List of 2011 deaths in popular music explained

This 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 2011.

2011 deaths in popular music

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
Mick Karn
Japan 		52 January 4, 2011 Chelsea, London, England Cancer[1]
Grady Chapman
The Robins 		81 January 4, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[2]
Gerry Rafferty
Stealers Wheel 		63 January 4, 2011 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Liver failure[3]
Bobby Robinson
Record producer and record label executive 		93 January 7, 2011 Harlem, New York City, U.S. [4]
Trish Keenan
Broadcast 		42 January 14, 2011 Warwick, England Swine flu
Steve Prestwich
Cold Chisel, Little River Band 		56 January 16, 2011 Sydney, Australia Brain tumor[5]
Don Kirshner
Producer of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 		76 January 17, 2011 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. Heart failure[6]
Gladys Horton
The Marvelettes 		65 January 26, 2011 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. Stroke[7]
83 January 28, 2011 [8]
Mark Ryan
The Moors Murderers, Adam and the Ants 		51 January 31. 2011 Heath, Cardiff, Wales Complications from liver damage[9]
Sidney Cipriano
Fat Family 		46 February 1, 2011 Heart attack[10] [11]
74 February 4, 2011 Houston, Texas, U.S. [12]
Gary Moore
Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II 		58 February 6, 2011 Estepona, Málaga, Spain Heart attack[13]
Karin Stanek
Czerwono-Czarni 		68 February 15, 2011 Wolfenbüttel, GermanyPneumonia[14]
Mark Tulin
The Electric Prunes 		62 February 26, 2011 Avalon, California, U.S. Heart attack[15]
87 February 27, 2011 Crystal River, Florida, U.S. Traffic accident[16]
71 March 4, 2011 Beaumont, Texas, U.S. Heart failure[17]
Mike Starr
Alice in Chains 		44 March 8, 2011 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Drug overdose[18]
82 March 12, 2011 Irvington, New Jersey, U.S. [19]
70 March 14, 2011 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. [20]
41 March 15, 2011 Long Beach, California, U.S. Stroke[21]
64 March 15, 2011 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. Diabetes and hypertension[22]
Jet Harris
The Shadows 		71 March 18, 2011 Winchester, England Cancer[23]
64 March 21, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[24]
97 March 21, 2011 Austin, Texas, U.S. Cardiac arrest[25]
Frankie Sparcello
Exhorder 		44 March 22, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
57 March 22, 2011 Complications due to diabetes
62 April 3, 2011 Garfield, Texas, U.S. Liver cancer[26]
Scott Columbus
Manowar 		54 April 4, 2011 Suicide[27]
Roger Nichols
Steely Dan 		66 April 9, 2011 Burbank, California, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[28]
Gerard Smith
TV on the Radio 		36 April 20, 2011 Lung cancer[29]
Tom King
The Outsiders 		68 April 23, 2011 Wickliffe, Ohio, U.S. Congestive heart failure[30]
Poly Styrene
X-Ray Spex 		53 April 25, 2011 Sussex, England Breast cancer[31]
60 April 26, 2011 Edison, New Jersey, U.S. Cerebral hemorrhage[32]
Dag Stokke
TNT, Vagabond		44 April 27, 2011 Norway Cancer[33]
78 May 2, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart failure[34]
John Walker
The Walker Brothers 		67 May 7, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Liver cancer
68 May 8, 2011 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. Emphysema[35]
Ivo Pešák
Banjo Band 		66 May 9, 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Complications from bypass surgery[36]
Jack Richardson
Record producer for The Guess Who and Manowar 		81 May 13, 2011 London, Ontario, Canada
Bob Flanigan
The Four Freshmen 		84 May 15, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Heart failure[37]
62 May 27. 2011 New York City, New York, U.S. Pneumonia[38]
60 May 29, 2011 Suicide[39]
79 June 2, 2011 New York City, New York, U.S. [40]
Andrew Gold
Wax 		59 June 3, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[41]
79 June 3, 2011 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. Respiratory failure[42]
Martin Rushent
Record producer 		62 June 4, 2011 Upper Basildon, Berkshire, U.K. [43]
Seth Putnam
Anal Cunt, Upsidedown Cross 		43 June 11, 2011 Heart attack[44]
Carl Gardner
The Coasters 		83 June 12, 2011 Port St. Lucie, Florida, U.S. Congestive heart failure and vascular dementia[45]
