Dead Rock Star List- Too Many Lost Too Soon

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  • 1. AC/DC
  • Bon Scott- Alcohol
  • 2. Allman Brothers:
  • Duane Allman- Motorcycle Accident
  • Berry Oakley- Motorcycle Accident
  • 3. Alice in Chains
  • Lane Staley- Drug Overdose
  • 4. B-52's
  • Ricky Wilson- Cancer
  • 5. Beach Boys
  • Carl Wilson- Cancer
  • Dennis Wilson- Drow ned
  • 6. Blind Melon
  • Shannon Hoons- Drug Overdose
  • 7. The Beatles
  • John Lennon- Murdered
  • 8. The Big Bopper- Plane Crash
  • 9.Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Tom Fogerty- Tuberculosis
  • 10.Jim Croce- Plane Crash
  • 11. Dead Boys
  • Stiv Bators- Hit By a Car
  • 12. Def Leppard
  • Steve Clark- Alcohol
  • 13. The Doo rs
  • Jim Morrison- Drug Overdose
  • 14. Drowning Pool
  • Dave Williams- Heart Murmur
  • 15. Marvin Gay-e Murdered
  • 16. The Germs
  • Darby Crash- Suicide
  • 17. The Gits
  • Mia Zapata- Murdered
  • 1 8. Grateful Dead
  • Jerry Garcia - Heart Attack
  • Brent Mydland- Drug Overdose
  • Pigpen McKernan- Alcoh ol
  • Keith Godchaux - Car Accident
  • 19. Great White
  • Ty Longley- Died in a Fire
  • 20. Jimi Hendrix- Drug Overdose
  • 21. Hole
  • Kristen Pfaff- Drug Over dose
  • 22. Buddy Holly- Plane Crash
  • 23. Inxs
  • Michael Hutchence- Autoaffixiation Accident
  • 24. Janis Joplin- Drug Overdose
  • 25. Joy Divis ion
  • Ian Curtis- Suicide
  • 26. Kiss
  • Eric Carr- Cancer
  • 27. Led Zepplin
  • John Bonham- Alcohol
  • 28. Lynyrd Sk y nyrd
  • Ronnie Van Zant- Airplane Crash
  • Cassie Gaines- A irplane crash
  • Steven Gaines- Airplane Crash
  • Allen Collins- Pneumonia
  • 29. The Mamas and the Papas
  • Mama Cass Choked
  • 30. Metallica
  • Cliff Burton- Bus Acciden t
  • 31. Morphine
  • Mark Sandman- H eart Attack on Stage
  • 32. Bob Marley - Cancer
  • 33. Mother Love Bone
  • Andrew Wood- Drug overdose
  • 34. New York Dolls
  • Johnny Thunders- Drug overdose
  • 35. Nirvana
  • Kurt Cobain- Suicide
  • 36. Notorious BIG- Murdered
  • 37. Roy Orbison- Heart Attack
  • 3 8. Ozzy Osbourne/Black S abbath
  • Randy Rhodes- Plane crash
  • Ray Gillen- Cancer
  • 39. Pantera
  • Dimebag Darrell- Murdered on Stage
  • 40. Robert Plant- Heart Attack
  • 41. Plasma tics
  • Wendy O Williams- suicide
  • 42. Elvis Presley- Drug Overdose
  • 43. Queen
  • Freddie Mercury- AIDS
  • 44. Red H ot Chili Peppers
  • Hillel Slovak- Drug Overdose
  • 45. Otis Red ding- Plane Crash
  • 46. Ramones
  • Joey Ramone- Cancer
  • Dee Dee Ramone- Overdose
  • Johnny Ramone - Cancer
  • 47. Rolling Stones
  • Ian Stuart- Heart Attack
  • Brian Jones- Drowned
  • 48. Selina- Mur dered
  • 49. Sex Pistols
  • Sid Vicious- Drug Overdos e
  • 50. Skinny Puppy
  • Dwayne Gottel- Drug Ove rdose
  • 51. Smashing Pumpkins
  • Jonathan Melvoin- Drug Overdose
  • 52. Steely Dan
  • Jimmy Hodder- Drowned
  • 53. Sublime
  • Bradley Nowell- Drug Overdose
  • 54. Tupac Shakur- Murdered
  • 55. Richie Valens- Plane Cr ash
  • 56. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Helicopter Crash
  • 57. The Who
  • Keith Moon- Drug Overdo se
  • 58. Frank Zappa- Cancer
Author Comments: 

This is a start to the list of great musicians dead before their time. Please add to it. Thanks! a

Here's a LINK to an old list of mine. Outdated by a couple of years, but quite thorough. (You asked.)

Good list.