Rock musician died today surrounded by family. His death was confirmed on the musician’s social media. The musician "passed away suddenly" on Monday, Jan. Wysocki died Saturday night, according to his band, Lydia’s Castle, which posted on Instagram that the drummer Dec 31, 2024 · Two of the '80s and early '90s great vocalists in Great White's Jack Russell and Firehouse's CJ Snare passed away in 2024. “Beyond the world of music and radio, Greg was renowned as Dec 24, 2024 · Punk rock legend Casey Chaos dies aged 59 as tributes flood in for 'tortured soul' Punk rock icon Casey Chaos has died at the age of 59, with the lead singer of the band Amen's passing confirmed Jan 12, 2025 · Less than two weeks into the new year, and the music world is already reeling after losing four legendary performers. Jun 25, 2024 · Seth Binzer, the lead singer of the 2000s-era rock-rap band Crazy Town, has died. A new music champion, Nightingale joined Radio 1 in 1970 and was the only female presenter for over a decade. He was 63. Jan 11, 2023 · Jeff Beck, the rock guitarist often regarded among the greatest of all time, has died, according to a statement posted to his official social media accounts. A source close to Crosby confirmed the musician’s Family, friends, and fans are grieving the loss of Owen Leahy, a member of the popular emo band This is Pointless, who has died at age 28. Dec 5, 2023 · Denny Laine, the British star musician who co-founded the iconic rock bands The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, has died. Osibisa began performing in 1969 and is still active today. The London-born singer led the band throughout their 55-year history, co This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2023. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. Mark Gerald Hesselink, a Toronto filmmaker, photographer and music video director and producer, died on Aug. 4 days ago · 2025-04-16 Nora Aunor [Nora Cabaltera Villamayor], Filipina actress (And God Smiled at Me, Thy Womb), dies of acute respiratory failure at 71; 2025-04-16 Roger McLachlan, New Zealand rock bassist (Little River Band, 1975-76; Stars), dies of pancreatic cancer at 71 Jul 11, 2024 · Dave Loggins, the Grammy nominated Hall of Fame singer/songwriter best known for his 1974 hit, “Please Come To Boston,” died on July 10th at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee. She became the station's longest serving broadcaster and held the Guinness World Record for the longest career as a female radio presenter. Laine died Tuesday morning in Naples, Florida, at NCH Baker Hospital Dec 27, 2024 · The world of music had a rough start when on Jan. Born in Jarrow, north-east England, he was best known for the epic ballad Music, which reached number three in the UK Jan 21, 2025 · Hudson, the Band's virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to many rock standards, has died at age 87. Known as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Turner’s mega-hits Mar 18, 2025 · An iconic rock and roll musician who sang such hits as “Get Together,” “Ride the Wind,” and “Sunlight” has died at 83. Nov 26, 2023 · Kevin “Geordie” Walker, best known as guitarist of the English rock band Killing Joke, has died. 10, due to Jul 3, 2024 · Jerry Lee Lewis passed away on October 28, 2022. Famed for her iconic voice, style and beehive hairstyle, she scored huge hits with The Ronettes including 'Be My Baby', 'Baby I Love You', and 'Walking In The Rain' and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. The Grammy-winning guitarist died peacefully on Tuesday, surrounded by family Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died. Jan 21, 2025 · A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound. This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2020. Jesse Colin Young passed away on Monday, his publicist, Michael Feb 23, 2025 · Australian musician Jacques De Jongh has died, following a battle with ill health. FILE - Guitarist Jeff Beck performs in concert at Madison Square Garden on Feb. Jan 13, 2025 · Owen Leahy, best known as a member of the Massachusetted-based emo rock band This Is Pointless, has passed away at the age of 28. This somber list meticulously compiled by pop culture enthusiasts pays tribute to those singers and bands whose voices were forever silenced by aviation tragedies. 