List of deaths in rock and roll (2000s)

The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 2000s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.

Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider. In determining criteria for inclusion, this list uses as its basis reliable sources listing "rock deaths" or "deaths in rock and roll", as well as such sources as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Preceded by 1990s

List of deaths in popular music 2000s

Succeeded by 2010s

2000

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Nat Adderley Cannonball Adderley's brother	68	January 2, 2000	Lakeland, Florida, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[1]
Harmonica Fats	72	January 3, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Unknown
Ida Goodson	90	January 5, 2000	Pensacola, Florida, U.S.	Unknown
Wade Walton	76	January 10, 2000	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.	Unknown[2]
Richard "Dimples" Fields	57	January 12, 2000	Novato, California, U.S.	Stroke
Annie Palmen	73	January 15, 2000	Beverwijk, Netherlands	Long illness of an undisclosed nature
Gene Harris	66	January 16, 2000	Boise, Idaho, U.S.	Kidney failure[3]
Dub Jones The Coasters	71	January 16, 2000	Long Beach, California, U.S.	Diabetes
Josh Clayton-Felt School of Fish	32	January 19, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Testicular cancer[4]
Friedrich Gulda	69	January 27, 2000	Steinbach am Attersee, Austria	[5]
Alla Rakha	80	February 3, 2000	South Mumbai, India	[6]
Doris Coley The Shirelles	58	February 4, 2000	Sacramento, California, U.S.	Breast cancer[7]
Steve Waller Manfred Mann's Earth Band	48	February 6, 2000	Stroud, Gloucestershire, England	Liver problems
Dave Peverett Foghat	56	February 7, 2000	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Renal cancer[8]
Big Pun	28	February 7, 2000	White Plains, New York, U.S.	Heart attack[9]
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	70	February 12, 2000	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France	Complications following surgery concerning aneurysm[10]
Andy Lewis The Whitlams	33	February 12, 2000	Sydney, Australia	Suicide[11]
Oliver	54	February 12, 2000	Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.	Lymphatic cancer[12]
Olgita DeCastro The DeCastro Sisters	68–69	February 14, 2000		Asthma
William "Wee Gee" Howard The Dramatics	49	February 22, 2000	Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, U.S.
Ofra Haza	42	February 23, 2000	Ramat Gan, Israel	AIDS-related pneumonia[13]
Dennis Danell Social Distortion	38	February 29, 2000	Costa Mesa, California, U.S.	Brain aneurysm[14]
Pee Wee King	86	March 7, 2000	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Heart attack
Charles Gray	71	March 7, 2000	London, England	Cancer
Tommy Collins	69	March 14, 2000	Ashland City, Tennessee	[15]
Ian Dury Ian Dury and the Blockheads	57	March 27, 2000	Upminster, London, England	Colon cancer[16]
Adrian Fisher Sparks	47	March 31, 2000	Ko Samui, Thailand	Myocardial infarction
Joe Rock Manager and producer for The Skyliners	63	April 4, 2000		Complications from quadruple bypass heart surgery
Gene Pearson The Cleftones	64	April 6, 2000		Lung cancer
Richard Trice	82	April 6, 2000	Burnsville, North Carolina, U.S.
Heinz Burt The Tornados	57	April 7, 2000	Southampton, England	Motor neurone disease and stroke[17]
Cleveland Horne The Fantastic Four	60's	April 13, 2000		Heart attack
Neal Matthews Jr. The Jordanaires	70	April 21, 2000		Heart attack
Barkin' Bill Smith	71	April 24, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer
Vicki Sue Robinson	45	April 27, 2000	Wilton, Connecticut, U.S.	Cancer[18]
Bobbi Martin	60	May 2, 2000	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Cancer
Dédé Fortin Les Colocs	37	May 8, 2000	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Suicide
Geoff Goddard	62	May 15, 2000		Heart attack[19]
Joe Jaramillo Cannibal & the Headhunters	52	May 24, 2000		Cirrhosis of the liver
Tex Beneke Glenn Miller Orchestra	86	May 30, 2000	Costa Mesa, California	[20]
Johnnie Taylor	66	May 31, 2000	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Heart attack[21]
Tito Puente	77	June 1, 2000	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
Ralph Jones Bill Haley & His Comets	78	June 1, 2000	Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Unknown
Paul Griffin	62	June 14, 2000	New York City, New York, U.S.	Complications from diabetes
Hattie Littles	63	June 15, 2000	Flint, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack
Clive Westlake	67	June 17, 2000	Pegram, Tennessee, U.S.	Unknown[22]
Jerome Richardson	79	June 23, 2000	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.	[23]
Rodrigo Bueno	27	June 24, 2000	Berazategui, Argentina	Traffic collision[24]
Chuck Briggs U.S. Bombs	40	July 4, 2000		Complications from drug abuse
Yuri Klinskikh Sektor Gaza	35	July 4, 2000	Voronezh, Russia	Heart failure
Michael Hartman Guitarist for David Lee Roth and Jeff Beck	24	July 6, 2000		Cystic fibrosis
Paul Young Mike + The Mechanics, Sad Café	53	July 15, 2000	Hale, Altrincham, England	Heart attack[25]
Johnny Duncan	67	July 15, 2000	Taree, New South Wales, Australia	Cancer[26]
Ronn Goedert White Witch	49	July 16, 2000		Cancer
Jerome Smith KC and the Sunshine Band	47	July 28, 2000	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Crushed by a bulldozer[27]
Nazia Hassan	35	August 13, 2000	London, England	Lung cancer
Alan Caddy Johnny Kidd & The Pirates The Tornados	60	August 16, 2000		Complications due to alcoholism[28]
Jack Nitzsche Crazy Horse, The Rolling Stones	63	August 25, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[29]
Allen Woody The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule	44	August 26, 2000	Queens, New York, U.S.	Heroin overdose[30]
Sean Patrick McCabe Ink & Dagger	27	August 28, 2000	Indiana, U.S.	Asphyxiation[31]
Saunders King	91	August 31, 2000	San Rafael, California, U.S.	Unknown
David Brown Santana	53	September 4, 2000		Liver and kidney failure
"Sweet James" Epps Lead singer of The Fantastic Four	63	September 11, 2000		Heart attack
Stanley Turrentine	66	September 12, 2000	New York City, New York, U.S.	Stroke[32]
Ian "Spike" Spice Drummer for Breathe	34	September 24, 2000	Thailand	Undisclosed cause; Possible car crash
Baden Powell	63	September 26, 2000	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[33]
Benjamin Orr The Cars	53	October 3, 2000	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer[34]
Britt Woodman	80	October 13, 2000	Hawthorne, California, U.S.	Respiratory failure
Joachim Nielsen Jokke & Valentinerne	36	October 17, 2000	Oslo, Norway	Heroin overdose[35]
Julie London	74	October 18, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stroke and cardiac arrest
Little Mack Simmons	67	October 24, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Colon cancer[36]
Winston Grennan	56	October 27, 2000	Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.	Cancer
Jimmie Davis	101	November 5, 2000	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.	Stroke
Jimmy Hill Ray Columbus and the Invaders	56	November 7, 2000		Heart ailment
Dick Morrissey If	60	November 8, 2000	Deal, Kent, England	Cancer
Dave Wilson Drummer for The Cascades	64	November 14, 2000		Cancer
Joe C. Kid Rock	26	November 16, 2000	Taylor, Michigan, U.S.	Severe Celiac Disease[37]
Dušan Dejanović Ekatarina Velika	??	November 16, 2000	Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia	AIDS
DJ Screw	29	November 16, 2000	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Codeine overdose
Bobby Sheen Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans	59	November 23, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Pneumonia[38]
Frankie Smith The Monotones	62	November 26, 2000		Lung cancer
Scott Smith Loverboy	45	November 30, 2000	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Boating accident[39]
Hoyt Curtin Primary music director for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio from 1957 to 1986	78	December 3, 2000	Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.	Accidental fall[40][41]
Joe Nanini Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Wall of Voodoo	45	December 4, 2000	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Brain Hemorrhage[42]
Velvert Turner	49	December 11, 2000	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Pirkle Lee Moses The El Dorados	63	December 16, 2000		Cancer
Kirsty MacColl	41	December 18, 2000	Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico	Hit by powerboat[43]
Rob Buck 10,000 Maniacs	42	December 19, 2000	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Acute liver disease[44]
Milt Hinton	90	December 19, 2000	Queens, New York, U.S.	Unknown
Pops Staples The Staple Singers	85	December 19, 2000	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Injuries from a fall[45]
Matthew McQuater The Clovers	73	December 19, 2000	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Unknown
Allan Smethurst	73	December 22, 2000	Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England	[46]
Johnny Flamingo	66	December 24, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer and emphysema
Nick Massi The Four Seasons	73	December 24, 2000	West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Cancer[47]
Jack McVea	86	December 27, 2000	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Unknown
Willie D. Warren	76	December 30, 2000	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Isaac Guillory	76	December 31, 2000	Newcastle, England	[48]

2001

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Milan Hlavsa Plastic People of the Universe	49	January 5, 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Lung cancer[49]
James Carr	58	January 7, 2001	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Lung cancer[50]
Bryan Gregory The Cramps	49	January 10, 2001	Anaheim, California, U.S.	Heart failure[51]
Jack McDuff	74	January 23, 2001	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.	Heart failure[52]
J.J. Johnson	77	February 4, 2001	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Suicide by gunshot
Dale Evans	88	February 7, 2001	Apple Valley, California, U.S.	Congestive heart failure
Debbie Dean	73	February 17, 2001	Ojai, California, U.S.	Unknown[53]
John Fahey	61	February 22, 2001	Salem, Oregon, U.S.	Complications following coronary bypass surgery[54]
Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts III Body Count	38	February 22, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Murder by gunshot[55]
Glenn Hughes Village People	50	March 4, 2001	Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.	Lung cancer[56]
Mike "Smitty" Smith Paul Revere & the Raiders	58	March 6, 2001		Natural causes
Robert Ealey	75	March 8, 2001	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
John Phillips The Mamas & the Papas	65	March 18, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart failure[57]
Herbie Jones	74	March 19, 2001	New York City, New York, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[58]
Earl Beal The Silhouettes	71	March 22, 2001		Unknown
John Lewis	80	March 29, 2001	New York City, New York, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Big Daddy Kinsey	74	April 3, 2001	Gary, Indiana, U.S.	Prostate cancer[59]
Paul Peek Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	63	April 3, 2001	Lithonia, Georgia, U.S.	Cirrhosis[60]
Charles Pettigrew Charles & Eddie	37	April 6, 2001	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Cancer[61]
Van Stephenson Blackhawk	47	April 8, 2001	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Melanoma[62]
Sandy Bull	60	April 11, 2001	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Lung cancer[63]
Joey Ramone The Ramones	49	April 15, 2001	New York City, New York, U.S.	Lymphoma[64]
Al Hibbler	85	April 24, 2001	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Natural causes[65]
Ernie Graham Eire Apparent, Help Yourself, Clancy	54	April 27, 2001	London, England	Alcohol related illness[66]
Billy Higgins	64	May 3, 2001	Inglewood, California, U.S.	Kidney & liver failure
Boozoo Chavis	70	May 5, 2001	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Complications following a heart attack[67]
Mike Hazlewood	59	May 6, 2001	Florence, Italy	Heart attack
James E. Myers Record producer for Bill Haley & His Comets	81	May 10, 2001	Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S.	Unknown[68]
Perry Como	88	May 12, 2001	Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease.[69]
Prince Ital Joe	38	May 16, 2001	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.	Traffic accident[70]
Susannah McCorkle	55	May 19, 2001	New York City, New York, U.S.	Suicide by jumping
Brian Pendleton Pretty Things	57	May 25, 2001	Maidstone, Kent, England	Lung cancer
Tony Ashton	55	May 28, 2001	London, England	Cancer[71]
Carole Fredericks	49	June 7, 2001	Dakar, Senegal	Apparent heart attack
Marcelo Fromer Titãs	39	June 13, 2001	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Traffic accident
Davorin Popović Indexi	54	June 18, 2001	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Melanoma
Lindsay L. Cooper	61	June 19, 2001	Edinburgh, Scotland
John Lee Hooker	83 or 88	June 21, 2001	Los Altos, California, U.S.	Natural causes[72]
Chet Atkins	77	June 30, 2001	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Colon Cancer[73]
Joe Henderson	64	June 30, 2001	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Emphysema/Heart failure
Roy Nichols Merle Haggard	68	July 3, 2001	Bakersfield, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Ernie K-Doe	68	July 5, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Kidney and liver failure[74]
Fred Neil	65	July 7, 2001	Summerland Key, Florida, U.S.	Squamous-cell carcinoma[75]
Big Ed	29	July 8, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Lymphoma cancer
Herman Brood	54	July 11, 2001	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Suicide
Ritchie Galvin Drummer for "Earl Preston & the TT's'	57	July 13, 2001		Unknown
Ian Lowery The Wall, Ski Patrol, Folk Devils	45	July 14, 2001	London, England
Anthony Ian Berkeley Gravediggaz	36	July 15, 2001	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Colon cancer
Mimi Fariña	56	July 18, 2001	Mill Valley, California, U.S.	Neuroendocrine tumor[76]
Judy Clay	62	July 19, 2001	Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.	Complications following traffic accident[77]
Milt Gabler Record producer	90	July 20, 2001	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Unknown[78]
Richie Lee Acetone	34	July 23, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Suicide[79]
Harold Land	72	July 27, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stroke
Leon Wilkeson Lynyrd Skynyrd	49	July 27, 2001	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.	Natural causes[80]
Bill Wade Moxy	53	July 27, 2001		Cancer
Ronald Townson The 5th Dimension	68	August 2, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Renal failure[81]
Lou Garscadden Slash Puppet	36	August 4, 2001	Toronto, Canada	Heart attack[82]
Paul Cunniffe Blaze X	40	August 11, 2001	Whitechapel, London, England
Maurice Oberstein	72	August 13, 2001	London, England	Heart attack[83]
Betty Everett	61	August 19, 2001	South Beloit, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack[84]
Aaliyah	22	August 25, 2001	Abaco Islands, Bahamas	Plane accident[85]
Graeme Strachan Skyhooks	49	August 29, 2001	Mount Archer, Queensland, Australia	Helicopter accident[86]
Ted Mulry	54	September 1, 2001	Sydney, Australia	Brain cancer[87]
Sil Austin	71	September 1, 2001		Prostate cancer
Jay Migliori	70	September 2, 2001	Mission Viejo, California, U.S.	Colon cancer[88]
Dave Myers The Aces	74	September 3, 2001		Diabetes
Carl Crack	30	September 6, 2001	Berlin, Germany	Heroin overdose[89]
DJ Uncle Al	32	September 10, 2001	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Murdered[90][91]
Carolyn Beug Record producer for Walt Disney Records	48	September 11, 2001	North Tower, One World Trade Center, New York City, New York, U.S.	American Airlines Flight 11 hijacking and crash[92]
Kenny Greene Intro	32	October 1, 2001	New York City, New York, U.S.	Complications from AIDS[93]
Etta Jones	72	October 16, 2001	Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.	Cancer
Kim Gardner Badger, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, The Birds, The Creation	53	October 24, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer
Panama Francis	82	November 13, 2001	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Stroke[94]
Tommy Flanagan	71	November 16, 2001	New York City, New York, U.S.	Complications from an aneurysm
Jack Rothstein The Wombles	75	November 16, 2001	London, England	Unknown
Isaac Scott	56	November 16, 2001	Edmonds, Washington, U.S.	Complications from diabetes
Michael Karoli Can	53	November 17, 2001	Essen, Germany	Cancer[95]
Scott Murray 28 Days	22	November 18, 2001	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Hit by a car[96]
Norman Granz Record producer	83	November 22, 2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Cancer
O.C. Smith	69	November 23, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Melanie Thornton La Bouche	34	November 24, 2001	Bassersdorf, Switzerland	Plane accident[97]
Maria Serrano Serrano Passion Fruit	27	November 24, 2001	Bassersdorf, Switzerland	Plane accident[98]
Nathaly(i.e.) van het Ende Passion Fruit	26	November 24, 2001	Bassersdorf, Switzerland	Plane accident
George Harrison The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys	58	November 29, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Laryngeal cancer[99]
Grady Martin	72	December 3, 2001	Lewisburg, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart attack
James Crutchfield	89	December 7, 2001	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.	Heart disease
Chuck Schuldiner Death, Control Denied	34	December 13, 2001	Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S.	Brain cancer[100]
Bianca Halstead Humble Gods	36	December 15, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Traffic accident[101]
Rufus Thomas	84	December 15, 2001	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart failure[102]
Stuart Adamson The Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels	43	December 16, 2001	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.	Suicide by hanging[103]
Clifford T. Ward	57	December 18, 2001	Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England	Pneumonia[104]
Christine Kittrell	72	December 19, 2001	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Emphysema
Lance Loud The Mumps	50	December 22, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Liver failure as a result from hepatitis C and HIV
Gareth Williams This Heat	48	December 24, 2001		Cancer
Frankie Gaye Marvin Gaye's brother	60	December 30, 2001	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack[105]

