Tina Turner, Born Nov 26, 1939 in Brownsville, TN/ Died May 24, 2023, Küsnacht Switzerland/ Complications with cancer
Ike Turner, Born Nov 5, 1931 in Clarksdale, MS/ Died Dec 12, 2007 in San Marcos, CA/ Cocaine overdose
“There is … a great interest in the way collections do collect, divulge, organize, in fact mix and remix things that were separated before. Having all the objects in the same room allows to make various connections. Here is what a collection allows us to do: Collecting elements allows people to collect their own thoughts”. (Bruno Latour, Linke, 2015, p. 174).
Live/Dead (since 1993)
Growing record collection of LIVE LP’s by dead stars.
383 records as of July 2024
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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 Corniff, Born Nov 6, 1916 in Attleboro, MA/ Died Oct 12, 2002 in Escondido, CA/ Died after 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
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
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
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 October 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 Dece 25, 1913 in Oakland, CA, Died July 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA/ 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ginger Baker, Born Aug 19, 1939 in Lewisham, London, England/ Died Oct 6, 2019 in Canterbury, Kent, England
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 2, 2021 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica/ Stroke
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 1, 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
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
