Dave Mason, Born May 10, 1946 in Worcester, England/Died April 19, 2026 in Gardnerville, NV/ Died in his sleep
Live/Dead (since 1993)
Growing record collection of LIVE LP’s by dead stars.
404 records as of April 17, 2026
Johann Sebastian Bach, Born Mar 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany/ Died Jul 28, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany/ Diabetes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Born Jan 27 in Salzburg, Austria, 1756, Died Dec 5 1791 in Vienna, Austria/ Poor health
Charlie Christian, Born July 29, 1916 in Dallas, TX/ Died March 2, 1942 in New York, NY/ Tuberculosis
Fats Waller, Born May 21, 1904 in New York, NY/ Died Dec 15, 1943 in Kansas City, MO/ Died of pneumonia aboard a train
Glenn Miller, Born Mar 1, 1904 in Clarinda, IA/ Died Dec 15, 1944 in English Channel/ Disappeared aboard a plane in WW 2
Fletcher Henderson, Born December 18, 1897 in Cuthbert, GA/ Died December 29, 1952 in New York, NY/ Stroke
Charlie Parker, Born Aug 29, 1920 in Kansas City, KS/ Died Mar 12, 1955 in New York, NY/ Alcohol and heroin addiction
Buddy Holly, Born Sep 7, 1936 in Lubbock, TX/ Died Feb 3, 1959 in Clear Lake, IA/ Plane crash
Sidney Bechet, Born May 14, 1897 in New Orleans, LA, died May 14, 1959 in Paris, France/ Cancer
Billie Holiday, Born Eleanora Fagan Gough on Apr 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Jul 17, 1959 in New York, NY/ Drug abuse
Patsy Cline, Born September 8, 1932 in Gore, VA/ Died March 5, 1963 in Camden, TN/ Plane crash
Eric Dolphy, Jun 20, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died Jun 29, 1964 in Berlin, Germany/ Diabetic coma
Sam Cooke, Born on Jan 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, MS/ Died Dec 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA/ Shot by a hotel manager
Sonny Boy Williamson, Born Aleck Ford Miller on Dec 5, 1899 in Glendora, MS, Died May 25, 1965 in Helena, AR/ Heart attack
Bud Powell, Born Sep 27, 1924 in Harlem, New York, NY/ Died July 31, 1966 in New York, NY/ Tuberculosis and alcoholism
John Coltrane, Born Sep 23, 1926 in Hamlet, NC/ Died Jul 17, 1967 in New York, NY/ Liver cancer after alcohol abuse
Stuff Smith, Born Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith on Aug 14, 1909 in Portsmouth, OH/ Died Sep 25, 1967 in Munich, Germany
Otis Redding, Born Sep 9, 1941 in Dawson, GA/ Died Dec 10, 1967 in Madison, WI/ Plane crash
Little Walter, Born May 1, 1930 in Marksville, LA/ Died Feb 15, 1968 in Chicago, IL/ After-effects of a street fight
Wes Montgomery, Born Mar 6, 1925 in Indianapolis, IN/ Died Jun 15, 1968 in Indianapolis, IN/ Heart attack
George Lewis, Born Joseph Louis Francois Zenon on July 13, 1900 in New Orleans, LA / Died Dec 31, 1968 in New Orleans, LA/ unknown
Coleman Hawkins, Born Nov 21, 1904 in St. Joseph, MO/ Died May 19, 1969 in New York, NY/ Pneumonia
Judy Garland, Born June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN/ Died June 22, 1969 in London, England, UK/ Overdose of barbiturates
Josh White, Born Feb 11, 1914 in Greensboro, NC, Died Sep 5, 1969 in Manhasset, NY/ Failed heart surgery
Magic Sam, Born Samuel Maghett on Feb 14, 1937 in Grenada, MS/ Died Dec 1, 1969 in Chicago, IL/ Heart attack
Johnny Hodges, Born Jul 25, 1907 in Cambridge, MA/ Died May 11, 1970 in New York, NY/ Heart attack
Jimi Hendrix, Born Nov 27, 1942 in Seattle, WA/ Died Sep 18, 1970 in London, England/ Suffocated after overdose
Janis Joplin, Born Jan 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX/ Died Oct 4, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA/ Drug overdose
Albert Ayler, Born July 13, 1936 in Cleveland, OH, Died November 5, 1970 in New York, NY/ Drowned in the East River
Jim Morrison, Born Dec 8, 1943 in Melbourne, FL/ Died Jul 3, 1971 in Paris, France/ Heart failure
Louis Armstrong, Born Aug 4, 1901 in New Orleans, LA/ Died Jul 6, 1971 in New York, NY/ Heart ailment
Charlie Shavers, Born Aug 3, 1917 in New York, NY/ Died Jul 8, 1971 in New York, NY/ Throat cancer
King Curtis, Born Curtis Ousley on Feb 7, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX/ Died Aug 14, 1971 in New York, NY/ Stabbed
Gary McFarland, Born October 23, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died November 3, 1971 in New York, NY/ Poisoned in a bar
Charlie Manna, Born October 6, 1920 Bronx NY/ Died November 9, 1971, New York NY/ Cancer
Mahalia Jackson, Born Oct 16, 1911 in New Orleans, LA/ Died Jan 27, 1972 in Evergreen Park, IL/ Heart disease
Lee Morgan, Born Jul 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Feb 19, 1972 in New York, NY/ Shot to death by his wife
Clancy Hayes, Born Nov 14, 1908 in Caney, KS/ Died Mar 3, 1972 in San Francisco, CA
Hans Peter «Mani» Matter, Born Aug 4, 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland/ Died Nov 24, 1972 in Kilchberg, Switzerland/ Car crash
Kenny Dorham, Born Aug 30, 1924 in Fairfield, TX/ Died Dec 5, 1972 in New York, NY/ Kidney disease
Kid Ory, Born Dec 25, 1886 in La Place, LA/ Died Jan 23, 1973 in Honolulu, HI/ Old age
Tubby Hayes, Born Edward Brian Hayes on Jan 30, 1935 in London, England/ Died Jun 8, 1973 in London, England/ Heart condition
Ben Webster, Born Mar 27, 1909 in Kansas City, MO/ Died Sep 20, 1973 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands/ Natural causes
Jim Croce, Born Jan 10, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA, Died Sep 20, 1973 in Natchitoches, LA/ Plane crash
Gene Krupa, Born Jan 15, 1909 in Chicago, IL/ Died Oct 16, 1973 in Yonkers, NY/ leukaemia and heart failure
Bobby Timmons, Born Dec 19, 1935 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Mar 1, 1974 in New York, NY/ Cirrhosis of the liver
Duke Ellington, Born Apr 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C./ Died May 24, 1974 in New York, NY/ Lung cancer and pneumonia
Gene Ammons, Born Eugene Ammons on Apr 14, 1925 in Chicago, IL/ Died Aug 6, 1974 in Chicago, IL/ Cancer
Luis Alberto del Paraná, Born June 21, 1926 in Altos, Paraguay/ Died on September 15, 1974/ Brain stroke.