2002

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Zac Foley EMF	31	January 3, 2002	Camden, New Jersey, U.S.	Speedball and alcohol overdose[106]
Bill Savich Johnny and the Hurricanes	63	January 4, 2002		Cancer
John Dawson The Poets	57	January 6, 2002	Glasgow, Scotland	Cancer
Jon Lee Feeder	33	January 7, 2002	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Suicide by hanging[107]
Tyrone "Crusher" Green Wilson Pickett	58	January 8, 2002		Pancreatic cancer
David McWilliams	56	January 8, 2002	Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland	Heart attack
Hoagy Lands	65	January 12, 2002	Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Complications following heart surgery
Sally Donaldson Radio host for the RBC	57	January 14, 2002	Harare, Zimbabwe	Throat cancer
Eddie Meduza	53	January 17, 2002	Nöbbele, Sweden	Heart attack
Carlo Karges Nena	50	January 20, 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Liver failure[108]
Peggy Lee	81	January 21, 2002	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications of diabetes following a heart attack[109]
Peter Bardens Camel	56	January 22, 2002	Malibu, California, U.S.	Lung cancer[110]
Henry Cosby	73	January 22, 2002	Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.	Complications following cardiac bypass surgery
Andy Kulberg The Blues Project, Seatrain	57	January 28, 2002	Fairfax, California, U.S.	Lymphoma
Carlo Karges Nena, Novalis	50	January 30, 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Liver failure
Paul Baloff Exodus, Hirax, Heathen	41	February 2, 2002	Oakland, California, U.S.	Stroke/Coma[111]
Willis Draffen Bloodstone	56	February 8, 2002		Unknown
Dave Van Ronk	65	February 10, 2002	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cardiopulmonary failure while undergoing postoperative treatment for colon cancer[112]
Waylon Jennings	64	February 13, 2002	Chandler, Arizona, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[113]
Mick Tucker Sweet	54	February 14, 2002	Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England	Leukemia[114]
Billy Ward Billy Ward and his Dominoes	80	February 16, 2002	Inglewood, California, U.S.	Unknown
Huey Davis The Contours	63	February 23, 2002	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Died at his home
Doreen Waddell Soul II Soul, The KLF	36	March 1, 2002	Shoreham, West Sussex, England	Traffic accident[115]
Shirley Scott	67	March 10, 2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Heart failure[116]
Cranford Nix The Malakas	33	March 12, 2002	Berkley, Michigan, U.S.	Heroin overdose[117]
Speedy Keen The Who, Thunderclap Newman	56	March 12, 2002		Heart failure[118]
Marc Moreland Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls	44	March 13, 2002	Paris, France	Liver & kidney failure[119]
Marshall Leib The Teddy Bears	63	March 15, 2002	Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack
John Patton	66	March 19, 2002	Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[120]
Joe Schermie Three Dog Night	56	March 26, 2002	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack[121]
Randy Castillo Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe	51	March 26, 2002	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Skin cancer[122]
Dudley Moore	66	March 27, 2002	Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.	Pneumonia from Palsy (PSP)
Milton Berle	93	March 27, 2002	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Colon cancer
Randy Carr Social Distortion	45	March 27, 2002	Irvine, California, U.S.	Cushing's syndrome
Frank Tovey Fad Gadget	45	April 3, 2002	London, England	Heart attack[123]
Layne Staley Alice in Chains, Mad Season	34	April 5, 2002	Seattle, Washington, U.S.	Speedball overdose[124]
Kevin Kelly The Byrds	59	April 6, 2002	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Natural causes
Alan Dale	76	April 20, 2002	New York City, New York, U.S.	Died after a long illness
Lisa Lopes TLC	30	April 25, 2002	La Ceiba, Honduras	Traffic accident[125]
Dick Campbell	58	April 25, 2002		Complications from lung transplant
César Díaz Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Neil Young	50	April 26, 2002		Unknown
Otis Blackwell	71	May 6, 2002	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart attack
James Dewar Robin Trower, Stone the Crows	59	May 16, 2002	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland	Stroke
Little Johnny Taylor	59	May 17, 2002	Conway, Arkansas, U.S.	Died at his home
Boyd Bennett	77	June 2, 2002	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.	Lung ailment
Boo Duckworth Drummer for Animal Bag	35	June 5, 2002		Natural causes
Dee Dee Ramone The Ramones	50	June 5, 2002	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose[126]
Robbin Crosby Ratt	42	June 6, 2002	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose[127]
Laurie Allen Bobbie & Laurie	60	June 13, 2002		Heart attack
John Entwistle The Who	57	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Cocaine-induced heart attack[128]
Russ Freeman	76	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Unknown[129]
Rosemary Clooney	74	June 29, 2002	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Lung cancer
Richard "Pistol" Allen The Funk Brothers	69	June 30, 2002	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Cancer
Ray Brown Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, The L.A. Four	75	July 2, 2002	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Natural causes[130]
Earle Brown	75	July 2, 2002	Rye, New York, U.S.	Cancer[131]
Jim Cherry Strung Out, Pulley, Zero Down	30	July 7, 2002	Simi Valley, California, U.S.	Congenital heart condition[132]
Rosco Gordon	74	July 11, 2002	Rego Park, Queens, New York, U.S.	Heart attack[133]
Barbara Randolph	60	July 15, 2002	Somewhere in South Africa	Cancer
Otis Leavill Record producer	65	July 17, 2002	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart attack[134]
Arthur Lee Maye "Arthur Lee Maye & the Crowns"	67	July 17, 2002	Riverside, California, U.S.	Pancreatic & liver cancer
Dave Carter Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer	49	July 19, 2002	Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.	Heart attack[135]
Alan Lomax	87	July 19, 2002	Safety Harbor, Florida, U.S.	Pneumonia[136]
Little Jimmy King	37	July 19, 2002	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Heart attack
Gus Dudgeon Record producer	59	July 21, 2002	M4 motorway, Berkshire, England	Traffic accident[137]
Roscoe Shelton	70	July 27, 2002	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer
Paul Samson Samson	49	August 9, 2002	Norwich, England	Cancer
Michael Houser Widespread Panic	40	August 10, 2002	Athens, Georgia, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer
Dave Williams Drowning Pool	30	August 14, 2002	Manassas, Virginia, U.S.	Heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy[138]
Lionel Hampton	94	August 31, 2002	New York City, New York, U.S.	Congestive heart failure[139]
Chris Rice "3AE" and "The Denizens"	29	September 6, 2002		Car crash
Erma Franklin	64	September 7, 2002	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Laryngeal cancer
Paul Williams	87	September 14, 2002	New York City, New York, U.S.
Margita Stefanović Ekatarina Velika	43	September 18, 2002	Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia	Infective diseases
Tim Rose The Big 3	62	September 24, 2002	London, England	Heart attack
Mickey Newbury Singer-songwriter	62	September 29, 2002	Springfield, Oregon, U.S.	Emphysema
Darryl DeLoach Iron Butterfly	55	October 3, 2002		Hepatocellular carcinoma/Liver cancer[140]
Ray Conniff	85	October 12, 2002	Escondido, California, U.S.	Head trauma after a fall
Ramon Loper The Five Keys	66	October 16, 2002		Died after a long illness
Bashful Brother Oswald	90	October 17, 2002	Madison, Tennessee, U.S.
Paul Owens The Dixie Hummingbirds, Swan Silvertones, Sensational Nightingales	78	October 17, 2002		Unknown
Anna King	64	October 21, 2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Richard Harris	72	October 25, 2002	Bloomsbury, London, England	Hodgkin's disease[141]
Tom Dowd Audio engineer & record producer	77	October 27, 2002	Aventura, Florida, U.S.	Emphysema[142]
Baby Lloyd Stallworth The Famous Flames	61	October 27, 2002		Natural Causes[143]
Jam Master Jay Run-DMC	37	October 30, 2002	New York City, New York, U.S.	Murdered[144]
Claude "Juan" Johnson Don and Juan	67	October 31, 2002		Unknown
Lonnie Donegan	71	November 3, 2002	Peterborough, England	Heart attack[145]
Billy Guy The Coasters	66	November 5, 2002	Clark County, Nevada, U.S.	Cardiovascular disease[146]
Michael Stewart Guitarist/Banjo for We Five	57	November 13, 2002		Died after a long illness/Possible suicide[147]
Dave "Snaker" Ray	59	November 28, 2002	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.	Lung cancer[148]
Denny Correll Blues Image	56	November 29, 2002	Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.	Heart failure[149]
Ben Eberbaugh Black Lips	22	December 1, 2002	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Traffic accident
Mal Waldron	77	December 2, 2002	Brussels, Belgium	Cancer
Bernie Dwyer Drummer for Freddie and the Dreamers	62	December 4, 2002		Lung cancer
Mary Hansen Stereolab	36	December 9, 2002	London, England	Traffic accident[150]
Zal Yanovsky The Lovin' Spoonful	57	December 13, 2002	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Heart attack[151]
Joe Strummer The Clash, The Mescaleros	50	December 22, 2002	Broomfield, Somerset, England	Congenital heart defect[152]
Kevin MacMichael Cutting Crew	51	December 31, 2002	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Lung cancer[153]