Clarence Clemons
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band 		69 June 18, 2011 Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Complications caused by stroke[46]
Michael "Würzel" Burston
Motörhead 		61 July 9, 2011 Ventricular fibrillation[47]
Rob Grill
The Grass Roots 		67 July 11, 2011 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Complications caused by stroke[48]
80 July 13, 2011 Stroke[49]
Taiji Sawada
X Japan, Loudness 		45 July 17, 2011 Saipan, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, U.S. Suicide by hanging or possible homicide[50]
27 July 23, 2011 London, England Alcohol poisoning[51]
59 July 23, 2011 Dalton, Georgia, U.S. Heart disease[52]
Dan Peek
America 		60 July 24, 2011 Farmington, Missouri, U.S. Fibrinous pericarditis[53]
76 July 29, 2011 Kittery Point, Maine, U.S. [54]
Andrew McDermott
Threshold 		45 August 4, 2011 Kidney failure[55]
Marshall Grant
Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three 		83 August 7, 2011 Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.
Jani Lane
Warrant 		47 August 11, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alcohol poisoning[56]
Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 		78 August 22, 2011 San Francisco, California, U.S. Cardiopulmonary failure[57]
Nickolas Ashford
Ashford & Simpson 		70 August 22, 2011 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. Throat cancer[58]
Frederick "Fred" Farran
The Arbors 		74 August 29, 2011 Greenville, Michigan, U.S. Pneumonia[59]
96 August 29, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Congestive heart failure[60] [61]
75 September 16, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Stroke[62]
John Du Cann
Atomic Rooster 		65 September 21, 2011 Hampstead, North West London, England Heart attack[63]
53 September 22, 2011 El Segundo, California, U.S. Hypertensive heart disease[64]
76 September 29, 2011 Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. Congestive heart failure[65]
Marv Tarplin
The Miracles 		70 September 30, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Natural causes[66]
Bert Jansch
Pentangle 		67 October 5, 2011 Hampstead, London, England Lung cancer[67]
Mikey Welsh
Weezer 		40 October 8, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack[68]
87 October 8, 2011 Encinos, California, U.S. Pancreatic cancer
Norman Durham
Kleeer 		59 November 2, 2011 Chestnut Ridge, Hudson Valley, New York, U.S. Carbon monoxide poisoning[69]
68 November 7, 2011 Kingston, New York, New York, U.S. Congestive heart failure[70]
Heavy D
Heavy D & the Boyz 		44 November 8, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pulmonary embolism[71]
Lisa Fay Beatty
7 Year Bitch 		47 November 25, 2011 Mentone, California, U.S. Traffic accident[72] [73]
Don DeVito
Record producer, music business and company executive from Columbia Records 		72 November 25, 2011 Prostate cancer
Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley Band 		67 November 26, 2011 Preston, Lancashire, England [74]
65 November 30, 2011 Germantown, Tennessee, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[75]
72 December 2, 2011 Burlington, New Jersey, U.S. Multiple myeloma and leukaemia[76]
80 December 4, 2011 Wayne, New Jersey, U.S. Heart failure[77]
71 December 6, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[78]
Tony Duran
Ruben and the Jets 		66 December 16, 2011 Bruceville, Texas, U.S. Prostate cancer
67 December 18, 2011 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. Lung cancer[79]
Sean Bonniwell
The Music Machine 		71 December 20, 2011 Visalia, California, U.S. Lung cancer[80]
Dennis Wayne
Loosely Tight 		57 December 20, 2011 Houston, Texas, U.S. Diabetes[81]
Jim Sherwood
The Mothers of Invention, Ruben and the Jets		69 December 25, 2011 Brain tumor [82]
88 December 26, 2011 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Pneumonia

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: The Dead Rock Stars Club 2005 – January to June. Doc. Rock. Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. 4 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Baker Street singer Gerry Rafferty died at his daughter's home in Stroud . 24 January 2011 . stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk. 29 January 2011.