Richard Tucker, Born Aug 28, 1913 in New York, NY/ Died Jan 8, 1975 in Kalamazoo, MI/ Heart attack
T-Bone Walker, Born May 28, 1910 in Linden, TX/ Died Mar 16, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA/ Stroke
Jackie Moms Mabley, Born Mar 19, 1897 in Brevard, NC/ Died May 23, 1975/ Old age
Tim Buckley, Born Feb 14, 1947 in Washington, D.C./ Died Jun 29, 1975 in Santa Monica, CA/ Heroin overdose
Stan Kenton, Born Dec 15 1911 in Wichita, KS/ Died Aug 25, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA/ Stroke
Cannonball Adderley, Born Julian Edwin Adderley on Sep 15, 1928 in Tampa, FL/ Died Aug 8, 1975 in Gary, IN/ Stroke
Oliver Nelson, Born Jun 4, 1932 in St. Louis, MO / Died Oct 27, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA/ heart attack
Howlin’ Wolf, Born Chester Arthur Burnett on Jun 10, 1910 in West Point, MS/ Died Jan 10, 1976 in Hines, IL/ Car crash
Paul Robeson, Born April 9, 1898 in Princeton, NJ/ Died Jan 23, 1976 in Philadelphia, PA/ Stroke
Vince Guaraldi, Born Jul 17, 1928 in San Francisco, CA/ Died Feb 6, 1976 in Menlo Park, CA/ Heart attack
Bobby Hackett, Born Robert Leo Hackett on Jan 31, 1915 in Providence, RI/ Died Jun 7, 1976 in Chatham, MA/ Heart attack
Casey Anderson, Born Oct 5, 1934 Chicago, Illinois/ Died 1976 probably in Altadena, California/ Severe diabetes
Farid El Atrache, Born Oct 19, 1910 in Vilayet of Syria, Ottoman Empire/ Died Dec 26, 1974, Beirut, Lebanon/ Heart problems
Paul Desmond, Born November 25, 1924 in San Francisco, CA/ Died May 30, 1977 in New York, NY/ Lung cancer
Elvis Presley, Born Jan 8, 1935 in Tupelo, MS/ Died Aug 16, 1977 in Memphis, TN/ Overdose
Bing Crosby, Born May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, WA/ Died Oct 14, 1977 in La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain/ Heart attack
Roland Kirk, Born Aug 7, 1936 in Columbus, OH/ Died Dec 5, 1977 in Bloomington, IN/ Stroke
Louis Prima, Born Dec 7, 1911 in New Orleans, LA/ Died Aug 24, 1978 in New Orleans, LA/ Brain tumour
Jacques Brel, Born Jacques Romain Georges Brel on Apr 8, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium/ Died Oct 9, 1978 in Bobigny, France/ Cancer
Lennie Tristano, Born Mar 19, 1919 in Chicago, IL/ Died Nov 18, 1978 in New York City, NY/ Heart attack
Eugen Cicero, Born Jun 26, 1940 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania/ Died Dec 5, 1998 in Switzerland/ Cerebral apoplexy
Don Ellis, Born Jul 25, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died Dec 17, 1978 in Hollywood, CA/ Heart failure
Charlie Mingus, Born Apr 22, 1922 in Nogales, AZ/ Died Jan 5, 1979 in Cuernavaca, Mexico/ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Donny Hathaway, Born Oct 1, 1945 in Chicago, IL/ Died Jan 13, 1979 in New York, NY/ Fall from a window, suspected suicide
Grant Green, Born Jun 6, 1931 in St. Louis, MO/ Died Jan 31, 1979 in New York, NY/ Drug-related illness
Sid Vicious, Born John Simon Ritchie on May 10, 1957 in London, England/ Died Feb 2, 1979 in New York, NY/ Heroin Overdose
Eddie Jefferson, Born Edgar Jefferson on Aug 3, 1918 in Pittsburgh, PA/ Died May 9, 1979 in Detroit, MI/ Shot to death
Lester Flatt, Born Lester Raymond Flatt on Jun 19, 1914 in Overton County, TN/ Died May 11, 1979 in Nashville, TN/ Heart failure
Babs Gonzales, Born Oct 27, 1919 in Newark, NJ/ Died Jan 23, 1980 in Newark, NJ
Professor Longhair, Born Henry Roeland Byrd on Dec 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, LA/ Died Jan 30, 1980 in New Orleans, LA/ Heart attack
John Lennon, Born in Liverpool on Oct 9, 1940/ Died Dec 8, 1980 In New York NY/ Murdered by a lunatic fan
Bill Evans, Born Aug 16, 1929 in Plainfield, NJ/ Died Sep 15, 1980 in New York, NY/ Haemorrhaging ulcer and bronchial pneumonia
Virgil Fox, Born May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois/ Died in Palm Beach, Florida, Oct 25, 1980/ Prostate cancer
Tim Hardin, Born Dec 23, 1941 in Eugene, OR/ Died Dec 29, 1980/ Drug overdose
Bill Haley, Born Jul 6, 1925 in Highland Park, MI/ Died Feb 9, 1981 in Harlingen, TX/ Heart attack
Michael Bloomfield, Born Jul 28, 1943 in Chicago, IL/ Died Feb 15, 1981 in San Francisco, CA/ Drug overdose
Robert Ernest "Bob" Hite, Born Feb 26, 1943 in Torrance, CA/ Died April 5, 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, CA/ Heroin overdose
Bob Marley, Born Feb 6, 1945 in St. Ann, Jamaica/ Died May 11, 1981 in Miami, FL/ Cancer
Mary Lou Williams, Born May 8, 1910 in Atlanta, GA/ Died May 28, 1981 in Durham, NC/ Bladder cancer
Zarah Leander, Born Mar 15, 1907 in Karlstad, Schweden/ Died June 23, 1981 in Stockholm, Schweden/ Cerebral haemorrhage
Harry Chapin, Born Dec 7, 1942 in Greenwich Village, NY/ Died Jul 16, 1981 in Jericho, NY/ Car crash
Furry Lewis, Born Mar 6, 1893 in Greenwood, MS/ Died Sep 14, 1981 in Memphis, TN/ Natural causes
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Born Mar 15, 1912 in Centerville, TX/ Died Jan 30, 1982 in Houston, TX/ Natural causes
Alex Harvey, Born Feb 5, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland/ Died Feb 4, 1982 in Zeebrugge, Belgium/ heart attack
Thelonious Monk, Born Oct 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, NC/ Died Feb 17, 1982 in Weehawken, NJ/ Stroke
Murray the K, Born Murray Kaufman in New York on Feb 14, 1922/ Died in New York on Feb 21, 1982/ Cancer
Gábor Szabó, Born Mar 8, 1936, in Budapest, Hungary/ Died Feb 26, 1982 in Budapest, Hungary/ Liver and kidney failure
Cal Tjader, Born Jul 16, 1925 in St. Louis, MO/ Died May 5, 1982 in Manila, Philippines/Heart attack on tour
Joe Tex, Born Aug 8, 1933 in Rogers, TX/ Died Aug 13, 1982 in Navasota, TX/ Heart attack
Eubie Blake, Born February 7, 1883 in Baltimore, MD/ Died February 12, 1983 in New York, NY/ Old age
Earl Hines, born December 28 1903 in Duquesne, PA/ Died April 22 1983 in Oakland, CA/ Natural causes
Muddy Waters, Born McKinley Morganfield on Apr 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, MS/ Died Apr 30, 1983 in Westmont, IL/ Died in his sleep