2003

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Dan Davenport Singer for "The Detroit Romeos"/"The Larados"	64	January 1, 2003		Emphysema
Edward "Ed" Farran The Arbors	65	January 2, 2003	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Kidney failure[154]
King Biscuit Boy	58	January 5, 2003	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mickey Finn T. Rex	55	January 11, 2003	Croydon, Surrey, England	Alcohol-related liver problems[155]
Maurice Gibb Bee Gees	53	January 12, 2003	Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.	Cardiac arrest following volvulus[156]
Roger Troutman Jr. Zapp	32	January 22, 2003	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.	Heart failure
Nell Carter	54	January 23, 2003	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Arteriosclerotic heart disease complicated by diabetes[157]
Sabotage	29	January 24, 2003	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Murdered[158][159]
Kevin "Dino" Conner H-Town	28	January 28, 2003	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Car crash[160]
Mongo Santamaría	85	February 1, 2003	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Stroke[161]
Vincent "Randy" Chin Record producer and record company owner	65	February 2, 2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.	Diabetes[162]
Malcolm Roberts	58	February 7, 2003	Chertsey, Surrey, England	Heart attack[163]
Johnny Paycheck	64	February 19, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Emphysema[164]
Ty Longley Great White	31	February 20, 2003	West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.	The Station nightclub fire[165]
Tom Glazer	88	February 21, 2003	Rochester, New York, U.S.	Died at his home[166]
Howie Epstein Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	47	February 23, 2003	Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.	Heroin overdose[167]
William "Sonny" Forrest "The Fantastics"	67	February 23, 2003		Unknown
Earl Forest	76	February 26, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer
Hank Ballard The Midnighters	75	March 2, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Throat cancer[168]
Alice Martineau	30	March 6, 2003	Kensington, London, England	Cystic fibrosis[169]
Adam Faith	62	March 8, 2003	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England	Heart attack[170]
Ian Samwell The Shadows	66	March 13, 2003	Sacramento, California, U.S.	Heart ailment[171]
Hardin "Buddy" Pendergrass White Witch	??	March 16, 2003		Cancer
Teemu Raimoranta Finntroll, Thy Serpent, Barathrum, Impaled Nazarene	25	March 16, 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Fall from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki while intoxicated[172]
Brandi Wells	47	March 24, 2003	Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Breast cancer
Chris Michie Van Morrison	55	March 27, 2003	Fairfax, California, U.S.	Melanoma/Cancer[173]
Leslie Cheung	46	April 1, 2003	Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, China	suicide[174]
Edwin Starr	61	April 2, 2003	Bramcote, Nottingham, England	Heart attack[175]
Homer Banks	61	April 3, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer[176]
Mark Reynolds Red Flag	30's	April 7, 2003		Suicide[177]
Little Eva	59	April 10, 2003	Kinston, North Carolina, U.S.	Cervical cancer[178]
Sean Delaney Kiss	58	April 13, 2003	Utah, U.S.
Allen Eager	76	April 13, 2003	Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.	Liver cancer
Earl King	69	April 17, 2003	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Diabetes-related complications
Nina Simone	70	April 21, 2003	Carry-le-Rouet, France	Breast cancer
Gerry Shephard The Glitter Band	51	May 6, 2003		Cancer
Rana Ross Touring musician for Phantom Blue, Vixen	41	May 3, 2003	U.S.	Liver failure
Noel Redding The Jimi Hendrix Experience	57	May 11, 2003	County Cork, Republic of Ireland	Shock haemorrhage due to esophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis[179]
June Carter Cash Carter Family, The Carter Sisters, Johnny Cash's second wife	73	May 15, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Complications from heart-valve surgery
George Faith	56	May 16, 2003		Cancer[180]
Jinny Osborn The Chordettes	76	May 19, 2003	Palm Springs, Florida, U.S.	Cancer
Camoflauge	21	May 19, 2003	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.	Murdered[181]
Joe "Guitar" Hughes	65	May 20, 2003	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Heart attack[182]
Big DS Onyx	31	May 22, 2003		Lymphatic cancer
Jeremy Ward The Mars Volta, De Facto	27	May 25, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose[183]
Mickie Most Record producer	64	May 30, 2003	Totteridge, London, England	Peritoneal mesothelioma
Dave Rowberry The Animals	62	June 6, 2003	Hackney, East London, England	Heart failure[184]
Jimmy Knepper	75	June 14, 2003	Triadelphia, West Virginia, U.S.	Parkinson's disease
Mark Storm Bassist for National Velvet (band)	30's	Missing since November 2002, found c. July 2003	Lake Ontario, Canada	Drowning
Herbie Mann	73	July 1, 2003	Pecos, New Mexico, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Skip Scarborough American arranger and record producer for L.T.D., Earth, Wind & Fire	58	July 3, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer
Barry White	58	July 4, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Kidney failure/Stroke[185]
Skip Battin Skip & Flip, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Flying Burrito Brothers	69	July 6, 2003	Salem, Oregon, U.S.	Complications from Alzheimer's disease[186]
John Purdell Record producer and arranger from Dream Theater, Kix, Heart and L.A. Guns	44	July 10, 2003	Quebec, Canada	Prostate cancer
Benny Carter	95	July 12, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications from bronchitis[187]
Adam Cox The Exploding Hearts	23	July 20, 2003	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	Traffic accident[188]
Jeremy Gage The Exploding Hearts	21	July 20, 2003	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	Traffic accident[188]
Matt Fitzgerald The Exploding Hearts	20	July 20, 2003	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	Traffic accident[188]
Erik Brann Iron Butterfly	52	July 25, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[189]
René Berg Hanoi Rocks, "Suicide Twins", "The Hollywood Killers" etc...	47	July 28, 2003		Drug overdose
Greg Guidry Singer-Songwriter	49	July 28, 2003	Fairview, Tennessee, U.S.	Fire
Sam Phillips Businessman and record producer	80	July 30, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Respiratory failure[190]
Roger Voudouris	48	August 3, 2003	Sacramento, California, U.S.	Liver disease
Gregory Hines	57	August 9, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Liver cancer[191]
Dan Birney Bassist for Head East	52	August 9, 2003		Cardiovascular disease
Matt Davis "the vidablue", "Ten Grand", Afro-Punk (film)	26	August 10, 2003	Bloomington–Normal, Illinois, U.S.	Aneurysm[192]
Matt Moffitt Matt Finish	46	August 12, 2003	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	Stroke
Ed Townsend	74	August 13, 2003	San Bernardino, California, U.S.	Heart attack[193]
Tony Jackson The Searchers	63	August 18, 2003	Nottingham, England	Cirrhosis of the liver
Wesley Willis Wesley Willis Fiasco	40	August 21, 2003	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Chronic myelogenous leukemia[194]
Floyd Tillman	88	August 22, 2003	Bacliff, Texas, U.S.	Leukemia[195]
Bruce Waibel FireHouse	45	September 2, 2003	Florida, U.S.	Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
Warren Zevon	56	September 7, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Mesothelioma[196]
Bob Markley The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band	68	September 9, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cause of death not reported
Jerzy "Kawa" Kawalec Krzak (band)	49	September 9, 2003	Chorzów, Poland	Aggressive laryngeal cancer
Johnny Cash	71	September 12, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[197]
Chubby Newsom	83	September 13, 2003	Merriam, Kansas, U.S.	[198]
Sheb Wooley	82	September 16, 2003	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Leukemia[199]
Slim Dusty	76	September 19, 2003	St Ives, New South Wales, Australia	Lung & kidney cancer[200]
Matthew Jay	24	September 25, 2003	London, England	Fall[201]
Shawn Lane Black Oak Arkansas	40	September 26, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Severe lung complications[202]
Robert Palmer The Power Station	54	September 26, 2003	Paris, France	Heart attack[203]
Paul Burlison The Rock and Roll Trio	74	September 27, 2003	Horn Lake, Mississippi, U.S.	Colon cancer[204]
John Brim	81	October 1, 2003	Gary, Indiana, U.S.	Heart cancer[205]
John David Kimball Omen	45	October 3, 2003		Cancer
Robbie King The Hometown Band	56	October 17, 2003	British Columbia, Canada	Cancer[206]
Elliott Smith Heatmiser	34	October 21, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stabbing (suicide or murder)[207]
Half a Mill	30	October 24, 2003	New York City, New York, U.S.	Murdered[208]
Oliver Sain	71	October 28, 2003	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.	Bone cancer
Steve O'Rourke Manager from Pink Floyd	63	October 30, 2003	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Stroke[209]
Bobby Hatfield The Righteous Brothers	63	November 4, 2003	Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack causes by cocaine overdose[210]
Guy Speranza Riot	47	November 8, 2003	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer
Tony Thompson The Power Station, Chic	48	November 12, 2003	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Renal cell carcinoma[211]
Claude Trenier The Treniers	84	November 16, 2003		Bladder cancer
Arthur Conley	57	November 17, 2003	Ruurlo, Gelderland, Netherlands	Intestinal cancer[212]
Michael Kamen New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, orchestrator for Pink Floyd, Rush	55	November 18, 2003	London, England	Heart attack[213]
Greg Ridley Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie	62	November 19, 2003	Alicante, Spain	Pneumonia[214]
Teddy Randazzo	68	November 21, 2003	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack
Teddy Wilburn The Wilburn Brothers	71	November 24, 2003		Congestive heart failure
Soulja Slim	26	November 26, 2003	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Murdered[215][216]
George Magnezid The Wrens (R&B band)	60's	c. December 2003		Unknown
Bill Deal Bill Deal and the Rhondels	59	December 10, 2003		Heart attack
Gary Stewart	59	December 16, 2003	Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.	Suicide by gunshot[217]
Paul Balon "The Rockin' Rebels"	61	December 17, 2003		Heart disease
Dave Dudley	75	December 22, 2003	Danbury, Wisconsin, U.S.	Heart attack
Dick St. John Dick & Dee Dee	63	December 27, 2003		Accidental fall from roof
Anita Mui	40	December 30, 2003	Happy Valley, Hong Kong	Cervical cancer[218]

