List of 2020s deaths in rock and roll
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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 died in the 2020s decade. 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.
2020[]
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
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Marty Grebb The Buckinghams |
74 | January 1, 2020 | Unknown[1] | |
Tommy Hancock | 90 | January 1, 2020 | Unknown[2] | |
Lorraine Chandler | 73 | January 2, 2020 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Undisclosed causes[3] |
Bo Winberg The Spotnicks |
80 | January 3, 2020 | Unknown[4] | |
Martin Griffin Ark, Sonic Assassins, Hawklords, Hawkwind |
69 | January 6, 2020 | Unknown[5] | |
Neil Peart Rush |
67 | January 7, 2020 | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | Glioblastoma[6] |
Bobby Comstock | 78 | January 9, 2020 | At his home in Southern California, U.S. | Unknown[7] |
Tom Alexander The Alexander Brothers |
85 | January 9, 2020 | Unknown[8] | |
Marc Morgan | 57 | January 10, 2020 | Unknown[9] | |
Alana Filippi | 59 | January 11, 2020 | Unknown[10] | |
Steve Martin Caro The Left Banke |
71 | January 14, 2020 | Heart disease[11] | |
Chris Darrow Kaleidoscope, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
75 | January 15, 2020 | Complications from a stroke[12] | |
David Olney | 71 | January 18, 2020 | Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack[13] |
Robert Parker | 89 | January 19, 2020 | Roseland, Louisiana, U.S. | Natural causes[14] |
Meritxell Negre Peaches & Herb |
48 | January 21, 2020 | Barcelona, Spain | Cancer[15] |
Joe Payne Divine Heresy, Nile |
35 | January 24, 2020 | [16] | |
Reed Mullin Corrosion Of Conformity Teenage Time Killers |
53 | January 27, 2020 | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | Unknown[17] |
Bob Nave The Lemon Pipers |
75 | January 28, 2020 | Unknown[18] | |
Andy Gill Gang of Four |
64 | February 1, 2020 | London, England | Pneumonia and multiple organ failure[19][20] |
Josh Pappé Dirty Rotten Imbeciles Gang Green |
53 | February 1, 2020 | Unknown[21] | |
Ivan Král Patti Smith Group |
71 | February 2, 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | Cancer[22][23] |
Lynn Evans Mand The Chordettes |
95 | February 6, 2020 | Possible natural causes[24] | |
Steve Weber The Holy Modal Rounders |
76 | February 7, 2020 | Mount Clare, West Virginia, U.S. | Cause not disclosed[25] |
Lyle Mays Pat Metheny Group |
66 | February 10, 2020 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | [26] |
Joseph Shabalala Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
79 | February 11, 2020 | Pretoria, South Africa | Natural causes[27] |
Paul English | 87 | February 12, 2020 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Pneumonia[28] |
Jacob Thiele The Faint |
40 | February 13, 2020 | Cause not revealed[29] | |
Henry Gray | 95 | February 17, 2020 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | Unknown[30] |
Pop Smoke | 20 | February 19, 2020 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot[31] |
Elyse Weinberg | 74 | February 20, 2020 | Ashland, Oregon, U.S. | Lung cancer[32][33] |
David Roback Mazzy Star |
61 | February 25, 2020 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Metastatic cancer[34] |
Mike Somerville Head East |
67 | February 28, 2020 | [35] | |
Simon Posthuma The Fool |
81 | February 28, 2020 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Korsakoff syndrome[36] |
Barbara Martin The Supremes |
76 | March 4, 2020 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Unknown[37] |
Charlie Baty Little Charlie & the Nightcats |
66 | March 6, 2020 | Vacaville, California, U.S. | Heart attack[38] |
Eric Taylor | 70 | March 9, 2020 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | Liver disease[39] |
Keith Olsen Record producer and sound engineer from The Music Machine |
