Music History Events: Deaths
September 15, 2019 The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek dies at 75.
September 13, 2019 Eddie Money dies of esophageal cancer at 70.
August 3, 2019 Henri Belolo, who co-founded The Village People and co-wrote many of their hits, dies at 82.
June 23, 2019 Dave Bartholomew, who co-wrote many of Fats Domino's hits, dies at age 100.
May 31, 2019 Psychedelic-music legend and frontman for the 13th Floor Elevators, Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson passes away at 71 years old in his home in Austin, Texas.
May 13, 2019 Doris Day dies at 97.
April 13, 2019 UFO keyboard player Paul Raymond dies of a heart attack at 73.
March 26, 2019 Ranking Roger (Roger Charlery), the toaster for General Public and The English Beat, dies at 56 after a battle with cancer.
March 22, 2019 Scott Walker dies at 76. In the UK, he became a pop star in the '60s, but turned to more experimental music in ensuing years.
March 16, 2019 Surf rock pioneer Dick Dale dies at 81.
March 11, 2019 Session drummer Hal Blaine, who played on hundreds of hit songs, dies at 90.
March 11, 2019 Danny Kustow of the Tom Robinson Band dies at 63.
March 4, 2019 Keith Flint of The Prodigy is found dead at his home in Essex, England. Cause of death is determined to be suicide by hanging. He was 49.
February 28, 2019 The composer André Previn dies at 89.
February 25, 2019 Mark Hollis of Talk Talk dies at 64.
January 26, 2019 Composer Michel Legrand, who won an Oscar for "The Windmills Of Your Mind," dies at 86.
January 2, 2019 Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille dies at 76.
January 1, 2019 Pegi Young, Neil Young's wife from 1978-2014, dies of cancer at 66. Pegi sang backup for Neil and released three solo albums.
November 16, 2018 Songwriter Scott English, whose compositions include "Bend Me, Shape Me" and "Mandy," dies at 81.
October 2, 2018 Geoff Emerick, the engineer on most Beatles' recordings, dies of a heart attack at 72.
October 1, 2018 Peggy Sue Gerron, subject of the Buddy Holly hit "Peggy Sue," dies at 78.
October 1, 2018 The French singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour dies at 94. His compositions include "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "If You Go Away."
September 22, 2018 Chas Hodges of Chas & Dave dies at 74.
September 7, 2018 Rapper Mac Miller dies at 26 of an apparent drug overdose.
June 22, 2018 Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul dies at 54.
June 18, 2018 The 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion (Jahseh Onfroy) is shot and killed while leaving a car dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
June 13, 2018 Drummer D.J. Fontana, known for his work with Elvis Presley, dies at 87.
May 10, 2018 Scott Hutchison, the 36-year-old lead singer of the Scotish band Frightened Rabbit, is found dead after going missing a day earlier.
April 20, 2018 The Swedish DJ Avicii (Tim Bergling) dies at 28.
March 9, 2018 Iconic album-cover-artist Gary Burden passes away.
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