Deaths of famous rock stars

Jimi Hendrix:One of the greatest and most influential guitarists in music history.On 1970 Jimi Hendrix died in London under circumstances which have never been fully explained.His girlfriend claimed in her original testimony that Hendrix the evening before, unknown to her, had taken nine of her prescribed Vesperax sleeping pills. According to the doctor who initially attended to him, Hendrix had asphyxiated (literally drowned) in his own vomit, mainly red wine.Age:27

Jim Morrison:American singer of The Doors,songwriter,poet,writer.In the official account of his death, he was found in a Paris apartment.Pursuant to French law, no autopsy was performed because the medical examiner claimed to have found no evidence of foul play.The absence of an official autopsy has left many questions regarding Morrison's cause of death.In the 1990s a flat stone was placed on the grave, possibly by his birth family, with the Greek inscription: ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ ΕΑΥΤΟΥ, "true to his own spirit. ". Age:27

Phil Lynnot:Singer of Thin Lizzy.Lynott's last years were dogged by drug and alcohol dependency, and on the night of 1985, he was rushed to hospital suffering from a kidney and liver infection.He died of heart failure and pneumonia on  1986.Age:36

you read that bunch of lines so easy,  just read the name and if appears 'drug', 'pills' or 'alcohol' you pass to the next

 

I wonder if the pilots for  Vaughan or Borton were junkies too!!  LOL

 

why not to add KURT COBAIN? same talent same destiny 

bryan jones guitarist for the rolling stones another star who over indulged in drugs and alchol but did her drown or was he murdered?

john entwhistle bass player for the who died of heart failure from taking to much coke.

singer for joy division sorry cant remember his name and how he died but i think he hung himself?

joe strummer singer guitarist for the clash died of a heart attack

keith moon drummer for the who alcoholic.

randy rhoads guitarist for ozzy osbourne not sure if he died flying a plane or a plane hit the tour bus?

                                                      SUICIDES

Yes i don't belie that i forgot Ian Curtis.A music genious,respect

Ian Curtis:The vocalist and lyricist of the band Joy Division,which he joined in 1976.While performing for Joy Division, Curtis became known for his quiet and awkward demeanor, as well as a unique dancing style reminiscent of the epileptic seizures he experienced, sometimes even on stage. The resemblance was such that audience members were sometimes uncertain if Curtis was dancing or having a seizure; there were several incidents where he collapsed and had to be helped off stage.In the early hours of Sunday, at 1980, in his kitchen after having viewed Werner Herzog's film Strozek and listening to Iggy Pop's Idiot.Curtis hanged himself. Many rumours surround the possible reasons for his suicide, with his poor health (due to the drugs he was having to take for his epilepsy, an exhausting performing schedule and related epilepsy problems) and failed marriage most often suggested.Age:23

Ingo Schwichtenberg:Was one of the founding members of German metal band Helloween.Schwichtenberg was ejected from the band in 1993 during the tour of the album Chameleon. The dismissal was reportedly due to Ingo's dependence on alcohol and drugs (most notably cocaine and hashish). Ingo also suffered from schizophrenia.After his ejection from the band, Schwichtenberg slid further and further into his schizophrenic episodes, which very sadly culminated in his suicide in 1995, by jumping in front of a subway train.Age:30

Kurt Cobain:An American musician,singer,guitarist and songwriter for the Seattle band Nirvana.On 1994 Cobain's body was discovered in the spare room above the garage at his home by Veca Electric employee Gary Smith. Smith arrived at the house that morning to install security lighting and saw him lying inside. Apart from a minor amount of blood coming out of Cobain's ear, Smith reported seeing no visible signs of trauma, and initially believed that Cobain was asleep. Smith found what he thought might be a suicide note with a pen stuck through it beneath an overturned flowerpot. A shotgun, purchased for Cobain by Dylan Carlson, was found resting on Cobain's chest. Cobain's death certificate stated that his death was a result of a "contact perforating shotgun wound to the head," and concluded his death a suicide.Age:27

