Jeff Buckley: Age 30
(died May 26, 1997).
Swimming in the Mississippi River in Memphis with his clothes on he disappeared after
a boat passed between him and his friend relaxing on the shore.

Johnny Burnette: Age 30
(b. 28 March 1934, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, d. 1 August 1964, Clear Lake, California).
With his recording career in decline, Burnette formed his own label Magic Lamp in 1964.
In August that year, he accidentally fell from his boat during a fishing trip in Clear Lake,
California and drowned.

Randy California: Age 45
Spirit:
(b.  Randy Wolfe, 20 February 1951, Los Angeles, California, d. 2 January 1997).
California is better known for his often lustrous rock guitar work and fine song writing
ability with the west coast band Spirit. Randy drowned after swimming off the Hawaiian
island of Molokai.(Died saving his son from drowning?)

Jimmy Hodder: Age 42
Steely Dan
(died June 15, 1990).
"Hodder drowned but little else is known of his death."

Art Porter: Age 35
Pop-jazz saxophonist Art Porter drowned while in Bangkok on November 23.
He was 35.  Porter had achieved success in recent years with a series of jazz-pop
releases on Verve.

Dennis Wilson: Age 39
(b.4 December 1944, Hawthorne, California, USA, d. 28 December 1983).
The former drummer with the Beach Boys started to develop as a notable songwriter
during the late '60s when his elder brother, Brian, became less prolific. Dennis blossomed
showing a hitherto unseen sensitivity which had always been clouded by his wild nature
and legendary womanizing. Dennis, sadly became a tragic figure, his voice so badly
wracked through drug and alcohol abuse ended as merely a painful croak. During a break
from recording his unreleased BAMBOO in 1983, Wilson drowned after diving from his
yacht in the harbor at Marina Del Ray, California.  As the only Beach Boy to have actually
surfed, special dispensation was given to the Wilson family to bury Dennis at sea.