List of 1960s deaths in popular music

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.

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.

Preceded by
1950s 		List of deaths in popular music
1960s 		Succeeded by
1970s
Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Pete Griffiths
Ian And The Zodiacs		 ? ?, 1960s ? Motorcycle accident[1]
Carlos Di Sarli 57 January 12, 1960 Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina Sickness[2]
Alfred Apaka 40 January 30, 1960 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Heart Attack
Fred Buscaglione 38 February 3, 1960 Rome, Italy Car accident
Jesse Belvin 27 February 6, 1960 Hope, Arkansas, U.S. Car accident [3]
Archie Brownlee
Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi		 34 February 8, 1960 New Orleans, U.S. Pneumonia[4]
Pete Ash
The West Coast Playboys		 30 March 2, 1960 Carson, California, U.S. Car Crash[5]
Gene Alford
The Four Knights		 37 April 2, 1960 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Epileptic Seizure
Forest City Joe 33 April 3, 1960 Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas, U.S. Car crash
Beverly Kenney 28 April 13, 1960 Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, U.S. Suicide by alcohol and secobarbital overdose [6]
Eddie Cochran 21 April 17, 1960 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England Car crash [7]
Smokey Hogg 46 May 1, 1960 McKinney, Texas, U.S. Unknown cancer[8]
Eli Oberstein
Record producer and music executive 		58 June 12, 1960 Westport, Connecticut, U.S. Lymphatic cancer
Odell Rand
The Harlem Hamfats		 50s June 22, 1960 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Unknown[9]
Lee Collins
Trumpet For Jelly Roll Morton		 58 July 3, 1960 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Unknown[10]
Oscar Pettiford 37 September 8, 1960 Copenhagen, Denmark Polio-like virus[11]
Johnny Horton 35 November 5, 1960 Milano, Texas, U.S. Car crash[12]
A. P. Carter
Carter Family		 68 November 7, 1960 Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S. Unknown
Sergei Polyakov
The Actor For Aerograd		 50s ?, 1961 ? Unknown[13]
Ken Headley
The Presidents		 19 ?, 1961 ? Viral Pneumonia[14]
Alphonse Picou 82 February 4, 1961 New Orleans, U.S. Likely Old Age[15]
Kelsey Pharr
The Delta Rhythm Boys		 44 April 20, 1961 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Unknown cancer/ Severe illness
Cisco Houston 42 April 29, 1961 San Bernardino, California, U.S. Stomach cancer[16]
Tommy McClennan 56 May 6, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Bronchopneumonia[17]
Rupert Branker
The Chords		 25 July 3, 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Unknown[18]
Scott LaFaro 25 July 6, 1961 Seneca, New York, U.S. Automobile accident[19]
Sticks McGhee 43 August 15, 1961 The Bronx, New York, U.S. Lung cancer[20]
Karl Farr 52 September 20, 1961 West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Heart Attack[21]
Booker Little 23 October 5, 1961 New York City, U.S. Uremia[22]
Marguerite Monnot 58 October 12, 1961 Paris, France Unknown[23]
Little Son Joe 61 November 14, 1961 John Gaston Hospital, Tennessee, U.S. Heart Disease[24]
Lenny Miles 20s ?, 1962 ? Cancer[25]
Jerome Hanna
The Jive Five		 ? ?, 1962 ? Unknown[26]
Etilmon Stark 94 January 1, 1962 Maplewood, Missouri, U.S. Likely Old Age[27]
Doug Watkins 27 February 5, 1962 Holbrook, Arizona, U.S. Automobile accident[28]
Leo Parker 36 February 11, 1962 New York City, U.S. Heart attack[29]
Walter "Papoose" Nelson 29 February 28, 1962 New York City, U.S. Heroin overdose[30]
Stuart Sutcliffe
The Beatles		 21 April 10, 1962 Hamburg, West Germany Cerebral paralysis due to aneurysm;[31]
Wayne Arnold
The Imperials		 21 April 25, 1962 Tijuana, Mexico Murdered[32]
Antonio Verdes Sanchez
Los Locos del Ritmo		 22 May 5, 1962 El Paso, Texas, U.S. Throat Cancer[33]
Eddie Costa 31 July 28, 1962 New York City, U.S. Car crash[34]
Marilyn Monroe 36 August 4, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Barbiturate overdose[35]
Scrapper Blackwell 59 October 7, 1962 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Shot[36]
Rubberlegs Williams 55 October 17, 1962 NYC, New York, U.S. Heart Attack[37]
Mercy Dee Walton 47 December 2, 1962 Murphys, California, U.S. Cerebral hemorrhage[38]