Michael Kelland John Hutchence:The original lead singer of the Australian rock band INXS.However, on 1997 Hutchence,was found dead in his room at the hotel in Sydney. A belt found at the scene suggested that he had died by hanging.But nalysis of the witness statements in the Coroner's report(suicide), the lack of a suicide note and other anecdotal evidence, such as the fact that Hutchence was found nude has led some - including some of Hutchence's closest relatives, including his brother - to suggest that the cause of death may have resulted from  autoerotic asphyxiation(strangling himself during a sex act). Age:37

Peter William Ham:A Welsh singer and songwriter best known as the leader of the group Badfinger.By 1975, without an income and contractually confined, Ham hanged himself in the garage of his Surrey home, three days shy of his 28th birthday. He left behind a pregnant girlfriend (his daughter was born one month after his death) and his personal estate was nearing foreclosure. His suicide note accused Badfinger's manager,of stealing the band's royalties.It read: "Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. This is better. Pete. P.S. Stan Polley(manager) is a soulless bastard. I will take him with me." Age:28

Thomas Evans:Commonly known as Tom, was a musician  who was most notable for his work with the Badfinger.In 1983, Evans argued with Molland on the telephone regarding the publishing division of the lucrative "Without You" song. Following this phone call, Evans hanged himself from a tree in his backyard. He left behind no note.Age:36

I believe John Bonham's death was the most important in Rock history. Had he lived who knows what heights Led Zepplin might have reached?

First of all Keith Moon and John Bohnam are the greatest drummers in history of music for me..But i believe Zeppelin at the time of 1975 until Bohnam's death at 1980 had already started to downfall.After Physical Graffiti at 1975 they made only two studio  albums in a period of five years (Presence 1976 and In through the out door 1979) and they aren't something special...Of course after Bohnam's death they totally collapsed.Albums like Zeppelin I II III IV are diamonds that neither Zeppelin nor anyone else could repeat or reach.And they made in just three years..

Viktor Tzoy: Leader, singer and songwriter of Russian rock-group "Kino". Died in car accident at age of 27 (15 august 1990). Leader of hole generation of Soviet underground culture, was under big pressure by militaristic regime (as all rock-singers). Dies only one year before USSR become history.. (august 1991). Being not far from cemetry where his grave is, I used to go there, and his grave is always full of flowers and there is always someone there as a guard.

 

Igor Talkov: Leader of rockgroup, singer and songwriter. Killed  (shot down by gunman) after his concert on 6 october 1991 (he was 35 years old). Official version of killing - problems with producer, but unofficial - killed for rock&truth in his songs.

keith Moon:Drummer of The Who.Moon died of an overdose of Clomethiazole (Heminevrin), a medication he was taking as part of a programme to wean him off alcohol! The police investigation determined there were about 32 pills in his system, 26 of them were undissolved.Moon died in the same room in which Cass Eliot of The Mamas & Papas had died four years earlier.Age:32

Christa Päffgen:German singer,songwriter,fashion model,actress,keyboard player and Warhol superstar, best known as Nico.As a musician, she is remembered for both her time in The Velvet Underground and her solo work.For over twenty years, Nico was a heroin addict.On 1988, while on holiday with her son in Spain Nico had a minor heart attack while riding a bicycle, and hit her head as she fell. A passing taxi driver found her unconscious, and had difficulty getting her admitted to local hospitals. She was incorrectly diagnosed as suffering from exposure, and she died the next day.X-Rays later revealed a severe cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of her death.Age:50

Freddie Mercury:British,singer of Queen.Mercury was diagnosed with HIV in the spring of 1987.Mercury died on 1991 at the age of 45. The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.

dimebag daryl shot dead on stage

                                           PLANE CRUSHES

Randy Rhoads:American heavy metal guitarist who played with Ozzy Osborne and Quiet Riot.On 1982 the band was headed to a festival at Florida.The driver took Rhoads and hairdresser on a flight he had taken without permission. An attempt was made to "buzz" the tour bus where the other band members were sleeping.They succeeded two times but the third attempt the right wing clipped the left side of the tour bus by accident, leading to the crash of the plane.Rhoads was killed instantly, as were Aycock, 36, and Youngblood, 58. It was later determined in an autopsy that Aycock had a trace of cocaine.Age:25

