Analyzing epic list of some famous deaths, year by year since 1940. Text file character count is 88934.

Here's that musician death list sorted by age. I'll reply to it to continue. Had tried posting it in r/music but a moderator removed it for whatever reason. So I deleted it.


Feb 3, 1959 Ritchie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17

Apr 17, 1960 Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies in a car crash at 21

Feb 2, 1979 Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 21

Feb 3, 1959 Buddy Holly, rock and roll musician (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22

Aug 25, 2001 Aaliyah [Haughton], American singer and actress, dies in a plane crash in the Bahamas at 22

Jul 26, 2015 Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, dies in a coma at 22

Jul 18, 1966 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (I Fought the Law), found dead at 23

May 18, 1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at 23

Sep 27, 1986 Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24

Jul 3, 1969 Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25

Mar 19, 1982 Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot), dies in an air crash at 25

Sep 13, 1996 Tupac Shakur, American rapper and actor (Juice, Bullet), dies of internal bleeding after a drive by shotting at 25

Dec 10, 1967 Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26

Sep 18, 1970 Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of a drug overdose at 27

Oct 4, 1970 Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27

Jul 3, 1971 Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27

Apr 24, 1975 Pete Ham, rock musician (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27

Dec 27, 1978 Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies in car crash at 27

Apr 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun in Seattle, Washington at 27

Jul 23, 2011 Amy Winehouse, British singer songwriter, dies from alcohol intoxication at 27

Feb 3, 1959 Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28

Jan 1, 1953 Hank Williams, country singer. Cause of Death: Heart attack in the backseat of his Cadillac. Dies at 29

Oct 20, 1977 Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29

Mar 5, 1963 Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30

Sep 20, 1973 Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30

Mar 10, 1988 Andy Gibb, singer, dies of heart infection at 30

Sep 7, 1978 Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug overdose at 31

Feb 7, 1959 Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones], American blues guitarist (The Things That I Used to Do) dies at 32

Aug 27, 1967 Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32

Aug 17, 1973 Paul Williams, American musician (The Temptations), commits suicide at 32

Jul 29, 1974 "Mama" Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas & Papas), dies from a heart attack in London at 32

Sep 25, 1980 John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32

Feb 4, 1983 Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32

Dec 11, 1964 Sam Cooke, US soul musician ('A Change is Gonna Come') shot to death at 33

May 14, 1976 Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), Electrocuted While Playing Guitar at 33

Feb 19, 1980 Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC), dies at 33

Jun 1, 1948 Sonny Boy Williamson I [John Lee], American blues musician (Down & Out Blues), dies at 34

Mar 12, 1955 Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34

Jul 6, 1979 Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35

Aug 27, 1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35

Nov 13, 2004 Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968) (aged 35)

May 11, 1981 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36

Jan 4, 1986 Phil Lynott, Irish rock musician (Thin Lizzy), dies of an overdose at 36

Aug 28, 2009 DJ AM [Adam Goldstein], American DJ and musician, dies of a drug overdose at 36

Feb 15, 1968 Little Walter [Marion Walter Jacobs], American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player, dies as the result of a fight at 37

Dec 20, 1973 Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37

Nov 22, 1997 Michael Hutchence, Australiann rocker (INXS) and actor, commits suicide at 37

Dec 8, 2004 Dimebag Darrell, heavy metal guitarist in band Pantera is shot & killed while performing onstage in Columbus Ohio by crazed fan Nathan Gale. (aged 38)

Dec 14, 1963 Dinah Washington, singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39

May 8, 1982 Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943) (aged 39)

Dec 28, 1983 Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39

Dec 15, 1944 Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, Plane missing over the English Channel. Dies at 40.

Jul 17, 1967 John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist/composer (Blue Train), dies of cancer at 40

Dec 8, 1980 John Lennon, British musician, pop star and member of The Beatles (Imagine), shot and killed in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40

Nov 24, 1991 Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], American drummer (Kiss), dies of cancer at 41

Sep 17, 2000 Paula Yates, English TV personality (The Big Breakfast), dies of a drug overdose at 41 She was in a relationship with musician Bob Geldof from 1976 to 1996. Yates's daughter with Michael Hutchence, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence (known as 'Tiger') was born on 22 July 1996. On 22 November 1997, Hutchence was found dead in a hotel room in Sydney.

Mar 15, 2011 Nate Dogg, American rapper, Nathaniel Dwayne Hale. (b. 1969) (aged 41)

Jan 20, 1965 Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42

Aug 16, 1977 Elvis Presley, American musician, Official cause of death is cardiac arrhythmia. Dies at Graceland age 42.

Sep 11, 1987 Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead in Jamacia at 42

Mar 22, 1994 Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter (Love Sensation), dies of an AIDS-related brain tumor at 43

Jul 15, 1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident (aged 44)

Jul 17, 1959 Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies at Metropolitan Hospital in New York of cirrhosis of the liver at 44

Apr 1, 1984 Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44

May 15, 2009 Wayman Tisdale, American professional basketball player in the NBA and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. (b. 1964) (aged 44)

Nov 8, 2011 Heavy D [Dwight Errington Myers], Jamaican-American rap artist, dies at 44

May 24, 1963 Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 45

Dec 31, 1985 Rick Nelson, singer/actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) Plane crash-landed, dies at 45.

Jul 25, 1989 Steve Rubell, Studio 54 night club owner (b. 1943) (aged 45)

Nov 24, 1991 Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45

Aug 14, 1958 Gladys L Presley, mom of Elvis, dies at age 46.

Aug 8, 1975 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46

Oct 10, 1963 Edith Piaf, French singer, was a French cabaret singer, songwriter and actress who became widely regarded as France's national chanteuse, as well as being one of France's greatest international stars. dies at 47.

May 4, 2012 MCA [Adam Yauch], Beastie Boys vocalist, dies from cancer at 47

Sep 18, 1945 "Blind" Willie Johnson American blues/spiritual singer and guitarist (b. 1897) (aged 48)

Jun 15, 1968 Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48

Feb 11, 2012 Whitney Houston, American singer and actress, dies from an accidental drowning at age 48

Dec 3, 2015 Scott Weiland, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver), dies at 48

Feb 15, 1965 Nat King Cole, American singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49

Apr 15, 2001 Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951) (aged 49)

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