Dead musicians
Tupac Shakur
90s West Coast rapper shot to death in Las Vegas 25
Notorious B.I.G.
90s rapper, shot, 24
Duane Allman
Allman Brothers guitar, 24, motorcycle crash
Janis Joplin
Blues singer, 27, drug overdoes
Who died on the day the music died?
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper
Hank Williams
Early county music legend, 29, alcohol related heart failure
Hillel Slovak
Founder of Red Hot Chili Peppers, 26, drug overdose
Randy Rhoads
Guitarist for Ozzy Ousbourne, 25, plane crash
Brian Jones
Guitarist for Rolling Stones, died at age 27, drowned while under influence
Ronnie Van Zant
Lynyrd Skynyrd singer, 29, plane crash
Jimi Hendrix
Pioneer of blues guitar, died at 27, sleeping pill overdose
Kurt Cobain
lead singer of Nirvana, died at 27, committed suicide
Jim Morrison
lead singer of the Doors. Died of heroin overdose on July 3, 1971 in bathtub. 27 years old