120 Musicians Who Died Before the Age of 60 (1959-2021)

1. Buddy Holly 2. Ritchie Valens 3. The Big Bopper 4. Eddie Cochran 5. Patsy Cline 6. Johnny Burnette 7. Sam Cooke 8. Nat King Cole 9. Bobby Fuller (The Bobby Fuller Four) 10. Otis Redding 11. Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) 12. Jimi Hendrix 13. Janis Joplin 14. Jim Morrison (The Doors) 15. Jim Croce 16. Bobby Darin 17. Cass Elliot (The Mamas and the Papas) 18. Pete Ham (Badfinger) 19. Elvis Presley 20. Marc Bolan (T. Rex) 21. Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 22. Keith Moon (The Who) 23. Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) 24. Van McCoy 25. Minnie Riperton 26. Bon Scott (AC/DC) 27. Ian Curtis (Joy Division) 28. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) 29. John Lennon (The Beatles) 30. Bill Haley 31. Bob Marley 32. Harry Chapin 33. Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) 34. Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) 35. Jackie Wilson 36. Marvin Gaye 37. Ricky Nelson 38. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) 39. Cliff Burton (Metallica) 40. Andy Gibb 41. Roy Orbison 42. Melanie Appleby (Mel & Kim) 43. Del Shannon 44. Tom Fogerty (CCR) 45. Steve Clark (Def Leppard) 46. Freddie Mercury (Queen) 47. Eric Carr (Kiss) 48. Jeff Porcaro (Toto) 49. Frank Zappa 50. Harry Nilsson 51. Dan Hartman 52. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) 53. Selena 54. Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) 55. London Boys 56. Tupac Shakur (2Pac) 57. Brian Connolly (The Sweet) 58. The Notorious . 59. Jermaine Stewart 60. Jeff Buckley 61. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole 62. John Denver 63. Michael Hutchence (INXS) 64. Falco 65. Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) 66. Tammy Wynette 67. Eddie Rabbitt 68. Dusty Springfield 69. Scatman John 70. Ofra Haza 71. Paul Young (Mike and the Mechanics) 72. Benjamin Orr (The Cars) 73. Kirsty MacColl 74. Charles Pettigrew (Charles and Eddie) 75. Joey Ramone (The Ramones) 76. Aaliyah 77. Melanie Thornton (La Bouche) 78. George Harrison (The Beatles) 79. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) 80. Lisa ’Left Eye’ Lopes (TLC) 81. John Entwistle (The Who) 82. Joe Strummer (The Clash) 83. Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) 84. Barry White 85. Robert Palmer 86. Laura Branigan 87. Luther Vandross 88. June Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 89. Brad Delp (Boston) 90. Dan Fogelberg 91. Michael Jackson 92. Stephen Gately (Boyzone) 93. Pauly Fuemana (OMC) 94. Doug Fieger (The Knack) 95. Rich Cronin (LFO) 96. Gary Moore 97. Nate Dogg 98. Amy Winehouse 99. Jani Lane (Warrant) 100. Heavy D (Heavy D & the Boyz) 101. Whitney Houston 102. Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls) 103. Chris Kelly (Kris Kross) 104. Steve Strange (Visage) 105. Mike Porcaro (Toto) 106. Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 107. Colin Vearncombe (Black) 108. Prince 109. Attrell Cordes / Prince Be (PM Dawn) 110. Pete Burns (Dead or Alive) 111. George Michael 112. Robert Miles 113. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) 114. Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) 115. Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries) 116. Avicii 117. Devin Lima (LFO) 118. Keith Flint (The Prodigy) 119. DMX 120. Nick Kamen