List of deaths in rock and roll (1960s)

The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1960s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider. In determining criteria for inclusion, this list uses as its basis reliable sources listing "rock deaths" or "deaths in rock and roll", as well as such sources as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Jesse Belvin27February 6, 1960Hope, Arkansas, USTraffic accident[1]
Forest City Joe33April 3, 1960Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas, USHit by a truck
Beverly Kenney28April 13, 1960New York City, New York, USSuicide[2]
Eddie Cochran21April 17, 1960Chippenham, Wiltshire, EnglandTraffic accident[3]
Smokey Hogg46May 1, 1960McKinney, Texas, USCancer[4]
Eli Oberstein
Record producer and music executive 		58June 12, 1960Westport, Connecticut, USLymphoma
Johnny Horton35November 5, 1960Milano, Texas, USTraffic accident[5]
Sticks McGhee43August 15, 1961The Bronx, New York, USLung cancer[6]
Stuart Sutcliffe
The Beatles		21April 10, 1962Hamburg, West GermanyCerebral hemorrhage[7]
Patsy Cline30March 5, 1963Camden, Tennessee, USPlane accident[8]
Elmore James45May 24, 1963Chicago, Illinois, USHeart attack[9]
Daddy Stovepipe96November 1, 1963Chicago, Illinois, USBronchial pneumonia after a gall bladder operation
Dinah Washington39December 14, 1963Detroit, Michigan, USDrug overdose[10]
Cyril Davies31January 7, 1964Eel Pie Island, London, EnglandEndocarditis and leukaemia[11]
Rudy Lewis
The Drifters		27May 20, 1964New York City, New York, USAsphyxiation in his sleep
Meade Lux Lewis58June 7, 1964Minneapolla, Minnesota, USTraffic accident
Eric Dolphy36June 29, 1964Berlin, GermanyComplications from diabetes[12]
Johnny Burnette
The Rock and Roll Trio		30August 14, 1964Clear Lake, California, USDrowning[13]
Tiny Topsy34August 16, 1964Chicago, Illinois, USIntracerebral hemorrhage
Joe Henderson27October 24, 1964Nashville, Tennessee, USHeart attack[14]
Buster Pickens48November 24, 1964Houston, Texas, USGunshot[15]
Sam Cooke
The Soul Stirrers		33December 11, 1964Los Angeles, California, USShot by Bertha Franklin[16]
Alan Freed43January 20, 1965Palm Springs, California, USUremia and liver cirrhosis[17]
Nat King Cole45February 15, 1965Santa Monica, California, USLung cancer[18]
Sonny Boy Williamson II52May 25, 1965Helena, Arkansas, USHeart attack[19]
Bill Black39October 21, 1965Memphis, Tennessee, USBrain tumor[20]
Jazz Gillum61March 29, 1966Chicago. Illinois, USGunshot[21]
Richard Fariña29April 30, 1966Carmel Valley, California, USMotorcycle accident[22]
Bobby Fuller
The Bobby Fuller Four 		23July 18, 1966Los Angeles, California, USSuicide (suspicious)[23]
Peg Leg Howell78August 11, 1966Atlanta, Georgia, USComplications from diabetes
Dave Lambert
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross		49October 3, 1966Connecticut Turnpike, Connecticut, USStruck by vehicle[24]
Johnny Kidd30October 7, 1966Bury, Lancashire, EnglandTraffic accident[25]
Smiley Lewis53October 7, 1966New Orleans, Louisiana, USStomach cancer[26]
Mississippi John Hurt74November 2, 1966Grenada, Mississippi, USHeart attack[27]
Moon Mullican57January 1, 1967Beaumont, Texas, USHeart attack[28]
Joe Meek37February 3, 1967London, EnglandSuicide by gunshot[29]
Fats Pichon60February 25, 1967Chicago, Illinois, US[30]
Elmo Hope43May 19, 1967New York City, New York, USHeart failure
Brian Epstein32August 27, 1967London, EnglandAccidental overdose[31]
Rex Stewart60September 7, 1967US
Woody Guthrie55October 3, 1967New York City, New York, USHuntington's disease[32]
Peter Bocage80December 3, 1967New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Otis Redding26December 10, 1967Madison, Wisconsin, USPlane accident[33]
Ronnie Caldwell
Phalon Jones
Jimmy King
Carl Cunningham
The Bar-Kays		Various
(18-19)		December 10, 1967Madison, Wisconsin, USPlane accident[33]
Robin Roberts
The Wailers		27December 22, 1967San Mateo County, California, USTraffic accident[34]
Bert Berns38December 30, 1967New York City, New York, USHeart failure
Little Walter37February 15, 1968Chicago, Illinois, USCoronary thrombosis due to injuries sustained while fighting[35]
Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers		25February 27, 1968New York City, New York, USDrug overdose[36]
Syd Nathan63March 5, 1968Miami Beach, Florida, USPneumonia[37]
Bumps Myers55April 9, 1968Los Angeles California, USSeveral health problems
Lester Melrose
Record producer 		76April 12, 1968Lake, Florida, US[38]
Little Willie John30May 26, 1968Walla Walla, Washington, USHeart attack
Bumble Bee Slim63June 8, 1968Los Angeles, California, US
Wes Montgomery45June 15, 1968Indianapolis, Indiana, USHeart attack
Luther Perkins40August 5, 1968Nashville, Tennessee, USSmoke inhalation[39]
Joe Hinton38August 13, 1968Boston, Massachusetts, USSkin cancer[40]
Red Foley58September 19, 1968Fort Wayne, Indiana, USRespiratory failure
Kokomo Arnold67-72November 8, 1968Chicago, Illinois, USHeart attack
Dickie Pride27March 26, 1969London, EnglandDrug overdose[41]
Benny Benjamin
The Funk Brothers		43April 20, 1969New York City, New York, USStroke[42]
Don Drummond37May 6, 1969Kingston, JamaicaSuicide[43]
Martin Lamble
Fairport Convention		19May 12, 1969Scratchwood Services, M1 Motorway, EnglandTraffic accident[44]
Shorty Long29June 29, 1969Detroit, Michigan, USDrowning[45]
Brian Jones
The Rolling Stones		27July 3, 1969Hartfield, East Sussex, EnglandDrowning in swimming pool[46]
Wynonie Harris53July 4, 1969Los Angeles, California, USEsophageal cancer
Roy Hamilton40July 20, 1969New Rochelle, New York, USStroke[47]
Skip James67October 3, 1969Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US[48]
Leonard Chess
Record producer, record company executive and co-founder of Chess Records		52October 16, 1969Chicago, Illinois, USCardiac arrest[49]
Tommy Edwards47October 22, 1969Richmond, Virginia, USBrain aneurysm[50]
Pops Foster77October 29, 1969US[51]
Magic Sam32December 1, 1969Chicago, Illinois, USHeart attack[52]
James "Stump" Johnson67December 5, 1969St. Louis, Missouri, US[53]

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