2004

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
John Guerin	64	January 5, 2004	West Hills, California, U.S.	Heart failure
Randy VanWarmer	48	January 12, 2004	Seattle, Washington, U.S.	Leukemia[219]
Terje Bakken Windir	25	January 14, 2004	Reppastølen, Sogndal, Norway	Hypothermia[220]
Jimmi Lawrence Hope of the States	26	January 15, 2004	Real World Studios	Suicide by hanging[221]
John Siomos	56	January 16, 2004	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Billy May	87	January 22, 2004	San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.	Heart attack[222]
Mel Pritchard Drummer/Percussionist for Barclay James Harvest	56	January 28, 2004	Greenfield, Greater Manchester, UK	Died in his sleep (Heart attack)
Rene DeKnight The Delta Rhythm Boys	90	January 29, 2004		Unknown
Soko Richardson Ike & Tina Turner, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers	64	January 29, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Diabetes
Cornelius Bumpus The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan	58	February 3, 2004	Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.	Heart attack
Preston Love	82	February 12, 2004	Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Doris Troy	67	February 16, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Emphysema[223]
J.J. Malone	68	February 20, 2004	Hawaii, U.S.	Cancer
Les Gray Mud	57	February 21, 2004	Algarve, Lagos, Portugal	Heart attack following throat cancer[224]
Carl Anderson	58	February 23, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Leukemia[225]
Bob Mayo	53	February 23, 2004	Basel, Switzerland	Heart attack[226]
A.C. Reed	77	February 24, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Cancer
Estelle Axton Co-founder of Stax Records	85	February 25, 2004		Pneumonia[227]
John McGeoch Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, Visage, The Armoury Show	48	March 4, 2004	Cornwall, England	Heart attack[228]
Peggy DeCastro The DeCastro Sisters	82	March 6, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Lung cancer[229]
Rust Epique Crazy Town	36	March 9, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Aortic rupture[230]
Dave Schulthise The Dead Milkmen	47	March 10, 2004	North Salem, New York, U.S.	Suicide by drug overdose[231]
Kyle Tullis Bassist for Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels, Steve Wariner, Vern Gosdin, The Oak Ridge Boys and many others	55	March 9, 2004	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Liver and bone cancer
Edmund Sylvers The Sylvers	47	March 11, 2004	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.	Lung cancer[232]
Mary Ann Fisher Ray Charles, The Raelettes	81	March 12, 2004		Natural causes
Johnny Bristol	65	March 21, 2004	Brighton Township, Michigan, U.S.	Natural causes[233]
Jan Berry Jan & Dean	62	March 26, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications from a seizure[234]
Adán Sánchez	19	March 27, 2004	Sinaloa, Mexico	Car crash
Timi Yuro	63	March 30, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Throat cancer
Paul Atkinson The Zombies	58	April 1, 2004	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Liver disease[235]
Niki Sullivan Buddy Holly & The Crickets	66	April 6, 2004	Sugar Creek, Missouri, U.S.	Heart attack[236]
Felix Haug Drummer/Keyboardist for Double	52	May 1, 2004	Uster, Switzerland	Heart attack[237]
Curtis Gordon	75	May 2, 2004	Moultrie, Georgia, U.S.	Unknown cause
Coxsone Dodd Record producer	72	May 4, 2004	Kingston, Jamaica	Heart attack[238]
Barney Kessel	80	May 6, 2004	San Diego, California, U.S.	Brain tumor[239]
Rudi Maugeri The Crew-Cuts	73	May 7, 2004		Pancreatic cancer[240]
Brenda Fassie	39	May 9, 2004	Johannesburg, South Africa	Cocaine overdose/Coma[241]
John Whitehead McFadden & Whitehead	55	May 11, 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Murdered[242]
Clint Warwick The Moody Blues	58	May 15, 2004	Birmingham, England	Hepatitis[243]
Alex Nelson Guitarist for Lizzy Borden (band)	41	May 17, 2004		Car crash[244]
Gunnar Graps	52	May 17, 2004	Tallinn, Estonia	Heart attack
Elvin Jones	76	May 18, 2004	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.	Heart failure[245]
Gatemouth Moore	90	May 19, 2004	Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.	[246]
Derek Frigo Guitarist for Enuff Z'Nuff	37	May 28, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Drug overdose[247]
Robert Quine	61	May 31, 2004	New York, U.S.	Suicide by heroin overdose[248]
Steve Lacy	69	June 4, 2004		Liver cancer
Quorthon Bathory	38	June 7, 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Heart failure[249]
Bill Lowery Record producer and music entrepreneur	79	June 8, 2004	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Cancer[250]
Ray Charles	73	June 10, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Complications of acute liver disease[251]
Graeme Kelling Deacon Blue	47	June 10, 2004		Pancreatic cancer[252]
Jeff Reid Bassist for SR-71 (band)	36	June 11, 2004		Lung cancer
Jimmy Arnold The Four Lads	72	June 15, 2004	Sacramento, California, U.S.	Lung cancer
Richard Tepp Richard and the Young Lions	57	June 17, 2004		Leukemia
Syreeta Wright	57	July 6, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Congestive heart failure[253]
Ersel Hickey	70	July 9, 2004	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Complications from gallbladder surgery
Arthur Kane New York Dolls	55	July 13, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Leukemia[254]
Richard Anthony "Richie" Puente Percussionist for Foxy	51	July 18, 2004	Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.	Brain injury/Died in his sleep
Illinois Jacquet	81	July 22, 2004	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack
George Williams The Tymes	68	July 28, 2004	Maple Shade, New Jersey, U.S.	Unknown
Hunter Hancock American disc jockey	88	August 4, 2004	Claremont, California, U.S.	Natural Causes
Rick James	56	August 6, 2004	Burbank, California, U.S.	Pulmonary and cardiac failure[255]
Jak Airport Classix Nouveaux, X-Ray Spex	49	August 13, 2004		Cancer
D-Roc "The Executioner" Body Count	44	August 17, 2004	Duarte, California, U.S.	Lymphatic cancer/Lymphoma[256]
Noble "Thin Man" Watts	78	August 24, 2004		Pneumonia and emphysema[257]
Laura Branigan	52	August 26, 2004	East Quogue, New York, U.S.	Brain aneurysm[258]
Carl Wayne The Move	61	August 31, 2004	Birmingham, England	Esophageal cancer[259]
Raful Neal	68	September 1, 2004	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.	Cancer[260]
Wildman Steve Comic entertainer, radio personality, promoter, MC and rock artist	78	September 1, 2004	Miami, Florida, U.S.	[261]
Michael Connor Keyboardist for Pure Prairie League	54	September 2, 2004	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.	Cancer
Robert Cotoia Keyboardist for John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band	51	September 3, 2004		Liver disease
Jimmy Lewis The Drifters	66	September 11, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	[262]
Johnny Ramone The Ramones	55	September 15, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Prostate cancer[263]
Izora Armstead The Weather Girls	62	September 16, 2004	San Leandro, California, U.S.	Heart failure[264]
Skeeter Davis	72	September 19, 2004	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Breast cancer
Gary Strater Bassist for Starcastle	51	September 20, 2004		Pancreatic cancer
Roy Drusky	74	September 23, 2004	Portland, Tennessee, U.S.	Lung cancer[265]
Louis Satterfield Earth, Wind & Fire	67	September 27, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Unknown[266]
Bruce Palmer Buffalo Springfield	58	October 1, 2004	Belleville, Ontario, Canada	Heart attack[267]
Rodney Dangerfield	82	October 5, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications after open heart replacement surgery[268]
Clem Tholet ?	56	October 6, 2004	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa	?
William Henry "Pat" Best The 4 Tunes	81	October 14, 2004	Roseville, California, U.S.	Unknown[269]
Dave Godin Record producer and co-founder of Soul City Records	68	October 15, 2004	Rotherham, England	Unknown
Doug Bennett Doug & the Slugs	52	October 16, 2004	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Cirrhosis of the liver
Greg Shaw Fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner, manager for Flamin' Groovies	55	October 19, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart failure[270]
C. P. Spencer The Originals	66	October 20, 2004		Heart attack[271]
John Peel English DJ	65	October 25, 2004	Cuzco, Peru	Heart attack[272]
Bill Reed The Diamonds	68	October 22, 2004	Toronto, Canada	Cancer
Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack, Grand Funk Railroad	61	November 1, 2004	Temple, Texas, U.S.	Murder by stabbing[273]
Mark Ledford Pat Metheny Group	44	November 1, 2004	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart disease
Mac Dre	34	November 1, 2004	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Shot to death[274]
Robert Heaton New Model Army, Hawkwind	43	November 4, 2004	Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K.	Head injury
Lenny Mayes The Dramatics	53	November 7, 2004	Southfield, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack[275]
John Balance Coil, Psychic TV	42	November 13, 2004	Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England	Fall
Ol' Dirty Bastard Wu-Tang Clan	35	November 13, 2004	New York City, New York, U.S.	Accidental drug overdose[276]
Cy Coleman	75	November 18, 2004	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[277]
Terry Melcher Bruce & Terry, The Rip Chords	62	November 19, 2004	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.	Melanoma[278]
Kevin Coyne	60	December 2, 2004	Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany	Lung fibrosis
Nadine Renee Planet Soul	32	December 2, 2004	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Complications following childbirth[279]
Dimebag Darrell Pantera, Damageplan	38	December 8, 2004	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	Murdered (on stage)[280]
Herbert Dreilich Karat	62	December 12, 2004	Berlin, Germany	Liver cancer[281]
Freddie Perren Record producer and arranger from The Jackson 5, The Sylvers and Peaches & Herb	61	December 16, 2004	Chatsworth, California, U.S.	Complications following a stroke[282]
Dick Heckstall-Smith Colosseum, The Graham Bond Organisation	70	December 17, 2004	London, England	Acute liver failure[283]
Son Seals	62	December 20, 2004	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Complications of diabetes[284]
Mieszko Talarczyk Nasum	30	December 26, 2004	Phi Phi Island, Thailand	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Hank Garland	74	December 27, 2004	Orange Park, Florida, U.S.	Staph infection
Artie Shaw	94	December 30, 2004	Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.	Natural causes[285]

2005

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
David McNeil The Larks	72	January 8, 2005		Unknown
Spencer Dryden Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage	66	January 11, 2005	Penngrove, California, U.S.	Stomach cancer[286]
Jimmy Griffin Bread	61	January 11, 2005	Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.	Complications due to cancer[287]
Marko Busch Dritte Wahl	35	January 17, 2005		Stomach cancer
Consuelo Velázquez	88	January 17, 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	[288]
Johnny Carson	79	January 23, 2005	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Emphysema[289]
Ray Peterson	69	January 25, 2005	Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer[290]
Clarence Bassett Shep and the Limelites	68	January 25, 2005	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.	Emphysema
Mark Evans Drummer for Warrior Soul	48	January 26, 2005	Seething Wells, London, England	Murdered (Strangled and burned)[291]
Jim Capaldi Traffic	60	January 28, 2005	Westminster, London, England	Stomach cancer
Eric Griffiths The Quarrymen	64	January 29, 2005	Edinburgh, Scotland	Pancreatic cancer[292]
David Lerchey The Del-Vikings	67	January 29, 2005	Hallandale, Florida, U.S.	Cancer/Heart ailment
Wes Wehmiller Duran Duran, Missing Persons	33	January 30, 2005	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Thyroid cancer[293]
Merle Kilgore	70	February 6, 2005	Mexico	Heart failure while undergoing experimental treatments for lung cancer[294]
Grantley Dee	59	February 7, 2005	Melbourne, Australia	Unknown cause
Keith Knudsen The Doobie Brothers	56	February 8, 2005	Kentfield, California, U.S.	Pneumonia[295]
Jimmy Smith	79	February 8, 2005	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Natural causes
Tyrone Davis	66	February 9, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Stroke
Sammi Smith	61	February 12, 2005	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.	Emphysema
Joe Martin The Willows	69	February 19, 2005		Congestive heart failure
Edward Patten Gladys Knight & the Pips	65	February 25, 2005	Livonia, Michigan, U.S.	Stroke caused by diabetes[296]
Chris Curtis The Searchers	63	February 28, 2005	Liverpool, England	Died after a long illness[297]
George "Wild Child" Butler	68	March 1, 2005	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Pulmonary embolism
Joseph Dougherty Carter Carter Family	78	March 2, 2005	Hiltons, Scott County, Virginia, U.S.	Unknown
Chris LeDoux	56	March 9, 2005	Casper, Wyoming, U.S.	Bile Duct Cancer[298]
Danny Joe Brown The Danny Joe Brown Band, Molly Hatchet	53	March 10, 2005	Davie, Florida, U.S.	Renal failure
Jackie Neal	37	March 10, 2005	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.	Murder by gunshot[299]
Lyn Collins	56	March 13, 2005	Pasadena, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrhythmia
Jakson Spires Blackfoot	53	March 16, 2005	Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S.	Brain aneurysm
Renée Diggs Starpoint	50	March 18, 2005	Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.	Complications of multiple sclerosis[300]
Rod Price Foghat	57	March 22, 2005	Wilton, New Hampshire, U.S.	Heart attack[301]
Paul Hester Crowded House, Split Enz	46	March 26, 2005	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Suicide by hanging[302]
Rigo Tovar	58	March 27, 2005	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Cardiac arrest
Derrick Plourde Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, Rich Kids on LSD	33	March 30, 2005		Suicide by gunshot[303]
Billy "Bass Wolf" Guitar Wolf	38	March 31, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Heart attack
Barry Stern Zoetrope, Trouble	45	April 1, 2005		Complications following hip replacement surgery
Duke McFadden Keyboardist for 707	40s	April 5, 2005		Heart problems
Grant Kitchings The Ravens, The Drifters	66	April 5, 2005		Diabetes[304]
Johnnie Johnson	80	April 13, 2005	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.	Kidney failure and pneumonia
John Fred John Fred and His Playboy Band	63	April 14, 2005	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Complications from kidney transplant
Andrew Steele Drummer for The Herd	63	April 18, 2005		Cancer
Stan Levey	79	April 19, 2005	Van Nuys, California, U.S.	Jaw cancer[305]
Blade Icewood	28	April 19, 2005	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot to death[306]
Bryan Ottoson Guitarist for American Head Charge	27	April 19, 2005	North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Barbiturate overdose[307]
Richard Lewis The Silhouettes	71	April 19, 2005		Kidney failure
Jimmy Woode Flip Phillips, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington etc...	78	April 23, 2005	Linden, New Jersey, U.S.	Complications following a surgery for a stomach aneurysm
Hasil Adkins	67	April 26, 2005	Boone County, West Virginia, U.S.
Percy Heath Modern Jazz Quartet	81	April 28, 2005	Southampton, New York, U.S.	Bone cancer
Jim Pash The Surfaris	56	April 29, 2005		Congestive heart failure[308]
Johnnie Stewart Television producer and music program from Top of the Pops	87	April 29, 2005	East Dereham, Norfolk, England	[309]
Norma-Jean Wofford Female rhythm guitarist for Bo Diddley	63	April 30, 2005	Fontana, California, U.S.	Unknown
Pierre Moerlen Gong	52	May 3, 2005	Strasbourg, France	Natural causes[310]
Neal Pattman	79	May 4, 2005	Athens, Georgia, U.S.	Bone cancer
David Wayne Metal Church, Reverend	47	May 10, 2005	Tacoma, Washington, U.S.	Traffic accident[311]
Frankie LaRocka Company of Wolves, Bon Jovi, David Johansen, Bryan Adams, John Waite	51	May 12, 2005	New York City, New York, U.S.	Complications after heart surgery[312]
Mike Mahaffey Self	38	May 25, 2005		Died in his sleep/Unknown causes
Domenic Troiano The James Gang, The Guess Who, Ronnie Hawkins	59	May 25, 2005	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Prostate cancer
Eddie Albert	99	May 26, 2005	Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Pneumonia/Alzheimer's Disease[313]
Oscar Brown	78	May 29, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Osteomyelitis
Karl Mueller Soul Asylum	41	June 17, 2005	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.	Throat cancer
Johnny Reed The Orioles	81	June 18, 2005		Natural causes
Chet Helms Music promoter	62	June 25, 2005		Stroke
Renaldo Benson The Four Tops	69	July 1, 2005	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Lung cancer[314]
Luther Vandross Change	54	July 1, 2005	Edison, New Jersey, U.S.	Heart attack following a stroke[315]
Hedy West	67	July 3, 2005	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Cancer
Al Downing	65	July 4, 2005	Massachusetts, U.S.	Leukemia
Ray Davis Parliament, Funkadelic	65	July 5, 2005	New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.	Respiratory problems[316]
Shirley Goodman Shirley and Company	69	July 5, 2005	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stroke[317]
Dennis D'Ell The Honeycombs	61	July 6, 2005		Cancer
Keith Alexander Carnivore	41	July 11, 2005	Shore Road, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, U.S.	Traffic accident[318]
Michael Dahlquist Silkworm	39	July 14, 2005	Skokie, Illinois, U.S.	Vehicular reckless homicide[319]
Long John Baldry Blues Incorporated	64	July 21, 2005	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Severe chest infection[320]
Eugene Record The Chi-Lites	64	July 22, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Cancer[321]
Dom Um Romão	79	July 27, 2005	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lucky Thompson	81	July 30, 2005	Seattle, Washington, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease[322]
Loulie Jean Norman Star Trek, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, The Tokens etc...	92	August 2, 2005	Studio City, California, U.S.	Natural causes
Little Milton	70	August 4, 2005	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke[323]
Carlo Little The Rolling Stones	65	August 6, 2005	Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, England	Lung cancer[324]
Detroit Junior	73	August 9, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart failure
John Loder Sound engineer, record producer, founder of Southern Studios	59	August 12, 2005	London, England	Brain tumor[325]
Francine Hurd Barker Peaches & Herb	58	August 13, 2005		Cancer
Krzysztof Raczkowski Vader	34	August 18, 2005	Olsztyn, Poland	Heart failure due to alcoholism[326]
Steven Ronald Jensen The Vandals	46	August 20, 2005	Maui, Hawaii	Barbiturate overdose
Robert Moog Moog Synthesizer	71	August 21, 2005	Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.	Brain cancer[327]
Harold Kalin Kalin Twins	71	August 24, 2005		Traffic accident
Davor "Moskri" Bobić Lead rapper of Prti Bee Gee^[sr]	27	August 25, 2005	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Heroin overdose[328]
Denis D'Amour Voivod	45	August 26, 2005		Colon cancer
R.L. Burnside Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	78	September 1, 2005	Memphis, Tennessee	Heart attack
Barry Cowsill The Cowsills	50	c. September 2, 2005	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Drowning related to flooding during Hurricane Katrina[329]
Eric Roche	37	September 6, 2005		Throat cancer
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	81	September 10, 2005	Orange, Texas, U.S.	Lung cancer/Emphysema[330]
Frank Fields	91	September 18, 2005	Zachary, Louisiana, U.S.
Willie Hutch	60	September 19, 2005	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Natural causes[331]
Paul Pena	55	October 1, 2005	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Diabetes and pancreatitis[332]
Hamilton Camp	70	October 2, 2005	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cardiac tamponade and dissecting aortic hemorrhage[333]
Mike Gibbins Badfinger	56	October 4, 2005	Oviedo, Florida, U.S.	Died in his sleep/Brain aneurysm[334]
Shirley Ellis	76	October 5, 2005	Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Paul "Wine" Jones	59	October 9, 2005	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.	Cancer[335]
Nick Hawkins Big Audio Dynamite	40	October 10, 2005	Laa Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Heart attack[336]
Sonji Clay-Glover	59	October 11, 2005	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Natural causes
Baker Knight	72	October 12, 2005	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	Natural causes[337]
David Reilly God Lives Underwater	34	October 16, 2005		Stomach rupture leading to coma[338]
Sabú	54	October 16, 2005	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Lung cancer
Shirley Horn Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others	71	October 20, 2005	Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.	Complications of diabetes[339]
Franky Gee Captain Jack	43	October 22, 2005	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Cerebral hemorrhage/Coma
Michael Arnone The Duprees	63	October 27, 2005		Unknown
David Townsend The Isley Brothers, Surface, Sunrize, Marvin Gaye	50	October 26, 2005	Northridge, California, U.S.	Drug overdose[340]
John "Beatz" Holohan Bayside	31	October 31, 2005	Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.	Traffic accident
Milt Holland	88	November 4, 2005	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease and kidney failure[341]
Link Wray	76	November 5, 2005	Copenhagen, Denmark	Heart failure[342]
Johnny Tanner The Five Royales	79	November 8, 2005		Cancer[343]
Al Frazier The Rivingtons	75	November 13, 2005		Heart attack
Chris Whitley	45	November 20, 2005	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Lung cancer[344]
Jay Owens	58	November 26, 2005	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Complications of diabetes[345]
Mark Craney Gino Vannelli, Jethro Tull, Eric Burdon etc...	53	November 26, 2005	Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.	Complications from diabetes and pneumonia
Joe Jones	79	November 27, 2005	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications following quadruple bypass surgery[346]
Tony Meehan The Shadows	62	November 28, 2005	Paddington, London, England	Head injuries following a fall
Gerry Humphrys The Loved Ones	64	December 2, 2005		Heart attack
Don Charles	71	December 4, 2005	Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England	Unknown
Danny Williams	63	December 6, 2005		Lung cancer
Mike Botts Bread	61	December 9, 2005	Burbank, California, U.S.	Colon cancer[347]
Richard "Bomer" Manzullo Rich Kids on LSD	38	December 12, 2005	Summerland, California, U.S.	Heart failure from drug abuse