74 | March 9, 2020 | Geona, Nevada, U.S. | Cardiac arrest[40] |
Genesis P-Orridge Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV |
70 | March 14, 2020 | New York, New York, U.S. | Leukaemia[41] |
Phil Phillips | 94 | March 14, 2020 | Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. | Unknown[42] |
Jason Rainey Sacred Reich |
53 | March 16, 2020 | Heart attack[43] | |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers and The First Edition |
81 | March 20, 2020 | Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. | Natural causes[44] |
Jerry Slick The Great Society |
80 | March 20, 2020 | Unknown[45] | |
Julie Felix | 81 | March 22, 2020 | [46] | |
Gabi Delgado Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft |
61 | March 22, 2020 | Either in a hospital in Portugal or in Córdoba, Spain | Heart attack [47] |
Manu Dibango | 86 | March 24, 2020 | Melun, France | COVID-19[48] |
Bill Rieflin King Crimson, R.E.M. |
59 | March 24, 2020 | Cancer[49] | |
Neil Landon The Ivy League, Fat Mattress |
78 | March 26, 2020 | Hamburg, Germany | Cancer[50] |
Bob Andy | 75 | March 27, 2020 | Kingston, Jamaica | Cancer[51] |
Joe Diffie | 61 | March 27, 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | COVID-19[52] |
Lou "L.A." Kouvaris Riot |
66 | March 28, 2020 | COVID-19[53] | |
Alan Merrill Arrows |
69 | March 29, 2020 | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. | COVID-19[54] |
Bill Withers | 81 | March 30, 2020 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart complications[55] |
Cristina Singer with ZE Records |
64 | March 31, 2020 | New York City, New York, U.S. | COVID-19[56] |
Adam Schlesinger Fountains of Wayne, Ivy |
52 | April 1, 2020 | Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | COVID-19[57] |
Vaughan Mason Vaughan Mason & Crew |
69 | April 3, 2020 | Unknown[58] | |
Patrick Gibson The Gibson Brothers |
64 | April 4, 2020 | COVID-19[59] | |
John Prine | 73 | April 7, 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications caused by COVID-19[60] |
Hutch Davie Songwriter and arranger |
89 | April 7, 2020 | West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. | Unknown[61] |
Steve Farmer The Amboy Dukes |
71 | April 7, 2020 | Redford, Michigan, U.S. | Died at his home[62] |
Carl Dobkins Jr. | 79 | April 8, 2020 | Unknown[63] | |
Kenny Young Songwriter and member of Fox |
79 | April 14, 2020 | Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | Cancer[64] |
Christophe | 74 | April 16, 2020 | Brest, Brittany, France | COVID-19[65] |
Barney Ales Music industry executive from Motown Records |
85 | April 17, 2020 | Unknown[66] | |
Matthew Seligman The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins |
64 | April 17, 2020 | London, England | Stroke following COVID-19 infection[67] |
Terry Doran Beatles associate, manager of Grapefruit |
80 | April 19, 2020 | London, England | Parkinson's disease or Covid-19[68] |
Ian Whitcomb | 78 | April 19, 2020 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Stroke[69] |
Ronan O'Rahilly Founder of Radio Caroline |
79 | April 20, 2020 | Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland | Vascular dementia[70] |
Derek Jones Falling in Reverse |
35 | April 21, 2020 | Unknown[71] | |
Florian Schneider Kraftwerk |
73 | April 21, 2020 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Cancer[72] |
Hamilton Bohannon | 78 | April 24, 2020 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | [73] |
Young Jessie | 83 | April 27, 2020 | Unknown[74] | |
Scott Taylor Then Jerico |
58 | April 27, 2020 | Brain tumor[75] | |
Bobby Lewis | 95 | April 28, 2020 | Pneumonia[76] | |
Tavo Limongi Resorte |
52 | May 1, 2020 | [77] | |
Erwin Prasetya Dewa 19 |
48 | May 2, 2020 | Indonesia | Gastrointestinal bleeding[78] |
Dave Greenfield The Stranglers |
71 | May 3, 2020 | COVID-19 induced heart failure[79] | |
Bob Lander The Spotnicks |
78 | May 3, 2020 | [80] | |
Millie Small | 72 | May 5, 2020 | London, England | Stroke.[81] |