Stevie Ray Vaughan:An American blues-rock guitarist,one of the world's most influential guitarists.In 1990 after a concert with Clapton,Vaughan was informed that three seats were open on one of the helicopters returning to Chicago with Clapton's crew, enough for Vaughan, his brother Jimmie, and Jimmie's wife Connie. It turned out there was only one seat left; Vaughan requested it from his brother, who obliged.Moments after takeoff the helicopter crashed into a ski slope and all five on board were killed.The main cause of the crash was believed to be pilot error.Age:36

Lynyrd Skynyrd:An American Southern rock band.On 1977 near the end of their flight from South Carolina to Louisiana Skynyrd's chartered Convair 240 began to develop mechanical difficulties, and the pilots attempted an emergency landing on a small airstrip. Just short of its goal, the plane crashed in a forest.The crash killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Other band members were injured, some seriously. Drummer Artimus Pyle crawled out of the plane wreckage with several broken ribs, but was ambulatory, as were road crew members Kenneth Peden Jr. and Mark Frank. The three injured men hiked some distance from the crash site, through swampy woods, and finally flagged down farmer Johnny Mote, who had come to investigate.

                                                     MURDERS

John Lennon:English musician,singer,songwriter,artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles.On 1980, Lennon was shot four times in the back (the fifth shot missed) in the entrance hallway of the Dakota by David Chapman.Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman earlier that same night.Age:40

Dimebag Darrell:Also known as Diamond Darrell until mid 1992, was an American guitarist of Pantera and Damagaplan.On 2004, while performing with Damageplan at Ohio,Darrell was shot and killed onstage by former U.S. Marine Nathan Gale. Abbott was shot 3 times in the head, the third time at point blank range, killing him instantly.Age:38

Tupac Amaru Shakur:Also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper.On 1996 Shakur attended the Mike Tyson-Seldon boxing at Las Vegas.A  Cadillac driven by unknown person(s) pulled up to the Shakur's car right side, rolled down one of the windows, and rapidly fired around twelve to thirteen shots at Shakur. He was struck by four rounds; one hit him in the chest, the pelvis, and his right hand and thigh.One of the rounds apparently ricocheted into Shakur's right lung.At the hospital, Shakur was in and out of consciousness; heavily  sedated, breathed through a ventilator and respirator, was placed on life supports machines, and was ultimately put under a barbiturate-induced coma after repeatedly trying to get out of the bed.After six nights he died of internal bleeding; doctors attempted to revive him but could not stop his hemorrhaging.Some of his ashes were later mixed with cannabis and smoked by members of Outlawz.Age:25

The Notorious B.I.G:Also known as Biggie Smalls was an American rapper.On 1997 Notorious BIG truck stopped at a red light.While waiting for the light to change, a Land Cruiser made a U-Turn and cut in-between Biggie's vehicle and the Chevrolet Blazer behind. Simultaneously,a Chevrolet Impala pulled up alongside Biggie's truck. The driver of the Impala (an African-American male) rolled down his window, drew a 9 mm blue-steel pistol and fired numerous rounds into the GMC Suburban; four bullets hit Biggie in the chest.Biggie was rushed to hospital by his entourage but was pronounced dead.Age:25

Let us not forget the untimely and mysterious death of Bluesman Robert Johnson....

 

Rest In Peace!!! great musician.

Very interesting person-bluesman,i didn't knew him,thank you..

 Robert Leroy Johnson:One of the most famous of Delta blues musicians.

