10 places to pay tribute to musicians who have diedWith the recent death of Lou Reed, legendary frontman of the rock band the Velvet Underground, we felt compelled to make a list of places to pay tribute to some of music's greatest figures.Fox News...
14 May 2019 American guitarist, singer and songwriter Mike Wilhelm died aged 77. He was best known as a founding member of the influential Bay Area band the Charlatans, who have been widely credited as starting the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic scene during the 1960s. He later played with the b...
followed by The Whites’ Buck White, who died three days later at age 94, then Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes passing on at age 65 after a cancer battle. And on the final day of the third week of the new year, Garth Hudson — the last surviving member ...
As we continue to honor the legacies of the musical geniuses who have passed in 2023, be sure to keep this page bookmarked as we will continuously update this list with all the musicians who died in 2023, because although they may be gone, their legacies, music, and influence on the ind...
They were all celebrated, genre-defining musicians, and they all kicked the bucket early at age 27. But as Mr. Cobain sang in 1993’sRape Me, they’re not the only ones. In fact, so many musicians have died at this age that fans and critics refer to it as joining “The 27 Club”...
who died at age 78 on jan. 10 — and singer-songwriter lisa marie presley, who suffered cardiac arrest and died on jan. 12 at age 54. since then, the world has lost musical greats including tina turner, tony bennett, gordon lightfoot, david crosby and more. while their loved ones and...
Banks, who had two full-length albums out at the time and was moving up the Billboard charts, died in the hospital. The singer's grave was unmarked until 2004, when the founder of a soul music website raised money to provide a headstone. Age: Dec. at 32 (1937-1970) Birthplace:...
Country and folk singer/songwriter, guitarist — died of complications of the Coronavirus on 4/7/20 Heralded as one of America’s greatest songwriters, gravel-voiced John Prine got his start after catching the attention of Kris Kristofferson in 1970. Prine, who had served as a mechanic in Ger...
The 27 club is a group of singers and musicians who coincidentally died at the age of 27. Who is in the 27 Club? Many of the 27 club musicians lived fast-paced lives, with the cause of death often caused by drug and alcohol abuse or suicide. Here is a list of all of the 27 Clu...
Miles Davis, died aged just 25, in a car accident en route from Philadelphia to Chicago. Also killed in the crash was the young pianist Richie Powell, brother of Bud, and Richie’s wife, who was driving. One of jazz’s great hopes turned into one of jazz’s great what-might-have-...