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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 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Guitarist/singer Johnny "Guitar" Watson collapsed and died onstage during a performance in Yokohama, Japan. The cause of death was a heart attack. 1997: English actor Anthony Wheeler died by strangulation while playing Judas Iscariot at a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar in Chalkidiki, Greece. He hanged himself after failing to attach the ...
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". 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. The list ...
Name Age Date Location Cause of death Mike Gaborno Manic Hispanic: 51: January 4, 2017: Liver cancer Johnny Dick Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries: 73: January 6, 2017: Sylvester Potts
To be listed in this category, the performer's death should be a result of injuries or acute illness that happened during (though not necessarily as a result of) the performance. In other words, if a performer had a heart attack on stage, collapsed, and was taken off stage, dying shortly thereafter, then they should be in this category.
Died while swimming in the ocean [9] Renuaras "Erkė" Krivelis Erkė Maiše: 51: January 5, 2025: Lithuania: Undisclosed [10] Fredrik Lindgren Unleashed, Terra Firma: 53: January 5, 2025: Stockholm, Sweden: Undisclosed [11] Hope Foye Singer and political activist: 103: January 6, 2025: Las Vegas, Nevada, US: Undisclosed [12] Stella Greka Singer ...
John Sykes, the electrifying guitarist who rocked the world in legendary bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died. He was 65. The rocker’s death was confirmed by both bands on social media ...
Location of death Cause of death Chris Karrer Amon Düül, Amon Düül II, Embryo: 76: January 2, 2024: COVID-19 [1] Glynis Johns Actress and singer: 100: January 4, 2024: Los Angeles, California, US: Natural causes [2] David Soul Actor and singer: 80: January 4, 2024: London, England: COPD [3] Larry Collins Country guitarist and singer ...