List of Deaths in Rock and Roll - 1960s Deaths

1960s Deaths

Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Jesse Belvin 27 February 6, 1960 Fairhope, Arkansas, USA Car crash
Eddie Cochran 21 April 17, 1960 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England Injuries sustained in private-hire taxi crash
Johnny Horton 35 November 5, 1960 Milano, Texas, USA Car crash
Stuart Sutcliffe
 21 April 10, 1962 Hamburg, West Germany Cerebral hemorrhage
Patsy Cline 30 March 5, 1963 Camden, Tennessee, USA Plane crash
Elmore James 45 May 24, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, USA Heart attack
Dinah Washington 39 December 14, 1963 Detroit, Michigan, USA Accidental overdose
Cyril Davies 31 January 7, 1964 Leukemia
Rudy Lewis
 27 May 20, 1964 New York City, New York, USA Choked to death in his sleep
Johnny Burnette
 30 August 14, 1964 Clear Lake, California, USA Drowning
Sam Cooke 33 December 11, 1964 Los Angeles, California, USA Shot to death by Bertha Franklin
Alan Freed
 43 January 20, 1965 Palm Springs, California, USA Uremia and liver cirrhosis
Sonny Boy Williamson II
 Uncertain-
probably 57		 May 25, 1965 Helena, Arkansas, USA Heart attack
Bill Black, Jr. 39 October 21, 1965 Memphis, Tennessee, USA Brain tumor
Henry Booth
 32 1966 Shot
Richard Fariña 29 April 30, 1966 Carmel Valley, California, USA Motorcycle accident
Bobby Fuller 23 July 18, 1966 Los Angeles, California, USA Suicide, although suspicious
Johnny Kidd
 30 October 7, 1966 Bury, Lancashire, England Car crash
Joe Meek 37 February 3, 1967 London, England Suicide by gunshot
Brian Epstein
 32 August 27, 1967 London, England Accidental Carbitral overdose
Otis Redding 26 December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, USA Plane crash
Jimmy King
Ronnie Caldwell
Carl Cunningham
Phalon Jones
 Various
(18-19)		 December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, USA Plane crash
"Rockin' Robin" Roberts
 27 December 22, 1967 San Mateo County, California, USA Car crash
Little Walter 37 February 15, 1968 Chicago, Illinois USA Coronary thrombosis due to external injuries sustained while fighting
Frankie Lymon
 25 February 27, 1968 New York City, New York, USA Heroin overdose
Little Willie John 30 May 26, 1968 Walla Walla, Washington, USA Heart attack in prison (for murder); suspicious
Benny Benjamin
 43 April 20, 1969 New York City, New York, USA Stroke
Don Drummond
 37 May 6, 1969 Kingston, Jamaica Alleged suicide while institutionalized at mental asylum
Martin Lamble
 19 May 12, 1969 M1 Motorway, England Car crash
Shorty Long 29 June 29, 1969 Detroit, Michigan, USA Drowning
Brian Jones
 27 July 3, 1969 Hartfield, East Sussex, England Accidental drowning; thought to be suicide
Wynonie Harris 53 July 4, 1969 Los Angeles, California, USA Esophageal cancer
Roy Hamilton 40 July 20, 1969 New Rochelle, New York, USA Stroke
Tommy Edwards 47 October 22, 1969 Richmond, Virginia, USA Brain aneurysm

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