2006

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Bryan Harvey House of Freaks, Gutterball	49	January 1, 2006	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.	Murder during home robbery[348]
Michael S. Smith	59	January 2, 2006		Prostate cancer
Alex St. Clair Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	64	January 5, 2006	Lancaster, California, U.S.	Heart attack[349]
Lou Rawls	72	January 6, 2006	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Lung cancer[350]
Mark Spoon Jam & Spoon	39	January 11, 2006	Berlin, Germany	Heart attack[351]
Dave Lepard Crashdïet	25	January 13, 2006	Uppsala, Sweden	Suicide by hanging[352]
Bob Weinstock Record producer, founded Prestige Records	77	January 14, 2006	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.	Diabetes
Wilson Pickett The Falcons	64	January 19, 2006	Reston, Virginia, U.S.	Heart attack[353]
Janette Carter Carter Family	82	January 22, 2006	Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S.	Unknown
Fayard Nicholas The Nicholas Brothers	91	January 24, 2006	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Pneumonia following a stroke
Gene McFadden McFadden & Whitehead	56	January 27, 2006	Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Liver and lung cancer[354]
Brent Dowe The Melodians	59	January 29, 2006	Jamaica	Heart attack
Jason Sears Rich Kids on LSD	38	January 31, 2006	Tijuana, Mexico	Pulmonary thrombosis.[355]
Bobby Moore Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces	75	February 1, 2006	Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.	Kidney failure
Elton Dean Soft Machine	60	February 8, 2006	London, England	Heart and liver problems
Johnny Ross Baby Huey & the Babysitters	63	February 9, 2006	Hobart, Indiana, U.S.	Heart failure following appendicitis
Bob Riley Grace Pool	50	February 9, 2006		Heart attack
J Dilla Slum Village, Soulquarians	32	February 10, 2006	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest
Lynden David Hall	31	February 14, 2006		Complications from a steam cell transplant
Bill Cowsill The Cowsills, The Blue Shadows, Blue Northern	58	February 18, 2006	Calgary, Alberta, U.S.	Emphysema[356]
Yuri Morozov	57	February 23, 2006	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Johnny Jackson Drummer for The Jackson 5	50	March 1, 2006	Gary, Indiana, U.S.	Stabbing[357]
Jack Wild	53	March 1, 2006	Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England	Oral cancer[358]
Willie Kent	70	March 2, 2006	Englewood, Illinois, U.S.	Colon cancer[359]
King Floyd	61	March 6, 2006	Jackson, California, U.S.	Complications of stroke and diabetes
Johnny Williams	99	March 6, 2006	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	[360]
Hanka Bielicka	90	March 9, 2006	Warsaw, Poland	Aortic aneurysm/After operation
Pío Leyva Buena Vista Social Club	88	March 22, 2006	Havana, Cuba	[361]
Buck Owens Buck Owens and the Buckaroos	76	March 25, 2006	Bakersfield, California, U.S.	Heart attack[362]
Rocío Dúrcal	61	March 25, 2006	Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain	Uterus cancer
Nikki Sudden Swell Maps	49	March 26, 2006	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack[363]
Peter Wells Rose Tattoo	59	March 27, 2006	Sydney, Australia	Prostate cancer[364]
Don Alias	66	March 28, 2006	New York City, New York, U.S.	No cause given
Jackie McLean Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis etc...	74	March 31, 2006	Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.	Died after a long illness
Martin Gilks The Wonder Stuff	41	April 3, 2006	London, England	Traffic accident[365]
Gene Pitney	66	April 5, 2006	Cardiff, Wales	Heart attack[366]
Henry Lewy	79	April 8, 2006	Prescott, Arizona, U.S.	Stroke and following heart surgery[367]
June Pointer The Pointer Sisters	52	April 11, 2006	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer[368]
Proof Eminem, D12	32	April 11, 2006	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Murder by gunshot[369][370][371]
Cees Kalis Earth & Fire	56	April 16, 2006		Unknown
Phil Walden Record producer and co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based on Capricorn Records	66	April 22, 2006	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Cancer[372]
Bonnie Owens	76	April 24, 2006	Bakersfield, California, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease
Danny McKenna Toby Beau, Bob Seger, Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers	54	April 26, 2006	McAllen, Texas, U.S.	Suicide by gunshot[373]
Johnny Paris Frontman/Saxophonist for Johnny and the Hurricanes	65	May 1, 2006	Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.	Sepsis/Pneumonia
Big Hawk	36	May 1, 2006	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot to death[374]
Grant McLennan The Go-Betweens	48	May 6, 2006	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Heart attack[375]
Steve Bender Record producer and member of Dschinghis Khan	59	May 7, 2006	Munich, Germany	Lung cancer
Soraya	37	May 10, 2006	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Breast cancer
John Hicks Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Woody Herman, etc...	64	May 10, 2006	New York City, New York, U.S.	Internal bleeding
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. Heatwave	56	May 13, 2006	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.	Complications of paralysis
Steve Cooper S.A. Slayer	47	May 14, 2006		Kidney failure due to complications of type 1 diabetes
Freddie Garrity Freddie and the Dreamers	69	May 19, 2006	Bangor, Wales	Emphysema[376]
Billy Walker	77	May 21, 2006	Fort Deposit, Alabama, U.S.	Car crash
Desmond Dekker	64	May 25, 2006	Thornton Heath, Croydon, England	Heart attack[377]
Vince McAllister Pentagram	51	May 26, 2006		Neck cancer
Vince Welnick Grateful Dead, The Tubes	55	June 2, 2006	Sonoma County, California, U.S.	Suicide[378]
Johnny Grande Bill Haley & His Comets	76	June 3, 2006	Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer[379]
Billy Preston	59	June 6, 2006	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Respiratory failure, stemming from pericarditis[380]
Drafi Deutscher	60	June 9, 2006	Frankfurt, Essen, Germany	Heart failure
Freddie Gorman The Originals	67	June 13, 2006		Lung cancer
Duane Roland Molly Hatchet	52	June 19, 2006	St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.	Natural causes[381]
Claydes Charles Smith Kool & the Gang	57	June 20, 2006	Maplewood, New Jersey, U.S.	Undisclosed illness[382]
Back Alley John	51	June 22, 2006	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Respiratory disease[383]
Andy Howard	40	June 22, 2006		Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Emanuel Lasky	60	June 23, 2006		Cancer
Arif Mardin Music producer	74	June 25, 2006	New York City, New York, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer[384]
Johnny Jenkins	67	June 26, 2006	Bibb County, Georgia, U.S.	Stroke[385]
Joe Weaver	71	July 5, 2006	Southfield, Michigan, U.S.	Stroke
Al Hodge The Onyx	55	July 6, 2006		Cancer
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd	60	July 7, 2006	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England	Pancreatic cancer[386]
Milan Williams Commodores	58	July 9, 2006	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Cancer[387]
Sam Myers	70	July 17, 2006	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Throat cancer
Herbert Kalin Kalin Twins	72	July 21, 2006		Heart attack
Jessie Mae Hemphill	82	July 22, 2006	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Complications from an ulcer[388]
Floyd Dixon	77	July 26, 2006	Orange County, U.S.	Kidney failure[389]
Arthur Lee Love	61	August 3, 2006	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Leukemia[390]
Richie Barrett The Valentines	73	August 3, 2006	Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer
John Locke Nazareth, Spirit	62	August 4, 2006	Ojai, California, U.S.	Cancer/Lymphoma[391]
Barbara George	63	August 10, 2006	Chauvin, Louisiana, U.S.	Lung infection
Jon Nödtveidt Dissection, Nifelheim, Ophthalamia, The Black	31	August 13, 2006	Hässelby, Sweden	Suicide by gunshot.[392]
Johnny Duncan	67	August 14, 2006		Heart attack[393]
Bruce Gary The Knack	55	August 22, 2006	Tarzana, California, U.S.	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma[394]
Maynard Ferguson	78	August 23, 2006	Ventura, California, U.S.	Kidney and liver failure
Jesse Pintado Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Lock Up, Brujeria	37	August 27, 2006	Ridderkerk, Netherlands	Liver failure[395]
Pip Pyle Hatfield and the North, National Health, Gong	56	August 28, 2006	Paris, France	Natural causes[396]
Jumpin' Gene Simmons	69	August 29, 2006	Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.	After a long illness[397]
Dewey Redman	75	September 2, 2006	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.	Liver failure
Al Casey	69	September 17, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Danny Flores The Champs	77	September 19, 2006	Huntington Beach, California, U.S.	Pneumonia[398]
Scott Frazer Guitarist for Space Opera	57	September 19, 2006		Cancer
Boz Burrell Bad Company, King Crimson	60	September 21, 2006	Marbella, Spain	Heart attack[399]
Etta Baker	93	September 23, 2006	Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.	[400]
Henry Townsend	96	September 24, 2006	Mequon, Wisconsin, U.S.	[401]
Jamie Lyons Singer for The Music Explosion	57	September 25, 2006	Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.	Heart failure
Prentiss Barnes The Moonglows	81	October 1, 2006	Magnolia, Mississippi, U.S.	Traffic accident[402]
Larissa "Strickland" Stolarchuk L-Seven, Laughing Hyenas	46	October 9, 2006	North Port, Florida, U.S.	Drug overdose
Jared Anderson Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal	31	October 14, 2006	Covington, Kentucky, U.S.	Unspecified cause/Died in his sleep[403]
Freddy Fender	69	October 14, 2006	Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.	Lung cancer
Pete Graves The Moonglows	76	October 15, 2006		Natural causes
Lionel Mattice Bassist for Johnny and the Hurricanes	67	October 16, 2006		Unknown
Snooky Pryor	85–87	October 18, 2006	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.	[404]
Sandy West The Runaways	47	October 21, 2006	San Dimas, California, U.S.	Lung cancer[405]
Eddie Medora Guitarist for The Sunrays	61	October 27, 2006	Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.	Heart attack
Chris Williams Drummer for Pat McGee Band	39	October 28, 2006	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.	Heart condition
Paul Mauriat	81	November 3, 2006	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France	Unknown
Jance Garfat Bassist for Dr. Hook	62	November 6, 2006	Union City, New Jersey, U.S.	Motorcycle accident
Gerald Levert LeVert	40	November 10, 2006	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Drug induced heart attack[406]
Annie Laurie	82	November 13, 2006	Titusville, Florida, U.S.
Ruth Brown	78	November 17, 2006	Henderson, Nevada, U.S.	Heart attack and stroke[407]
Robert Lockwood Jr.	91	November 21, 2006	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Cerebral aneurysm and stroke
Walter Booker	72	November 24, 2006	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Valentín Elizalde	27	November 25, 2006	Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico	Shot to death
Tony Silvester The Main Ingredient	65	November 27, 2006		Multiple myeloma
Mariska Veres Shocking Blue	59	December 2, 2006	The Hague, Netherlands	Gall bladder cancer[408]
Logan Whitehurst The Velvet Teen	29	December 3, 2006	Los Banos, California, U.S.	Brain cancer
Darren Brown Mega City Four	44	December 6, 2006	Tooting, London, England	Brain blood clot
Jay McShann	90	December 7, 2006	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Undisclosed[409]
Homesick James	96	December 13, 2006	Springfield, Missouri, U.S.	Heart attack[410]
Ahmet Ertegun Record producer, record label executive and co-founder of Atlantic Records	83	December 14, 2006	New York City, New York, U.S.	Injuries from an accidental fall[411]
Denis Payton The Dave Clark Five	63	December 17, 2006	Bournemouth, Dorset, England	Cancer[412]
James Brown The Famous Flames, The J.B.'s	73	December 25, 2006	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia[413]

