- Buddy
Holly (born 7 February 1936, died 3
February 1959 in a plane crash, aged 22)
- Richie Valens (born 13 August
1941, died 3 February 1959 in a plane crash, aged
17)
- Eddie Cochran (born 3 October
1936, died 17 April 1960 in a car crash, aged 23)
- Johnny Horton (born 3 April
1925, died 5 November 1960 in a car crash, aged
35)
- Sam Cooke (born 22 January 1933,
died 11 December 1964 by accidental shooting,
aged 31)
- Otis Redding (born 9 September
1941, died 10 December 1967 in a plane crash,
aged 26)
- Frankie Lyman (born 1942, died
28 February 1968 from a heroin overdose, aged 25)
- Brian Jones (The Rolling
Stones)
(born 28 February 1942, drowned 3 July 1969, aged
27)
- Jimi Hendrix (born 27 November
1942, died 18 September 1970 by suffocation, aged
27)
- Janis Joplin (born 18 January
1943, died 4 October 1970 of a heroin overdose,
aged 27)
- Jim Morrison (The Doors) (born 8
December 1943, died 3 July 1971 of heart failure,
aged 27)
- Gene Vincent (born 11 February
1935, died 12 October 1971 of heart failure, aged
36)
- Clyde McPhatter (The Drifters)
(born 1932 or 33, died 13 June 1972 of a heart
attack, aged 39)
- Bobby Darin ( born 14 May 1936,
died 1973 during heart surgery, aged 37)
- Cass Elliott (The Mamas &
Papas) (born 1942, died 1974 of a heart attack,
aged 32)
- Florence Ballard (The Supremes)
(born 39 June 1943, died 22 February 1976 from an overdose of medicinal
drugs and alcohol, aged
32)
- Elvis
Presley (born 8 January 1935, died
16 August 1977 from an overdose of medicinal
drugs, aged 42)
- Keith Moon (The Who) (born 23
August 1946, died from a prescription drug
overdose on 7 September 1978, aged 32)
- Johnny
O'Keefe (born 19 January 1935, died
6 October 1978 of a heart attack, aged 43)
- Bob Marley (born 6 February
1945, died 11 May 1980 of cancer, aged 35)
- John Lennon (The Beatles)
(born 9 October 1940, murdered 8 December 1980 by
shooting, aged 40)
- Bill Haley (born 6 July 1927,
died 9 February 1981 of a brain tumour, aged 53)
- Marty Robbins (born 26 December
1925, died 8 December 1982 of heart disease, age
56)
- Marvyn Gaye (born 2 April 1939,
shot by his father 1 April 1984, aged 44)
- Dennis Wilson (The Beach
Boys)
(born 4 December 1944, died December 1983 by
drowning, aged 38)
- Ricky
Nelson (born 8 May 1940, died 31
January 1985 in a plane crash, aged 44)
- Brook Benton (born 1931, died
from spinal meningitis in 1988, aged 57)
- Roy Orbison (born 23 April 1936,
died 6 December 1988 of a heart attack, aged 52)
- Del Shannon (born 30 December
1934, shot himself on 8 February 1990, aged 55)
- Carl Wilson (The
Beach Boys) (born
21 December 1946, died 6 February 1998 of lung
cancer, aged 51)
- George Harrison (The Beatles)
(born 25 February 1943, died 30 November 2001 of cancer, aged
58)
- Waylon Jennings (Buddy
Holly's Crickets) (born 16 June 1937, died 13 February 2002
from diabetes-related health problem, aged 64)
- Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees) (born 22 December 1949, died 12
January 2003 after suffering a heart attack during surgery, aged
53)
- Johnny Cash (born 26 February 1932, died 12 September
2003 from complications arising from diabetes, aged 71)
- Ray Charles (born 23 September 1930, died 10 June 2004
from liver disease, aged 73)
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