  4. Web site: The Dead Rock Stars Club 2011 January to June . The Dead Rock Stars Club . TheDeadRockStarsClub.com . January 12, 2011.
  5. News: At the core of Cold Chisel. Jen Jewel Brown. The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 January 2011. 9 January 2015.
  6. News: Don Kirshner, music publisher and producer, dies. Sam Thielman. Variety. January 18, 2011. January 18, 2011.
  7. News: Gladys Horton, Marvelettes' Lead Singer, Is Dead. Weber. Bruce. January 27, 2011. The New York Times. January 27, 2011. New York City.
  8. Web site: Jazz master dies at 83. Shieldsgazette.com. 28 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223605/http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/jazz_master_dies_at_83_1_3037564. 3 March 2016.
  9. News: Davies . Lewis . Mark Ryan: Guitarist with Adam and the Ants who became a successful playwright – Obituaries . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mark-ryan-guitarist-with-adam-and-the-ants-who-became-a-successful-playwright-2228429.html . 2022-06-14 . subscription . live . The Independent . 2011-03-01 . 2013-06-18.
  10. Web site: Morre Sidney Sinay, ex-vocalista do grupo Fat Family. R7.com. Rede Record. 2011-02-03. 2011-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20110204233515/http://entretenimento.r7.com/musica/noticias/morre-sidney-sinay-ex-vocalista-do-grupo-fat-family-20110202.html. dead.
  11. Web site: Ex-vocalista da Fat Family, Sidney Cipriano morre . 2 February 2011 . g1.globo.com . 3 February 2011 .
  12. "Obituary: Clay Hammond", Juke Blues no. 71, 2011, p. 59
  13. News: Rock guitarist Gary Moore dies . 6 February 2011. BBC.
  14. Web site: Była wielką gwiazdą polskiej estrady. Umarła w zapomnieniu. 2017-10-17. fakt.pl. 2019-10-06.
  15. Web site: Electric Prunes Bassist Mark Tulin Dead at 62. Julian. Woolsey. Rockedition.com. February 28, 2011. February 28, 2011.
  16. News: Blues guitar legend Eddie Kirkland 'Gypsy of the Blues' killed in Citrus County bus crash . March 1, 2011 . 2013-02-26 . Beau . Zimmer . WTSP.
  17. Web site: Doc Rock . 2011 January to June . The Dead Rock Stars Club . 2015-08-18.
  18. "Season 3 Revisited." Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Exec. Prod. John Irwin, Damian Sullivan, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Howard Lapides, Joel Rodgers, Rob Buchta, Jill Holmes, Tom Huffman, Noah Pollack, and Jeff Olde. VH1. December 4, 2011.
  19. News: Joe Morello, Drummer with Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dies at 82 . . Steve . Smith . March 13, 2011.
  20. Web site: Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson dies . Communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com . 2015-10-12 . 2011-03-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317134040/http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/27866-mississippi-bluesman-big-jack-johnson-dies . dead .
  21. Perpetua. Matthew. Rapper and Singer Nate Dogg Dead at 41. Rolling Stone. May 7, 2011. March 16, 2011.
  22. News: Nate . Chinen . Melvin Sparks, Guitarist, Is Dead at 64. March 20, 2011 . . March 21, 2011 .
  23. Web site: ExShadow guitarist Jet Harris dies " Express & Star . Express & Star . 18 March 2011 . 21 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110321195348/http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/showbiz-news/2011/03/18/ex-shadow-guitarist-jet-harris-dies/ . dead .
  24. News: Soul singer Loleatta Holloway dies aged 64. 22 November 2015. New York Post. March 22, 2011.
  25. News: B. B. King Leads Tributes to Pinetop Perkins . Martin . Chilton . . March 22, 2011.
  26. News: Morris . Christopher . Variety . Singer-songwriter Calvin Russell dies . April 3, 2011 . 2011-04-04.
  27. Web site: Manowar Drummer Scott Columbus Dies at Age 54. 5 April 2011. Metalinjection.net. 8 December 2017.
  28. News: Roger Nichols dies at 66; engineer gave Steely Dan its distinctive sound. April 22, 2011 . Los Angeles Times. Richard. Cromelin. April 13, 2011.
