50 Biggest Losses (Early Deaths) in Rock and Soul History (1960-2008)

Sorted by order of death. These people died far too young when (strictly musically speaking) they still had much to give.

Eddie Cochran
Sam Cooke
Joe Meek
Otis Redding
Magic Sam
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
Duane Allman
Danny Whitten
Gram Parsons
Nick Drake
Tim Buckley
Tommy Bolin
Terry Kath
Keith Moon
Chris Bell
Donny Hathaway
Minnie Ripperton
Lowell George
Bon Scott
Ian Curtis
John Bonham
John Lennon
Bob Marley
Randy Rhoads
James Honeyman-Scott
Karen Carpenter
Marvin Gaye
D. Boon
Phil Lynott
Cliff Burton
Roy Buchanan
Roy Orbison
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Freddie Mercury
Mia Zapata
Frank Zappa
Doug Hopkins
Kurt Cobain
Shannon Hoon
Brad Nowell
Eva Cassidy
Jeff Buckley
Mark Sandman
Kirsty MacColl
Aaliyah
Layne Staley
Elliott Smith
"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
Grant McLennan


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