Average Age at Death of Included Rock Stars (1) 36.9 Years Average Age at Death of Americans (2) 75.8 Years

(1) Computed from the included list.

NOTE: This is EVERY death of a Rock star we've found. This is NOT a "RIGGED" list to produce FALSE numbers, but an HONEST observation.

(2) From "The World Almanac and Book of Facts", 1997, p.973



SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH Heart Attack 42 Drug Overdose 40 Misc. Medical 37 Suicide 36 Auto/Cycle Crash 35 Cancer 25 Airplane Crash 22 Unknown 21 Murdered 18 Alcohol 9 Accident 6 Drowned 5 Brain Tumor 4 AIDS 4 Poisoned 3 Leukemia 3 Electrocuted 3 Stroke 3 Fire 3 Choked 2 Total Deaths 321

Premature Death of Rock Stars

FIRST NAME LAST NAME BAND DATE (YY/MM/DD) AGE CAUSE Johnny Ace 54-12-24 25 Suicide Nick Acland Lush 96-10-17 30 Suicide Carl Albert Vicious Rumours 95-04-23 Car accident Thomas Allen War 88-08-30 GG Allin 93-06-28 36 Drug overdose Luther Allison 97-08-12 58 Brain tumor Duane Allman Allman Brothers Band 71-10-29 24 Motorcycle accident Matthew Ashman Bow Wow Wow 95-11-21 35 Diabetes Chet Baker 88-05-13 58 Fell out window Florence Ballard Supremes 76-02-22 32 Medical Ray Barbieri(Raybeez) Warzone 97-08-11 Pneumonia Carlton Barrett Wailers 87-04-17 37 Murdered Stiv Bators Dead Boys 90-06-03 40 Hit by a Car Paul Beaver Beaver and Krause 75-01-16 50 Heart attack Chris Bell Big Star 78-12-27 27 Car accident Jesse Belvin Jesse & Marvin 60-02-06 26 Car Accident Duster Bennett 76-03-26 29 Car accident Bert Berns (producer) 67-12-30 38 Heart attack Alan Blakley Tremeloes 95-..-.. Bobby Bloom 74-02-28 28 Suicide Mike Bloomfield 81-02-15 37 Drug overdose Marc Bolan T-Rex 77-09-16 30 Car accident Tommy Bolin Deep Purple 76-12-04 25 Drug overdose Graham Bond 74-05-08 36 Suicide Ronnie Bond Troggs 92-12-.. 49 John Bonham Led Zeppelin 80-09-25 32 Alcohol overdose Dennes Boon Minutemen 85-12-22 27 Car Accident David Box Crickets 64-10-23 21 Airplane Crash Lee Brilleaux Dr. Feelgood 95-04-07 41 Medical Jo (Jonas) Bruce Afro Celt Sound System 97-10-08 28 Asthma Roy Buchanan 88-08-14 48 Suicide Jeff Buckley 97-05-29 30 Drowned Tim Buckley 75-06-29 28 Drug overdose Johnny Burnette 64-..-.. 30 Drowned Cliff Burton Metallica 87-09-27 25 Traffic accident Paul Butterfield Butterfield Blues Band 87-05-04 44 Medical Glenn Buxton Alice Cooper 97-10-19 49 Pneumonia David Byron Uriah Heep 85-02-28 38 Heart attack Ronnie Caldwell Bar-Kays 67-12-10 19 Airplane crash Tommy Caldwell Marshall Tucker Band 80-04-28 30 Car accident Randy California Spirit 97-01-02 45 Drowned Robert Calvert Hawkwind 88-08-14 42 Heart attack John Campbell 93-06-.. 41 Heart attack Karen Carpenter Carpenters 83-02-04 33 Anorexia Eric Carr Kiss 91-11-24 41 Cancer Chas Chandler Animals 96-07-17 58 Heart attack Harry Chapin 81-07-16 38 Car accident Bill Chase Chase 74-08-12 39 Airplane crash Miss Christine GTO's 72-11-05 Drug overdose John Cipollina Quicksilver Messenger Service 89-05-29 45 Medical Gene Clark Byrds 91-05-24 49 Heart attack Steve Clark Def Leppard 91-01-08 30 Alcohol Walter Clark Chase 74-08-12 25 Airplane crash Michael Clarke Byrds 93-12-02 50 Medical Kurt Cobain Nirvana 94-04-05 27 Suicide Eddie Cochran 60-04-17 21 Car accident