List of 2018 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 2018.

2018 deaths in popular music

NameAgeDateLocationCause of death
76 January 1, 2018 Santa Ana, California, U.S. Strangled[1]
Rick Hall
Record producer
85 January 2, 2018 Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S. Prostate cancer[2]
Ray Thomas
Moody Blues
76 January 4, 2018 Surrey, England Prostate cancer [3]
Chris Tsangarides
Record producer from Judas Priest, Depeche Mode
61 January 6, 2018 Heart failure following pneumonia [4]
Jimmy Robinson
Recording engineer, record producer
67 January 6, 2018 New York City, New York, U.S.[5]
70 January 7, 2018 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Cancer
78 January 8, 2018 Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. Complications from fall[6]
Eddie Clarke
Motörhead, Fastway
67 January 10, 2018 Pneumonia [7]
Ernest H. Sanders
German-born American musicologist
99 January 13, 2018 New York, U.S.[8]
Barbara Cope
Groupie
67 January 14, 2018 Dallas, Texas, U.S. House fire[9]
84 January 14, 2018 Manhattan, New York, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[10]
74 January 15, 2018 Pleasanton, California, U.S.[11]
Dolores O'Riordan
The Cranberries
46 January 15, 2018 London, England Drowning caused by alcohol intoxication[12]
Dave Holland
Trapeze, Judas Priest
69 January 16, 2018 Lung cancer [13]
80 January 20, 2018 U.S. [14]
Jim Rodford
Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies
76 January 20, 2018 St Albans, England Complications from fall[15]
78 January 23, 2018 Johannesburg, South Africa Prostate cancer[16]
52 January 23, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Peritoneal cancer[17]
Mark E. Smith
The Fall
60 January 24, 2018 Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England Lung and kidney cancer [18]
76 January 26, 2018 Complications of influenza[19]
31 January 31, 2018 Traffic collision
Dennis Edwards
The Temptations
74 February 1, 2018 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Complications from meningitis[20]
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Record producer and university professor
65 February 3, 2018 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Prostate cancer[21]
Zeno Roth
Uli Jon Roth
61 February 5, 2018 [22]
John Perry Barlow
Lyricist for The Grateful Dead, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation
70 February 6, 2018 San Francisco, California, U.S. Complications from heart attack[23]
Mickey Jones
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
76 February 7, 2018 Simi Valley, California, U.S.Diabetes [24]
Pat Torpey
Mr. Big
64 February 7, 2018 Complications of Parkinson's disease[25]
Lovebug Starski
Record producer for DJ Hollywood
57 February 8, 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Heart attack[26]
Craig MacGregor
Foghat
68 February 9, 2018 Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S.Lung cancer[27]
70 February 9, 2018 St. Helena, California[28]
Troy Blakely
Record producer for Scorpions, Poison, Red Hot Chili Peppers
68 February 10, 2018 U.S. Cancer[29]
89 February 11, 2018 Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. Natural causes[30]
46 February 12, 2018 Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S. Blood Clot[31]
Scott Boyer
Cowboy
70 February 13, 2018 Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S. Peripheral artery disease[32]
89 February 13, 2018 Middletown, New York, U.S. [33]
Wim Claes
Record producer
style='text-align:center;"56 February 24, 2018 [34]
88 February 28, 2018 Tomball, Texas, U.S. Congestive heart failure[35]
Bill Burkette
The Vogues
75 March 1, 2018 Unknown
Van McLain
Shooting Star
62 March 2, 2018 West Nile virus
Virgilijus Noreika
3 Tigrai
style='text-align:center;"82 March 3, 2018 Vilnius, Lithuania Cancer
Patrick Doyle
Veronica Falls
32 March 3, 2018 ?, U.S. Suicide[36]
71 March 6, 2018 Perth, Western Australia Infection following surgery[37]
82 March 7, 2018 Katowice, Poland Natural causes[38]
93 March 8, 2018 Stuttgart, GermanyNatural causes
90 March 11, 2018 Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England Chest infection[39]
47 March 12, 2018 Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S. Heart failure[40]
Nokie Edwards
The Ventures
style='text-align:center;"82 March 12, 2018 Yuma, Arizona, U.S. Complications following hip surgery
Claudia Fontaine
Afrodiziak
57 March 13, 2018 [41]
Charlie Quintana
The Plugz, Social Distortion, Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds
56 March 13, 2018 Cancún, MexicoHeart attack[42]
86 March 13, 2018 [43]
Buell Neidlinger
Cecil Taylor, Frank Zappa, Duane Eddy
82 March 16, 2018 Unknown
Killjoy
Necrophagia
48 March 18, 2018 Undisclosed causes[44]
Peter "Mars" Cowling
Pat Travers Band, Flying Hat Band
72 March 20, 2018 U.S. [45]
Lys Assia
winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest
94 March 24, 2018 Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland[46]
Mike Harrison
Spooky Tooth
75 March 25, 2018 Carlisle, England[47]
Seo Min-woo
100%
33 March 25, 2018 Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Cardiac arrest[48]
75 March 25, 2018 Täby, Sweden Cancer[49]
Caleb Scofield
Cave In, Old Man Gloom, Zozobra
39 March 28, 2018 Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S. Traffic collision [50]
Alias
Record producer from Anticon Records
41 March 30, 2018 U.S. Heart attack[51]
Ron Dunbar
Record producer
77 April 3, 2018 U.S. [52]
89 April 5, 2018 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. [53]
28 April 20, 2018 Muscat, Oman Suicide[54]
Kato Khandwala
Record producer from Blondie, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, The Pretty Reckless