J.B. Hutto, Born Joseph Benjamin Hutto on Apr 26, 1926 in Blackville, SC, Died Jun 12, 1983 in Chicago, IL/ Cancer
Harry James, Born March 15, 1916 in Albany, GA/ Died July 5, 1983 in Las Vegas, NV/ Lymphatic cancer
Alexis Korner, Born Apr 19, 1928 in Paris, France/ Died Jan 1, 1984 in London, UK/ Lung cancer
Marvin Gaye, Born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. on Apr 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C./ Died Apr 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA/ Shot by his father
Esther Phillips, Born on Dec 23, 1935 in Galveston, TX/ Died Aug 7, 1984 in Carson, CA/ Liver and kidney failure
Shelly Manne, Born Jun 11, 1920 in New York City, NY / Died Sep 26, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA/ Fat embolism
George London, Born George Burnstein, May 30, 1920 in Montreal, Canada/ Died March 23, 1985 in Armonk, NY/ Heart attack
Piano Red, born Willie Perryman on October 19, 1911 in Hampton, GA/ Died July 25, 1985 in Decatur, GA/ Cancer
Blind John Davis, Born John Henry Davis on Dec 7, 1913 in Hattiesburg, MS, Died Oct 12, 1985 in Chicago, IL/ Cause unknown
Big Joe Turner, Born May 18, 1911 in Kansas City, MO/ Died Nov 24, 1985 in Inglewood, CA/ Ill health
Nikhil Banerjee, Born Oct 14, 1931 in Calcutta, India/ Died Jan 27, 1986 in Calcutta, India
Sonny Terry, Born Oct 24, 1911 in Greensboro, GA/ Died Mar 11, 1986 in Mineola, NY/ Natural causes
Benny Goodman, Born in Chicago Il, May 30 1909, Died in New York, NY, June 13, 1986/ Heart attack
Richard Eybner, Born March 17 1896, St. Pölten Austria/Died June 20, 1986 Vienna, Austria/ Cause unknown
Teddy Wilson, Born Nov 24, 1912 in Austin, TX, Died Jul 31, 1986 in New Britain, CT/ Cause unknown
Thad Jones, Born Mar 28, 1923 in Pontiac, MI/ Died Aug 20, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark/ Bad health
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Born Mar 2, 1922 in New York, NY/ Died Nov 3, 1986 in Culver City, CA/ Cause unknown
Bola Sete, Born Djalma de Andrade on Jul 16, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/ Died Feb 14, 1987 in Greenbrae, CA/ Lung cancer
Buddy Rich, Born Sep 30, 1917 in New York, NY/ Died Apr 2, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Maxine Sullivan, Born May 13, 1911 in Homestead, PA / Died Apr 7, 1987 in New York City, NY/ Died after a seizure
Paul Butterfield, Born Dec 17, 1942 in Chicago, IL/ Died May 4, 1987 in Hollywood, CA/ Drug overdose
Turk Murphy, Born Dec 16, 1915 in Palermo, CA/Died May 30, 1987 in San Francisco, CA
Glen Daly, Born Bartholomew Francis McCann McGovern Dick in 1930, Glasgow Scotland / Died June 1987/ Cause unknown
Elizabeth Cotten, Born Jan 5, 1895 in Chapel Hill, NC/ Died Jun 29, 1987 in Syracuse, NY/ Old age
Peter Tosh, Born Winston McIntosh on Oct 19, 1944 in Westmoreland, Jamaica/ Died Sep 11, 1987 in Kingston, Jamaica/ Murdered
Jaco Pastorious, Born Dec 1, 1951 in Norristown, PA/ Died Sep 21, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, FL/ Died of injuries sustained from a physical beating
Woody Herman, Born May 16, 1913 in Milwaukee, WI/ Died Oct 29, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA/ Stress related
Cornelis Vreeswijk, Born Aug 8, 1937 in IJmuiden, The Netherlands/ Died Nov 12, 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden/ Cancer
Clifton Chenier, Born Jun 25, 1925 in Opelousas, LA/ Died Dec 12, 1987 in Lafayette, LA/ Kidney disease
Warne Marsh, Born Oct 26, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died Dec 18, 1987 in Hollywood, CA/ collapsed and died on stage
Memphis Slim, Born John Peter Chatman on Sep 3, 1915 in Memphis, TN/ Died Feb 24, 1988 in Paris, France/ Kidney failure
Charles Richmond, Born Dec 15, 1935 in New York City, NY/ Died Mar 16, 1988 in New York City, NY/ Heart attack
Gil Evans, Born Ian Ernest Gilmore Green on May 13, 1912 in Toronto, Canada/ Died Mar 20, 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico/ Natural causes
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Born Dec 18, 1917 in Houston, TX/ Died Jul 2, 1988 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Nico, Born Christa Päffgen, Oct 16, 1938 in Cologne, Germany/ Died Jul 18, 1988 in Ibiza, Spain/ Cerebral haemorrhage after bicycle accident
Roy Buchanan, Born Sep 23, 1939 in Ozark, AR/ Died Aug 14, 1988 in Fairfax, VA/Suicide
Roy Orbison, Born April 23, 1936 in Vernon, TX/ Died Dec 6, 1988 in Madison, TN/ Heart Attack
Roy Eldridge, Born on Jan 30, 1911 in Pittsburgh, PA/ Died Feb 26, 1989 in Valley Stream, NY/ Stroke
Eduard „Edi“ Finger, Born Jan 29, 1924 in Klagenfurt/ Died Apr 12, 1989 in Maria Enzersdorf/ Heart attack
Paul Guerrero, Born Nov 5 1931 in New Braunfels, TX/ Died Mar 3 1989 in Dallas, TX/ Leukemia
Arnett Cobb, Born Aug 10, 1918 in Houston, TX/ Died Mar 24, 1989 in Houston, TX/
Lou Monte, born Louis Scaglione on Apr 2, 1917 in Lyndhurst, NJ/ Died Jun 11, 1989/ Old age
Jethro Burns, Born Kenneth C. Burns on Mar 10, 1920 in Conasauga, TN/ Died Feb 4, 1989 in Evanston, IL/ Prostate cancer
Woody Shaw, Born Dec 24, 1944 in Laurinburg, NC/ Died May 10, 1989 in New York, NY/ Died of later complications from an accident
Vladimir Horowitz, Born Oct 1, 1903 in Kiev, Ukraine/ Died Nov 5, 1989 in New York City, NY/ Heart attack
Mel Lewis, Born May 10, 1929 in Buffalo, NY/ Died Feb 2, 1990 in New York City, NY/ Melanoma
Sarah Vaughan, Born Mar 27, 1924 in Newark, NJ/ Died Apr 3, 1990 in Los Angeles, CA/ Passed away while watching TV
Dexter Gordon, Born Feb 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died Apr 25, 1990 in Philadelphia, PA/ Kidney failure
Sergio Franchi, Born Apr 6, 1926 in Cremona, Italy/ Died May 1, 1990 in Stonington, CT/ Cancer
Sammy Davis Jr., Born Dec 8, 1925 in New York, NY/ Died May 16, 1990 in Beverly Hills, CA/ Lung cancer
Ted Easton, Born Dec 16, 1932 in The Hague, NL / Died Jun 4, 1990 in The Hague, The Nederland/ Cerebral haemorrhage