Sonny Clark 31 January 13, 1963 New York City, U.S. Heart attack[39]
Ike Quebec 44 January 16, 1963 New York City, U.S. Lung cancer[40]
Benny More 43 February 19, 1963 Havana, Cuba Liver cirrhosis[41]
Addison Farmer 34 February 23, 1963 New York City, New York, U.S. Unknown[42]
Bobby Jaspar 37 February 28, 1963 New York City, U.S. Heart attack[43]
Patsy Cline 30 March 5, 1963 Camden, Tennessee, U.S. 1963 Camden PA-24 crash[44]
Cowboy Copas 49 March 5, 1963 Camden, Tennessee, U.S. 1963 Camden PA-24 crash
Hawkshaw Hawkins 41 March 5, 1963 Camden, Tennessee, U.S. 1963 Camden PA-24 crash
Jack Anglin 46 March 8, 1963 Columbia, Tennessee, U.S. Car Crash[45]
Eddy Howard 48 May 23, 1963 Palm Desert, California, U.S. Cerebral hemorrhage
Elmore James 45 May 24, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack[46]
Glen Gray 63 May 24, 1963 Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S. [47]
Walter Davis 50s October 22, 1963 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. [48]
Daddy Stovepipe 96 November 1, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Bronchial pneumonia after a gallbladder operation
Joe Gordon 35 November 4, 1963 Santa Monica, California, U.S. House fire[49]
Ronnie Mack 23 November 5, 1963 The Bronx, New York, U.S. Hodgkin's disease [50]
Cousin Herb 38 November 26, 1963 Bakersfield, California, U.S. Unknown[51]
Susie Hawthorne 60s December 5, 1963 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Unknown[52]
Encho Bagarov 38 December 13, 1963 Sofia, Bulgaria Car accident
Dinah Washington 39 December 14, 1963 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Complications of a drug overdose[53]
Tom Delaney 74 December 16, 1963 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Artery problems[54]
Clifford Gibson 62 December 21, 1963 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Pulmonary edema[55]
Paul Chapman
Lincoln Street Exit		 ? ?, 1964 ? Unknown[56]
Joe Rock 54 ?, 1964 ? Cancer[57]
Cyril Davies 31 January 7, 1964 Eel Pie Island, London, England Endocarditis and leukaemia
Vera Hall 61 January 29, 1964 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. Cerebral apoplexy
Noah Ryder
The Deep River Boys		 50 April 17, 1964 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Unknown[58]
Rudy Lewis
The Drifters		 27 May 20, 1964 New York City, U.S. Died in his sleep/Asphyxiation
Miloš Bergl 32 May 27, 1964 Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia Unknown[59]
Meade Lux Lewis 58 June 7, 1964 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Car crash
Lidia Klement 26 June 16, 1964 Saint Petersburg, Russia Melanoma
Eric Dolphy 36 June 29, 1964 Berlin, Germany Complications from diabetes[60]
Jim Reeves 40 July 31, 1964 Davidson County, Tennessee, U.S. Plane crash
Dean Manuel 30 July 31, 1964 Davidson County, Tennessee, U.S. Plane crash[61]
Tooter Boatman
The Chaparrals		 28 August 1, 1964 Clear Lake, California, U.S. Automobile accident[62]
Johnny Burnette
The Rock and Roll Trio		 30 August 14, 1964 Clear Lake, California, U.S. Drowned following a serious boating accident[63]
Tiny Topsy 34 August 16, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Brain hemorrhage
Gracie Allen 69 August 27, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart attack
David Box
The Crickets		 21 October 23, 1964 Houston, Texas, U.S. Plane crash[64]
Buddy Groves
Buddy & The Kings		 20 October 23, 1964 Houston, Texas, U.S. Plane crash[65]
Carl Banks
Buddy & The Kings		 18 October 23, 1964 Houston, Texas, U.S. Plane crash[66]
Bill Daniels
Buddy & The Kings		 20 October 23, 1964 Houston, Texas, U.S. Plane crash[67]
Joe Henderson 27 October 24, 1964 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Heart attack[68]
Buster Pickens 48 November 24, 1964 Houston, Texas, U.S. Gunshot wound[69]
Frank Winchester
The Amblers		 21 November 30, 1964 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Car crash[70]
Brian Talbot
Tony Rivers And The Castaways		 21 December 5, 1964 ? Tour bus accident[71]
Sam Cooke
The Soul Stirrers		 33 December 11, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot by Bertha Franklin[72]
Percy Kilbride
Actor for State Fair		 76 December 11, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pneumonia and atherosclerosis
