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This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in December 2024 ) and then linked below. 2025
The following is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in the 2020s decade. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
The American actor and comedian, known for his famous children’s character Pee-wee Herman, died on 30 July after living with cancer for years. He was 70. He was 70.
Alan Senauke, 77, American Sōtō Zen priest, folk musician, and poet, complications from a heart attack. [ 172 ] Mykola Soroka , 72, Ukrainian politician, governor of Rivne Oblast (1997–2005) and MP (2012–2014).
Stockholm, Sweden: Murdered by gunshot [161] Jay Black Jay and the Americans: 82: October 22, 2021: Queens, New York City, U.S. Pneumonia [162] Willie Cobbs: 89: October 25, 2021 [163] Alvin "Seeco" Patterson Wailers: 90: November 1, 2021: Kingston, Jamaica: Unknown [164] Ronnie Wilson The Gap Band: 73: November 2, 2021: Died at his home in ...
Died of undisclosed illness [107] Steve Priest The Sweet: 72: June 4, 2020: Died of undisclosed cause, after health failure [108] Rupert Hine Record producer from Thinkman, Quantum Jump: 72: June 4, 2020: Wiltshire, England: Undisclosed cause, although he had renal cancer and arrhythmia [109] Frank Bey: 74: June 7, 2020: Glenolden, Pennsylvania ...
1829: Sam Patch, an American daredevil, died in Rochester, New York, during a jump into the High Falls of the Genesee River. He had successfully leapt into High Falls one week previously. 1844: Dancer Clara Vestris Webster's dress caught fire during The Revolt of the Harem at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Webster was badly burned and died three ...
The deaths of people such as Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and Jim Morrison fuel the myth that musicians face an increased risk of death at age 27.