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Born Oct 3, 1954 in Dallas, TX/ Died Aug 27, 1990 in East Troy, WI/ Helicopter crash
Jorge Bolet, Born Nov 15, 1914 in Havana/ Died Oct 16, 1990 in Mountain View, CA/ Heart failure during brain surgery
Bob Wallis, Born Jun 3, 1934 Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (UK)/ Died Jan 10, 1991 in England/ Ill health
Serge Gainsbourg, Born Lucien Ginzburg on Apr 2, 1928 in Paris, France/ Died Mar 2, 1991 in Paris, France/ Heart attack
Johnny Thunders, Born John Anthony Genzale Jr. on Jul 15, 1952 in Leesburg, FL/ Died Apr 23, 1991 in New Orleans, LA/ Overdose
Stan Getz, Born Feb 2, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Jun 6, 1991 in Malibu, CA/ Liver cancer
Richard Holmes, Born May 2, 1931 in Camden, NJ/ Died Jun 29, 1991 in St. Louis, MO/ Heart attack
Miles Davis, Born May 26, 1926 in Alton, IL/ Died Sep 28, 1991 in Santa Monica, CA/ Pneumonia, respiratory failure, and a stroke
Redd Foxx, Born Dec 9, 1922 in St. Louis, MO/ Died Oct 11 1991 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Lloyd "Lonzo" George, Born in Cordova, AL, Jun 27, 1924/ Died Oct 16, 1991 in Overton County, TN/
Freddy Mercury, Born Farrokh Bulsara on Sep 5, 1946 in Zanzibar, Tanzania/ Died Nov 24, 1991 in London/ AIDS
Rev. James Cleveland, Born Dec 5, 1932 in Chicago, IL/ Died Feb 9, 1991 in Culver City, CA
Marlene Dietrich, Born Maria Magdalene Dietrich Von Losch on Dec 27, 1901 in Schöneberg, Germany/ Died May 6, 1992 in Paris, France/ Natural causes
Astor Piazzolla, Born Mar 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina/ Died Jul 5, 1992 in Buenas Aires/ Stroke
George Adams, Born Apr 29, 1940 in Covington, GA / Died Nov 14, 1992 in New York City, NY / Pulmonary disease
Albert King, Born Apr 25, 1923 in Indianola, MS/ Died Dec 21, 1992 in Memphis, TN/ Heart attack
Dizzy Gillespie, Born John Birks Gillespie on Oct 21, 1917 in Cheraw, SC/ Died Jan 6, 1993 in Englewood, NJ/ Pancreatic cancer
Jimmy Bee, Born 1934 in Baltimore, ML/ Died Apr 22, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Sun Ra, Born Herman Sonny Blount on May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, AL/ Died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, AL/ Pneumonia
Kenny Drew, Born Aug 28, 1928 in New York, NY/ Died Aug 4, 1993 in Copenhagen, Denmark/ Cause unknown
J.R. Monterose, Born Frank Anthony Monterose on Jan 19, 1927 in Detroit, MI/ Died Sep 16, 1993 in Utica, NY/ Cause unknown
Albert Collins, Born Oct 1, 1932 in Leona, TX/ Died Nov 24, 1993 in Las Vegas, NV/ Cancer
Frank Zappa, Born Dec 21, 1940 in Baltimore, MD/ Died Dec 4, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA/ Cancer
Joe Pass, Born January 13, 1929 in New Brunswick, NJ/ Died May 23, 1994 in Los Angeles, CA/ Cancer
Shorty Rogers, Born Apr 14, 1924 in Great Barrington, MA/Died Nov 7, 1994 in Van Nuys, CA/ Melanoma
Carmen Mc Rae, Born Apr 8, 1920 in New York, NY/ Died Nov 10, 1994 in Beverly Hills, CA/ Emphysema
Don Pullen, Born Dec 25, 1941 in Roanoke, VA/ Died Apr 22, 1995 in East Orange, NJ/ Lymphoma
Rory Gallagher, Born Mar 2, 1948 in Ballyshannon, Ireland/ Died Jun 14, 1995 in London, England/ Pneumonia
Jerry Garcia,Born Aug 1, 1942 in San Francisco, CA/ Died Aug 9, 1995 in San Francisco, CA/ Heart attack
Don Cherry, Born Nov 18, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/ Died Oct 19, 1995 in Málaga, Spain/ Liver cancer
Junior Walker, Born Autry De Walt Mixon on Jun 14, 1931 in Blytheville, AR/ Died Nov 23, 1995 in Battle Creek, MI/ Cancer
Hamish Imlach, Born Feb 10, 1940 in Kolkata, India/ Died Jan 1, 1993 in Motherwell, UK/ Brochial troubles and obesity
Brownie McGhee, Born Nov 30, 1915 in Knoxville, TN/ Died Feb 16, 1996 in Oakland, CA/ Stomach cancer
Ella Fitzgerald, Born Apr 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA/ Died Jun 15, 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA/ Natural causes
Bobby Enriquez, Born in Bocolod City on May 20, 1943, Philippines/ Died Aug 6, 1996/ Natural causes
Hans Peter Heinzl, Born Feb 1, 1942 in Vienna, Austria, Died Sept 2 in Vienna, Austria, 1996/ Pancreatic cancer
Bill Monroe, Born William Smith Monroe on Sep 13, 1911 in Rosine, KY/ Died Sep 9, 1996 in Springfield, TN/ Stroke
Eddie Harris, Born Oct 20, 1934 in Chicago, IL/ Died Nov 5, 1996 in Los Angeles, CA/ Bone cancer and kidney disease
Townes van Zandt, Born Mar 7, 1944 in Fort Worth, TX/ Died Jan 1, 1997 in Mount Juliet, TN/ Heart attack after substance abuse
Randy California, born Randy Craig Wolfe, Feb 20, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died Jan 2, 1997 in Molokai, Hawaii/ Drowned while rescuing his son
Jeff Buckley, Born Nov 17, 1966 in Orange County, CA/ Died May 29, 1997 in Memphis TN/ Drowned
Fela Kuti, Born Oct 15, 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria/ Died Aug 2, 1997 in Lagos, Nigeria/ AIDS
John Denver, Born Dec 31, 1943, Roswell, NM/ Died Oct 12 1997, Monterey Bay, CA/ Single-pilot plane accident
Stéphane Grappelli, Born Jan 26, 1908 in Paris, France/ Died Dec 1, 1997 in Paris, France/ Old age
Laura Nyro, Born Oct 18, 1947 in The Bronx, NY/ Died April 8, 1997 in Danbury, CT/ Ovarian cancer
Pat Paulsen, Born July 6, 1927 in South Bend, WA/ Died April 24, 1997 in Tijuana, Mexico/ Pneumonia and kidney failure
Johnny Copeland, Born Mar 27, 1937 in Haynesville, LA / Died July 3, 1997 in New York/ Complications during heart surgery
Luther Allison, Born Aug 17, 1939 in Widener, AR/ Died Aug 12, 1997 in Madison, WI/ Lung cancer
Junior Wells, born December 9, 1934 in Memphis, TN/ Died January 15, 1998 in Chicago, IL/ Heart attack
Carl Perkins, Born Carl Lee Perkins on Apr 9, 1932 in Tiptonville, TN, Died Jan 19, 1998/ Throat cancer
Walter Zuber Armstrong, Born Sep 9 1936, /Died Mar 1, 1998 in Bellingham WA/ Cause unknown
Nelson Gonçalves, Born June 21, 1919/ Died April 18, 1998/ Heart attack