21 Oct 27, 2013 · Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today on Long Island. By . As written in The Guardian obituary, Jerry Lee Lewis “achieved dazzling early success as a defining hero of rock’n’roll, when he muscled in among Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry, creating rock’n’roll piano from honky-tonk and hymn, as if doing so were as natural as breathing, and commandeering rhythm and blues Dec 6, 2021 · Rock musician John Miles has died at the age of 72, his family have confirmed. He was 78. His health had apparently been in decline over the previous year. Hudson Dec 24, 2024 · 90s rock star Casey Chaos, best known as the lead singer of Amen, has died aged 59. The British guitarist died after a bout with cancer, according to a statement May 8, 2024 · Steve Albini, the musician and well-regarded recording engineer behind work from Nirvana, the Pixies, The Breeders, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant among hundreds of others, died May 7. Wysocki’s death was confirmed over the weekend on May 18 in social media post shared by his band Lydia’s Apr 22, 2025 · Tim Mohr, Who Chronicled the East German Punk Scene and Co-Wrote Rock Memoirs, Dies at 55 Mohr, who authored Burning Down the Haus , was also a prominent editor and translator By Madison Bloom Jan 29, 2023 · Tom Verlaine, founding member of the band Television, died after a "brief illness" at age 73. May 13, 2024 · Legendary saxophonist David Sanborn, winner of six Grammy Awards himself who toured with some of rock's giants, died on Sunday. Garth Hudson in 1969. 10, 2023, after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis Dec 30, 2022 · Ronnie Spector . In July The band said funeral plans were pending. “Bob passed at home today at 12:48 p. Nov 4, 2024 · Died 1970, age 27. During his six-decade career, he released more than 30 albums and worked with Frank Sinatra, the Black Eyed Peas, Herb Alpert, John Legend and Jul 9, 2024 · Actor and singer Jim Nabors died on November 30 at the age of 87. Tributes to Verlaine poured in across social media from fans and fellow musicians, including Patti Smith. Rock legend blasts major music Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Feb 10, 2025 · Peter Forrest, better known as former frontman P. 2, 1937, music was a part of his life from the very beginning. Nabors's best known role was that of the lovable, bumbling Gomer Pyle on the sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U. 10 — and singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, who suffered cardiac arrest and died on Jan. Singer with blues rock band Savoy Brown (1967 to 1970) Read 3 days ago · Dave Shapiro, Sound Talent Group's co-founder and a heavy rock music agent, died in a San Diego plane crash on Thursday morning at age 42. She was 83. List of celebrity pop singers and famous musicians born on this day in rock history birthdays. Variety reported that she died from a lung disease. Dickey Betts, the iconic guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, passed away on April 18. D. The Canadian musician was 87 years old. Legendary Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison was, until his untimely death in 2021, one of the leading drummers in heavy metal. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Getty Images. He was 75. The obituary says that Leahy was Jul 23, 2024 · John Mayall, the British blues-rocker whose bands included top musicians, died at 90, months from his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band also confirmed the Apr 8, 2025 · Al Barile, guitarist for the Boston hardcore band SSD (formerly SS Decontrol), has died. “Today, we say goodbye to Garth ‘Honey Boy’ Hudson, the last living original member This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2024. Mar 17, 2024 · Steve Harley, the frontman of British rock band Cockney Rebel, has died at the age of 73. He was 53. He was 81 years old. Jul 22, 2024 · Miller was lead guitarist for Moby Grape, a band he formed alongside drummer Don Stevenson, bassist Bob Mosely and guitarists Peter Lewis and Skip Spence in 1966 in San Francisco. The singer’s family announced his death via posts on social media, saying he passed away Aug 9, 2023 · Guitarist-songwriter-singer Robbie Robertson, who led the Canadian-American group the Band to rock prominence in the 1970s and worked extensively with Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, has died. 6 Jan 23, 2025 · Peter Forrest, better known as former frontman P. 6, according to an online obituary , a GoFundMe launched to help his family with May 1, 2024 · Eddy went Top 40 15 times on Billboard’s Hot 100 and sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The band Jan 21, 2025 · Outside of The Band, Hudson performed as a solo artist and with notables like Elton John, Neko Case, Teddy Thompson, and his own 12-piece band The Best! with his wife Maud Hudson, who died in 2022. May 24, 1958 — Sept 21, 2021 * richard h. The son of musicians, Hudson was born in Windsor, Ontario in 1937 and received formal training at an early age. 21, 1956 — Sept. 16, 2024, 5:35 a. 