  29. Garth Cartwright, "Gerard Smith obituary", The Guardian, (June 2, 2011). Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  30. News: April 25, 2011 . Video: "Time Won't Let Me" songwriter dies . . May 10, 2011 .
  31. Web site: X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene dies of cancer . NME. 26 April 2011.
  32. News: Holden, Stephen . Phoebe Snow, Bluesy Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 60 . The New York Times. April 26, 2011. April 26, 2011.
  33. Web site: TNT-keyboardist Dag Stokke død . Vg.no . 27 April 2011 . 2020-04-15.
  34. Web site: L.V. Banks RIP . Bob Corritore . May 29, 2011 . Bluesman2001.blogspot.com . December 17, 2011.
  35. News: Cornell Dupree, rhythm-and-blues guitarist, dies at 68. Terence McArdle. May 10, 2011. The Washington Post.
  36. Web site: Clarinetist and singer Ivo Pěšák dies at age 66 – Radio Prague. Radio.cz. 9 May 2011. 28 November 2017.
  37. News: Bob Flanigan, 84, Four Freshmen Founder. Margalit. Fox. 16 May 2011. 28 November 2017. The New York Times.
  38. News: Gil Scott-Heron. The Daily Telegraph. May 28, 2011. May 28, 2011. London.
  39. News: Simon Brint obituary . London . . Ade . Edmondson . 27 June 2011.
  40. Web site: Chinen. Nate. Ray Bryant, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 79. The New York Times. November 6, 2015. June 3, 2011.
  41. News: Andrew Gold, Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 59. Paul . Vitello. June 7, 2011. The New York Times.
  42. News: R&B legend Benny Spellman dies . 2014-03-17 . WWLTV Eyewitness News . 2011-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317063144/http://www.wwltv.com/news/RB-legend-Benny-Spellman-dies-123172068.html . 2014-03-17 .
  43. News: Martin Rushent, Versatile Record Producer, Dies at 62. The New York Times. 13 June 2011. Keepnews. Peter.
  44. News: Rosie . Swash . Seth Putnam, the 'GG Allin of grindcore', dies aged 43 . . June 13, 2011. 2012-08-11 . London.
  45. News: Coasters singer Carl Gardner dies aged 83 . BBC News . 14 June 2011 . June 14, 2011.
  46. E Street Band's Clarence Clemons Dies at 69 . June 18, 2011 . June 18, 2011 . Greene, Andy . .
  47. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/motorhead-guitarist-michael-wurzel-burston-passes-away/ Ex-Motorhead Guitarist Michael 'Wurzel' Burston Passes Away
  48. News: Moser. John J.. Grass Roots singer Rob Grill dies hours before SteelStacks show; group plays tribute set. 12 July 2011. The Morning Call (Lehigh Valley, PA). 12 July 2011.
  49. Web site: Doc Rock . 2011 July To December . The Dead Rock Stars Club . 2013-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150818233237/http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2011b.html . 2015-08-18 .
  50. Web site: Musician Sawada dies. Saipantribune.com. 17 July 2011. 2014-09-13.
  51. News: Amy Winehouse post-mortem takes place . BBC News . 25 July 2011 . 2011-09-25 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725170851/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14272032 . 25 July 2011 . . BBC News Online. 25 July 2011.
  52. News: Bill Morrissey, 59; folk artist traversed a range of emotions . The Boston Globe . 2011-07-26 . 2011-07-30. Bliss . Gil .
  53. Web site: Tijs . Andrew . Dan Peek of America Dies at 60 – Undercover.fm News . Undercover.fm . 2011-07-26 . 2012-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120922104605/http://www.undercover.fm/news/15484-r-i-p-dan-peek-of-america . 2012-09-22 .
  54. Web site: Gene MacDaniels Passes Away . cashboxcanada.ca . 2012-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110827011123/http://cashboxcanada.ca/2017/gene-macdaniels-passes-away . 2011-08-27 .
