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ROCK STARS AND EARLY DEATHS
This was culled from The
Dial-the-Truth Misinstries page as they wanted to illustrate the early deaths of rock
stars (and they have a very loose definition of rock stars). Thought it was
interesting so here's just a partial list. If you want to check out the complete
list, go to the webstie at www.av11611.org and check out their full length listings.
Even though some of the artists died due to medical conditions or heart
attacks, undoubtedly, many of the illnesses were caused by the lifestyle led.
| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | BAND | AGE | CAUSE |
| Thomas | Allen | War | 35 | |
| Duane | Allman | Allman Brothers Band | 24 | Motorcycle accident |
| Matthew | Ashman | Bow Wow Wow | 35 | Diabetes |
| Florence | Ballard | Supremes | 32 | Medical |
| Marc | Bolan | T-Rex | 30 | Car accident |
| Tommy | Bolin | Deep Purple | 25 | Drug overdose |
| Ronnie | Bond | Troggs | 49 | |
| John | Bonham | Led Zeppelin | 32 | Alcohol overdose |
| Cliff | Burton | Metallica | 25 | Traffic accident |
| Glenn | Buxton | Alice Cooper | 49 | Pneumonia |
| David | Byron | Uriah Heep | 38 | Heart attack |
| Tommy | Caldwell | Marshall Tucker Band | 30 | Car accident |
| Randy | California | Spirit | 45 | Drowned |
| Karen | Carpenter | Carpenters | 33 | Anorexia |
| Eric | Carr | Kiss | 41 | Cancer |
| Chas | Chandler | Animals | 58 | Heart attack |
| Harry | Chapin | 38 | Car accident | |
| John | Cipollina | Quicksilver Messenger Service | 45 | Medical |
| Gene | Clark | Byrds | 49 | Heart attack |
| Steve | Clark | Def Leppard | 30 | Alcohol |
| Michael | Clarke | Byrds | 50 | Medical |
| Kurt | Cobain | Nirvana | 27 | Suicide |
| Eddie | Cochran | 21 | Car accident | |
| Brian | Cole | Association | 28 | Drug overdose |
| Nat 'King' | Cole | 48 | Cancer | |
| Allen | Collins | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 37 | Pneumonia |
| Brian | Connolly | Sweet | 52 | Heart attack |
| Sam | Cooke | 33 | Murdered | |
| Jim | Croce | 30 | Airplane crash | |
| Ian | Curtis | Joy Division | 23 | Suicide |
| Bobby | Darin | 37 | Heart attack | |
| John | Denver | 53 | Airplane crash | |
| Cass | Elliot | Mamas and Papas | 32 | Choked |
| Tom | Evans | Badfinger | 36 | Suicide |
| Pete | Farndon | Pretenders | 30 | Drug overdose |
| Tom | Fogerty | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 49 | Heart attack |
| Melvin | Franklin | Temptations | 52 | Medical |
| Cassie | Gaines | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Airplane crash | |
| Steven | Gaines | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 28 | Airplane crash |
| Rory | Gallagher | 47 | Alcohol | |
| Jerry | Garcia | Grateful Dead | 53 | Heart attack |
| Marvin | Gaye | 45 | Murdered | |
| Lowell | George | Little Feet | 34 | Heart attack |
| Andy | Gibb | 30 | Medical | |
| Ray | Gillen | Black Sabbath, Badlands | 33 | Cancer |
| John | Glascock | Jethro Tull | 28 | Medical |
| Keith | Godchaux | Grateful Dead | 32 | Car accident |
| Bill | Graham | (concert promotor) | 60 | Helicopter crash |
| Ric | Grech | Family, Blind Faith | 44 | Drug overdose |
| Cornell | Gunter | Coasters | 53 | |
