Deaths
- 18 February - Muriel Brunskill, operatic contralto, 80
- 19 February - Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, 33 (alcohol poisoning)
- 4 May - Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, pianist, 60
- 18 May - Ian Curtis, musician and singer (Joy Division), 23 (suicide)
- 5 July - A. J. Potter, composer (born 1918)
- 6 July - Frank Cordell, composer, arranger and conductor, 62
- 25 September - John Bonham, drummer (Led Zeppelin), 32 (asphyxiation)
- 30 September - Horace Finch, pianist and organist, 74
- 27 October - Steve Peregrin Took, bongo player for Tyrannosaurus Rex, frontman for Shagrat and Steve Took's Horns, solo artist, 31 (asphyxiation)
- 8 December - John Lennon, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (The Beatles), 40 (murdered)
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