Sweet Pea Atkinson Was (Not Was) |
74 | May 5, 2020 | Heart attack[82] | |
Brian Howe Ted Nugent, Bad Company |
66 | May 6, 2020 | Lake Placid, Florida, U.S. | Heart attack[83] |
Little Richard | 87 | May 9, 2020 | Tullahoma, Tennessee, U.S. | Bone cancer[84] |
Betty Wright | 66 | May 10, 2020 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Cancer[85] |
Moon Martin | 69 | May 11, 2020 | Natural causes[86] | |
Alberto Carpani | 64 | May 11, 2020 | Pneumonia[87] | |
Derek Lawrence Producer of Deep Purple and Wishbone Ash |
78 | May 13, 2020 | Peterborough, England | Cancer[88] |
Jorge Santana Malo |
68 | May 14, 2020 | U.S. | Natural causes[89] |
Phil May Pretty Things |
75 | May 15, 2020 | Norfolk, England | Complications following hip surgery[90] |
Mory Kanté | 70 | May 22, 2020 | Conakry, Guinea | Untreated chronic health problems[91] |
Al Rex Bill Haley & His Comets |
91 | May 25, 2020 | Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Pneumonia[92] |
Joey Image Misfits |
63 | June 1, 2020 | Liver cancer[93] | |
Chris Trousdale Dream Street |
34 | June 2, 2020 | Burbank, California, U.S. | [94] |
Steve Priest The Sweet |
72 | June 4, 2020 | [95] | |
Rupert Hine Record producer from Thinkman, Quantum Jump |
72 | June 4, 2020 | [96] | |
Frank Bey | 74 | June 7, 2020 | Glenolden, Pennsylvania, U.S. | [97] |
Bonnie Pointer The Pointer Sisters |
69 | June 8, 2020 | Los Angeles, California | Cardiac arrest[98] |
Paul Chapman UFO, Lone Star |
66 | June 9, 2020 | [99] | |
Ricky Valance | 84 | June 12, 2020 | Dementia[100] | |
Keith Tippett Centipede, Mujician |
72 | June 14, 2020 | Pneumonia[101] | |
Yohan TST |
28 | June 16, 2020 | [102] | |
Vera Lynn | 103 | June 18, 2020 | [103] | |
Hux Brown Toots and the Maytals |
75 | June 18, 2020 | [104] | |
Huey | 31 | June 25, 2020 | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | Shot[105] |
Tami Lynn | 78 | June 26, 2020 | [106] | |
Pete Carr Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section |
70 | June 27, 2020 | [107] | |
Tom Finn The Left Banke |
71 | June 27, 2020 | [108] | |
Benny Mardones | 73 | June 29, 2020 | Menifee, California, U.S. | Parkinson's disease[109] |
Max Crook | 83 | July 1, 2020 | [110] | |
Marvin Brown The Softones |
66 | July 3, 2020 | [111] | |
Charlie Daniels | 83 | July 6, 2020 | Stroke[112] | |
Judy Dyble Fairport Convention, Trader Horne |
71 | July 12, 2020 | Lung cancer[113] | |
Emitt Rhodes | 70 | July 19, 2020 | Natural causes[114] | |
Tim Smith Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs |
59 | July 21, 2020 | Heart attack[115] | |
Sean O'Mahony Founder of The Beatles Book and Record Collector |
88 | July 21, 2020 | [116] | |
Peter Green John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac |
73 | July 25, 2020 | Canvey Island, Essex, UK | [117] |
Shmoulik Avigal Picture, The Rods |
65 | July 30, 2020 | Florida, U.S | Cancer[118] |
Steve Holland Molly Hatchet |
66 | August 2, 2020 | Georgia, U.S. | Pneumonia following COVID-19 infection[119] |
Tony Costanza Machine Head |
52 | August 4, 2020 | [120] | |
Jan Savage The Seeds |
77 | August 5, 2020 | [121] | |
Wayne Fontana | 74 | August 6, 2020 | Stockport, England. | Cancer[122] |
Mark Wirtz A Teenage Opera |
76 | August 7, 2020 | Pick's disease[123] | |
Salome Bey | 86 | August 8, 2020 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Dementia[124] |
Martin Birch Record producer |
71 | August 9, 2020 | [125] | |
Trini Lopez | 83 | August 11, 2020 | Palm Springs, California, U.S. | COVID-19[126] |
Pete Way UFO, Waysted, Fastway |
69 | August 14, 2020 | Injuries from accident two months earlier[127] | |
Frankie Banali Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P. |
68 | August 20, 2020 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer[128] |
Justin Townes Earle | 38 | August 20, 2020 | Nashville, U.S. | Drug overdose[129] |
Jack Sherman Red Hot Chili Peppers |