| Woody | Guthrie | 55 | Medical | |
| Bill | Haley | 56 | Alcohol | |
| Pete | Ham | Badfinger | 28 | Suicide |
| Roy | Hamilton | 40 | Heart Attack | |
| Tim | Hardin | 39 | Drug overdose | |
| Slim | Harpo | 43 | Heart Attack | |
| Alex | Harvey | Sensational Alex Harvey Band | 46 | Heart attack |
| Les | Harvey | Stone The Crows | 27 | Electrocuted |
| Donny | Hathway | 33 | Suicide | |
| Ted | Hawkins | 58 | Heart attack | |
| Sean | Hayes | 49 | Aids | |
| Eddie | Hazel | Parliament, Funkadelic | 42 | Medical |
| Helno | Les Negresses Vertes | 29 | Drug overdose | |
| Jimi | Hendrix | 27 | Drug overdose | |
| Jay | Hening | Demolition 23 | 23 | Suicide |
| Gregory | Herbert | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 28 | Drug overdose |
| Eddie | Hinton | 51 | ||
| Bob | Hite | Canned Heat | 36 | Heart attack |
| Eldon | Hoke (El Duce) | the Mentors | 38 | Hit by Train |
| Buddy | Holly | 22 | Airplane crash | |
| James | Honeyman-Scott | Pretenders | 25 | Drug overdose |
| Shannon | Hoon | Blind Melon | 28 | Drug overdose |
| Douglas | Hopkins | Gin Blossoms | 32 | |
| Michael | Hutchence | INXS | 37 | Suicide |
| Phyllis | Hyman | 44 | Suicide | |
| O'Kelly | Isley | Isley Brothers | 48 | Heart attack |
| Al | Jackson | Booker T. and the MGs | 39 | Murdered |
| Robert | Johnson | 27 | Poisoned | |
| Brian | Jones | Rolling Stones | 27 | Drowned |
| Phalin | Jones | Bar-Kays | 18 | Airplane crash |
| Janis | Joplin | 27 | Drug overdose | |
| Terry | Kath | Chicago | 32 | Gun accident |
| Tim | Kelly | Slaughter | 34 | Car accident |
| Eddie | Kendricks | Temptations | 52 | Cancer |
| Jimmy | King | Bar-Kays | 18 | Airplane crash |
| Phil | King | Blue Oyster Cult | ||
| Alexis | Korner | Blues Incorporated | 56 | Cancer |
| Paul | Kossoff | Free | 26 | Heart Attack |
| Ronnie 'Plonk' | Lane | Small Faces | 51 | Multiple Sclerosis |
| Nicolette | Larson | 45 | Medical | |
| Peter | Laughner | Pere Ubu | 24 | Medical |
| John | Lennon | Beatles | 40 | Murdered |
| Philip | Lithman | Snakefinger | 38 | Heart attack |
| Frankie | Lymon | The Teenagers | 25 | Drug overdose |
| Phil | Lynott | Thin Lizzy | 35 | Drug Abuse |
| Billy | MacKenzie | Associates | 39 | Suicide |
| Geoff | Mann | Twelfth Night | Cancer | |
| Richard | Manual | The Band | 42 | Suicide |
| Bob | Marley | 36 | Cancer | |
| Steve | Marriott | Small Faces, Humble Pie | 43 | Fire |
| Jimmy | McCulloch | Wings | 27 | Heart attack |
| Robbie | McIntosh | Average White Band | 23 | Drug overdose |
| Ron 'Pigpen' | McKernan | Grateful Dead | 27 | Alcohol |
| Harold | McNair | Ginger Baker's Airforce | Cancer | |
| Clyde | McPhatter | Drifters | 38 | Medical |
| Don | McPherson | Main Ingredient | 39 | Leukemia |
| Harold | Melvin | Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes | 57 | |
| Jonathan | Melvoin | Smashing Pumpkins | 34 | Drug overdose |
| Freddie | Mercury | Queen | 45 | Aids |
| Country' Dick | Montana | Beat Farmers | 40 | Heart attack |
| Keith | Moon | Who | 32 | Drug overdose |
| Jim | Morrison | Doors | 27 | Heart attack |
| Sterling | Morrison | Velvet Underground | 53 | Cancer |
| Bill | Murcia | New York Dolls | 21 | Drug overdose |
| Dee | Murray | Elton John | 45 | Stroke |