Brian Cole Association 72-08-02 28 Drug overdose Nat 'King' Cole 65-02-15 48 Cancer Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd 90-01-23 37 Pneumonia Rob Collins Charlatans 96-07-23 32 Car accident Brian Connolly Sweet 97-02-09 52 Heart attack Sam Cooke 64-12-11 33 Murdered Vincent Crane Atomic Rooster 89-02-01 44 Suicide Darby Crash Germs 80-12-07 22 Suicide Jim Croce 73-09-20 30 Airplane crash Carl Cunningham Bar-Kays 67-12-10 18 Airplane crash Ian Curtis Joy Division 80-05-18 23 Suicide King Curtis 71-08-13 37 Murdered Dalida 87-05-03 53 Suicide Bobby Darin 73-12-20 37 Heart attack Cyril Davies Blues Incorporated 64-01-07 31 Leukemia Pete De Freitas Echo & the Bunnymen 89-06-14 Motorcycle accident Louise Dean Shiva 95-07-08 24 Car accident Zenon DeFleur Count Bishops 79-03-17 28 Car accident Sandy Denny Fairport Convention 78-04-21 31 Fall John Denver 97-10-12 53 Airplane crash $nbsp; Dimwit DOA 94-08-27 Drug Overdose Nicholas Dingley Hanoi Rocks 84-12-08 24 Car accident Tom Donahue 75-04-28 46 Heart attack Nick Drake 74-11-25 26 Suicide Tony Duhig Jade Warrior 91-01-.. Heart attack Bernard Edwards Chic 96-04-.. 43 Cass Elliot Mamas and Papas 74-07-29 32 Choked John Emma Chase 74-08-12 22 Airplane crash Tom Evans Badfinger 83-11-18 36 Suicide (Hans Holzl) Falco 98-02-06 40 Car accident Pete Farndon Pretenders 83-04-14 30 Drug overdose Jimmy Fernandez God Machine 94-05-12 29 Medical Matthew Fletcher Heavenly 96-06-14 26 Suicide Tom Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival 90-09-22 49 Heart attack Rhett Forrester Riot 94-01-22 37 Murdered Melvin Franklin Temptations 95-02-23 52 Medical Bobby Fuller Bobby Fuller 4 66-07-18 22 Murdered Billy Fury 83-01-28 41 Heart attack Cassie Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd 77-10-20 Airplane crash Steven Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd 77-10-20 28 Airplane crash Rory Gallagher 95-06-14 47 Alcohol Eric Gale Stuff 94-05-25 55 Rick Garberson Bizarros 79-07-15 Poisoning Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead 95-08-09 53 Heart attack Danny Gatton (session musician) 94-10-04 49 Suicide Marvin Gaye 84-04-01 45 Murdered Lowell George Little Feet 79-06-29 34 Heart attack Andy Gibb 88-03-10 30 Medical Ray Gillen Black Sabbath, Badlands 93-12-01 33 Cancer Steve Gilpin MI-sex 92-11-25 41 Car accident John Glascock Jethro Tull 79-11-17 28 Medical Keith Godchaux Grateful Dead 80-07-23 32 Car accident Dwayne Goettel Skinny Puppy 95-08-23 31 Drug overdose Steve Goodman 84-09-20 36 Leukemia Bill Graham (concert promotor) 91-11-25 60 Helicopter crash Ric Grech Family, Blind Faith 90-03-17 44 Drug overdose Albert Grossman 86-01-25 59 Heart attack Cornell Gunter Coasters 90-02-26 53 Woody Guthrie 67-10-03 55 Medical Paul Hackman Helix 92-07-05 39 Car accident (tour bus) Bill Haley 81-02-09 56 Alcohol Ollie Hallsall Patto, Timebox, Boxer 93-..-.. 43 Heart attack Pete Ham Badfinger 75-04-23 28 Suicide Roy Hamilton 69-07-20 40 Heart Attack Tim Hardin 80-12-29 39 Drug overdose Slim Harpo 70-01-31 43 Heart Attack Alex Harvey Sensational Alex Harvey Band 82-02-04 46 Heart attack Les Harvey Stone The Crows 72-05-03 27 Electrocuted Donny Hathway 79-01-13 33 Suicide Ted Hawkins 95-01-01 58 Heart attack Sean Hayes 95-07-12 49 Aids Eddie Hazel Parliament, Funkadelic 93-02-.. 