Frank Sinatra, Born Dec 12, 1915 in Hoboken, NJ/ Died May 14, 1998 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Dorothy Donegan, Born Apr 6, 1922 in Chicago, Ill/ Died May 19, 1998 in Los Angeles/ Cancer
Buffalo Bob Smith, born Robert Emil Schmidt, Nov 27, 1917 in Buffalo, New York/ Died July 29, 1998 in Hendersonville, NC
Benny Waters, Born Jan 23, 1902 in Brighton, MD/ Died Aug 11, 1998/ Old age
Damita Jo, Born Damita Jo DeBlanc on Aug 5, 1930 in Austin, TX/ Died Dec 25 1998/ Respiratory illness
Michel Petrucciani, Born Dec 28, 1962 in Orange, France/ Died Jan 6, 1999 in Manhattan, NY/ Pulmonary infection
Jaki Byard, Born John Byard on Jun 15, 1922 in Worcester, MA/ Died Feb 11, 1999 in New York, NY, Gunned down
Joe Williams, Born Joseph Goreed on Dec 12, 1918 in Cordele, GA/ Died Mar 29, 1999 in Las Vegas, NV/ Natural causes
Al Hirt, Born Nov 7, 1922 in New Orleans, LA/ Died Apr 27, 1999/ Died at home
Leon Thomas, Born Oct 4, 1937 in East St. Louis, IL/ Died May 8, 1999/ Heart failure
Alexandre Lagoya, Born Jun 21, 1929 in Alexandria, Egypt/ Died Aug 24, 1999 in Paris, France
Milt Jackson, Born Jan 1, 1923 in Detroit, MI/ Died Oct 9, 1999 in New York, NY/ Liver cancer
Screaming Lord Sutch, Born David Edward Sutch on Nov 10, 1940 in Harrow, England/ Died Jun 16, 1999 in South Harrow, England/ Suicide
Charlie Byrd, Born Sep 16, 1925 in Chuckatuck, VA/ Died Dec 2, 1999 in Annapolis, MD/ Cancer
Charles Earland, Born May 24, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Dec 11, 1999 in Kansas City, MO/ Heart failure
Grover Washington JR, Born Dec 12, 1943 in Buffalo, NY/ Died in New York City, NY on Dec 17, 1999/ Heart attack
Zim Zemarel, Born in Turtle Creek PA. in 1917, Died in Baltimore Dec 24, 1999/ Heart and kidney failure
Curtis Mayfield, Born Jun 3, 1942 in Chicago, IL/ Died Dec 26, 1999/ Paralyzed after a stage accident in 1990, he died of later complications
Nat Adderley, Born Nathaniel Adderley on Nov 25, 1931 in Tampa, FL/ Died Jan 2, 2000, in Lakeland, Florida/ Natural causes
Friedrich Gulda, Born May 16, 1930 in Vienna, Austria/ Died January 27, 2000 in Vienna, Austria
Jean-Pierre Rampal, Born Jan 7, 1922 in Marseille, France/ Died May 20, 2000 in Paris, France
Baden Powell, Born Roberto Baden Powell de Aquino, August 6, 1937 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil/ Died Sep 26, 2000 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil/ Pneumonia and diabetes
Perry Como, Born May 18, 1912 in Canonsburg, PA/ Died May 12, 2001 in Jupiter, FL/ Died in his sleep
John Lee Hooker, Born Aug 22, 1917 in Clarksdale, MS/ Died Jun 21, 2001 in Los Altos, CA/ Natural causes
Joe Henderson, Born April 24, 1937 in Lima, OH/ Died June 30, 2001 in San Francisco, CA/ Heart failure after emphysema
Rufus Thomas, Born Mar 26, 1917 in Cayce, MS/ Died Dec 15, 2001 in Memphis, TN/ Heart failure
Gilbert Becaud, Born Oct 24, 1927 in Toulon/ Died Dec 18, 2001 in Paris, France/ Cause unknown
Danniebelle Hall, Born 1937 in Pittsburgh, PA/ Died Dec 28, 2000/ Cancer
Ronnie Brown, Born 1932 in Rhode Island/ Died in late 2000, at age of 68
Joey Ramone, born Jeffrey Hyman Born May 19, 1951 in Forest Hills, NY/ Died Apr 15, 2001 in New York, NY/ Lymphatic cancer
Evelyn Künneke, Born Dec 15, 1921 in Berlin/ Died Apr 28, 2001 in Berlin/ Lung cancer
Tony Ashton, Born Mar 1, 1946 in Blackburn, England/ Died May 28, 2001 in London, England/ Cancer
Peggy Lee, Born Norma Deloris Egstrom, May 26, 1920 in Jamestown, ND/ Died Jan 21, 2002 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Hildegard Knef, Born on Dec 28, 1925 in Ulm, Germany/ Died Feb 1, 2002 in Berlin, Germany/ Breast cancer
Ray Brown, Born on Oct 13, 1926 in Pittsburgh, PA/ Died Jul 2, 2002 in Indianapolis, IN/ Died in his sleep
Ray Conniff, Born Nov 6, 1916 in Attleboro, MA/ Died Oct 12, 2002 in Escondido, CA/ Died after sustaining a head injury from a fall
Lionel Hampton, Born Apr 20, 1909 in Louisville, KY/ Died Aug 31, 2002 in New York, NY/ Heart failure
Waylon Jennings, Born Jun 15, 1937 in Littlefield, TX/ Died Feb 13, 2002 in Chandler, AZ/ Complications from diabetes
Roland Hanna, Born Feb 10, 1932 in Detroit, MI/ Died Nov 13, 2002 in Hackensack, NY/ Heart attack
Mal Waldron, Born Aug 16, 1926 in New York, NY/ Died Dec 2, 2002 in Brussels, Belgium/ Cancer
Bob Berg, Born Apr 7, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died Dec 5, 2002 in Amagansett, NY/ Auto accident
Mongo Santamaria, Born Apr 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba/ Died February 1, 2003 in Miami, FL / Died following a stroke
Teddy Edwards, Born Apr 26, 1924 in Jackson, MS/ Died Apr 20, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA/ Cause Unknown
Nina Simone, Born Feb 21 1933 in Tryon, NC/ Died Apr 21 2003 in Carry-le Rouet, France/ Died in her sleep
Herbie Mann, Born Apr 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died Jul 1, 2003 in Santa Fe, NM/ Prostate cancer
Warren Zevon, Born Jan 24, 1947 in Chicago, IL/ Died Sep 7, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA/ Lung cancer
Elvin Jones, Born Elvin Ray Jones on Sep 9, 1927 in Pontiac, MI/ Died May 18, 2004 in Englewood, NJ/ Heart failure
Ray Charles, Born Ray Charles Robinson on Sep 23, 1930 in Albany, GA/ Died Jun 10, 2004 in Beverly Hills, CA/ Liver disease
Dee Dee Ramone, Born Douglas Colvin Sep 18, 1952 in Fort Lee, VA/ Died Jun 5, 2002 in Hollywood, CA/ Drug overdose
Slim Dusty, Born David Gordon Kirkpatrick Jun 13, 1927 in Nulla Nulla Creek, New South Wales, Australia/ Died Sep 19, 2003 in St Ives, New South Wales/ after a protracted battle with lung and kidney cancer
Johnny Cash, Born Feb 26, 1932 in Kingsland, AR/ Died Sep 12, 2003 in Nashville, TN / Died in his sleep
A.C. Reed, Born Aaron Corthen Reed on May 9, 1926 in Wardell, MO/ Died Feb 24, 2004 in Chicago, IL
Barney Kessel, Born Oct 17, 1923 in Muskogee, OK/ Died May 6, 2004 in San Diego, CA/ Cancer