'The first rock 'n' roll guitar god' Released in 1958, his debut album, “Have ‘Twangy Aug 9, 2023 · Robbie Robertson, a Canadian musician and songwriter who made his mark in the late 1960s and early '70s as the leader of the influential rock group The Band, died Wednesday after a long illness. Dec 5, 2023 · Rock singer-songwriter Denny Laine, best known as co-founder of the groups The Moody Blues and Wings, died Tuesday. The cause of his death has not yet been released, but Reed Jan 5, 2024 · Jul 19 Toumani Diabaté, Malian traditional musician, world music and flamenco kora (21-string lute/harp mash-up) player, dies of kidney failure at 58 ; Jul 20 Jerry Miller, American songwriter and rock guitarist (Moby Grape), dies at 81; Jul 21 Joji Yuasa, Japanese contemporary classical composer, and music professor, dies of pneumonia at 94 2 days ago · Rock and roll birthdays today. "Thank you to everyone who has supported and Jan 12, 2023 · Jeff Beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, has died at the age of 78. 22, at age 80. The band co-founder and reality star, better known by his stage name Shifty Shellshock, died Monday at This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2018. 12, at age 58. Guitarist Jeff Beck has Jun 25, 2024 · He recently died at the age of 49 though no cause of death was revealed. After the musician, a member of the emo band The Pointless, “passed away suddenly” at the age of 28 on Monday, Jan. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age. Although chastised by many critics as slick and superficial, the Eagles released two of the most Jul 23, 2024 · John Mayall, the influential British blues-rock musician whose bands included Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Jack Bruce, died at age 90. He was 86. Leahy died on Monday, January 6, and reports indicate that the Nov 10, 2024 · The biggest name to pass in early 2024 was Dickey Betts, the legendary guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with the Allman Brothers Band. Jan 19, 2023 · David Crosby, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist who helped shape the sound of Sixties rock and beyond, died Wednesday night at the age of 81. Here he is seen at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Jan 21, 2025 · Following the Band’s celebrated, star-studded farewell show, “The Last Waltz,” in San Francisco on Thanksgiving 1976, the act called it quits in the studio with “Islands” (1977); the Dec 18, 2023 · Since then, we’ve also lost rock guitar legend Jeff Beck — who died at age 78 on Jan. Shapiro had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner of 2 days ago · A rock band drummer and the co-founder of a music talent agency have been identified as two of the victims in a deadly plane crash in San Diego. He was 90 years old. He joined the band as a replacement for fellow guitar legend Eric Clapton in 1965. Sadly, MC5 star Wayne Kramer passed away before the band’s long-overdue Rock Hall induction. 15, 2024, 1:09 p. C. He died at his home in Salisbury, England, his family and his record label, Conquest Music, said in a statement on his May 8, 2024 · Steve Albini, renowned for decades as a distinctive musician and recording engineer, died Tuesday night of a heart attack. Feb 22, 2022 · Gary Brooker, the frontman of 1960s rock band Procol Harum, has died at the age of 76, his record label has confirmed. m. Dec 24, 2024 · As 2024 ends, we honor the remarkable contributions made by the gifted musicians who have passed away this year. He was performing on stage and writing before he was even a teenager, although by his early 20s he had soured on classical music and was playing in a rock band, the Jan 25, 2025 · Peter Forrest, better known as former frontman P. He was 76 Jul 22, 2024 · Miller was lead guitarist for Moby Grape, a band he formed alongside drummer Don Stevenson, bassist Bob Mosely and guitarists Peter Lewis and Skip Spence in 1966 in San Francisco. Mar 17 Aurelio [Martínez], Honduran folk-rock and Garifuna music singer-songwriter, and politician, dies in a plane crash at 55 ; Mar 19 Eddie Adcock, American bluegrass banjo player (Country Gentlemen; Eddie & Martha), dies at 86; Mar 21 Larry Tamblyn, American rock guitarist (The Standells - "Dirty Water"), dies at 82 Dec 20, 2024 · Bob “Slim” Dunlap, a guitarist best known for his work with rock band The Replacements, has died. and to everyone impacted by today's tragedy Music artists and legends who died today or recently died yesterday this year. Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, died Tuesday, Jan. Etching his name in the annals of rock history, Jimi Hendrix transcended the genre with his groundbreaking guitar playing. He was 65. Six people, including Shapiro and Williams 1 day ago · Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash. 2025 has seen the loss of a number of key figures in both rock 'n' roll, and the greater Jun 8, 2012 · Roger Waters, legendary musician and founding member of progressive rock band Pink Floyd, died today after a two-year battle with a rare form of AIDS most commonly found in dogs. He was 64. | Published: Aug. Legendary producer Steve Albini died, and so did a trio of musicians who Aug 16, 2024 · Jack Russell, the iconic frontman of Los Angeles hard-rock band Great White, died on Thursday at age 63. He was 87. He was 78 years old. 18, 2010 in New York. Jordison’s brutal, powerful playing style was a major feature of Slipknot’s meteoric rise from nu-metal upstarts to bona fide rock royalty around the turn of the century. 1976 Alessandro Cortini, Italian rock musician (Nine Inch Nails, 2005-08 & 2018-present), born in Bologna, Italy; 1980 Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong-Australian actress (Fly Me To Polaris) and cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong; 1985 Yasushi Gonjo, Japanese jazz double bassist (Gingerbread Boys), born in Yamaguchi, Japan Dec 17, 2024 · Juan Rodriguez, a groundbreaking Montreal rock music critic for The Gazette and the Montreal Star, died on Aug. “On behalf of his family 2010 Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic lyric soprano, 1942-83, dies at 85; 2010 Paul Gray, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), dies of a drug overdose at 38; 2010 Petr Muk, Czech new-wave and pop musician, and singer-songwriter (Oceán; Shalom), dies from mixing alcohol and prescription medications at 45 Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist who was the last surviving member of the Band, has died. the singer and founding member for the rock band Osibisa, has died. The musician died at home on Monday (June 24), and the cause of Jul 24, 2024 · John Mayall, a pioneering Blues musician who was recently announced as a 2024 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died. The bass guitarist who worked on classic hit songs, Herbie Flowers, unfortunately passed away on Thursday, September 5 2024, his May 21, 2024 · The founding drummer of rock band Staind, Jon Wysocki, has died at age 56. Music channel Noise11 broke the news on Sunday, with no cause of death given. Rafferty’s Facebook page, which is now run by his daughter, posted about Egan’s death. He was 61. Steve Harley, the frontman of British rock band Cockney Rebel, has died at the age of 73. De Jongh rose to fame in the glam rock band, Hush, in the 1970s, where he played rhythm and bass guitar alongside vocalist, Keith Lamb. We played Find out which famous and noteworthy musicians died on any day in any month in music history via our calendar of famous deaths in music. S. Aug 15, 2024 · Jack Russell, one of the founding members of Eighties band Great White, has died. Laine died Tuesday morning in Naples, Florida, at NCH Baker Hospital May 20, 2024 · Jon Wysocki, a drummer and founding member of the rock band Staind, has died. Dave Shapiro, a music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, and drummer Daniel Williams were among those killed in a San Diego plane crash. In a social media post Thursday, Russell’s family announced that the glam metal singer died Mar 17, 2024 · The rock star, whose song Make Me Smile was a number one in 1975, was being treated for cancer. He was 66. The Band’s songwriter and guitarist May 22, 2024 · One of the founding members of Train, the 90s pop-rock band behind hits like “Drops of Jupiter” and “Hey, Soul Sister,” has died after slipping in the shower, his mother said. “Hi Everyone, I wanted to let you know that Al Barile […] Jan 19, 2025 · Rock music has seen its share of tragedy so far in 2025. “Today, we say goodbye to Garth ‘Honey Boy’ Hudson, the last living original member Aug 15, 2024 · Rock star behind iconic ’80s hits has died, managers say. His death was confirmed by the founder of Cleopatra Records Brian Perera on Instagram . Waters, who was on the road for his “This Is Not a Drill” tour, was believed to be in good health in recent months, and his death was a Oct 20 Ronnie Van Zant, American rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29 Oct 20 Steve Gaines, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 28 Oct 21 Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (Esintiler - Inspirations; The Ears of Midas), and conductor (Turkish State Opera and Ballet Orchestra, 1959 Jun 28, 2024 · Joey Jordison. M. The hardcore and straight-edge legend passed away Sunday morning at the age of 63 following a battle with cancer, his wife Nancy Barile announced in a heartbreaking social media post. Jul 28, 2024 · Martin P hillipps, best known as guitarist and lead singer of New Zealand rock band The Chills, has died. 1 of 12 | . The