2007

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Tad Jones	54	January 1, 2007	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Fall
Del Reeves	73	January 1, 2007	Centerville, Tennessee, U.S.	Emphysema
Sneaky Pete Kleinow The Flying Burrito Brothers	72	January 6, 2007	Petaluma, California, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease[414]
Chris Aylmer Samson	58	January 9, 2007		Throat cancer
Alice Coltrane	69	January 12, 2007	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Respiratory failure[415]
Michael Brecker	57	January 13, 2007	New York City, New York, U.S.	Leukemia
Doyle Holly The Buckaroos	70	January 13, 2007	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Colin Thurston Producer, record engineer	59	January 15, 2007		Long illness
Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson The Spaniels	72	January 16, 2007	Capitol Heights, Maryland, U.S.	Cancer
Gary Phillips The Greg Kihn Band	59	January 17, 2007	United States	Cancer
Brent Liles Social Distortion, Agent Orange	43	January 18, 2007	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Traffic accident[416]
Denny Doherty The Mamas & the Papas	66	January 19, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Kidney failure[417]
Esmond Edwards Record producer, record engineering and co-founded of Prestige Records	79	January 20, 2007	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Crown Prince Waterford	90	February 1, 2007	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.	[418]
Billy Henderson The Spinners	67	February 2, 2007	Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.	Diabetes[419]
Joe Hunter The Funk Brothers	79	February 2, 2007	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Natural causes[420]
Barbara McNair	72	February 4, 2007	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Throat cancer[421]
Frankie Laine	93	February 6, 2007	San Diego, California, U.S.	Heart failure
Alan "Nidge" Miller "Blitz"	48	February 10, 2007	Austin County, Texas, U.S.	Hit by a car on a freeway
Jimmy Campbell "The Kirkbys"	63	February 12, 2007	Liverpool, UK	No cause given
Eldee Young Young-Holt Unlimited	71	February 12, 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Heart attack
John O'Banion	59	February 14, 2007	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Blunt force trauma as a result of being hit by a car while touring in New Orleans, Louisiana
John Lane Bill Haley & His Comets	76	February 18, 2007
Ian Wallace King Crimson	60	February 22, 2007	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Esophageal cancer[422]
Donnie Brooks	71	February 23, 2007		Heart attack/After a long illness
Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs	60	February 28, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Heart attack[423]
Paul deLay	55	March 7, 2007	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	Leukaemia[424]
Brad Delp Boston	55	March 9, 2007	Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S.	Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning[425]
Betty Hutton	86	March 11, 2007	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Colon cancer[426]
Carol Richards	84	March 16, 2007	Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.	Kidney failure
Vince Hozier The Sunrays	61	March 18, 2007		No cause given
Luther Ingram	69	March 19, 2007	Belleville, Illinois, U.S.	Heart failure^[citation needed]
Cha Burns Fingerprintz, The Silencers, Adam Ant	50	March 26, 2007	Prestatyn, Wales	Lung cancer
Tony Scott	85	March 28, 2007	Rome, Italy	Prostate cancer
Phil Cordell	59	March 31, 2007		No cause given
Danny Barcelona Louis Armstrong	77	April 1, 2007		Cancer
Mark St. John Kiss	51	April 5, 2007	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cerebral hemorrhage[427]
Lefty Bates The El Dorados, The Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta James etc...	87	April 7, 2007	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart disease
Dakota Staton	76	April 10, 2007	New York, U.S.	Stroke[428]
Bill Guffey Shooting Star	54	April 12, 2007		Complications from a liver transplant
Don Ho	76	April 14, 2007	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.	Congestive heart failure[429]
James B. Davis The Dixie Hummingbirds	90–91	April 17, 2007	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Heart ailment[430]
Andrew Hill	75	April 20, 2007	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.	Lung cancer
Lobby Loyde The Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Rose Tattoo	65	April 21, 2007	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia	Lung cancer
San Fadyl The Ladybug Transistor	31	April 26, 2007
Bobby Pickett The Crypt-Kickers	69	April 27, 2007	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Leukemia[431]
Zola Taylor The Platters	69	April 30, 2007	Riverside, California, U.S.	Pneumonia[432]
Wolfgang Jäger Extrabreit	54	May 3, 2007	Hagen, Germany
Big Joe Duskin	86	May 6, 2007	Avondale, Ohio, U.S.	Diabetes[433]
Carey Bell	70	May 6, 2007	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart failure[434]
Carolyn Johnson The Exciters	62	May 7, 2007		No cause given
Carson Whitsett Record producer for The Imperial Show Band	62	May 8, 2007	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.	Brain cancer[435]
Izumi Sakai Zard	40	May 27, 2007	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan	Accidental fall
Tony Thompson Hi-Five	31	June 1, 2007	Waco, Texas, U.S.	Chlorodifluoromethane[436]
John Pyke Ra Ra Riot	23	June 3, 2007		Drowned
Freddie Scott	74	June 4, 2007	Jamaica, New York, U.S.	Heart disease[437]
Lynne Randell	57	June 8, 2007	Melbourne, Australia	Suicide
Richard Bell The Band, Full Tilt Boogie Band	61	June 15, 2007	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Multiple myeloma[438]
Donna King The King Sisters	88	June 16, 2007	Plano, Texas, U.S.	Unknown
Bill Barber	87	June 18, 2007	Bronxville, New York, U.S.	Heart failure
Hank Medress The Tokens	68	June 18, 2007	New York City, New York, U.S.	Lung cancer[439]
Antonio Aguilar	88	June 19, 2007	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Pneumonia
Natasja Saad	33	June 24, 2007	Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica	Traffic accident[440]
George McCorkle Marshall Tucker Band	60	June 29, 2007	Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.	Cancer[441]
Rolandas Janavičius Rondo	36	July 1, 2007	Klaipėda, Lithuania	Gastric cancer
Beverly Sills	78	July 2, 2007		Lung cancer
Boots Randolph	80	July 3, 2007	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Brain hemorrhage
Bill Pinkney The Drifters	81	July 4, 2007	Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack[442]
X1	28	July 4, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Unknown
Kelly Johnson Girlschool	49	July 15, 2007	Clapham, London, England	Spinal cancer[443]
Ron Miller	74	July 23, 2007	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[444]
Trevor Hudson Bottom of the Hudson	27	July 29, 2007		Traffic accident
Lee Hazlewood	78	August 4, 2007	Henderson, Nevada, U.S.	Renal cancer
Clarence Tex Walker The Coasters	61	August 8, 2007	Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England	Heart attack[445]
Jon Lucien	65	August 14, 2007	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Respiratory failure[446]
Max Roach	83	August 16, 2007	New York City, New York, U.S.	Complications from Alzheimer's and dementia[447]
Hilly Kristal Founder of CBGB, manager for The Dead Boys	75	August 28, 2007	New York City, New York, U.S.	Lung cancer[448]
Kip Anderson	69	August 29, 2007	Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.	[449]
Carter Albrecht Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	30	September 3, 2007	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed
Janis Martin	67	September 3, 2007	Durham, North Carolina, U.S.	Cancer
Luciano Pavarotti	71	September 6, 2007	Modena, Italy	Pancreatic cancer
Hughie Thomasson Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd	55	September 9, 2007	Brooksville, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack[450]
Willie Tee	63	September 11, 2007	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Colon cancer[451]
Joe Zawinul Weather Report	75	September 11, 2007	Vienna, Austria	Skin cancer[452]
Bobby Byrd The Famous Flames, The JB's	73	September 12, 2007	Loganville, Georgia, U.S.	Cancer[453]
Pepsi Tate Tigertailz	42	September 18, 2007	Penarth, Wales, England	Pancreatic cancer
Patrick Bourque Bass guitarist for Emerson Drive	29	September 25, 2007	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Suicide
George Malone The Monotones	67	October 5, 2007	Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.
Jacqueline "Lady Jaye" Breyer Psychic TV	38	October 9, 2007		heart arrhythmia[454]
Dickie Threatt The Five Keys	70's	October 9, 2007		Unknown
Backwards Sam Firk	64	October 11, 2007	Mill Spring, North Carolina, U.S.	Heart attack[455]
Big Moe	33	October 14, 2007	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Heart attack
Toše Proeski	26	October 16, 2007	Nova Gradiška, Croatia	Car accident
Lucky Dube	43	October 18, 2007	Rosettenville, Johannesburg Gauteng, South Africa	Murder[456]
Yolanda "La La" Brown	21	October 19, 2007	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.	Shot of death
Paul Raven Killing Joke, Prong, Ministry, Zilch	46	October 20, 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	Heart attack
Paul Fox The Ruts	56	October 21, 2007		Lung cancer[457]
Lance Hahn Cringer, J Church	40	October 21, 2007	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Nephropathy complications
Linda S. Stein American talent agent	62	October 30, 2007	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Murder by blunt impact trauma to head and neck[458]
Joe Verscharen The Skyliners	67	November 2, 2007	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Cancer
John Petersen Harpers Bizarre, The Beau Brummels	65	November 11, 2007	Sierra Madre, California, U.S.	[459]
Jim Ford	66	November 18, 2007	Fort Bragg, California, U.S.	[460]
Kevin DuBrow Quiet Riot	52	November 19, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Drug overdose[461]
Ernest "Doc" Paulin	100	November 25, 2007	Marrero, Louisiana, U.S.	[462]
Cecil Payne	84	November 27, 2004	Stratford, New Jersey, U.S.	Prostate cancer[463]
Zayda Peña Zayda y los Culpables	34	December 2, 2007	Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico	Shot in the hospital while being treated[464]
Sergio Gomez K-Paz De La Sierra	34	December 2, 2007	Morelia, Mexico	Kidnapped and tortured to death[465]
Pimp C UGK	33	December 4, 2007	West Hollywood, California, U.S.	Heavy usage of Lean and sleep apnea[466]
Lynette Knackstedt Skankin' Pickle	37	December 7, 2007	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Drug overdose
Ike Turner Kings of Rhythm Ike & Tina Turner	76	December 12, 2007	San Marcos, California, U.S.	Drug overdose[467]
Frank Morgan	73	December 14, 2007	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.	Colorectal cancer
Dan Fogelberg	56	December 16, 2007	Deer Isle, Maine, U.S.	Prostate cancer[468]
Damien "Damo" Morris Vocalist for the Red Shore	27	December 19, 2007	Off the Pacific Highway just north of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia	Bus crash
Joe Ames Ames Brothers	86	December 22, 2007	Eltville, Germany	Heart attack
Oscar Peterson	82	December 23, 2007	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Kidney failure[469]
Joe Dolan	68	December 26, 2007	Dublin, Ireland	Intracerebral hemorrhage