Johnny Ramone, Born John Cummings, Oct 8, 1948 in Long Island, NY/ Died Sep 15, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA/ Prostate cancer
Robert Merrill, Born Jun 4, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died Oct 23, 2004 in New Rochelle, NY
Renata Tebaldi, Born Feb 1, 1922 in Pesaro, It/ Died Dec 19, 2004 in San Marino, It/
Son Seals, Born Frank Seals on Aug 14, 1942 in Osceola, AR/ Died Dec 20, 2004 in Chicago, IL/ Complications with diabetes
Jimmy Smith, Born Dec 8, 1928 in Norristown, PA/ Died Feb 8, 2005 in Scottsdale, AZ/ Natural causes
Bobby Short, Born Sep 15, 1924 in Danville, IL/ Died Mar 21, 2005 in New York City, NY/ Leukaemia
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Born May 27, 1946 in Osted, Denmark/ Died Apr 19, 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark/ Heart failure
Billy Bauer, Born Nov 14, 1915 in New York City, NY/ Died Jun 17, 2005 in New York City, NY/ Pneumonia
Albert Mangelsdorff, Born Sep 5, 1928 in Frankfurt am Main/ Died Jul 25, 2005 in Frankfurt am Main/ Leukaemia
Brock Peters, Born Jul 2, 1927 in New York, NY/ Died Aug 23, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA/ Pancreatic cancer
Skitch Henderson, Born 1918 in Halstad, MN/ Died Nov 1, 2005 in New Milford, CT/ Natural causes
Roy Brooks, Born Mar 9, 1938 / Died Nov 15, 2005 in Detroit/ Cause unknown
Lou Rawls, Born Dec 1, 1935 in Chicago, IL/ Died Jan 6, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA/ Cancer
Putte Wickman, Born Sep 10, 1924 in Borlänge, Sweden/ Died Feb 14, 2006
Ray Barretto, Born Apr 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died Feb 17, 2006 in Hackensack, NJ/ Heart failure
Buck Owens, Born Alvis Edgar Owens on Aug 12, 1929 in Sherman, TX/ Died Mar 24, 2006 in Bakersfield, CA/ Throat cancer
Billy Preston, Born Sep 9, 1946 in Houston, TX/ Died Jun 6, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ/ Coma caused by pericarditis
Maynard Ferguson, Born May 4, 1928 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada/ Died Aug 23, 2006 in Ventura, CA/ Kidney and liver failure
Pege Aladár, Born Oct 8, 1939 in Budapest/ Died Sep 23, 2006
Anita O'Day, Born Oct 18, 1919 in Chicago, IL/ Died Nov 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA/ Pneumonia and advanced Alzheimer's disease
Sivuca, Born Severino Dias de Oliveira on May 26, 1930 in Itabaiana, Paraíba, Brazil/ Died Dec 14, 2006 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil/ Cancer
James Brown, Born May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, SC/ Died Dec 25, 2006 in Atlanta, GA/ Pneumonia and heart failure
Alice Coltrane, Born Aug 27, 1937 in Detroit, MI/ Died Jan 12, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA/ Respiratory failure
Don Ho, Born Aug 13, 1930 in Honolulu, HI/ Died Apr 14, 2007 in Honolulu, HI/ Heart failure
Andrew Hill, born June 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL/ Died April 20, 2007 in Jersey City, NJ/ Lung cancer
Luciano Pavarotti, Born Oct 12, 1935 in Modena, Italy/ Died Sep 6, 2007 in Modena, Italy/ Cancer
Amanda Ambrose, Born Apr 18, 1925 in St. Louis/ Died Oct 26, 2007 in Tampa/ Colon cancer
Robert Goulet, Born Nov 26, 1933 in Lawrence, MA/ Died Oct 30, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA/ Rare form of pulmonary fibrosis
Ike Turner, Born Nov 5, 1931 in Clarksdale, MS/ Died Dec 12, 2007 in San Marcos, CA/ Cocaine overdose
Oscar Peterson, Born Aug 15, 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada/ Died Dec 23, 2007 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/ Old age
John Stewart, Born Sep 5, 1939 in San Diego, CA/ Died Jan 19, 2008 in San Diego, CA/ Alzheimer's Disease and stroke
Buddy Miles, Born Sep 5, 1947 in Omaha, NE/ Died February 26, 2008 in Austin, TX/ Congestive heart failure
Bo Diddley, Born Dec 30, 1928 in McComb, MS/ Died Jun 2, 2008 in Archer, FL/ heart failure
Danny Davis, Born May 29, 1925 in Dorchester, MA/ Died June 12, 2008 in Nashville, TN/ Heart attack
Johnny Griffin, Born Apr 24, 1928 in Chicago, IL/ Died Jul 25, 2008 in Availles-Limouzine, France/ Old age
Isaac Hayes, Born Aug 20, 1942 in Covington, TN/ Died Aug 10, 2008 in Memphis, TN/ Stroke due to high blood pressure
Merl Saunders, Born Feb 14, 1934 in San Mateo, CA/ Died Oct 24, 2008 in San Francisco, CA/ Stroke
Miriam Makeba, Born Mar 4, 1932 in Johannesburg, South Africa/ Died Nov 9, 2008 in Castel Volturno, Italy/ Heart attack
Odetta, Born Odetta Holmes Dec 31, 1930 in Birmingham, AL/ Died Dec 2, 2008 in New York, NY/ Heart disease
Freddie Hubbard, Born Apr 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN/ Died Dec 29, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Alain Bashung, Born Dec 1, 1947 in Paris, France/ Died March 14, 2009 in Paris, France/ Lung cancer
Mercedes Sosa, born Jul 9, 1935 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina/ Died Oct 4, 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Kidney disease
Teddy Pendergrass, Born Mar 26, 1950 in Kingstree, SC/ Died January 13, 2010 in Bryn Mawr, PA/ Colon cancer
Peter Herbolzheimer, Born Dec 31, 1935 in Bucharest, Romania/ Died Mar 26, 2010 in Cologne, Germany
Rob McConnell, Born Robert Murray Gordon, February 14, 1935 in London, Canada/ Died May 1, 2010 in Toronto, Canada/ Cancer
Walter Hawkins, Born May 18, 1949 in Oakland, CA/ Died Jul 11, 2010 in Ripon, CA/ Pancreatic cancer
Big John Russell, Born John Russell Aug 30 1943 in Paramaribo, Indonesia/ Died Sep 12, 2010 in Leusden, The Nederlands/ Heart failure
Solomon Burke, Born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Oct 10, 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands/ Pulmonary embolism upon arrival at Schipol Airport
Marion Brown, Born Sep 8, 1931 in Atlanta, GA/ Died Oct 12 2010/ Subway accident
Gregory Isaacs, Born July 15, 1951 in Kingston, Jamaica/ Died Oct 25, 2010 in London, England/ Lung cancer
James Moody, Born March 26, 1925 in Savannah, GA/ Died December 9, 2010 in San Diego, CA/ Complications from pancreatic cancer