Larry Evans
Tom Thumb And The Casuals		 ? ?, 1965 ? Car crash[73]
Tom Blessing
Tom Thumb And The Casuals		 ? ?, 1965 ? Car crash[74]
Alan Freed 43 January 20, 1965 Palm Springs, California, U.S. Uremia and cirrhosis of the liver[75]
Arthur Schutt 62 January 28, 1965 San Francisco, California, U.S. Illness[76]
Nat King Cole 45 February 15, 1965 Santa Monica, California, U.S. Lung cancer[77]
Václav Hrabě 24 March 5, 1965 Prague, Czechoslovakia Carbon Monoxide Poisoning[78]
Tadd Dameron 48 March 8, 1965 NYC, New York, U.S. Cancer[79]
Fraser Calder
The Blues Council		 ? March 12, 1965 ? Van crash[80]
James Giffen
The Blues Council		 ? March 12, 1965 ? Van crash[81]
Sonny Boy Williamson II 52 May 25, 1965 Helena, Arkansas, U.S. Heart attack[82]
Judy Holliday 43 June 7, 1965 NYC, New York, U.S. Cancer[83]
Ira Louvin 41 June 20, 1965 Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. Car crash[84]
Mark Leeman
The Mark Leeman Five		 24 June 27, 1965 ? Car crash[85]
Charles Fizer
The Olympics		 25 August 14, 1965 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot At Watts Riot[86]
Ed Sturgill 55 October 1, 1965 Norton, Virginia, U.S. Unknown[87]
Bill Black 39 October 21, 1965 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Brain tumor[88]
Peter LaFarge 34 October 27, 1965 NYC, New York, U.S. Stroke[89]
Earl Bostic 52 October 28, 1965 Rochester, New York, U.S. Heart attack[90]
Terry Thompson 24 November 10, 1965 ? Unknown[91]
Eddie Sulik 36 December 9, 1965 Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S. Car crash[92]
Dave Barbour 53 December 12, 1965 Malibu, California, U.S. Hemorrhaged ulcer[93]
Henry Booth
The Midnighters		 30s ?, 1966 ? Unknown[94]
Osie Johnson 43 February 2, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. Kidney Failure[95]
Billy Rose 66 February 10, 1966 Montego Bay Pneumonia[96]
Mike Millward
Rhythm guitarist for The Fourmost		 24 March 7, 1966 Bromborough, England Leukemia/Blood cancer
Jazz Gillum 61 March 29, 1966 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Gunshot wound [97]
Richard Fariña 29 April 30, 1966 Carmel Valley, California, U.S. Motorcycle accident[98]
Bobby Fuller
The Bobby Fuller Four 		23 July 18, 1966 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Asphyxia (Suicide, murder or accident)[99]
Bud Powell 41 July 31, 1966 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Tuberculosis[100]
Peg Leg Howell 78 August 11, 1966 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Complications from diabetes
Dad Speer
Speer Family		 74 September 7, 1966 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Unknown[101]
Leroy Griffin
The Nutmegs		 32 September 14, 1966 ? Died In Furnace[102]
Dave Lambert
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross		 49 October 3, 1966 Connecticut Turnpike, Connecticut, U.S. Car crash [103]
Smiley Lewis 53 October 7, 1966 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Stomach cancer[104]
Johnny Kidd
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates		 30 October 8, 1966 Breightmet, Bolton, Lancashire, England Car accident[105]
Glenn Hughes
The Blue Flames		 24 October 28, 1966 London, England House Fire[106]
Mississippi John Hurt 74 November 2, 1966 Grenada, Mississippi, U.S. Heart attack[107]
Washboard Sam 56 November 6, 1966 ? Heart Disease[108]
Shorty Baker 52 November 8, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. Unknown[109]
Harold Burrage 35 November 26, 1966 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart failure[110]
Carter Stanley 41 December 1, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. Liver cirrhosis[111]
Kui Lee 34 December 3, 1966 Tijuana, Mexico Cancer[112]
Frans Kroon
The Hamlets		 ? ?, 1967 ? Car crash[113]
Russ "Soupy" Morrow
The Deepest Blue		 ? ?, 1967 ? Motorcycle accident[114]
Gerald Hamilton
The Crows		 30s ?, 1967 ? Unknown[115]
George Treadwell
Manager For The Drifters		 40s ?, 1967 ? Unknown[116]
Moon Mullican 57 January 1, 1967 Beaumont, Texas, U.S. Heart attack[117]
Joe Meek 37 February 3, 1967 London, England Suicide by gunshot[118]
Ty O'Brian
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes		 26 February 20, 1967 England Blood poisoning after surgery related to a duodenal ulcer[119]