2008

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Keith Baxter 3 Colours Red	36	January 4, 2008		Liver failure
Mort Garson	83	January 4, 2008	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Kidney failure
Irene Reid	77	January 5, 2008	The Bronx, New York, U.S.	Cardiac arrest
Ken Nelson Record producer and manager from Capitol Records	96	January 6, 2008	Somis, California, U.S.	[470]
Clyde Otis	83	January 8, 2008	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.	Natural causes
Dave Day The Monks	66	January 10, 2008	Renton, Washington, U.S.	Heart attack
Rod Allen Lead singer for The Fortunes	63	January 10, 2008	Eastern Green, Coventry, England	Liver cancer
Freddy Nieuland Wallace Collection	63	January 10, 2008	Brussels, Belgium	Cancer
Pete Candoli	84	January 11, 2008	Studio City, California, U.S.	Prostate cancer
Carlos	64	January 17, 2008	Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France	Liver cancer
John Stewart The Kingston Trio	68	January 19, 2008	San Diego, California, U.S.	Stroke[471]
Trevor Taylor Bad Boys Blue	50	January 19, 2008	Cologne, Germany	Heart attack[472]
Tommy McQuater	93	January 20, 2008	London, England	No cause given
Francis Clay	84	January 21, 2008	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Natural causes[473]
David Durham	64	January 24, 2008		Natural causes
Ben McMillan Lead singer for Gruntruck	46	January 26, 2008		Complications from Diabetes
Jeff Salen Tuff Darts	55	January 26, 2008		Heart attack
Sean Finnegan Void	43	January 30, 2008	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Apparent heart attack
Vance Walker Patty & the Emblems	63	February 1, 2008		Unknown causes
Jackie Orszaczky	59	February 3, 2008	Sydney, Australia	Hodgkin's lymphoma
Chris Anderson	81	February 4, 2008	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Complications from a stroke
Scot Halpin The Who	54	February 9, 2008	Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.	Brain tumor[474]
Vincent Thomas Ohio Players	50	February 16, 2008	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.	Cancer
Bobby Lord	74	February 16, 2008	Stuart, Florida, U.S.	Died after a long illness
Yegor Letov Grazhdanskaya Oborona	43	February 19, 2008	Omsk, Russia	Heart failure[475]
Teo Macero	82	February 19, 2008	Riverhead, New York	Died in sleep
Janina Miščiukaitė-Brazaitienė Singer	59	February 20, 2008	Vilnius, Lithuania	Cancer
Static Major Playa	33	February 25, 2008	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Complications from a medical procedure
Buddy Miles	60	February 26, 2008	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Congestive heart disease[476]
Mike Smith The Dave Clark Five	64	February 28, 2008	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England	Pneumonia[477]
Mike Conley M.I.A.	49	February 28, 2008	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Head injuries from fall
Jeff Healey The Jeff Healey Band	41	March 2, 2008	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Sarcoma[478]
Norman Smith Record producer and audio engineer	85	March 3, 2008	East Sussex, England	[479]
Vytautas Kernagis	56	March 15, 2008	Vilnius, Lithuania	Gastric cancer
Mikey Dread	53	March 15, 2008	Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.	Brain tumor[480]
Daniel MacMaster Bonham	39	March 16, 2008	Thunder Bay, Canada	Staph infection[481]
Klaus Dinger Kraftwerk, Neu!, La! Neu?	61	March 21, 2008		Heart failure[482]
Chalmers Alford	52	March 24, 2008	Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.	Diabetes
Sean Levert LeVert	39	March 30, 2008	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.	Heart disease/Diabetes[483]
Lawrence Brown Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	63	April 6, 2008		Respiratory condition
George Butler Record producer	76	April 9, 2008	Castro Valley, California, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease[484]
Ozzie Cadena Record producer for Savoy Records	83	April 9, 2008	Torrance, California, U.S.	Pneumonia and complications from a stroke[485]
Sean Costello	28	April 15, 2008	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Drug overdose[486]
Cliff Davies If, Ted Nugent	59–60	April 15, 2008	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Suicide
Brian Davison The Nice	65	April 15, 2008	Bideford, Devon, England	Brain tumor[487]
Danny Federici Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band	58	April 17, 2008	New York City, New York, U.S.	Melanoma[488]
Orish Grinstead Original member of 702	27	April 20, 2008		Kidney failure
VL Mike	32	April 20, 2008	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot to death[489]
Al Wilson	68	April 21, 2008	Fontana, California, U.S.	Kidney failure
Bob Childers	61	April 22, 2008	Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.	Pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[490]
Paul Davis	60	April 22, 2008	Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.	Heart attack[491]
Micky Waller The Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group	66	April 29, 2008	London, England	Liver failure[492]
Eddy Arnold	89	May 8, 2008	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Natural causes
John Rutsey Rush	55	May 11, 2008	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Heart attack as a result of diabetes[493]
Michelle Meldrum Phantom Blue, Meldrum	39	May 21, 2008	Burbank, California, U.S.	Brain cyst/Coma[494]
Jimmy McGriff	72	May 24, 2008	Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S.	Multiple sclerosis[495]
Jerry Cole	68	May 28, 2008	Corona, California, U.S.	Heart attack[496]
Hugh Jarrett The Jordanaires	78	May 31, 2008		Injuries from a car crash
Al Jones	62	June 1, 2008		No cause given[497]
Bo Diddley	79	June 2, 2008	Archer, Florida, U.S.	Heart failure[498]
Lula Reed	82	June 21, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Natural causes[499]
Ira Tucker The Dixie Hummingbirds	83	June 24, 2008	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Cardiovascular disease[500]
Mel Galley Whitesnake, Trapeze, Phenomena	60	July 1, 2008	Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, Staffordshire, England	Esophageal cancer[501]
Natasha Shneider Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age	52	July 2, 2008	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cancer
Paul Varley The Arrows (drummer)	59	July 2, 2008	Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom	Pneumonia
Colin Cooper Singer/Saxophone for "Climax Blues Band"	68	July 3, 2008		Cancer
Oscar McLollie The Bullets	83	July 4, 2008	Oakland, California, U.S.	Natural causes
Les Crane	74	July 13, 2008	Greenbrae, California, U.S.	Natural causes
Katie Reider	30	July 14, 2008	New York City, New York, U.S.	Jaw tumor/Cerebral hemorrhage
Jo Stafford	90	July 16, 2008	Century City, California, U.S.	Congestive heart failure[502]
Artie Traum	65	July 20, 2008	Bearsville, New York, U.S.	Cancer
Joe Beck	62	July 22, 2008	Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S.	Lung cancer
Hiram Bullock	52	July 25, 2008	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	Cancer[503]
Johnny Griffin	80	July 25, 2008	Paris, France	Heart attack
Erik Darling The Rooftop Singers	74	August 3, 2008	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.	Lymphatic cancer
Isaac Hayes	65	August 10, 2008	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Complications due to stroke[504]
Don Helms Drifting Cowboys	81	August 11, 2008	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Diabetes (after heart surgery)
Christie Allen	54	August 12, 2008	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia	Pancreatic cancer
Jerry Wexler Music journalist and record producer	91	August 15, 2008	Sarasota, Florida, U.S.	Congestive heart failure[505]
Jimmy Moore The Five Royales	81–83	August 16, 2008	Ossining, New York, U.S.	Died after a long illness[506]
Pervis Jackson The Spinners	70	August 18, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Brain and liver cancer[507]
LeRoi Moore The Dave Matthews Band	46	August 19, 2008	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications after ATV accident / Pneumonia
Little Arthur Duncan	74	August 20, 2008	Northlake, Illinois, U.S.	Complications after brain surgery
Jerry Finn Record producer	39	August 21, 2008	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cerebral hemorrhage[508]
Egidijus Remeikis Tipo Grupė	26	August 23, 2008	Kaunas, Lithuania	Car accident
Jevgenijus Snytkinas Tipo Grupė	27	August 23, 2008	Kaunas, Lithuania	Car accident
Jerry Reed	71	September 1, 2008	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Emphysema[509]
Richard "Popcorn" Wylie	69	September 7, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Congestive heart problems
Richard Wright Pink Floyd	65	September 15, 2008	London, England	Lung cancer[510]
Norman Whitfield Record producer for The Temptations and co-founder of Motown and Whitfield Records	68	September 16, 2008	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Diabetes[511]
Opal Courtney Jr. The Spaniels	71	September 18, 2008	Gary, Indiana, U.S.	Heart attack
Earl Palmer	83	September 19, 2008	Banning, California, U.S.	After a long illness[512]
Nappy Brown	78	September 20, 2008	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.	Natural causes[513]
Cherry Smith The Wailers	65	September 24, 2008	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack[514]
Nick Reynolds The Kingston Trio	75	October 1, 2008	San Diego, California, U.S.	Acute respiratory disease[515]
Johnny "J"	39	October 3, 2008	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Apparent suicide
Gidget Gein Marilyn Manson	39	October 8, 2008	Burbank, California, U.S.	Heroin overdose[516]
Alton Ellis	70	October 10, 2008	Hammersmith, London, England	Bone cancer[517]
Cliff Nobles	67	October 12, 2008	Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Unknown
Frankie Kerr Teenage Head	51	October 15, 2008	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Throat cancer
Levi Stubbs The Four Tops	72	October 17, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Natural causes[518]
Dee Dee Warwick	66	October 18, 2008	Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.	Falling health from drug addiction[519]
Virgil Gonsalves Pacific Gas & Electric	76	October 20, 2008	Salinas, California, U.S.	Unknown
Peter Gläser Klaus Renft Combo, Karussell	59	October 23, 2008	Leipzig, Saxony, Germany	Cancer[520]
Merl Saunders Legion of Mary	74	October 24, 2008		Complications following stroke[521]
Mike Baker Shadow Gallery	45	October 29, 2008		Heart attack[522]
Frank Navetta Descendents	46	October 31, 2008		Diabetic coma/Died in his sleep[523]
Jimmy Carl Black The Mothers of Invention, Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart	70	November 1, 2008	Siegsdorf, Germany	Lung cancer[524]
Nathaniel Mayer	64	November 1, 2008	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Stroke[525]
Jody Reynolds The Storms	75	November 7, 2008	Palm Desert, California, U.S.	Liver cancer[526]
Mitch Mitchell The Jimi Hendrix Experience	62	November 12, 2008	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	Natural causes[527]
MC Breed	37	November 22, 2008	Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S.	Complications from kidney failure
Michael Lee	39	November 24, 2008		Epileptic seizure
Munetaka Higuchi Loudness	49	November 30, 2008	Osaka, Japan	Hepatocellular carcinoma[528]
Odetta	77	December 2, 2008	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart disease[529]
Chico Banks	46	December 3, 2008	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Heart problems[530]
Steve Isham Autograph	56	December 9, 2008	North Hills, California, U.S.	Liver cancer
Dennis Yost Classics IV	65	December 7, 2008	Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.	Respiratory failure.[531]
Davey Graham	68	December 15, 2008	London, England	Lung cancer
Sandeé Exposé	46	December 15, 2008	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	Seizure[532]
Feliciano Vierra Tavares Tavares	88	December 17, 2008	Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.	Prostate cancer[533]
Robert Ward Ohio Players	70	December 25, 2008	Dry Branch, Georgia, U.S.	After a long illness and strokes[534]
Delaney Bramlett Delaney & Bonnie	69	December 27, 2008	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Complications after gall bladder surgery[535]
Freddie Hubbard	70	December 29, 2008	Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.	Complications from a heart attack[536]