His death occurred on 1938,at Mississippi.There are a number of accounts and theories regarding the events preceding Johnson's death. One of these is that one evening Johnson began flirting with a woman at a dance. One version of this rumor says she was the wife of the juke joint owner who unknowingly provided Johnson with a bottle of poisoned whiskey from her husband, while another suggests she was a married woman he had been secretly seeing. Researcher Mack McCormick claims to have interviewed Johnson's alleged poisoner in the 1970s, and obtained a tacit admission of guilt from the man. When Johnson was offered an open bottle of whiskey, his friend and fellow blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson  knocked the bottle out of his hand, informing him that he should never drink from an offered bottle that has already been opened. Johnson allegedly said, "don't ever knock a bottle out of my hand". Soon after, he was offered another open bottle of whiskey and accepted it, and it was that bottle that was laced with strychnine. Johnson is reported to have started to feel ill into the evening after drinking from the bottle and had to be helped back to his room in the early morning hours. Over the next three days, his condition steadily worsened and witnesses reported that he died in a convulsive state of severe pain - symptoms which are consistent with strychnine poisoning. Strychnine was readily available at the time as it was a common pesticide, and although it is a very bitter-tasting substance it is extremely toxic, and a small quantity dissolved in a harsh-tasting solution such as whiskey could possibly have gone unnoticed, but (over a period of days due to the reduced dosage) still produced the symptoms and eventual death that Johnson experienced.Age:27

                                                 ACCIDENTS

Marc Bolan:An English singer,songwriter and guitarist of T-Rex.He was a passenger in a purple Mini driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from a drinking club and restaurant.The speeding car lost control and struck a tree after failing to negotiate a small humpback bridge. Bolan died instantly, while Jones suffered a broken arm and broken jaw and spent a short time in hospital. Neither were wearing seat belts. Bolan's home, which was less than a mile away.Age:30

Cliff Burton:Bass player of Metallica,died in 1986 when the band's tour bus overturned in Sweden while the band was on tour promoting Master of Puppets. Age:24

Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran:An American Rock 'n' Roll musician and an important influence on popular music.On 1960,while on tour in the UK,Cochran died in a traffic accident in a taxi.The taxi crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill, where a plaque now commemorates the event (no other car was involved). He was taken to Hospital,but died at 4:10 p.m. the following day.Songwriter Sheeley (Cochran's fiancée) and singer Gene Vinsent survived the crash.The taxi driver, George Martin, was convicted of dangerous driving, fined £50, disqualified from driving for 15 years, and sent to prison for six months.Age:21

Howard Duane Allman:An American musician and lead guitarist of the rock group, The Allman Brother Band.Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident.Allman was riding toward an oncoming truck that was turning well in front of him but then stopped in mid-intersection. He lost control of his Harley while trying to swing left, possibly striking the back of the truck or its crane ball. He flew from his bike, which landed on and skidded with him, crushing internal organs; he died a few hours later.Age:24

Berry Oakley:An American bassist of the rock group, The Allman Brother Band.On 1972, Oakley was involved in a motorcycle accident with a bus, just three blocks from where Duane had his fatal accident the year before and less than 13 months later.Oakley said he was okay after the accident, declined medical treatment.Just three hours later, he was taken to the hospital and died of a skull fracture.Age:24

Searching at Wikipaidia found this:

     Musicians usually included in the 27 Club

There is some debate as to the criterion used to include musicians who died at the age of 27 in the "27 Club". The impetus for the Club's creation were the deaths of an unusual number of prominent 27 year old musicians within a two year period of time. Lists include Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison. All four of these musicians died between 1969 and 1971. Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison all died within a ten month period. Morrison and Jones died on the same date two years apart. Kurt Cobain, who died in 1994, was later included by some, probably due to his popularity and his death occurring at the pinnacle of his career. (According to the book Heavier than Heaven, when Cobain died, his sister claimed that as a kid he would talk about how he wanted to join the 27 Club.)

   Other well-known musicians who died at 27

Some lists include other musicians who died at age 27. Cobain biographer writes, "The number of musicians who passed away at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. [Although] humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27."

                                                   DRUGS

 

Janis Joplin:She was an American singer, songwriter.The official cause of death was an overdose of heroin,possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.Her ashes scattered from a plane into the  Pacific ocean.Date:1970 Age:27

Sid Vicious:The bass player of Sex Pistols.On 1979 Vicious was clean, having been weaned off heroin during his time at jail. However, at the dinner gathering, he obtained some heroin and that night he overdosed. Robinson revived him. Much later that night, the couple fell asleep together. Vicious was discovered dead the next morning.Age:22