42 Medical Helno Les Negresses Vertes 93-01-21 29 Drug overdose Jimi Hendrix 70-09-18 27 Drug overdose Jay Hening Demolition 23 97-04-18 23 Suicide Gregory Herbert Blood, Sweat & Tears 78-..-.. 28 Drug overdose Eddie Hinton 95-07-28 51 Bob Hite Canned Heat 81-04-05 36 Heart attack Eldon Hoke (El Duce) the Mentors 97-04-19 38 Hit by Train Buddy Holly 59-02-03 22 Airplane crash James Honeyman-Scott Pretenders 82-06-16 25 Drug overdose Shannon Hoon Blind Melon 95-10-21 28 Drug overdose Douglas Hopkins Gin Blossoms 93-12-05 32 Nicky Hopkins (session musician) 94-09-06 50 Medical Keith Hudson 84-11-14 38 Cancer Glenn Hughes Village People 2001-03-04 51 Cancer Alan Hull Lindisfarne 95-11-19 50 Michael Hutchence INXS 97-11-22 37 Suicide Phyllis Hyman 95-07-03 44 Suicide O'Kelly Isley Isley Brothers 86-03-31 48 Heart attack Al Jackson Booker T. and the MGs 75-10-01 39 Murdered Paul Avron Jeffreys Cockney Rebel 88-12-21 36 Airplane crash Ken Jensen D.O.A. 95-01-29 Fire Little Willie John 68-05-27 30 Pneumonia(in prison) Robert Johnson 38-08-16 27 Poisoned Billy Jones Outlaws 95-02-.. 45 Suicide Brian Jones Rolling Stones 69-07-03 27 Drowned Phalin Jones Bar-Kays 67-12-10 18 Airplane crash Janis Joplin 70-10-04 27 Drug overdose Wong Ka Kui Beyond 93-06-30 31 Accident Terry Kath Chicago 78-01-23 32 Gun accident Tim Kelly Slaughter 98-02-05 34 Car accident Wells Kelly Orleans, Meat Loaf 84-10-29 35 Choked Eddie Kendricks Temptations 92-09-.. 52 Cancer Frankie Kennedy Altan 94-10-14 38 Cancer Johnny Kidd 66-11-07 27 Car accident Freddie King 76-12-28 43 Heart attack Jimmy King Bar-Kays 67-12-10 18 Airplane crash Phil King Blue Oyster Cult 72-04-27 Sam Kinison 92-04-10 38 Car accident Helmut Koellen Triumvirat 77-05-03 27 Poisoning (accidential) Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated 84-01-01 56 Cancer Paul Kossoff Free 76-03-19 26 Heart Attack Fela Kuti 97-08-02 58 Aids Randy Laire Heathen 92-01-.. Car accident Martin Lamble Fairport Convention 69-06-01 19 Car accident Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane Small Faces 97-06-04 51 Multiple Sclerosis Nicolette Larson 97-12-16 45 Medical Peter Laughner Pere Ubu 77-06-22 24 Medical John Lennon Beatles 80-12-08 40 Murdered Philip Lithman Snakefinger 87-07-.. 38 Heart attack Trevor Lucas Fairport Convention 89-02-04 45 Heart attack Frankie Lymon The Teenagers 68-02-28 25 Drug overdose Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy 86-01-04 35 Drug Abuse Billy MacKenzie Associates 97-01-23 39 Suicide David Mankaba Bhundu Boys 91-10-.. Aids Geoff Mann Twelfth Night 93-03-.. Cancer Richard Manual The Band 86-03-04 42 Suicide Bob Marley 81-05-11 36 Cancer Steve Marriott Small Faces, Humble Pie 90-04-20 43 Fire Van McCoy 79-07-06 38 Heart attack Jimmy McCulloch Wings 79-09-27 27 Heart attack Sean McDonnell Surgery 95-01-18 29 Medical Robbie McIntosh Average White Band 74-09-23 23 Drug overdose Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan Grateful Dead 73-03-08 27 Alcohol Harold McNair Ginger Baker's Airforce 71-03-26 Cancer Clyde McPhatter Drifters 72-16-13 38 Medical Don McPherson Main Ingredient 71-04-04 39 Leukemia Joe Meek (producer) 67-02-03 38 Suicide Harold Melvin Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes 97-03-24 57 Jonathan Melvoin Smashing Pumpkins 96-07-11 34 Drug overdose Freddie Mercury Queen 91-11-24 45 Aids Jacob Miller Inner Circle 80-02-21 23 Jimmy Miller (producer) 94-10-22 52 Medical Country' Dick Montana Beat Farmers 95-11-.. 