Billy Taylor, Born Jul 24, 1921 in Greenville, NC/ Died Dec 28, 2010 in New York, NY, Heart failure
George Shearing, Born Aug 13, 1919 in London, England/ Died Feb 14, 2011 in New York, NY/ Congestive heart failure
Peter Alexander, Born Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer, Jun 30, 1926 in Vienna, Austria/ Died Feb 12, 2011 in Vienna, Austria
Gil Scott Heron, Born Apr 1, 1949 in Chicago, IL/ Died May 27, 2011 in New York City, NY/ Ill health due to drug abuse
Franz Josef Degenhardt, Born Dec 3, 1931 in Schwelm, Westfalen/ Died November 14, 2011 in Quickborn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany/ Cause unknown
Johnny Otis, Born Dec 28, 1921 in Vallejo, CA/ Died January 17, 2012 in Altadena, CA/ Old age
Earl Scruggs, Born Jan 6, 1924 in Flint Hill, NC, died March 28, 2012 in Nashville, TN/ Old age
Tony Martin, Born Dec 25, 1913 in Oakland, CA, Died July 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA/ Old age
Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan, Born Jan 9, 1919 in Edmonton, KY/ Died Sep 7, 2012 in Nashville TN/ Old age
Dave Brubeck, Born Dec 6, 1920 in Concord, CA/ Died December 5, 2012 in Norwalk, CT/ Heart failure
Donna Summer, Born Dec 31, 1948 in Boston, MA/ Died May 17, 2012 in Naples, FL/ Lung cancer
Terry Callier, Born May 24, 1945 in Chicago, IL/ Died Oct 27, 2012 in Chicago, IL/ Cancer
Ravi Shankar, Born April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India/ Died December 11, 2012 in San Diego, CA/ Old age
Inez Andrews, Born Apr 14, 1929, Birmingham, AL/ Died Dec 19, 2012 Chicago, IL/ Cancer
Marva Whitney, Born May 1, 1944 in Kansas City, KS/ Died December 22, 2012 in Kansas City, KS/ Pneumonia
George Gruntz, Born Jun 24, 1932 in Basel, Switzerland/ Died Jan 10, 2013 in Basel, Switzerland/ Natural causes
Magic Slim, Born Morris Holt on Aug 7, 1937 in Torrence, MS/ Died Feb 20, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA/ Breathing difficulties
Dietrich Kittner, Born May 30, 1935 in Oels, Olesnica, Poland/ Died Februar 15, 2013 in Bad Radkersburg, Austria
Alvin Lee, Born Dec 19, 1944 in Nottingham, UK/ Died Mar 6, 2013 in Estepona, Spain/ Due to complications from a routine surgical procedure
Kenny Ball, Born May 22, 1930 in Ilford, Essex, England/ Died Mar 7, 2013 in Basildon, Essex, England/ Pneumonia
Richie Havens, Born Jan 21, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died Apr 22, 2013 in Jersey City, NJ/ Heart attack
Georges Moustaki, Born May 3, 1934 Alexandria, Egypt/ Died May 23, 2013, Nice, France/ Emphysema
David Garrick, Born Sep 12, 1945 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England/ Died August 23, 2013 in Wirral, England/Cause unknown
Gloria Lynne, Born Gloria Wilson, Nov 23, 1929 in Harlem, NY/ Died Oct 15, 2013 Newark, NJ/ Old age
Lou Reed, Born Mar 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died October 27, 2013 in Southampton, NY/ End-stage liver disease
Jim Hall, Born Dec 4, 1930 in Buffalo, NY/ Died Dec 10, 2013 in New York, NY/
Yuseef Lateef, Born Oct 9, 1920 in Chatanooga, TN/ Died Dec 23, 2013 in Shutesbury, MA/ Old age
Pete Seeger, Born May 3, 1919 in New York, NY/ Died Jan 27, 2014/ Old age
Lee Dresser, Born May 22, 1941 in Washington, D.C./ Died April 24, 2014/ Leukaemia
Tommy Ramone, Born Thomas Erdelyi, Jan 29, 1949 in in Budapest, Hungary/ Died July 11, 2014 in Ridgewood, Queens, New York/ Bile duct cancer
Paul Horn, Born Mar 17, 1930 in New York, NY/ Died June 29, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada/ Old age
Johnny Winter, Born Feb 23 1944 in Beaumont, TX/ Died July 16, 2014 in Zürich, Switzerland/ Emphysema combined with pneumonia
Udo Jürgens, Born Sep 30, 1934 in Klagenfurt, A/ Died Dec 21, 2014 in Münsterlingen, CH/ Heart attack
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco, Born Feb 17, 1923 in Camden, NJ/ Died Dec 24, 2014 in Panama City, FL/ Old age
Joe Cocker, Born May 20, 1944 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England/ Died December 22, 2014 in Crawford, CO/ Lung cancer
Andraé Crouch, Born Jul 1, 1942 in San Francisco, CA /Died Jan 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA/ heart attack
Ron McKuen, Born Apr 29, 1933, Oakland, CA/ Died Jan 29, 2015 in Beverly Hills, CA/ Respiratory arrest as a result of pneumonia
Clark Terry, Born Dec 14, 1920 in St. Louis, MO/ Died Feb 21, 2015 in Pine Bluff, AR/ Old age
James Last, Born April 17, 1929 in Bremen, Germany/ Died June 9, 2015 in Palm Beach, FL/ Old age
Ornette Coleman, Born March 9, 1930 in Fort Worth, TX/ Died June 11, 2015 in New York, NY/ Cardiac arrest
B.B. King, Born Riley B. King on Sep 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Miss./ Died May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV/ Congestive heart failure
Phil Woods , Born Nov 2, 1931 in Springfield, MA/ Died Sep 29, 2015 in East Stroudsberg, PA/ Complications with emphysema
Natalie Cole, Born Feb 6, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died Dec 31, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA/ congestive heart failure
David Bowie, Born Jan 8, 1947 in Brixton, London/ Died Jan 10, 2016 in London/ Cancer
Ernestine Anderson, Born Nov 11, 1928 in Houston, TX/ Died Mar 10, 2016 in Shoreline, WA/ Natural causes
Gato Barbieri, Born Nov 28, 1932 in Rosaria, Santa Fe, Argentina/ Died Apr 2, 2016 in New York, NY/ Pneumonia
Merle Haggard, Born Apr 6, 1937 in Oildale, CA / Died Apr 6, 2016 in Palo Cedro, CA/ Complications from pneumonia
Toots Thielemans, Born April 29, 1922 in Brussels, Belgium / Died August 22, 2016, old age
Leonard Cohen, Born Sep 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada /Died Nov 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died after a fall
Leon Russell, Born Apr 2, 1942 in Lawton, OK / Died Nov 13, 2016 in Nashville, TN / Died in his sleep