| Brent | Mydland | Grateful Dead | 38 | Drug overdose |
| Don | Myrick | Earth, Wind & Fire | 53 | Murdered |
| Rick | Nelson | 45 | Airplane crash | |
| (Christa Paffgen) | Nico | Velvet Underground | 44 | Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Harry | Nilsson | 52 | Heart attack | |
| Jerry | Nolan | New York Dolls, Heartbreakers | 45 | Stroke |
| Yogi | Norton | Luther Vandross | Suicide | |
| Notorious BIG | 24 | Murdered | ||
| John | Panozzo | Styx | 47 | Alcohol |
| Felix | Pappalardi | Mountain | 43 | Murdered |
| Junior | Parker | 44 | Brain Tumor | |
| Gram | Parsons | Byrds | 26 | Drug Overdose |
| Mike | Patto | Patto, Spooky Tooth | 36 | Medical |
| Lawrence | Payton | Four Tops | 59 | Cancer |
| Robert | Pilatus | Milli Vanilli | 32 | Medical |
| Jeff | Porcaro | Toto | 38 | Heart attack |
| William | Powel | O'Jays | Cancer | |
| Cozy | Powell | Rainbow, Whitesnake, etc. | 50 | Car accident |
| Elvis | Presley | 42 | Drug Overdose | |
| Rainer | Ptacek | Rainer & Das Combo | 43 | Cancer |
| Carl | Radle | Derek and the Dominos | 38 | Medical |
| Bobby | Ramirez | Edgar Winter's White Trash | 23 | Murdered |
| Otis | Redding | 26 | Airplane crash | |
| Keith | Relf | Yardbirds, Renaissance | 33 | Electrocuted |
| Randy | Rhoades | Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne | 26 | Airplane crash |
| J.P. | Richardson | (The Big Bopper) | 24 | Airplane crash |
| Minnie | Ripperton | 30 | Cancer | |
| David | Ruffin | Temptations | 50 | Drug overdose |
| Bon | Scott | AC/DC | 33 | Alcohol |
| Selena | 23 | Murdered | ||
| Tupac | Shakur | 25 | Murdered | |
| Del | Shannon | 51 | Suicide | |
| Hillel | Slovak | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 25 | Drug Overdose |
| Fred 'Sonic' | Smith | MC5 | 45 | Heart attack |
| Rory | Storm | Rory Storm and the Hurricanes | 32 | Suicide |
| Stu | Sutcliff | Beatles | 21 | Medical |
| Vinnie | Taylor | Sha Na Na | 25 | Drug overdose |
| Joe | Tex | 49 | Heart attack | |
| Gary | Thain | Uriah Heep | 27 | Drug overdose |
| Johnny | Thunders | New York Dolls | 38 | Drug overdose |
| Steve | Took | T-Rex | 31 | Medical |
| Rob | Tyner | MC5 | 46 | Heart attack |
| Richie | Valens | 17 | Airplane crash | |
| Dino | Valenti | Quicksilver Messenger Service | 51 | |
| Ronnie | Van Zant | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 29 | Airplane crash |
| Stevie Ray | Vaughan | 35 | Helicopter crash | |
| Henry | Vestine | Canned Heat | 52 | Medical |
| Sid | Vicious | Sex Pistols | 21 | Drug overdose |
| Jr. | Walker | 53 | Cancer | |
| Clarence | White | Byrds | 29 | Car accident |
| Paul | Williams | Temptations | 34 | Suicide |
| Wendy O. | Williams | Plasmatics | 48 | Suicide |
| Al | Wilson | Canned Heat | 27 | Suicide |
| Barrie B.J. | Wilson | Procol Harum | 43 | Car accident |
| Carl | Wilson | Beach Boys | 51 | Cancer |
| Dennis | Wilson | Beach Boys | 39 | Drowned |
| Jackie | Wilson | 49 | Medical | |
| Ricky | Wilson | B-52's | 32 | Cancer |
| Kurt | Winter | Guess Who | 51 | Liver failure |
| John Christian | Wolters | Dr. Hook | 52 | Cancer |
| Andrew | Wood | Mother Love Bone | 24 | Drug overdose |
| Chris | Wood | Traffic | 39 | Medical |
| Frank | Zappa | Mothers of Invention | 52 | Cancer |