64 | August 18, 2020 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Heart attack[130] |
Walter Lure The Heartbreakers |
71 | August 22, 2020 | U.S. | Liver cancer[131] |
Riley Gale Power Trip |
34 | August 24, 2020 | Dallas, U.S. | Drug overdose[132] |
Gerry McGhee Brighton Rock |
58 | August 25, 2020 | Canada | Cancer[133] |
Ian Mitchell Bay City Rollers |
62 | September 1, 2020 | U.S. | [134] |
Bruce Williamson The Temptations |
49 | September 6, 2020 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | COVID-19[135] |
Simeon Coxe Silver Apples |
82 | September 4, 2020 | Fairhope, Alabama, U.S. | Pulmonary fibrosis[136] |
Ronald Bell Kool & the Gang |
68 | September 9, 2020 | U.S. Virgin Islands | [137] |
Toots Hibbert Toots & the Maytals |
77 | September 11, 2020 | Kingston, Jamaica | COVID-19[138] |
Charles Howard Patrick The Monotones |
82-83 | September 11, 2020 | Unknown | |
Edna Wright Honey Cone |
76 | September 12, 2020 | [139] | |
Pamela Hutchinson The Emotions |
61 | September 18, 2020 | U.S. | [140] |
Lee Kerslake Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne, Living Loud, Toe Fat |
73 | September 19, 2020 | Prostate cancer[141] | |
Tommy DeVito The Four Seasons |
92 | September 20, 2020 | Las Vegas, U.S. | COVID-19[142] |
Roy Head | 79 | September 21, 2020 | Montgomery County, Texas, U.S. | Heart attack[143] |
Juliette Gréco | 93 | September 24, 2020 | [144] | |
Max Merritt The Meteors |
79 | September 24, 2020 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Autoimmune disease[145] |
Mark Stone Van Halen |
79 | September 26, 2020 | U.S. | Cancer[146] |
Jackie Dennis | 77 | September 28, 2020 | Edinburgh, Scotland | [147] |
Mac Davis | 78 | September 29, 2020 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Complications from heart surgery.[148] |
Helen Reddy | 78 | September 29, 2020 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Addison's disease[149] |
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen |
65 | October 6, 2020 | Santa Monica, U.S. | Throat cancer[150] |
Johnny Nash | 80 | October 6, 2020 | Houston, U.S. | Natural causes[151] |
Brian Locking The Shadows |
82 | October 8, 2020 | North Wales | Bladder cancer[152] |
Dave Munden The Tremeloes |
76 | October 15, 2020 | Respiratory infection[153] | |
Gordon Haskell The Fleur de Lys, King Crimson |
74 | October 16, 2020 | Cancer[154] | |
Chet "JR" White Girls |
40 | October 18, 2020 | Heart failure[155] | |
Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Group |
81 | October 19, 2020 | California, U.S. | Heart attack[156] |
Tony Lewis The Outfield |
62 | October 19, 2020 | London, England | [157] |
Jerry Jeff Walker | 78 | October 23, 2020 | Throat cancer[158] | |
Tom Wolgers Lustans Lakejer, Mockba Music |
61 | November 3, 2020 | Cancer[159] | |
Ken Hensley Uriah Heep, Toe Fat, The Gods, Blackfoot |
75 | November 4, 2020 | Agost, Spain | [160] |
Len Barry The Dovells |
78 | November 5, 2020 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Mmyelodysplasia[161] |
Bones Hillman Midnight Oil |
62 | November 7, 2020 | Milwaukee, U.S. | Cancer[162] |
Jim Tucker The Turtles |
74 | November 12, 2020 | [163] | |
Donnie Grant Guys 'n' Dolls |
71 | November 18, 2020 | Abdominal aortic aneurysm | |
Tony Hooper Strawbs |
81 | November 18, 2020 | [164] | |
Eric Pacheco Babylon A.D. |
53 | December 6, 2020 | U.S. | [165] |
Jason Slater Third Eye Blind |
49 | December 9, 2020 | Maui, Hawaii, U.S. | Liver failure[166] |
Charley Pride | 86 | December 12, 2020 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | COVID-19[167] |
Sam Jayne Love as Laughter, Lync |
46 | December 15, 2020 | [168] | |
Clay Anthony Junkyard |
61 | December 19, 2020 | Maui, Hawaii, U.S. | Car accident[169] |
Dieter Horns Lucifer's Friend |
74 | December 19, 2020 | Germany | [170] |
Pelle Alsing Roxette |
60 | December 20, 2020 | Sweden | [171] |
Chad Stuart Chad & Jeremy |
