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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

List of pop musicians who died of drug overdose

1960s deaths[edit]

NameAgeDateLocationName of drug
Dinah Washington39December 14, 1963Detroit, Michigan, USASecobarbital and amobarbital
Rudy Lewis
The Drifters
27May 20, 1964New York City, New York, USAHeroin
Frankie Lymon
The Teenagers
25February 27, 1968New York City, New York, USAHeroin

1970s deaths[edit]

NameAgeDateLocationName of drug
Alan Wilson
Canned Heat
27September 3, 1970Topanga Canyon, California, USABarbiturate
Jimi Hendrix
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
27September 18, 1970London, EnglandBarbiturate
Janis Joplin27October 4, 1970Los Angeles, California, USAHeroin
Jim Morrison
The Doors
27July 3, 1971Paris, FranceSuspected heroin
Brian Cole
The Association
29August 2, 1972Los Angeles, California, USAHeroin
Rory Storm3428 September 1972Liverpool, EnglandAlcohol and sleeping pills
Billy Murcia
New York Dolls
21November 6, 1972London, EnglandMethaqualone [1]
Danny Whitten
Crazy Horse
29November 18, 1972Los Angeles, California, USAValium and alcohol
Gram Parsons
The Byrds
26September 19, 1973Joshua Tree, California, USAMorphine and alcohol
Zeke Zettner
The Stooges
25November 10, 1973Heroin
Nick Drake26November 25, 1974Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, EnglandAmitriptyline
Tim Buckley28June 29, 1975Santa Monica, California, USAHeroin, morphine, and alcohol
Gary Thain
Uriah Heep
27December 8, 1975Norwood Green, EnglandHeroin
Tommy Bolin
Deep Purple
25December 4, 1976Miami, Florida, USAHeroin, cocaine and alcohol
Elvis Presley42August 16, 1977Memphis, Tennessee, USAAssorted
Gregory Herbert
Blood, Sweat & Tears
28January 31, 1978Amsterdam, NetherlandsHeroin
Keith Moon
The Who
32September 7, 1978London, EnglandHeminevrin
Sid Vicious
Sex Pistols
21February 2, 1979New York City, New York, USAHeroin
Lowell George
Little Feat
34June 29, 1979Arlington, Virginia, USAHeroin
Jimmy McCulloch
Wings
26September 27, 1979London, EnglandHeroin
Judee Sill35November 23, 1979Los Angeles, California, USACocaine
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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Forget famous people. I already know of two young adults that died from heroin and several more that are hooked. Nobody cares when a Democrat is in office. They don't want the blame. Just like the homeless. Not talked bout much in Democrat administrations. But just wait.

Anonymous said...

Notice the common age is around 26 or 27? And that most of it is said to be heroin??? Also notice the dates, looks that almost, I SAID ALMOST FOR YOU STUPID PEOPLE, that almost every year starting from the 70's a singer has died... And This isn't all the singers because it stops at year 1979...

Pattern? I think so... These people make deals with the devil to be singers and to be famous and the only way out of said contract is death...

Except for Hendrix, they being someone in the govt killed him for his messages in his songs... He was singing about not being a slave with the mind and all that, but I bet none of you actually listen to the words and their meanings and messages anyway right? Because I bet you still don't know that most of these songs by these singers can be played backwards and it says crap about satin and all that... The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Eagles, Motor Head, Styx, and many more...

It is sad you people are so stupid you can't breathe on your own, you would have vast amounts of knowledge if you researched...

Anonymous said...

Makes you wonder why a talented person would need to also be a dope head.

Anonymous said...

Of all of the different substances and combinations listed - not one mention of marijuana. (Alcohol is on the list numerous times.)

A plant that I can grow on my own property, for my own consumption which has never been addictive nor fatally harmful, should not be prohibited.

Anonymous said...

so much worse today. Every city, town and hamlet is losing our young at an horrible rate.

Anonymous said...

This is by no means a comprehensive list, as if drug overdoses by performers didn't exist before 1960. They did, and the list is long.

Anonymous said...

Fame is not not free. Fame brings much heart achce and boredom. Family and friends are what it is all about. Who needs dope.

Anonymous said...

That's a lot of really good music! How many entertainers have died of Alcoholism?

Anonymous said...

10:20 It's hard to take your theory seriously about Hendrix being assassinated BUT you may be right about the "deals with the devil".Look back at all the great famous people,singers,actors,etc and see how many have had miserable tragic lives even as their careers were hot. Jayne Mansfield ,the actress,is said to have attended Anton Lavey's church of Satan and presto! Beheaded.
It's only a matter of time for the Illuminati whore called Beyonce has her chit called in.

Anonymous said...

Majority heroin...hmmmm they had the money to solve their own addiction and couldn't; therefore, what makes people think taxpayers money will solve it. Once again...taxpayers money spent on nothing.