  55. Web site: Notice of McDermott's death. https://web.archive.org/web/20110911211908/http://www.powerworld.org/HumanParasite/space_nav/navi_space.htm. September 11, 2011.
  56. News: Warrant frontman Jani Lane died of alcohol poisoning. 5 October 2011. Reuters.
  57. William Grimes, Jerry Leiber, Prolific Writer of 1950s Hits, Dies at 78, The New York Times, August 22, 2011
  58. News: Nick Ashford, of Motown Writing Duo, Dies at 70. Ben. Sisario. 22 August 2011. 27 November 2017. The New York Times.
  59. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-02/news/ct-met-farran-obit-20110902_1_tom-herrick-twin-brother-jingles Fred Farran, 1937 - 2011
  60. News: Friskics-Warren, Bill . David Honeyboy Edwards, Delta Bluesman, Dies at 96 . . August 29, 2011 .
  61. Web site: David Honeyboy Edwards. August 30, 2011.
  62. Web site: Willie Big Eyes Smith Official Home Page . Williebigeyessmith.com . 2011-09-16 . 2011-10-27 . 2015-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151118215109/http://williebigeyessmith.com/ . dead .
  63. Web site: Former Atomic Rooster guitarist/vocalist John Du Cann dies. 22 September 2011. Sea of Tranquility.
  64. Web site: The Family of R&B Singer Vesta Williams Releases Official Statement on Final Cause of Her Death . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110150756/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9073477.htm . dead . January 10, 2012 . Prweb.com . 2014-07-03.
  65. News: Tracy Scott. Sylvia Robinson, mother of Hip Hop, dead. S2smagazine.com. September 29, 2011. 2011-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001112741/http://www.s2smagazine.com/stories/2011/09/sylvia-robinson-mother-hip-hop-dead. October 1, 2011.
  66. News: McKinley Jr. . James C.. Marv Tarplin, Motown Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 70. The New York Times. October 4, 2011.
  67. News: Folk musician Bert Jansch dies aged 67 . . 5 October 2011 . 12 March 2016.
  68. News: Nickeas. Peter. Drug overdose suspected in death of former Weezer bass player. October 9, 2011. The Chicago Tribune. October 9, 2011.
  69. Web site: Soul Walking Page . 24 September 2020.
  70. News: Andrea True, who sang More More More, dies aged 68. BBC News. May 30, 2016. November 27, 2011.
  71. News: Heavy D died from blood clot, coroner finds . Angel Jennings . . December 27, 2011 . December 28, 2011.
  72. Web site: November 25, 2011 . UPDATE: Coroner IDs woman killed in Mentone crash . The Press-Enterprise.
  73. Lynch . Joe . December 14, 2015 . 7 Year Bitch's 'Miss Understood' Live: Hear Preview of First New Album in 20 Years . Billboard.
  74. http://www.lep.co.uk/lifestyle/culture/music/preston_drummer_who_played_at_woodstock_dies_aged_67_1_4020224 "Preston drummer who played at Woodstock dies aged 67"
  75. News: J Blackfoot obituary. Richard Williams. December 6, 2011. The Guardian. April 9, 2015.
  76. Rose, Joel (December 5, 2011). "Howard Tate, Soul Singer, Dies at 72". NPR. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  77. Web site: White . Jim . Blues guitar great Hubert Sumlin dies . Communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com . 2011-12-04 . 2011-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206114400/http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/31015-blues-guitar-great-hubert-sumlin-dies . dead .
  78. News: Dobie Gray, Singer Known for 'Drift Away', Dies. Paul. Vitello. Paul Vitello. The New York Times. December 7, 2011.
  79. News: Ralph MacDonald, Pop Percussionist, Dies at 67 . Paul . Vitello . Paul Vitello . . B11 . 20 December 2011.
  80. Web site: Sean Bonniwell of The Music Machine Passes Away. Rock Edition. December 24, 2011.
  81. Web site: Tribute for Dennis Wayne Livingston. Sterling White. September 27, 2021.
  82. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jim-sherwood-original-mother-of-invention-dies-20111228 "Jim Sherwood, Original Mother of Invention, Dies at 69"

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