Running Update: A List of All the Musicians (and Music-Related People) We’ve Lost in the Last Six Months
If it seems like we’ve lost a lot of musical icons lately, we have. Here’s the tally so far:
- Scott Weiland, 48, drug overdose, December 3, 2015
- Lemmy, 70, cancer, December 28, 2015
- Nathalie Cole, 65, congestive heart failure, December 31, 2015
- Robert Stigwood (manager and producer), 81, natural causes, January 4, 2016
- David Bowie, 69, liver cancer, January 10, 2016
- René Angélil (husband and manager to Celine Dion), 73, cancer, January 14, 2016
- Dale Griffin (drummer, Mott the Hoople), 67, Alzheimer’s, January 17, 2016
- Glenn Frey (Eagles), 67, complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, January 18, 2016
- Jimmy Bain (guitarist with Rainbow and Dio, among others), 69, undiagnosed lung cancer, January 24, 2016
- Colin Vearncombe (better known as Black), 53, car crash, January 26, 2016
- Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), 74, complications from a heart attack, January 28, 2016
- Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane), 74, COPD, January 28, 2016
- Maurice White (Earth Wind and Fire), 74, effects of Parkinsons, February 3, 2016
- Dan Hicks, 74, cancer, February 6, 2016
- Vanity (Denise Matthews, Prince protege), 57, kidney failure, February 15, 2016
- Joey Feek, 40, cervical cancer, March 4, 2016
- George Martin (Beatles producer), 90, natural causes, March 8, 2016
- Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), 71, suicide, March 10, 2016
- Frank Sinatra Jr, 72, cardiac arrest, March 16, 2016
- Lee Andrews (Lee Andrews & the Hearts, father of Questlove), 79, natural causes, March 16, 2016
- Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest), 45, complications of diabetes, March 22, 2016
- Merle Haggard, 70, pneumonia, April 6, 2016
- Dennis Davis (one of Bowie’s favourite drummers), 64, cancer, April 6, 2016
- Prince, 57, unknown, April 21, 2016
- Richard Lyons (Negativland), 57, nodular melanoma, April 21, 2016
- Lonnie Mack (blues rock pioneer), 74, natural causes, April 21, 2016
- Papa Wemba (Congolese rumba king), 66, heart attack, April 23, 2016
- Billy Paul (soul singer of “Me and Mrs. Jones), 81, cancer, April 24, 2016
- Phil Kives (founder, K-Tel Records), 87, natural causes, April 27, 2016.
- Tomita (synth pioneer), 84, natural causes, May 5, 2016
- Nick Menza (former Megadeth drummer), 51, heart attack, May 21, 2016.
Check the comments below for more additions to the list.
Add in Gary Shandling, Harper Lee, Ken Howard, Alan Rickman, George Kennedy and Umberto Eco and it’s been a rough year in culture.