47 April 25, 2018 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Traffic collision[55]
Charles Neville
The Neville Brothers
79 April 26, 2018 Huntington, Massachusetts, U.S. [56]
John "Jabo" Starks
The J.B.'s
79 May 1, 2018 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. [57]
Scott Hutchison
Frightened Rabbit
36 May 9, 2018 South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland Suicide by drowning[58]
65 May 24, 2018 [59]
83 June 1, 2018 Skokie, Illinois, U.S. [60]
Ralph Santolla
Obituary, Deicide, Iced Earth
48 June 6, 2018 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Heart attack[61]
Danny Kirwan
Fleetwood Mac, Tramp
68 June 8, 2018 London, England[62]
Jon Hiseman
Colosseum, Colosseum II, Tempest, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Graham Bond Organisation
73 June 12, 2018 Sutton, London, England Brain cancer[63]
87 June 13, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [64]
20 June 18, 2018 Deerfield Beach, Florida Shot[65]
see Murder of XXXTentacion
Vinnie Paul Abbott
Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah
54 June 22, 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada Heart attack[66]
Alan Longmuir
Bay City Rollers
70 July 2, 2018 Edinburgh, Scotland [67]
Jim Malloy
Record producer
87 July 5, 2018 [68]
69 July 2, 2018 New York City, New York, U.S. Cancer[69]
Stan Lewis
Record producer from Jewel Records
91 July 15, 2018 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. [70]
Olga Jackowska
Maanam
67 July 28, 2018 Bliżów, Poland Ovarian cancer[71]
Randy Rampage
Annihilator
58 August 14, 2018 Vancouver, CanadaHeart attack[72]
Jill Janus
Huntress
42 August 14, 2018 Portland, Oregon, U.S. Suicide
Fabio Melanitto
Uff
33 August 15, 2018 Gunshot
76 August 16, 2018 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[73]
65 August 17, 2018 Stonewall, Mississippi, U.S.Liver cancer[74]
Ed King
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Strawberry Alarm Clock
68 August 22, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Lung cancer[75]
85 August 22, 2018 Paradise, California, U.S. Stomach cancer[76]
Kyle Pavone
We Came as Romans
28 August 25, 2018 Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. Drug overdose[77]
Conway Savage
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
58 September 2, 2018 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Brain tumour[78]
87 September 4, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. [79] [80]
26 September 7, 2018 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Drug overdose[81] [82] [83]
Maartin Allcock
Fairport Convention
61 September 16, 2018 Liver cancer[84]
91 September 16, 2018 Moreno Valley, California, U.S. Prostate cancer
Chas Hodges
Chas & Dave, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Outlaws, Heads Hands & Feet
74 September 22, 2018 England Organ failure[85]
Marty Balin
Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship
76 September 27, 2018 Tampa, Florida, U.S. [86]
84 September 29, 2018 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Stroke[87]
Kim Larsen
Gasolin'
72 September 30, 2018 Odense, Denmark Prostate cancer[88]
94 October 1, 2018 Alpilles, France Cardiac arrest[89]
Geoff Emerick
Record engineered from Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles
72 October 2, 2018 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack[90]
John Wicks
The Records
65 October 7, 2018 Burbank, California, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[91]
Wah Wah Watson
The Funk Brothers
67 October 24, 2018 Santa Monica, California, U.S. [92]
75 October 24, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Heart attack[93]
Todd Youth
Agnostic Front, Danzig
47 October 27, 2018[94]
Jimmy Farrar
Molly Hatchet
67 October 29, 2018 LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. Heart failure[95]
Hardy Fox
The Residents
73 October 30, 2018 San Anselmo, California, U.S. Glioblastoma[96] (Brain cancer[97])
Josh Fauver
Deerhunter
39 November 2, 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. [98]
Glenn Schwartz
James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric, All Saved Freak Band
78 November 2, 2018 U.S. [99]
Hugh McDowell
Electric Light Orchestra
65 November 6, 2018 Cancer[100]
Scott Harrick
The Arbors
80-81 November 7, 2018 Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico Stroke[101]
Roy Clark85 November 15, 2018 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.Pneumonia[102]
Devin Lima
LFO
41 November 21, 2018 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.Adrenal cancer[103]
83 December 1, 2018 Munster, Indiana, U.S. Cancer[104]
Pete Shelley
The Buzzcocks
63 December 6, 2018 Tallinn, EstoniaHeart attack[105]
81 December 13, 2018 Pioneertown, California, U.S. [106]
Joe Osborn
The Wrecking Crew
81 December 14, 2018 Greenwood, Louisiana, U.S. [107]
Herman Sikumbang
Seventeen
36 December 22, 2018 Tanjung Lesung, Banten, Indonesia Drowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018[108]
M. Awal "Bani" Purbani
Seventeen
36 December 22, 2018 Tanjung Lesung, Banten, Indonesia Drowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018[109]
Windu Andi Harmawan
Seventeen
36 December 24, 2018 Pandeglang Regency, Indonesia Drowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018[110]
Jerry Riopelle
Record producer
77 December 24, 2018 Cancer[111]
James Calvin Wilsey
Avengers
61 December 24, 2018 Los Angeles, California, U.S.Multiple organ failure[112]
Dean Ford
Marmalade
72 December 31, 2018 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Parkinson's disease[113]
Ray Sawyer
Dr. Hook
81 December 31, 2018 Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. [114]

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