Fats Pichon 60 February 25, 1967 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Unknown[120]
Nelson Eddy 65 March 6, 1967 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. Cerebral hemorrhage
Jimmy Blaine 42 March 18, 1967 Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. Heart attack
Albert Augustine 60s April ?, 1967 New York City Heart attack[121]
J. B. Lenoir 38 April 29, 1967 Urbana, Illinois, U.S. Injuries from a car crash[122]
LaVerne Andrews
The Andrews Sisters		 55 May 8, 1967 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Unknown cancer[123]
Elmo Hope 43 May 19, 1967 New York City, U.S. Heart failure
Vernon "Vern" Wray Jr
The Junior Raymen		 15 July 9, 1967 Cheverly, Maryland, U.S. Unknown[124]
John Coltrane 40 July 17, 1967 Huntington, New York, U.S. Liver disease and hepatitis B
Stewart Crunk
The Calvanes		 30 August 4, 1967 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. Asthma[125]
Brian Epstein 32 August 27, 1967 London, England Accidental drug overdose[126]
Rex Stewart 60 September 7, 1967 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Brain hemorrhage
David Patillo
The 5 Red Caps		 53 September 8, 1967 Los Angeles, California, U.S. ?
Woody Guthrie 55 October 3, 1967 New York City, U.S. Huntington's Disease[127]
Mom Speer
The Speer Family		 67 October 9, 1967 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Illness[128]
Robert Nighthawk 57 November 5, 1967 Helena, Arkansas, U.S. Heart failure[122]
Peter Bocage 80 December 3, 1967 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Unknown
Bert Lahr
Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz		 72 December 4, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. Pneumonia/Unknown cancer[129]
Otis Redding 26 December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Plane crash[130]
Ronnie Caldwell
The Bar-Kays		 18 December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Plane crash[130]
Phalon Jones
The Bar-Kays		 10s December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Plane crash
Jimmy King
The Bar-Kays		 18 December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Plane crash[130]
Carl Cunningham
The Bar-Kays		 10s December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Plane crash [130]
Robin Roberts
The Wailers		 27 December 22, 1967 San Mateo County, California, U.S. Car crash[131]
Pat Kilroy 24 December 25, 1967 San Francisco, California, U.S. Hodgkin's lymphoma[132]
Bert Berns 38 December 30, 1967 New York City, U.S. Heart failure
Jimmy Reilly
Watertower West		 17 ?, 1968 ? Drug overdose[133]
Benny Trieber
The Mind's Eye		 ? ?, 1968 McQueeney Lake, U.S. Boating accident[134]
George "King" Scott
The Hesitations		 ? ?, 1968 ? Accidental gunshot murder[135]
Gribouille 26 January 18, 1968 Paris, France Drug Overdose
Little Walter 37 February 15, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Coronary thrombosis due to injuries sustained when he was beaten[136]
Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers		 25 February 27, 1968 New York City, U.S. Complications of a heroin overdose[137]
Syd Nathan 63 March 5, 1968 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. Pneumonia[138]
Bumps Myers 55 April 9, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Several health conditions
Lester Melrose
Record producer 		76 April 12, 1968 Lake, Florida, U.S. Unknown[139]
Fay Bainter
Actress for State Fair		 74 April 16, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pneumonia
Ron Parr
The Hard Times Band		 19 April 30, 1968 Vietnam Killed in action[140]
Manolo Fernández
Los Bravos		 23 May 20, 1968 Seville, Spain Suicide by gunshot[141]
Little Willie John 30 May 26, 1968 Walla Walla, Washington, U.S. Heart attack
Bumble Bee Slim 63 June 8, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Unknown
Ken Errair
The 4 Freshmen		 38 June 14, 1968 ? Plane Crash[142]
Wes Montgomery 45 June 15, 1968 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Heart attack
Phil Pill
Brandi Perry & The Bubble Machine		 17 July 5, 1968 Vietnam Killed In War[143]
Kurt Williams
Brandi Perry & The Bubble Machine		 17 July 5, 1968 Vietnam Killed In War[144]
Alan Avick
The Bootleggers		 ? July 7, 1968 ? Leukemia[145]
Gary Richardson