2009

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Sam Taylor Jr	74	January 5, 2009	Islandia, New York, U.S.	Heart Disease[537]
Ron Asheton The Stooges	60	January 6, 2009	Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack[538]
Claude Jeter Swan Silvertones, The Dixie Hummingbirds	94	January 6, 2009	The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.	Unknown[539]
Lamya Duran Duran, Soul II Soul	35	January 8, 2009	Oman	Heart attack[540]
Dave Dee Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich	67	January 9, 2009	Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England	Prostate cancer[541]
Andy DeMize Nekromantix	25	January 11, 2009	Fullerton, California, U.S.	Traffic accident[542]
Alejandro Sokol Las Pelotas	48	January 12, 2009	Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina	Respiratory insufficiency[543]
The Mighty Duke	76	January 14, 2009	St. Clair (Port-of-Spain), Trinidad and Tobago	Myelofibrosis[544]
Leroy Smith Sweet Sensation	56	January 15, 2009		Bronchopneumonia
Jean Adebambo	46	January 15, 2009	London, England	Suspected suicide by barbiturate overdose[545]
Ron McClelland StorySide:B	33	January 18, 2009		Undiagnoused heart condition
David "Fathead" Newman	75	January 20, 2009	Kingston, New York, U.S.	Complications of pancreatic cancer[546]
Corey James Daum Lizzy Borden	39	January 24, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Car crash[547]
Billy Powell Lynyrd Skynyrd	56	January 28, 2009	Orange Park, Florida, U.S.	Heart attack[548]
Hank Crawford	74	January 29, 2009	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke[549]
John Martyn	60	January 29, 2009	Thomastown, Ireland	Respiratory failure[550]
Dewey Martin Buffalo Springfield	68	January 31, 2009	Van Nuys, California, U.S.	Natural causes[551]
Cornelius Johnson Ohio Players	71	February 1, 2009		Undisclosed causes
Tom Brumley Buck Owens, The Buckaroos, Rick Nelson, The Desert Rose Band, The Strangers	73	February 3, 2009	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.	Heart attack[552]
Steve Dullaghan The Primitives, "Nocturnal Babies"	45	February 4, 2009		Natural causes[553]
Lux Interior The Cramps	62	February 4, 2009	Glendale, California, U.S.	Aortic dissection[554]
Molly Bee	69	February 7, 2009	Oceanside, California, U.S.	Stroke[555]
Estelle Bennett The Ronettes	67	February 11, 2009	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.	Colon cancer[556]
Elizabeth "Bispy" Amirian	27	February 12, 2009		Stabbing
Louie Bellson Drummer for Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Harry James	84	February 14, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Parkinson's Disease[557]
Morris Broadnax	78	February 17, 2009		Congestive heart failure[558]
Snooks Eaglin	72	February 18, 2009	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Heart attack[559]
Miika Tenkula Sentenced	34	February 18, 2009	Muhos, Finland	Heart attack/Genetic heart disease[560]
Kelly Groucutt Electric Light Orchestra	63	February 19, 2009	Worcester, England	Heart attack[561]
Ian Carr	75	February 25, 2009		Alzheimer's Disease
Randall Bewley Pylon	53	February 25, 2009	Athens, Georgia, U.S.	Heart attack[562]
Ernest Ashworth	80	March 2, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Natural causes after bypass surgery[563]
John Cephas Cephas & Wiggins	78	March 4, 2009		Natural casuses/Pulmonary fibrosis[564]
Francis Magalona	44	March 6, 2009	The Medical City, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines	Acute myeloid leukemia
David Williams Guitarist for Chanson, Michael Jackson, Madonna, etc...	58	March 6, 2009	Hampton, Virginia, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[565]
Jimmy Boyd	70	March 7, 2009	Santa Monica, California, U.S.	Cancer[566]
Hank Locklin	91	March 8, 2009	Brewton, Alabama, U.S.	Natural causes/Unknown[567]
Willie King	65	March 8, 2009	Old Memphis, Alabama, U.S.	Heart attack[568]
Johnny Dinamo	63	March 9, 2009	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Cancer
Eddie Bo	78	March 18, 2009	Picayune, Mississippi, U.S.	Heart attack[569]
Kent Henry Blues Image, Steppenwolf	60	March 18, 2009	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	Alzheimer's disease[570]
Mel Brown	69	March 20, 2009	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Complications from emphysema[571]
Uriel Jones The Funk Brothers	74	March 24, 2009	Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack[572]
Dan Seals England Dan and John Ford Coley	61	March 25, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Mantle cell lymphoma[573]
John Mayhew Drummer for Genesis	61	March 26, 2009	Glasgow, Scotland	Heart condition[574]
Monte Hale	89	March 29, 2009	Studio City, California, U.S.	After a long illness[575]
Duane Jarvis	51	April 1, 2009	Marina del Rey, California, U.S.	Colon cancer[576]
Bud Shank	82	April 2, 2009	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.	Pulmonary embolism[577][578]
Freddie "The Texas Legend" Everett "The Freddie Everett Band"	49	April 2, 2009		Lou Gehrig's Disease/ALS[579]
Nancy Overton The Chordettes	83	April 5, 2009	Blairstown, New Jersey, U.S.	Esophageal cancer[580]
Tam Paton Bay City Rollers	70	April 8, 2009	Edinburgh, Scotland	Heart attack[581]
Randy Cain The Delfonics	63	April 9, 2009	Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, U.S.	Undisclosed causes[582]
Rocky Hill Dusty Hill's oldest brother and association of American Blues	62	April 10, 2009	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Undisclosed illness[583]
Zeke Zarchy	93	April 11, 2009	Irvine, California, U.S.	Pneumonia[584]
Ron Stallings Huey Lewis and the News	62	April 13, 2009		Multiple myeloma
Gregg Fulkerson Blue Tears	44	April 14, 2009		Undisclosed[585]
Robert Brookins Earth, Wind & Fire, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jeffrey Osborne, The Whispers, Wayman Tisdale, etc...	46	April 15, 2009		Heart attack[586][587]
Betty Hall Jones	98	April 20, 2009	Torrance, California, U.S.	Natural causes[588]
Vern Gosdin	74	April 28, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke[589]
Ean Evans Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws	48	May 6, 2009	Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.	Lung cancer[590]
Maxine King The King Sisters	97	May 13, 2009	Corona, California, U.S.	Unknown
Dolla	21	May 18, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Murdered[591][592][593]
Uli Trepte Guru Guru	68	May 21, 2009	Berlin, Germany	Cancer[594]
Jay Bennett Wilco	45	May 24, 2009	Urbana, Illinois, U.S.	Accidental overdose[595]
Koko Taylor	80	June 3, 2009	Kildeer, Illinois, U.S.	Complications from gastrointestinal bleeding[596]
Hugh Hopper Soft Machine	64	June 7, 2009	Whitstable, Kent, England	Leukemia
Barry Beckett	66	June 10, 2009	Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.	Stroke
Bob Bogle The Ventures	75	June 14, 2009	Vancouver, Washington, U.S.	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma[597]
Sky Saxon The Seeds	71	June 25, 2009	Austin, Texas, U.S.	Heart and kidney failure[598]
Michael Jackson The Jackson 5	50	June 25, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest from propofol overdose.[599]
Fayette Pinkney The Three Degrees	61	June 27, 2009	Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Respiratory failure[600]
Allen Klein Record label executive and co-founder of ABKCO Records	77	July 4, 2009	New York City, New York, U.S.	Respiratory failure[601]
Drake Levin Paul Revere & the Raiders	62	July 4, 2009	San Francisco, California, U.S.	Cancer[602]
George William Fullerton	86	July 4, 2009	Fullerton, California, U.S.	[603]
Midnight Crimson Glory	47	July 8, 2009	St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.	Stomach aneurysm[604]
Gordon Waller Peter and Gordon	64	July 17, 2009	Norfolk, Connecticut, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[605]
John Dawson New Riders of the Purple Sage	64	July 21, 2009	San Miguel de Allende, Mexico	Stomach cancer[606]
Andrew Freddie Thomas Bad Boys Blue	63	July 21, 2009	Cologne, Germany	Pancreatic cancer
Marcel Jacob Talisman	45	July 21, 2009	Kristineberg, Stockholm, Sweden	Suicide[607]
Danny McBride Sha Na Na	63	July 23, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Cardiovascular disease
Andy Parle Space	42	August 1, 2009	Liverpool, England	Fell crossing the road[608]
Mbah Surip	52	August 4, 2009	Jakarta, Indonesia	Heart attack[609]
Willy DeVille Mink DeVille	58	August 6, 2009	New York City, New York, U.S.	Pancreatic cancer[610]
Mike Seeger	75	August 7, 2009	Lexington, Virginia, U.S.	Cancer[611]
David Van De Pitte Record producer, arranger and co-founder of Motown Records	67	August 9, 2009	Southfield, Michigan, U.S.	Cancer[612]
Rashied Ali	76	August 12, 2009	Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack[613]
Les Paul	94	August 13, 2009	White Plains, New York, U.S.	Pneumonia[614]
Larry Knechtel Bread	69	August 20, 2009	Yakima, Washington, U.S.	Heart attack[615]
Johnny Carter The Flamingos, The Dells	75	August 21, 2009	Harvey, Illinois, U.S.	Lung cancer[616]
Ellie Greenwich	68	August 26, 2009	New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack[617]
DJ AM Crazy Town	36	August 28, 2009	New York City, New York, U.S.	Drug overdose
Marie Knight	89	August 30, 2009	Harlem, New York City, U.S.	Complications from pneumonia
Jake Drake-Brockman Echo & the Bunnymen	53	September 1, 2009	Isle of Man	Traffic accident[618]
Guy Babylon	52	September 2, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Heart attack[619]
Jim Carroll	60	September 11, 2009	Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart attack[620]
Lily Tembo	27	September 14, 2009	Lusaka, Zambia	Gastritis
Mary Travers Peter, Paul And Mary	72	September 16, 2009	Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.	Complications arising from bone marrow transplant[621]
Roc Raida The X-Ecutioners	37	September 19, 2009	New York City, New York, U.S.	Cardiac arrest
John "Bootsie" Wilson The Silhouettes	69	September 21, 2009		Unknown
Sam Carr The Jelly Roll Kings	83	September 21, 2009	Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.	Congestive heart failure[622]
Greg Ladanyi Record producer	57	September 29, 2009	Nicosia, Cyprus	Fractured skull after fall[623]
Mercedes Sosa	74	October 4, 2009	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Mike Alexander Evile	32	October 5, 2009	Luleå, Sweden	Pulmonary embolism[624]
Nate Niec Bassist of numerous punk bands	27	October 6, 2009	Johns Creek, Georgia, U.S.	Road accident
Steve Ferguson NRBQ	60	October 7, 2009
Stephen Gately Boyzone	33	October 10, 2009	Majorca, Spain	Congenital heart defect[625]
Dickie Peterson Blue Cheer	61	October 12, 2009	Erkelenz, Germany	Liver cancer[626]
Brendan Mullen Music promoter, founder of Los Angeles punk rock club The Masque	60	October 12, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stroke[627]
Al Martino	82	October 13, 2009	Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Heart attack
Sirone	69	October 21, 2009	Berlin, Germany	[628]
Luther Dixon The Platters, The Shirelles, The Four Buddies	78	October 22, 2009	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.	[629]
Chris Bartley	62	October 26, 2009		Kidney failure[630]
Taylor Mitchell	19	October 28, 2009	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Coyote attack[631]
Norton Buffalo The Steve Miller Band	58	October 30, 2009	Paradise, California, U.S.	Lung cancer[632]
Chen Lin	39	October 31, 2009	Beijing, China	Suicide (Jumped from building)
Jerry Fuchs !!!, Maserati	34	November 8, 2009	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.	Fall after elevator accident[633]
Haydain Neale Jacksoul	39	November 22, 2009	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Lung cancer[634]
Al Alberts The Four Aces	87	November 27, 2009	Arcadia, Florida, U.S.	Renal failure[635]
Bob Keane	87	November 28, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Kidney failure[636]
Eric Woolfson The Alan Parsons Project	64	December 2, 2009	London, England	Kidney cancer[637]
Liam Clancy Makem and Clancy, The Clancy Brothers	74	December 4, 2009	Cork, Ireland	Pulmonary fibrosis[638]
Jack Rose Pelt	38	December 5, 2009	Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Heart attack[639]
Yvonne King The King Sisters	89	December 13, 2009	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.	Complications after a fall
James Gurley Big Brother and the Holding Company	69	December 20, 2009	Palm Desert, California, U.S.	Heart attack[640]
Britanny Murphy	32	December 20, 2009	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Pneumonia/Cardiac arrest
Mick Cocks Rose Tattoo	54	December 22, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Liver cancer[641]
Arnold S. Caplin Record producer, co-founder and owner of Historical Records and Biograph Records	80	December 25, 2009	Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Vic Chesnutt	45	December 25, 2009	Athens, Georgia, U.S.	Suicide by drug overdose[642]
Tony Bellamy Redbone	63	December 25, 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Liver failure[643]
The Rev Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends	28	December 28, 2009	Huntington Beach, California, U.S.	Drug overdose[644]
Rowland S. Howard The Birthday Party	50	December 30, 2009	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	Hepatocellular carcinoma[645]
Earl Gaines	74	December 31, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	[646]

See also

• List of deaths in rock and roll (1950s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1960s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1970s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1980s)
• List of deaths in rock and roll (1990s)
• List of 2010s deaths in popular music
• List of 2020s deaths in popular music

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