79 | December 20, 2020 | Pneumonia[172] | |
Leslie West Mountain |
75 | December 22, 2020 | Florida, U.S. | Heart attack[173] |
Geoff Stephens New Vaudeville Band |
86 | December 24, 2020 |
Pneumonia[174] | |
Alto Reed Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band |
72 | December 30, 2020 | Colon cancer[175] | |
Alexi Laiho Children of Bodom |
41 | December 31, 2020 | Long-term health issues[176] |
2021[]
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mick Bolton Mott the Hoople, Dexys Midnight Runners |
72 | January 1, 2021 | Hastings, England | Undisclosed [177] |
Gerry Marsden Gerry & the Pacemakers |
78 | January 3, 2021 | Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England | Blood infection [178] |
Marsha Zazula Megaforce Records founder |
68 | January 10, 2021 | Clermont, Florida, U.S. | Cancer[179] |
Tim Bogert Beck, Bogert & Appice, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus |
76 | January 13, 2021 | Simi Valley, California, U.S. | Cancer [180] |
Sylvain Sylvain New York Dolls |
69 | January 13, 2021 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer[181] |
Phil Spector Record producer |
81 | January 16, 2021 | San Joaquin, California, U.S. | COVID-19[182] |
Jason Cope The Steel Woods |
43 | January 16, 2021 | Complications from diabetes[183] | |
Jimmie Rodgers | 87 | January 18, 2021 | Palm Desert, California, U.S. | Heart attack[184] |
Ronnie Nasralla Record producer from Byron Lee and the Dragonaires |
90 | January 20, 2021 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | [185] |
Hilton Valentine The Animals |
77 | January 29, 2021 | Undisclosed[186] | |
Sophie | 34 | January 30, 2021 | Athens, Greece | Accidental fall[187] |
Double K People Under the Stairs |
43 | January 30, 2021 | Unknown[188] | |
David Donato Black Sabbath, White Tiger |
66 | February 2, 2021 | Unknown[189] | |
Jim Weatherly | 77 | February 3, 2021 | Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S. | Natural causes[190] |
Stefan Cush The Men They Couldn't Hang |
60 | February 4, 2021 | Heart attack[191] | |
Örs Siklósi AWS |
29 | February 5, 2021 | Leukaemia[192] | |
Mary Wilson The Supremes |
76 | February 8, 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Hypertensive heart disease[193] |
Chick Corea Return to Forever, Chick Corea Elektric Band |
79 | February 9, 2021 | Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S. | Cancer[194] |
Cedrick Cotton Ideal |
46 | February 9, 2021 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Stabbing[195] |
Jon Mark Mark-Almond, John Mayall |
77 | February 10, 2021 | Unknown[196] | |
Louis Clark Music arranger from Electric Light Orchestra |
73 | February 13, 2021 | Elyria, Ohio, U.S. | Kidney failure [197] |
Françoise Cactus Stereo Total, Lolitas |
57 | February 17, 2021 | Berlin, Germany | Breast cancer[198] |
U-Roy | 78 | February 17, 2021 | Kingston, Jamaica, U.S. | Kidney failure [199] |
Prince Markie Dee The Fat Boys |
52 | February 18, 2021 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Congestive heart failure[200] |
James Burke The Five Stairsteps |
70 | February 19, 2021 | Pneumonia[201] | |
Bob James Swan, Montrose, Magnet |
68 | February 26, 2021 | Ulcer complications[202] | |
Anna Kast Little Big |
39 | February 28, 2021 | [203] | |
Ian North Milk 'N' Cookies |
68 | February 28, 2021 | Heart attack[204] | |
Bunny Wailer The Wailers |
73 | March 2, 2021 | Kingston, Jamaica, U.S. | Complications from stroke[205] |
Alan Cartwright Procol Harum |
75 | March 4, 2021 | Stomach cancer[206] | |
Michael Stanley | 72 | March 5, 2021 | Lung cancer [207] | |
James MacGaw Magma |
52 | March 8, 2021 | Brain tumour[208] | |
Reggie Warren Troop |
52 | March 14, 2021 | Pasadena, California, U.S. | [209] |
Doug Parkinson Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation |
74 | March 15, 2021 | Northern Beaches, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | [210] |
