Lead vocalist and songwriter for Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band. Born: 19 Jan 1943 Died: 4 Oct 1970 Cause: Possible …
Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson
Leader, singer and primary composer of Canned Heat. Born: 4 July 1943 Died: 3 Sep 1970 Cause: Barbiturate overdose, possible suicide
Jimi Hendrix
Pioneering electric guitarist, singer, and songwriter for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Band of Gypsys. Born: 27 Nov 1942 Died: 18 Sep 1970 Cause: Asphyxiated on vomit after accidental overdose …
Brian Jones
Rhythm guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Born: 28 Feb 1942 Died: 3 July 1969 Cause: Drowned in swimming pool
Dickie Pride
Rock n Roll Singer Born: 21 October 1941 Died: 26 March 1969 Cause: Overdose of sleeping pills
Malcolm Hale
Guitarist and trombonist in Spanky and the Gang Born: 17 May 1941 Died: 20 May 1964 Cause: Carbon monoxide poisoning
Rudy Lewis
R&B Swinger Born: 23 Aug 1936 Died: 20 May 1964 Cause: Probable drug overdose although his family think otherwise
Jesse Belvin
R&B singer and songwriter. Born: 15 Dec 1932 Died: 6 Feb 1960 Cause: Car accident
Nat Jaffe
Swing jazz pianist Born: 1 Jan 1918 Died: 5 Aug 1945 Cause: High blood pressure
Robert Johnson
Ragtime Musician. Born: 8 May 1911 Died: 16 Aug 1938 Cause: Unknown, but thought to have been strychnine poisoning – possibly shot
