List of Deaths in Rock and Roll - 1980s Deaths

1980s Deaths

Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Georgeanna Tillman
 36 January 6, 1980 Inkster, Michigan Complications from sickle cell anemia and lupus
Bon Scott
 33 February 19, 1980 London, England Alcohol poisoning
Ian Curtis
 23 May 18, 1980 Macclesfield, England Suicide by hanging
Carl Radle
 37 May 30, 1980 Kidney infection
Keith Godchaux
 32 July 23, 1980 Marin County, California, USA Automobile accident
John Bonham
 32 September 25, 1980 Windsor, England Asphyxiation on vomit
Bobby Lester
 49 October 15, 1980 Louisville, Kentucky, USA Lung Cancer
Steve Peregrin Took
 31 October 27, 1980 Ladbroke Grove London, UK asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry
Darby Crash
 22 December 7, 1980 Los Angeles, California, USA Suicide by intentional heroin overdose
John Lennon
 40 December 8, 1980 New York City, New York, USA Shot to death
Tim Hardin 39 December 29, 1980 Los Angeles, California, USA Morphine and heroin overdose
David Lynch
 51 January 2, 1981 Long Beach, California, USA Cancer
Bill Haley
 55 February 9, 1981 Harlingen, Texas, USA Brain tumor or heart attack (disputed)
Mike Bloomfield 37 February 15, 1981 San Francisco, California, USA Heroin overdose
Bob Hite
 36 April 5, 1981 Heart attack
Steve Currie
 33 April 28, 1981 Vale de Parra, Algarve, Portugal Car Crash
Bob Marley
 36 May 11, 1981 Miami, Florida, USA Acral lentiginous melanoma
Roy Brown 55 May 25, 1981 San Fernando, California, USA Heart attack
Rushton Moreve
 32 July 1, 1981 Los Angeles, California, USA Car crash
Harry Chapin 38 July 16, 1981 Jericho, New York, USA Car crash
Sandra Tilley
 38 September 9, 1981 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Complications from brain surgery
Randy Rhoads
 25 March 19, 1982 Leesburg, Florida, USA Plane crash
Lester Bangs 33 April 30, 1982 New York City, New York, USA Darvon and Valium overdose
Addie Harris
 42 June 10, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia, USA Heart attack
James Honeyman-Scott
 25 June 16, 1982 London, England Heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance
Joe Tex 49 August 13, 1982 Navasota, Texas, USA Heart attack
Marty Robbins 57 December 8, 1982 Nashville, Tennessee, USA Surgical complications
Lamar Williams
 34 January 21, 1983 Lung cancer
Billy Fury 42 January 28, 1983 London, England Heart attack
Karen Carpenter
 32 February 4, 1983 Downey, California, USA Heart attack due to anorexia
Danny Rapp
 41 April 5, 1983 Parker, Arizona, USA Suicide
Pete Farndon
 30 April 14, 1983 Drowning in his bathtub after a heroin overdose
Felix Pappalardi
 43 April 17, 1983 New York City, New York, USA Shot by his wife, Gail Collins Pappalardi
Muddy Waters 70 April 30, 1983 Westmont, Illinois, USA Heart attack
Buzz Shearman
 33 June 16, 1983 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Motorcycle accident
Chris Wood
 39 July 12, 1983 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK Pneumonia
James Jamerson
 47 August 2, 1983 Los Angeles, California, USA Complications of cirrhosis, heart failure and pneumonia
Klaus Nomi 39 August 6, 1983 New York City, New York, USA Complications due to AIDS
Tom Evans
 36 November 19, 1983 London, England Suicide
Dennis Wilson
 39 December 28, 1983 Marina del Rey, California, USA Accidental drowning
Jackie Wilson 49 January 21, 1984 Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA On stage heart attack leading to brain damage and a decade-long coma before his eventual death
Marvin Gaye 44 April 1, 1984 Los Angeles, California, USA Shot by his father, Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr.
Nate Nelson
 52 April 10, 1984 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Heart attack
Big Mama Thornton 57 July 25, 1984 Los Angeles California, USA Heart attack
Lenny Breau 43 August 12, 1984 Los Angeles, California, USA Murder by strangulation
Razzle
 24 December 9, 1984 Redondo Beach, California, USA Car crash
Eddie "Bongo" Brown
 52 December 28, 1984 Los Angeles, California, USA Heart ailment
David Byron
 38 February 28, 1985 Reading, Berkshire, England Alcohol-related complications
Kyu Sakamoto 43 August 12, 1985 Mount Osutaka-no-one, Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan Plane crash
Ricky Wilson
 32 October 12, 1985 New York City, New York, USA Complications due to AIDS
Big Joe Turner 74 November 24, 1985 Inglewood, California, USA Heart attack
Ian Stewart
 47 December 12, 1985 London, England, UK Heart attack
D. Boon
 27 December 22, 1985 Tucson, Arizona, USA Traffic accident
Ricky Nelson 45 December 31, 1985 De Kalb, Texas, USA Plane crash
Phil Lynott
 36 January 4, 1986 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Heart failure and pneumonia caused by alcohol and drug use
Richard Manuel
 42 March 4, 1986 Winter Park, Florida, USA Suicide by hanging
O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
 48 March 31, 1986 Alpine, New Jersey, USA Heart attack
Cliff Burton
 24 September 27, 1986 Ljungby Municipality, Sweden Traffic accident
Billy Johnson
 58 March 28, 1987 Los Angeles, California, USA Heart failure
Carlton Barrett
 36 April 17, 1987 Kingston, Jamaica Murdered by gunshot
Paul Butterfield 44 May 4, 1987 North Hollywood, California, USA Heart attack
Gary Driscoll
 41 June, 1987 Ithaca, New York, USA Murdered in his home
Philip Charles "Snakefinger" Lithman
 38 July 1, 1987 Linz, Austria Heart attack on stage
Peter Tosh
 42 September 11, 1987 Kingston, Jamaica Murdered by gunshot
Jaco Pastorius
 35 September 21, 1987 Wilton Manors, Florida, USA Beaten to death by a bar bouncer
John Curulewski
 37 February 13, 1988 Chicago, Illinois, USA Brain aneurysm
Andy Gibb
 30 March 10, 1988 Oxford, England Myocarditis worsened by cocaine addiction
Dave Prater
 50 April 9, 1988 Syracuse, Georgia, USA Car accident
Howie Johnson
 49 May 5, 1988 Heart Attack
Paul Wilson
 53 May 6, 1988 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Hillel Slovak
 26 June 25, 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA Speedball overdose
Nico
 49 July 18, 1988 Ibiza, Spain Head trauma caused by bicycle accident
Robert Calvert
 43 August 14, 1988 Ramsgate, England Heart attack
Roy Buchanan 48 August 14, 1988 Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Supposed suicide; found hanged in prison cell
Tim Davis
 44 September 20, 1988 complications related to Diabetes
Roy Orbison 52 December 6, 1988 Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA Heart attack
Paul Jeffreys
 36 December 21, 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland Bombing and subsequent plane crash
Paul Robi
 57 February 1, 1989 Los Angeles, California, USA Cancer
Ron Wilson
 44 May 7, 1989 Brain Aneurysm
John Cipollina
 45 May 29, 1989 San Francisco, California, USA Emphysema
Pete de Freitas
 28 June 14, 1989 London, England Motorcycle accident

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