Matt Miller Titus Andronicus |
34 | March 17, 2021 | U.S. | Unknown[211] |
Corey Steger Underoath |
42 | March 17, 2021 | Traffic collision[212] | |
Malcolm Cecil Record producer from Tonto's Expanding Head Band |
84 | March 28, 2021 | [213] | |
Oscar Kraal Niels Geusebroek, Van Dik Hout, Milow |
50 | April 1, 2021 | Cancer[214] | |
B.B. Dickerson War |
71 | April 2, 2021 | Long Beach, California, U.S. | [215] |
Tony Pola Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists |
?? | April 2, 2021 | [216] | |
Ralph Schuckett Utopia |
73 | April 3, 2021 | Unknown[217] | |
Paul Humphrey Blue Peter |
61 | April 4, 2021 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Multiple system atrophy[218] |
DMX | 50 | April 9, 2021 | White Plains, New York, U.S. | Heart attack[219] |
Bob Petric Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments |
?? | April 10, 2021 | [220] | |
Bob Porter American Hall of Fame record producer, discographer and broadcaster |
80 | April 10, 2021 | Northvale, New Jersey, U.S. | Complications from esophageal cancer[221] |
Bosse Skoglund Peps Persson |
85 | April 10, 2021 | Unknown[222] | |
Leonid Bortkevich Pesniary |
71 | April 13, 2021 | Unknown[223] | |
Rusty Young Poco |
75 | April 14, 2021 | Davisville, Missouri, U.S. | Heart attack[224] |
Barby Kelly The Kelly Family |
45 | April 15, 2021 | Heart failure[225] | |
Barry Mason | 85 | April 16, 2021 | Unknown[226] | |
Mike Mitchell The Kingsmen |
77 | April 16, 2021 | Unknown[227] | |
Lew Lewis Eddie and the Hot Rods |
65–66 | April 17, 2021 | Unknown[228] | |
Paul Oscher Muddy Waters |
71 | April 18, 2021 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | COVID-19[229] |
Lars Ratz Metalium |
53 | April 18, 2021 | Vilafranca de Bonany, Mallorca, Spain | Ultralight crash[230] |
Jim Steinman | 73 | April 19, 2021 | Danbury, Connecticut, U.S | Kidney failure[231] |
Les McKeown Bay City Rollers |
65 | April 20, 2021 | London, England | Suspected heart attack[232] |
Joe Long The Four Seasons |
88 | April 21, 2021 | Long Beach, New Jersey, U.S. | COVID-19[233] |
Denny Freeman | 76 | April 25, 2021 | Austin, Texas, U.S. | Abdominal cancer[234] |
Al Schmitt American recording engineer for RCA Records, Capitol Studios |
91 | April 26, 2021 | Bell Canyon, California, U.S. | Unknown[235] |
Paul Couter TC Matic |
72 | April 27, 2021 | Ghent, Belgium | Cancer[236] |
Anita Lane The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
61 | April 28, 2021 | Unknown[237] | |
John Hinch Judas Priest, Bakerloo |
73 | April 29, 2021 | Unknown[238] | |
Tony Markellis Trey Anastasio Band |
68 | April 29, 2021 | Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. | Unknown[239] |
Will Mecum Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster |
48 | April 29, 2021 | Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. | Fall[240] |
Wondress Mantronix |
56 | May 1, 2021 | Unknown[241] | |
Phil Naro Talas, Peter Criss |
63 | May 3, 2021 | Tongue cancer[242] | |
Lloyd Price | 88 | May 3, 2021 | New Rochelle, New York, U.S. | Natural causes.[243] |
Nick Kamen | 59 | May 4, 2021 | London, England | Bone marrow cancer.[244] |
Tawny Kitaen Whitesnake video actress |
59 | May 7, 2021 | Newport Beach, California, U.S. | Unknown[245] |
Alix Dobkin | 80 | May 19, 2021 | Woodstock, New York, U.S. | Stroke[246] |
Florian Pilkington-Miksa Curved Air |
70 | May 20, 2021 | Pneumonia[247] | |
Lorrae Desmond | 91 | May 23, 2021 | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | [248] |
John Davis Milli Vanilli |
66 | May 24, 2021 | Nuremberg, Germany | COVID-19[249] |
B. J. Thomas | 78 | May 29, 2021 | Arlington, Texas, U.S. | Lung cancer[250] |
Phil Johnstone | 63 | May 31, 2021 | Unknown[251] | |
Lil Loaded | 20 | May 31, 2021 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Suicide by gunshot[252] |
Don Hill Saxophonist for The Treniers |
99 | June 18, 2021 | Unknown[253] | |