singer succumbed after battling multiple system atrophy Aug 16, 2024 · Jack Russell, the raw silken co-founding lead vocalist of the glam metal band, Great White, died on Thursday at the age of 63. His death was announced in an online obituary posted by Cota Funeral Home. Phillipps died at his home in Dunedin, New Zealand, on Sunday, The Chills Aug 9, 2023 · Robbie Robertson, the driving force behind the pioneering rock ’n’ roll group the Band, died on Wednesday. Electronic musician and founding member of Cabaret Voltaire. Souther, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame who authored some of the Eagles' biggest hits, has died. Jed the Fish, Influential Los Angeles Mar 4, 2025 · Joey Molland, the last surviving member of the 1970s Welsh rock band Badfinger, has died. He was 49. The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1970s. 3, at age 76. kirk. Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson on hit 1970s buddy-cop TV series Starsky and Hutch — died Jan 11, 2023 · Beck, one of rock's legendary guitarists, first burst onto the scene as a member of the British band the Yardbirds. His best known song was Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) which went to number one in the charts in 1975 Jul 9, 2024 · Egan co-founded the band along with Gerry Rafferty, who died in 2011. Ramey died by suicide Monday after a “long and painful battle with addiction,” his sister-in-law Jamie Varner wrote on GoFundMe. The musician, best known for hits like “All Star” and “I’m a May 20, 2024 · Jon Wysocki, a drummer and founding member of the rock band Staind, has died. Trailblazing radio DJ and TV presenter Annie Nightingale died aged 83 on 11th January 2024 following a short illness. Laine died "peacefully" Tuesday morning at his home Little River Band Co-Founder Dies at Age 71. Dec 30, 2022 · Ronnie Spector . Oct 21, 2024 · Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s first lead singer, died Monday. Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Jan 13, 2025 · Jackie Farry, who hosted an MTV show and rubbed shoulders with some legendary rock acts, has died. Jan 11, 2023 · Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died on Tuesday in a hospital near his home at Riverhall, a rural estate in southern England. Paul Davie, Molland's longtime friend and social media manager, told Fox News Digital that the Jun 25, 2024 · Shifty Shellshock, the frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town, has died at 49, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. He was 79. Related: Robbie Robertson, leader of The Band and film composer, dies at 80 Born Eric Garth Hudson in Windsor, Ontario on Aug. Jan 21, 2025 · John Sykes, best known for his work with popular rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died at the age of 65. Aug 16, 2024 · Glam rocker Jack Russell, who fronted 1980s metal group Great White, died Thursday surrounded by family and friends at the age of 63. 12 at age 54. The British musician rose to fame as part of the Yardbirds, where he replaced Eric Clapton, before Sep 18, 2024 · Rock music singer, hitmaker and actor dead at 78 Published: Sep. He Jan 12, 2023 · The legendary guitarist, who ranked fifth on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” is credited with influencing a generation of musicians and is known for blending all types Oct 22, 2024 · The music world was rocked Monday by the news that Paul Di’Anno, a founding member and former frontman for the legendary band Iron Maiden, has died. News of the musician's death arrived on April 18. His former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed his death This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2025. Iron Maiden shared the news via an This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2021. Menu. He was 77. The band is known for the platinum-selling albums "Once Bitten" in 1987 and "…Twice Shy" in 1989, and the singles "Rock Me Apr 18, 2024 · The Allman Brothers performed a singular amalgam of rock, blues, jazz and country marked by the pioneering, twin lead guitar playing of Dickey Betts and Duane Allman, best heard on the band's Aug 26, 2024 · The world of music has witnessed the tragic loss of many gifted artists who left us too soon, and among the most poignant are musicians who died in plane crashes. No cause of death was given. Mar 12, 2024 · Eric Carmen, who became an icon of early ’70s power pop as the frontman of the Raspberries before achieving solo success with hits like “All By Myself” and “Hungry Eyes,” has died at age Jan 2, 2025 · Annie Nightingale . His death was confirmed by his longtime manager, Jared Levine. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to Sep 4, 2023 · Steve Harwell, who co-founded the band Smash Mouth in 1994, has died at the age of 56, band manager Robert Hayes confirmed. Mar 4, 2024 · Blackberry Smoke confirmed its drummer, Brit Turner, has died at age 57 following a 2022 brain cancer diagnosis in an Instagram post shared Sunday. He was 42. The "Greg Kihn Band" frontman's death on Tuesday comes after a tragic battle with Jul 28, 2023 · Randy Meisner, who was a co-founding member of legendary rock band the Eagles and served as a bassist and vocalist, has died, according to an announcement on the band’s official site. May 25, 2023 · Legendary singer Tina Turner has died after a “long illness,” her family said in a statement on Wednesday. J. Harry Gordon Forbes, a Canadian screen composer and musician, died on Aug. Staff at his Chicago recording studio, Electrical Audio, confirmed news Jan 13, 2025 · Friends and fans of Massachusetts-based rock musician Owen Leahy are coming together to show their support for his family after his death. He ‘Golden age of rock’ guitarist Herbie Flowers dies at 86. Updated: Aug. This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2022. Mar. Sykes passed away after battling cancer, according to a post shared on his verified social media accounts. Walker died of a stroke Sunday morning, the band revealed in an Instagram post that Hudson’s wife, the singer “Sister” Maud Hudson, died in 2022. Aug 16, 2024 · Los Angeles-based band Great White rose to notoriety in the late 1980s. Evolving from country rock to hard rock, the Eagles turned out a run of hit singles and albums over the next decade, starting with “Take It Easy” and continuing with “Desperado,” “Hotel California” and “Life In the Fast Lane” among others. 18, 2024, 5:00 a. Musician John Sykes, the guitarist for Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and more, has died. Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson on hit 1970s buddy-cop TV series Starsky and Hutch — died Aug 15, 2024 · Rock singer Greg Kihn, known for beloved hits like "Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song," has died. The latest to go was iconic soul singer Sam Moore, who died on Jan. Jan 13, 2025 · Owen Leahy, a member of the emo rock band This Is Pointless, has died at the age of 28. Skip to Article. Jan 22, 2025 · Peter Forrest, better known as former frontman P. Wysocki’s death was confirmed over the weekend on May 18 in social media post shared by his band Lydia Apr 22, 2025 · Tim Mohr, Who Chronicled the East German Punk Scene and Co-Wrote Rock Memoirs, Dies at 55 Mohr, who authored Burning Down the Haus , was also a prominent editor and translator By Madison Bloom Jan 29, 2023 · Tom Verlaine, founding member of the band Television, died after a "brief illness" at age 73. Martin Kielty. 4, David Soul — who played the blond, blue-eyed Det. He was 53. She was 58. Find musicians . Jul 24, 2024 · John Mayall, the musician and bandleader often referred to as the godfather of the British blues — and whose long-running group the Bluesbreakers incubated some of rock music’s biggest talents Jan 12, 2023 · Jeff Beck, one the most acclaimed guitarists in rock and roll history, died Tuesday after contracting bacterial meningitis, according to his family. Former Ronettes singer Ronnie Spector, known as the 'bad girl of rock'n'roll', died aged 78 on 12th January 2022. Joe Pass was 65 years 4 months 10 Sep 6, 2024 · Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes has died at age 83. 4 days ago · Adam Ramey of the rap-metal band Dropout Kings has died at age 31, leaving behind his wife and 18-month-old son, according to reports. “Today, we say goodbye to Garth ‘Honey Boy’ Hudson, the last living original member Jan 21, 2025 · Garth Hudson, the last surviving founding member of the beloved roots-rock ensemble The Band, has died. . He was 80. Dec 27, 2024 · The world of music had a rough start when on Jan. Fluid for rock band 24-7 Spyz, has died. May 1, 2024 · Duane Eddy, the most commercially successful instrumental artist in the history of rock 'n' roll, has died. Aug 15, 2024 · Rock singer Greg Kihn, known for beloved hits like "Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song," has died. She will be Jul 24, 2024 · Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, died Monday, July 22, 2024, at his Dec 31, 2021 · Singer and guitarist for British post-punk band Delta 5. ‘70s member reunited with former bandmates for Rock Hall induction in 2022. A visionary and pioneer, he redefined the electric guitar sound, unleashing a torrent of sonic experimentation that left many in awe. The rap-rock band released their first album, “The Gift of Jan 23, 2025 · A gallery of musicians, artists and other key figures in entertainment who passed away in 2025. gydwsjscfiepdollbhnmjqrqyahxbhycaumpvqltjrsurvjq