List of Deaths in Rock and Roll - 1970s Deaths

1970s Deaths

Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Billy Stewart 32 January 17, 1970 Selma, North Carolina, USA Car accident - mechanical failure led to car plunging off bridge into river
Slim Harpo 46 January 31, 1970 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Heart attack
Mary Ann Ganser
 22 March 14, 1970 Forest Hills, New York, USA Barbiturate overdose (disputed)
Tammi Terrell 24 March 16, 1970 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Brain tumor
Kid Thomas 35 April 5, 1970 Los Angeles, California, USA Shooting
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
 27 September 3, 1970 Topanga Canyon, California, USA Suicide or accidental barbiturate overdose
Jimi Hendrix
 27 September 18, 1970 London, England Asphyxiation on vomit
Janis Joplin 27 October 4, 1970 Los Angeles, California, USA Heroin overdose
Arlester "Dyke" Christian
 27 March 13, 1971 Phoenix, Arizona, USA Shot
Jim Morrison
 27 July 3, 1971 Paris, France Heart failure (disputed)
King Curtis 37 August 13, 1971 New York, New York, USA Stabbed to death
Gene Vincent 36 October 12, 1971 California, USA Burst stomach ulcer
Duane Allman
 24 October 29, 1971 Macon, Georgia, USA Motorcycle accident
Little Junior Parker 39 November 18, 1971 Blue Island, Illinois, USA Following surgery for brain tumor
Leslie Harvey
 27 May 3, 1972 Swansea, Wales Electrocuted by a live microphone on stage
Clyde McPhatter
 39 June 13, 1972 Teaneck, New Jersey, USA Heart attack
Brian Cole
 29 August 2, 1972 Los Angeles, California, USA Heroin overdose
Rory Storm
 33 September 28, 1972 Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England Alleged suicide
Billy Murcia
 21 November 6, 1972 London, England Accidental suffocation due to drugs and alcohol
Berry Oakley
 24 November 11, 1972 Macon, Georgia, USA Motorcycle accident
Danny Whitten
 29 November 18, 1972 Los Angeles, California, USA Suicide or accidental heroin overdose
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
 27 March 8, 1973 Corte Madera, California, USA gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Clarence White
 29 July 14, 1973 Palmdale, California, USA Hit by drunk driver
Paul Williams
 34 August 17, 1973 Detroit, Michigan, USA Suicide by gunshot
Gram Parsons 26 September 19, 1973 Joshua Tree, California, USA Morphine and alcohol overdose
Jim Croce 30 September 20, 1973 Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA Plane crash
Maury Muehleisen
 24 September 20, 1973 Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA Plane crash
John Rostill
 31 November 26, 1973 Radlett, Hertfordshire, UK Electrocuted by guitar
Sister Rosetta Tharpe 58 October 9, 1973 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Stroke
Bobby Darin 37 December 20, 1973 Los Angeles, California, USA Surgery to repair a mechanical heart valve
Packy Axton
 32 January 1974 Memphis, Tennessee, USA Cirrhosis or heart attack
Harry Womack
 28 March 9, 1974 Los Angeles, California, USA Stabbed to death by his girlfriend
"Mama" Cass Elliot
 34 July 29, 1974 London, England Heart failure
Ivory Joe Hunter 60 November 8, 1974 Memphis, Tennessee, USA Lung cancer
Nick Drake 26 November 25, 1974 Tanworth-in-Arden, England Suicide or accidental overdose
Dave Alexander
 27 February 10, 1975 Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA Pneumonia
Pete Ham
 27 April 23, 1975 Surrey, England Suicide
Tim Buckley 28 June 29, 1975 Santa Monica, California, USA Heroin overdose
Al Jackson, Jr
 39 October 1, 1975 Memphis, Tennessee, USA Murdered by gunshot
Gary Thain
 27 December 8, 1975 Norwood Green, England Heroin overdose
Rudy Pompilli
 51 February 5, 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Lung cancer
Florence Ballard
 32 February 22, 1976 Detroit, Michigan, USA Coronary thrombosis
Paul Kossoff
 25 March 19, 1976 Flight from New York to Los Angeles, USA Drug-related heart attack
Phil Ochs 35 April 9, 1976 New York City, New York, USA Suicide by hanging
Keith Relf
 33 May 14, 1976 London, England Electrocuted by guitar
Jimmy Reed 50 August 29, 1976 Oakland, California, USA Epileptic seizure
Tommy Bolin
 25 December 4, 1976 Miami, Florida, USA Heroin overdose
Sherman Garnes
 36 February 26, 1977 New York City, New York, USA Heart attack
William Powell
 35 May 26, 1977 Canton, Ohio, USA Cancer
Peter Laughner
 24 June 22, 1977 Acute pancreatitis from alcohol and drug abuse
Elvis Presley 42 August 16, 1977 Memphis, Tennessee, USA Heart attack
Marc Bolan
 29 September 16, 1977 London, England Car accident
Steve Gaines
 28 October 20, 1977 Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA Plane crash
Ronnie Van Zant
 29 October 20, 1977 Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA Plane crash
Cassie Gaines
 29 October 20, 1977 Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA Plane crash
Terry Kath
 31 January 23, 1978 Los Angeles, California, USA Accidentally shot himself
Sandy Denny
 31 April 21, 1978 London, England Cerebral haemorrhage after accidental fall
Joe Negroni
 37 September 5, 1978 New York City, New York, USA Cerebral hemorrhage
Keith Moon
 32 September 7, 1978 London, England Heminevrin overdose
Chris Bell
 27 December 27, 1978 East Memphis, Tennessee, USA Automobile Accident
Donny Hathaway 33 January 13, 1979 New York City, New York, USA Suicide or accidental fall
Sid Vicious
 21 February 2, 1979 New York City, New York, USA Suicide or accidental heroin overdose
Lowell George
 34 June 29, 1979 Arlington, Virginia, USA Heart attack
Van McCoy 39 July 6, 1979 Englewood, New Jersey, USA Heart attack
Minnie Riperton 31 July 12, 1979 Los Angeles, California, USA Breast cancer
Dorsey Burnette
 46 August 19, 1979 Los Angeles, California, USA Massive coronary
Jimmy McCulloch
 26 September 27, 1979 London, England Heroin overdose
John Glascock
 28 November 17, 1979 London, England, UK Congenital heart defect
Jackie Brenston
 49 December 15, 1979 Memphis, Tennessee, USA Heart attack

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