40 Heart attack Keith Moon Who 78-09-07 32 Drug overdose Jim Morrison Doors 71-07-03 27 Heart attack Sterling Morrison Velvet Underground 95-08-30 53 Cancer Bill Murcia New York Dolls 72-11-06 21 Drug overdose Dee Murray Elton John 92-02-.. 45 Stroke Brent Mydland Grateful Dead 90-07-01 38 Drug overdose Don Myrick Earth, Wind & Fire 93-07-30 53 Murdered Rick Nelson 85-12-31 45 Airplane crash (Christa Paffgen) Nico Velvet Underground 88-07-18 44 Cerebral Hemorrhage Harry Nilsson 94-01-15 52 Heart attack Jerry Nolan New York Dolls, Heartbreakers 92-02-.. 45 Stroke Yogi Norton Luther Vandross 87-06-.. Suicide Notorious BIG 97-03-09 24 Murdered Bradley Nowell Sublime 96-05-25 28 Drug overdose Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 97-08-16 48 Heart attack Laura Nyro 97-04-08 49 Cancer Berry Oakley Allman Brothers Band 72-11-10 24 Motorcycle accident Phil Ochs 76-04-07 35 Suicide Frank O'Keefe Outlaws 95-02-.. Criss Oliva Savatage 93-10-17 Car accident Roy Orbison 88-12-07 52 Heart attack Malcolm Owen Ruts 80-07-14 24 Drug overdose John Panozzo Styx 96-07-16 47 Alcohol Felix Pappalardi Mountain 83-04-17 43 Murdered Junior Parker 71-11-18 44 Brain Tumor Gram Parsons Byrds 73-09-19 26 Drug Overdose John 'Jaco' Pastorius Weather Report 87-09-21 35 Murdered Mike Patto Patto, Spooky Tooth 79-03-04 36 Medical Lawrence Payton Four Tops 97-05-.. 59 Cancer Tracy Pew Birthday Party 86-11-.. 28 Medical Kristen Pfaff Hole 94-06-16 24 Drug overdose Esther Phillips 84-08-07 48 John Phillips Mammas and Papas 2001-04-18 65 Heart Failure Kenny Pickett Creation 97-01-07 49 Heart attack Jeffrey Lee Pierce Gun Club 96-03-31 37 Stroke Robert Pilatus Milli Vanilli 98-04-02 32 Medical Jeff Porcaro Toto 92-08-05 38 Heart attack William Powel O'Jays 77-05-26 Cancer Cozy Powell Rainbow, Whitesnake, etc. 98-04-05 50 Car accident Elvis Presley 77-08-16 42 Drug Overdose Rainer Ptacek Rainer & Das Combo 97-11-12 43 Cancer Carl Radle Derek and the Dominos 80-05-30 38 Medical Bobby Ramirez Edgar Winter's White Trash 72-07-24 23 Murdered Joey Ramone Ramones 2001-04-15 49 Cancer Otis Redding 67-12-10 26 Airplane crash Keith Relf Yardbirds, Renaissance 76-05-14 33 Electrocuted Randy Rhoades Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne 82-03-20 26 Airplane crash J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) 59-02-03 24 Airplane crash Minnie Ripperton 79-07-12 30 Cancer Mick Ronson David Bowie 93-04-30 47 Cancer John Rostill Shadows 73-11-01 31 Electrocuted Dave Rowbotham Durutti Column 92-01-.. 34 Accident David Ruffin Temptations 91-06-01 50 Drug overdose Paul Ryan Paul & Berry Ryan 92-12-.. 44 Stefanie Sargent 7 Year Bitch 92-06-27 24 Drug overdose David Savoy Jr. Husker Du 87-02-.. 