Mose Allison, Born Nov 11, 1927 in Tippo, MS /Died Nov 15, 2016 in Hilton Head, SC / Old age
Keisa Brown, Born 1947 in Jackson, Miss. / Died on Nov 18, 2006 in Maulton, NJ/ After long illness
Alphonse Mouzon, Born Nov 21, 1948 in Charleston, SC/ Died Dec 25, 2016 in Granada Hills, CA/ Heart attack after battling neuroendocrine cancer
James Cotton, Born Jul 1, 1935 in Tunica, MS/ Died Mar 16, 2017 in Austin, TX/ Pneumonia
Chuck Berry, Born Oct 18, 1926 in St. Louis, MO/ Died Mar 18, 2017 in Wentzville, MO/ Old age
Gregg Allman, Born Dec 8, 1947 in Nashville, TN/ Died May 27, 2017 in Savannah, GA/ Liver cancer
Glen Campbell, Born Apr 22, 1936 in Billstown, AR/ Died Aug 8, 2017 in Nashville, TN/Alzheimer's disease
Joy Fleming, Born Erna Raad, Nov 15, 1944 in Rockenhausen, Germany/ Died Sep 27 2017 in Sinsheim, Germany/ unknown
Tom Petty, Born Oct 20, 1950 in Gainesville, FL/ Died Oct 2, 2017 in Santa Monica, CA/ Cardiac arrest after overdose
Fats Domino, Born Feb 26, 1928 in New Orleans, LA/ Died Oct 24, 2017 in Harvey, LA / Old age
David Cassidy, Born Apr 12, 1950 in New York City, NY/ Died Nov 21, 2017 in Ford Lauderdale, FL/ Organ failure after dementia
Johnny Hallyday, Born Jean-Philippe Smet, Jun 15, 1943 in Paris, France / Died Dec 6, 2017 in Marnes-la-Coquette, France/ Lung cancer
Keely Smith, Born Mar 9, 1932 in Norfolk, VA / Died Dec 16, 2017 in Palm Springs, CA/ Heart failure
Edwin Hawkins, Born Aug 19, 1943 in Oakland, CA/ Died Jan 15, 2018 in Pleasanton, CA/ Pancreatic cancer
Hugh Masekela, Born Apr 4, 1939 in Witbank, South Africa/ Died Jan 23, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa/ Prostate cancer
Didier Lockwood, Born Feb 11, 1956 in Calais, France/ Died Feb 18, 2018 in Paris, France/ Heart failure
Aretha Franklin, Born Mar 25, 1942 in Memphis, TN/ Died Aug 16, 2018 in Detroit, MI/ Pancreatic cancer
Randy Weston, Born Apr 6, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY/ Died Sep 1, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY/ Old age
Otis Rush, Born Apr 29, 1934 in Philadelphia, MS/ Died Sep 29, 2018/ Complications from a stroke in 2003
Charles Aznavour, Born May 22, 1924 in Paris, France/ Died Oct 1, 2018 in Mouriès, France, Old age
Roy Clark, Born Apr 15, 1933 in Meherrin, VA/ Died Nov 15, 2018 in Tulsa, OK
Imrat Khan, Born Nov 17, 1935 in Calcutta / Died Nov 22, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA/ Stroke
Karel Gott, Born Jul 14, 1939 in Plzeň, CZ, Died Oct 1, 2019 in Bertramka, CZ/ Acute leukemia
Ginger Baker, Born Aug 19, 1939 in Lewisham, London, England/ Died Oct 6, 2019 in Canterbury, Kent, England
Rev. Clay Evans, Born Jun 23, 1925, Brownsville, TN/ Died Nov 27, 2019 in Chicago, IL/ Old age
McCoy Tyner, Born Dec 11, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Mar 6, 2020/ Natural causes
Bill Withers, Born Jul 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, WV/ Died Mar 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA/ Heart attack
Lee Konitz, Born Oct 13, 1927 in Chicago, IL / Died Apr 15, 2020 in New York, NY / Complications from COVID-19
Little Richard, Born Dec 5, 1932 in Macon, GA/ Died May 9, 2020 in Tullahoma, TN/ Bone cancer
Betty Wright, Born Dec 21, 1953 in Miami, FL/ Died May 10, 2020 in Miami, FL/ Cancer
Trini Lopez, Born May 15, 1937 in Dallas, TX/ Died Aug 11, 2020 in Palm Springs, CA/ Complications from the COVID-19 virus
Carlos do Carmo, Born Dec 21, 1939 in in Lisbon/ Died Jan 1, 2021 in Lisbon,Portugal/ Aneurysm
Chick Corea, Born June 12, 1941 in Chelsea, MA/ Died Feb 9, 2021 in the Tampa Bay area of Florida/ Cancer
Chris Barber, Born April 17, 1930 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England/ Died Mar 2, 2021/ Old age and dementia
Bunny Wailer, Born Apr 10, 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica / Died Mar 2nd, 2021 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica/ Stroke
Patrick Juvet, Born 21 August 1950 in Montreux, Switzerland/ Died Apr 1st, 2021, Barcelona, Spain / Cardiac arrest
Milva, Born Maria Ilva Biolcati, Jul 17, 1939 in Goro, Italy/ Died Apr 23, 2021 in Milan/ Died at home
Charlie Watts, Born Jun 2, 1941 in Wembley, Middlesex, England/ Died Aug 24, 2021 in London/ Heart failure
Mikis Theodorakis, Born 29 Jul 1925, Chios, Greece/ Died 2 Sept 2021, Athens, Greece/ Cardiopulmonary arrest
Pat Martino, Born Aug 25, 1944 in Philadelphia, PA/ Died Nov 1st, 2021/ Died of a respiratory illness
Barry Harris, Born Dec 15, 1929 in Detroit, MI/ Died Dec 8, 2021 in North Bergen, NJ/ Old age
Barbara Thompson, Born, Jul 27, 1944 in Oxford, England/ Died Jul 9, 2022/ Parkinson disease
Pharoah Sanders, Born Oct 13, 1940 in Little Rock, AR/ Died Sep 24, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA/ Died at home
Jerry Lee Lewis, Born Sept 29, 1935 in Ferriday, LA/ Died Oct 28, 2022 in DeSoto County, MS/ Stroke
Gal Costa, Born Sep 26, 1945 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil/ Died Nov 9, 2022 in São Paulo, Brazil
Jeff Beck, Born, Jun 24, 1944 in Wallington, Surrey, England/ Died Jan 10, 2023 in East Sussex, England/ Bacterial meningitis
Burt Bacharach, Born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, MO/ Died Feb 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA/ Old age
Harry Belafonte, Born, Mar 1, 1927 in New York, NY/ Died Apr 25, 2023 in New York, NY
Tina Turner, Born Nov 26, 1939 in Brownsville, TN/ Died May 24, 2023, Küsnacht, Switzerland/ Cancer and kidney failure
Carla Bley, Born Lovella May Borg, May 11, 1936 in Oakland, CA/ Died Oct 17, 2023 in Willow, NY/ Brain cancer
David Johansen, Born Jan 9, 1950 in Staten Island, NY/ Died Feb 28, 2025 in Staten Island, NY/ Cancer
Rick Derringer, Aug 5, 1947 in Celina, OH/ Died May 26, 2025 in Ormond Beach, FL/ Complications with triple bypass
Klaus Doldinger, Born May 12, 1936 in Berlin, Germany/ Died Oct 16, 2025, Icking, Germany/ Old age
Dave Mason, Born May 10, 1946 in Worcester, England/Died April 19, 2026 in Gardnerville, NV/ Died in his sleep