The Swinging Machine		 22 July 9, 1968 ? Drug Overdose[146]
Dexter Bell
The Soundstations		 20 July 22, 1968 Vietnam Mortar Attack[147]
Nervous Norvus 56 July 24, 1968 Alameda County, California, U.S. Cirrhosis
Wiliam Bukový 36 August 1, 1968 Prague, Czechoslovakia Illness[148]
Luther Perkins 40 August 5, 1968 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Smoke inhalation[149]
Joe Hinton 38 August 13, 1968 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Melanoma/Skin cancer[150]
Karel Duba
Skupina Karla Duby		 44 August 21, 1968 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia Bus Crash[151]
Josef Poslední
Skupina Karla Duby		 45 August 21, 1968 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia Bus Crash[152]
Jaroslav Štrudl
Skupina Karla Duby		 45 August 21, 1968 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia Bus Crash[153]
Dana Hobzová
Skupina Karla Duby		 21 August 21, 1968 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia Bus Crash[154]
Marie Pokštelfová
Skupina Karla Duby		 ? August 21, 1968 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia Bus Crash[155]
Bohumil Vaněk
Skupina Karla Duby		 20s August 21, 1968 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia Bus Crash[156]
Malcolm Hale
Spanky and Our Gang		 27 October 31, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Either Bronchial Pneumonia or accidental carbon monoxide poisoning
Red Foley 58 September 19, 1968 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. Died in his sleep/Respiratory failure
Mifflin "Pee Wee" Brantford
The Dozier Boys		 53 November 4 1968 ? Suicide[157]
Kokomo Arnold 60s November 8, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack
Paul Chambers 33 January 4, 1969 New York City, U.S. Tuberculosis[158]
Charles Winninger
Actor for State Fair		 84 January 27, 1969 Palm Springs, California, U.S. Illness
Dickie Pride 27 March 26, 1969 London, England Complications from a barbiturate overdose[159]
Bryant "Blinky" Allen
Blinky Allen And The Stardusters		 50 April 2, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Unknown[160]
Benny Benjamin
The Funk Brothers		 43 April 20, 1969 New York City, U.S. Stroke/No brain activity[161]
Don Drummond 35 May 6, 1969 Kingston, Jamaica Suicide[162]
Martin Lamble
Fairport Convention		 19 May 12, 1969 Scratchwood Services, M1 Motorway, England Car crash[163]
Coleman Hawkins 64 May 19, 1969 New York City, U.S. Liver disease[164]
Judy Garland
Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz among other acting roles		 47 June 22, 1969 London, England Complications of a Barbiturate Overdose[165]
Shorty Long 29 June 29, 1969 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Drowned[166]
Brian Jones
The Rolling Stones		 27 July 3, 1969 Hartfield, East Sussex, England Drowned due to liver disfunction and ingestion [167]
Wynonie Harris 53 July 4, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Esophageal cancer
Roy Hamilton 40 July 20, 1969 New Rochelle, New York, U.S. Stroke/Massive brain hemorrhage[168]
Alexandra 27 July 31, 1969 Tellingstedt, Germany Road accident
Josh White 55 September 5, 1969 Manhasset, New York, U.S. Complications from surgery[169]
Skip James 67 October 3, 1969 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Unknown cancer[170]
Leonard Chess
Record producer, record company executive and co-founder of Chess Records		 52 October 16, 1969 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Cardiac arrest[171]
Tommy Edwards 47 October 22, 1969 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. Bleeding ulcer linked to cirrhosis of the liver[172]
Pops Foster 77 October 29, 1969 San Francisco, California, U.S. Unknown[173]
Ivory "Deek" Watson
The 4 Tunes, The Brown Dots, The Ink Spots		 60 November 4, 1969 Washington, D.C., U.S. Unknown[174]
Semyon Svashenko
The Actor For Aerograd		 65 November 23, 1969 Moscow, USSR Unknown[175]
Magic Sam 32 December 1, 1969 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack[176]
James "Stump" Johnson 67 December 5, 1969 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Esophageal cancer[177]
Jiří Šlitr 45 December 26, 1969 Prague, Czechoslovakia Coal Gas Poisoning[178]

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