Elvis Presley:American singer,songwriter,actor."A tour was scheduled to begin on 1977, but at Graceland the day before, Presley was found on the floor of his bathroom by his fiancée. According to the medical investigator, Presley had "stumbled or crawled several feet before he died".Presley had developed many health problems, some of them chronic.Dr. Nichoipoulos, has said: "[Elvis] felt that by getting [pills] from a doctor, he wasn't the common everyday junkie getting something off the street. He... thought that as far as medications and drugs went, there was something for everything.The singer allegedly spent at least $1 million per year on drugs and doctors' fees or inducements.Although Dr. Nichopoulos was exonerated with regard to Presley's death, "In the first eight months of 1977 alone, he had [prescribed] more than 10,000 doses of sedatives, amphetamines, and narcotics: all in Elvis' name.In 1994, the autopsy into Presley's death was re-opened. Coroner Dr. Joseph Davis declared: "There is nothing in any of the data that supports a death from drugs [i.e. drug overdose]. In fact, everything points to a sudden, violent heart attack." ..Age:42

Gary Thain:A rock bassist best known for his work with Uriah Heep.During his last tour with Heep he suffered an electric shock and was seriously injured.Because of his drug addiction he wasn't able to turn in a good performance and was fired.He died of a heroin overdose on 1975.Age 27

Kristen Pfaff:An American bass guitarist, best known for her work with Hole.On 1994 was found dead in her bathtub by Erlandson and another friend, with whom she had planned to leave for Minneapolis that day. Nearby was a cosmetic bag containing syringes and drug paraphernalia. Sometime overnight, Pfaff had died from a heroin overdose.Age:27

Jeremy Michael Ward:Was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto.He was found dead in his L.A. home by his roommate on 2003 of an apparent heroin overdose.Hs death came less than a month before the release of De-Loused in the Comatorium.Age:27

James Honeyman Scott:Commonly referred to as "Jimmy", was an English guitarist,songwriter and founding member of The Pretenders.On 1982 Honeyman Scott was called back to London for a band meeting Two days after Honeyman Scott was found dead of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance.Age:25

Pete Farndon:An English bassist and founding member of the rock band The Pretenders.By 1982, Farndon caused increasingly strained relations with his bandmates due to his heroin use.He was fired on 1982 two days before guitarist James Honeyman-Scott was found dead.He was found dead on 1983 by his American model wife after passing out and drowning in his bathtub after a heroin overdose.Age:30

Bryan Ottoson:Guitarist of the band American Head Charge.He died at in the middle of an early 2005 tour.According to police documents, scene investigators concluded the guitarist's death was the result of an accidental prescription drug overdose.Police discovered a pill bottle of "numerous amounts of prescription medicine" in Ottoson's bunk. Ottoson had been battling severe strep throat with prescribed penicillin, and he was also given an unnamed pain medication. It was also stated that his overdose was purely accidental.Age:27

                                               ALCOCHOL

 John Bohnam:English drummer of Led Zeppelin.On 1980 during a tour at US,Bonham had asked to stop for breakfast, where he downed four quadruple  vodkas.He then continued to drink heavily when he arrived at the studio.After midnight,Bonham had fallen asleep and was taken to bed and placed on his side.They found him dead the next morning.Age:32

Rory Gallagher:Irish blues-rock guitarist.Rory Gallagher sold in excess of 30 million albums worldwide.Gallagher's health and his ability to perform were increasingly compromised by excessive use of alcohol, combined with drugs that had been prescribed to alleviate his anxiety about flying.From the late 1980s, he suffered from increasingly poor health, yet he continued touring.His health quickly worsened and he died in London on 14 June 1995. Gallagher was never married and he had no children.Age:47

Bon Scott:Australian-Scotish singer of AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.On 1980,Scott passed out after a night of heavy drinking in a London club and was left to sleep in a car.The following afternoon,Scott was rushed to Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Although common folklore claims that palmonary aspiration of vomit or drugs were the cause of Scott's death, the official cause was listed as "acute alcohol poisoning" and "death by misadventure."Age:34 

David Byron:Singer of Uriah Heep between 1969 and 1976.He died of alcohol  related complications in 1985. The coroner's report cited epilepsy and fatty liver.

Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack due to an inlarged heart.

Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer because he didn't get a second opinion in the early eighty's.