Takeshi Terauchi | 82 | June 18, 2021 | Yokohama, Japan | Pneumonia[254] |
Ellen McIlwaine | 75 | June 23, 2021 | Calgary, Canada | Esophageal cancer[255] |
Wes | 57 | June 25, 2021 | Infection[256] | |
Johnny Solinger Skid Row |
55 | June 26, 2021 | Liver failure[257] | |
Jon Hassell | 84 | June 26, 2021 | Natural causes[258] | |
Peps Persson Blues Quality, Peps Blodsband |
74 | June 27, 2021 | Vittsjö, Sweden | Unknown[259] |
John Lawton Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, Les Humphries Singers |
74 | June 29, 2021 | England | [260] |
Sanford Clark | 85 | July 4, 2021 | Joplin, Missouri, U.S. | COVID-19[261] |
Rick Laird Mahavishnu Orchestra |
80 | July 4, 2021 | New City, New York, U.S. | Lung cancer[262] |
Raffaella Carrà | 78 | July 5, 2021 | Rome, Italy | Lung cancer[263] |
Jeff LaBar Cinderella |
58 | July 14, 2021 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Undisclosed[264] |
Gary Corbett Cinderella, Kiss |
62 | July 15, 2021 | Lung cancer[265] | |
Pyotr Mamonov Zvuki Mu |
70 | July 15, 2021 | Moscow, Russia | COVID-19[266] |
Biz Markie Juice Crew |
57 | July 16, 2021 | Complications from diabetes.[267] | |
Robby Steinhardt Kansas |
71 | July 17, 2021 | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | Complications from pancreatitis[268] |
James Weatherstone Drummer for The Demics |
63 | July 18, 2021 | Died in his sleep[269] | |
Joey Jordison Slipknot |
46 | July 26, 2021 | Myelitis[270] | |
Mike Howe Metal Church |
55 | July 26, 2021 | Eureka, California, U.S. | Suicide by hanging[271] |
Dusty Hill ZZ Top |
72 | July 28, 2021 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | [272] |
Paul Cotton Poco |
78 | July 31, 2021 | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | [273] |
Paul Johnson | 50 | August 4, 2021 | Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S. | COVID-19[274] |
Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas Kool & the Gang |
70 | August 7, 2021 | New Jersey, U.S. | Died in his sleep[275] |
Joey Ambrose Bill Haley & His Comets |
87 | August 9, 2021 | Henderson, Nevada, U.S. | [276] |
Nanci Griffith | 68 | August 13, 2021 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Cancer[277] |
Charli Britton Edward H. Dafis |
68 | August 14, 2021 | Bangor, Gwynedd | [278] |
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh Country Joe and the Fish |
81 | August 17, 2021 | Ashland, Oregon, U.S. | [279] |
Ian Carey | 45 | August 20, 2021 | [280] | |
Don Everly The Everly Brothers |
84 | August 21, 2021 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | [281] |
Micki Grant | 90 | August 21, 2021 | [282][283] | |
Tom T. Hall | 85 | August 21, 2021 | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. | [284] |
Brian Travers UB40 |
62 | August 22, 2021 | Birmingham, England | Cancer[285] |
Eric Wagner Trouble, The Skull, Probot |
62 | August 23, 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | COVID-19[286] |
Olli Wisdom Specimen |
63 | August 23, 2021 | London, England | [287] |
Charlie Watts The Rolling Stones |
80 | August 24, 2021 | London, England | Heart-related complications[288] |
Lee "Scratch" Perry The Upsetters, Producer |
85 | August 29, 2021 | Lucea, Jamaica | [289] |
Ron Bushy Iron Butterfly |
79 | August 29, 2021 | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | Esophageal cancer[290] |
Timo Kaltio Hanoi Rocks, Cheap & Nasty, Cherry Bombz |
61 | September 2, 2021 | Helsinki, Finland | [291] |
Rickie Lee Reynolds Black Oak Arkansas |
72 | September 5, 2021 | Kidney failure and cardiac arrest[292] | |
Sarah Harding Girls Aloud |
39 | September 5, 2021 | Manchester, England | Breast cancer[293] |
Michael Chapman | 80 | September 10, 2021 | England | [294] |
See also[]
- 27 Club
- List of murdered hip hop musicians
- 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 deaths in rock and roll (2000s)
- List of deaths in rock and roll (2010s)
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