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Eddy Arnold, country superstar and pioneer of the "Nashville Sound" has died at age 89.
Paul Davis, singer/songwriter of the 1977 pop hit "I Go Crazy", has died in Mississippi.
Al Wilson, soul singer best remembered for his 1973 song "Show and Tell", has died from renal failure.
Chris Gaffney, accordian and guitar player for the Hacienda Brothers and Dave Alvin, has lost his battle with liver cancer.
Danny Federici, keyboardist for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, has died from melanoma.
Brian "Blinky" Davison was British drummer, best known for his work with Keith Emerson and The Nice.
Clifford Davies, drummer for Ted Nugent, has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Sean Levert, R&B singer with the band LeVert and younger brother of the late Gerald Levert, has died in Cleveland.
Neil Aspinall, longtime Beatles friend and head of Apple Corps, has passed at age 66.
Jason Bruce Rae, musician husband of singer Corrine Bailey Rae, has died in London due to a drug overdose.
Ola Brunkert, longtime ABBA drummer, has died after a freak accident at his home in Spain.
Daniel MacMaster, of the rock group Bonham, has died at a Canadian hospital.
"Normal" Norman Smith, (AKA Hurricane Smith), Beatles Engineer and recording artist, has died.
Jeff Healey, blind blues and jazz guitarist, has died after a life-long battle with cancer.
Mike Smith, singer and keyboardist the British Invasion band the Dave Clark Five, has died just 11 days before induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Mike Conley, singer for punk rockers M.I.A. has died after falling near Chicago.
Buddy Miles, drummer with Jimi Hndrix's Band of Gypsys, has died of heart failure.
Maharisi Mahesh Yogi, guru to the Beatles who helped introduce the West to transcendental meditation, has died.
John Stewart, member of the Kingston Trio and author of "Daydream Believier," has died in San Diego.
Johnny Grant, honorary mayor of Hollywood, has died at age 84.
Soft rock singer and songwriter Dan Fogelberg has died at his home in Maine after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 56.
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, who played the role of Jim Morrison's "Shaman" in Oliver Stone's film The Doors, has died at age 71.
Ike Turner, best known for his duo with his former wife Tina Turner, died in his sleep at his home outside San Diego. He was 76.
Kevin DuBrow, singer for Quiet Riot, has died at age 52.
Casey Calvert, 26-year-old guitarist for the fast-rising pop-punk group Hawthorne Heights, died in his sleep on the band's tour bus following a show in Detroit.
Linda Stein, former manager of the Ramones who later became known as "realtor for the stars," was beaten to death in her New York apartment. She was 62.
Joe Zawinul, jazz-rock fusion pioneer, keyboardist and co-founder of the group Weather Report, has died in Vienna.
Don Arden, Music businessman and father of Sharon Osbourne and father in-law of Ozzy Osbourne, has died.
Jeffrey Carter Albrecht, keyboardist for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, was shot to death while trying to kick in his girlfriend's neighbor's door. He was 34.
Janis Martin, one of Rock 'n' Roll's pioneering singers and one of country music's earliest female innovators, has died of cancer.
Hilly Kristal, founder of the famous CBGB punk rock nightclub in New York City, has died at age 75.
Lee Hazlewood, a singer and songwriter best known for writing and producing "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for Nancy Sinatra, has died. He was 78.
Kelly Johnson, lead guitarist for the all-girl British heavy metal band Girlschool, has lost her battle with spinal cancer.
Bill Pinkney, the last surviving original member of The Drifters, was found dead at age 81.
George McCorkle, a founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band, has died.
Hank Medress, founding member and vocalist of the doo-wop group the Tokens has died of lung cancer at his Manhattan home.
Richard Bell. Known for his session and live performance work, he is perhaps best remembered as the pianist of Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band and later as a member of The Band.
Zola Taylor, who broke gender barriers in the 1950s as the only female member of The Platters, harmonizing with her male colleagues on hits like "The Great Pretender," has died.
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, "Monster Mash" singer, has died. He was 69.
Mark St. John, former Kiss guitarist has died at age 51 from an apparent brain hemorrhage.
Luther Ingram, the R&B singer and songwriter best known for the hit "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," has died. He was 69.
Brad Delp, lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55.
Joel Brodsky, Music photographer whose sexy, shirtless images of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison have taken on iconic status, has died. He was 67.
Ian Wallace was the drummer for the progressive rock group King Crimson from 1971-1972.
Frankie Laine, a popular singer most famous for singing the TV theme song "Rawhide", has died at Mercy Hospital in San Diego. He was 93.
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