25 Suicide Ingo Schwichtenberg Helloween 95-03-08 29 Suicide Bon Scott AC/DC 80-02-19 33 Alcohol Selena 95-03-31 23 Murdered Tupac Shakur 96-09-13 25 Murdered Del Shannon 90-02-08 51 Suicide Will Shatter Flipper 87-12-09 31 Drug Overdose James Sheppard Shep & the Limelights 70-01-24 24 Murdered Guitar Slim 59-02-07 32 Pneumonia Hillel Slovak Red Hot Chili Peppers 88-06-?? 25 Drug Overdose Fred 'Sonic' Smith MC5 94-11-05 45 Heart attack Ray Smith Heads Hands & Feet 79-11-29 45 Epic Soundtracks Swell Maps 97-11-22 38 Otis Span 70-04-25 40 Vivian Stanshall Bonzo Dog Band 95-03-05 51 Fire Ian Steward Rolling Stones 85-12-12 47 Heart attack Billy Stewart 70-01-17 Car Accident Bob Stinson Replacements 95-02-20 35 Drug overdose Rory Storm Rory Storm and the Hurricanes 72-09-27 32 Suicide Lynn Strait Snot 98-12-11 30 Car Accident Stu Sutcliff Beatles 62-04-10 21 Medical Vinnie Taylor Sha Na Na 74-04-17 25 Drug overdose Tommy Tedesco (session musician) 97-10-11 53 Biggie Tempo Bhundu Boys 95-08-13 37 Suicide Tammi Terrell 70-03-16 24 Brain Tumor Joe Tex 82-08-13 49 Heart attack Gary Thain Uriah Heep 76-03-19 27 Drug overdose Jason Thirsk Pennywise 96-07-28 27 Suicide Johnny Thunders New York Dolls 91-04-23 38 Drug overdose Steve Took T-Rex 80-10-27 31 Medical Peter Tosh 87-09-11 42 Murdered Nicholas Traina Link 80 97-08-21 19 Suicide (overdose) Arnie Treffers Long Tall Ernie & the Shakers 95-08-25 48 Cancer Tommy Tucker Louisiana Red 82-01-17 43 Rob Tyner MC5 91-09-17 46 Heart attack Richie Valens 59-02-03 17 Airplane crash Dino Valenti Quicksilver Messenger Service 94-11-16 51 Townes Van Zandt 97-01-01 52 Alcohol Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd 77-10-20 29 Airplane crash Stevie Ray Vaughan 90-08-27 35 Helicopter crash Henry Vestine Canned Heat 97-10-20 52 Medical Sid Vicious Sex Pistols 79-02-02 21 Drug overdose Gene Vincent 71-10-12 36 Alcohol Jr. Walker 95-12-.. 53 Cancer Clarence White Byrds 73-07-14 29 Car accident Danny Whitten Crazy Horse 72-11-18 29 Drug overdose Simon Wilde DOA 91-05-04 Brain Tumor Paul Williams Temptations 73-08-17 34 Suicide Tony Williams Tony Williams Lifetime Band 96-02-23 52 Heart attack Wendy O. Williams Plasmatics 98-04-06 48 Suicide Chuck Willis 58-04-10 30 Car Accident Al Wilson Canned Heat 70-09-03 27 Suicide Barrie B.J. Wilson Procol Harum 90-10-.. 43 Car accident Carl Wilson Beach Boys 98-02-06 51 Cancer Dennis Wilson Beach Boys 83-12-28 39 Drowned Jackie Wilson 84-01-12 49 Medical Ricky Wilson B-52's 85-10-13 32 Cancer Kurt Winter Guess Who 97-12-15 51 Liver failure John Christian Wolters Dr. Hook 97-06-16 52 Cancer Andrew Wood Mother Love Bone 90-03-19 24 Drug overdose Chris Wood Traffic 83-07-12 39 Medical Wallace Yohn Chase 74-08-12 27 Airplane crash Mia Zapata Gits 93-07-07 Murdered Frank Zappa Mothers of Invention 93-12-04 52 Cancer

For their rock is not as our Rock,. . .

Deuteronomy 32:31

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked:. . .

14 They DIE in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Job 36:5,6,14

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own DEATH .

Proverbs 11:19

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of DEATH .

Proverbs 14:12

For the wages of sin is DEATH;

BUT the gift of God is eternal LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23