 8, 2023 Enteritis[219]
Buck Trent
Country music instrumentalist		 85 October 9, 2023 Branson, Missouri, U.S. Undisclosed[220]
Rudolph Isley
The Isley Brothers		 84 October 11, 2023 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack[221]
Carla Bley
Jazz composer and pianist		 87 October 17, 2023 Brain cancer[222]
Dwight Twilley
The Dwight Twilley Band		 72 October 18, 2023 Stroke while driving[223]
The 45 King
Hip-hop producer and DJ		 62 October 19, 2023 Undisclosed[224]
Lasse Berghagen
Swedish singer, songwriter and actor		 78 October 19, 2023 Stockholm, Sweden Complications following open heart surgery[225]
Gregg Sutton
Singer-songwriter and musician		 74 October 22, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Undisclosed[226]
Angelo Bruschini
Guitarist		 62 October 23, 2023 Lung cancer[227]
Mervin Shiner
Country singer-songwriter		 102 October 23, 2023 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Undisclosed[228]
Paul Harris
Keyboardist, Manassas, Souther–Hillman–Furay Band		 78 October 24, 2023 Undisclosed[229]
Steve Riley
W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns, Keel, Steppenwolf		 67 October 24, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pneumonia[230]
Goa Gil
Electronic music DJ		 72 October 26, 2023 California, U.S. B-cell lymphoma[231]
Heath
X Japan		 55 October 29, 2023 Colorectal cancer[232]
Sean Martin
The Night Café		 26 November 6, 2023 Undisclosed[233]
Johnny Ruffo
Singer and songwriter		 35 November 10, 2023 Brain cancer[234]
Conny Van Dyke
Singer and actress		 78 November 11, 2023 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Vascular dementia[235]
George Brown
Kool & the Gang		 74 November 16, 2023 Long Beach, California, U.S. Lung cancer[236]
Charlie Dominici
Dream Theater		 72 ca. November 17, 2023 Undisclosed[237]
Catherine Christer Hennix
Swedish experimental musician		 75 November 21, 2023 Istanbul, Turkey Undisclosed[238]
Mars Williams
The Psychedelic Furs, The Waitresses, Liquid Soul		 68 November 20, 2023 Ampullary cancer[239]
Jean Knight
Soul singer		 80 November 22, 2023 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Undisclosed[240]
Jim Salestrom
Singer-songwriter		 67 November 22, 2023 Arvada, Colorado, U.S. Cancer[241]
Greg "Fingers" Taylor
Harmonica player most notably with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band		 71 November 23, 2023 Alzheimer's disease[242]
Les Maguire
Gerry and the Pacemakers		 81 November 25, 2023 Liverpool, England A short illness[243]
Geordie Walker
Killing Joke		 64 November 26, 2023 Prague, Czech Republic Stroke[244]
Shane MacGowan
The Pogues		 65 November 30, 2023 Dublin, Ireland Pneumonia and encephalitis[245]
Myles Goodwyn
April Wine		 75 December 3, 2023 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Diabetes[246]
Denny Laine
Wings, The Moody Blues		 79 December 5, 2023 Lung disease[247]
Adrian Morgan
The Cougars		 80 December 7, 2023 Somerset, England Undisclosed[248]
Jeffrey Foskett
The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson		 67 December 11, 2023 Thyroid cancer[249]
Essra Mohawk
Singer-songwriter		 75 December 11, 2023 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[250]
Zahara
Singer-songwriter		 36 December 11, 2023 Johannesburg, South Africa Liver complications[251]
Travis Dopp
Small Brown Bike		 ca. December 14, 2023 Colon cancer[252]
Colin Burgess
AC/DC, The Masters Apprentices		 77 ca. December 16, 2023 Undisclosed[253]
Amp Fiddler
Singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer		 65 December 17, 2023 Cancer[254]
Jim Ladd
Free-form rock music disc jockey, radio producer, writer		 75 December 17, 2023 Carmichael, California, U.S. Heart attack [255][256]
Eric Moyo
Zimbabwean gospel singer		 42 December 20, 2023 South Africa Brain bleed; collapsed onstage[257]
R. Scott Bryan
The Allman Betts Band		 December 22, 2023 Undisclosed[258]
Laura Lynch
Dixie Chicks		 65 December 22, 2023 El Paso, Texas, U.S. Car crash[259]
Lisandro Meza
Colombian singer and accordionist		 86 December 23, 2023 Sincelejo, Colombia Stroke[260]
Willie Ruff
Jazz musician and educator		 92 December 24, 2023 Killen, Alabama, U.S. Undisclosed[261]
David Freeman
Preservationist of bluegrass and old-time music		 84 December 25, 2023 Alzheimer's disease[262]
Rudy Flores
Los Humildes		 75 December 26, 2023 Houston, Texas, U.S. Undisclosed[263]
Tom Smothers
Comedian and musician		 86 December 26, 2023 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. Lung cancer[264]
Mbongeni Ngema
South African musician and playwright		 68 December 27, 2023 South Africa Car crash[265]
Maurice Hines
Dancer, singer and actor		 80 December 29, 2023 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Natural causes[266]
Les McCann
Jazz pianist and vocalist		 88 December 29, 2023 California, U.S. Undisclosed[267]
Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Actress and singer		 79 December 29, 2023 Queens, New York, U.S. Undisclosed[268]
Klee Benally
Blackfire		 48 December 30, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Undisclosed[269]

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