140 Singers Who Died Before the Age of 60 (1959-2024)

1. Buddy Holly 2. Ritchie Valens 3. The Big Bopper 4. Eddie Cochran 5. Patsy Cline 6. Johnny Burnette 7. Sam Cooke 8. Nat King Cole 9. Bobby Fuller (The Bobby Fuller Four) 10. Otis Redding 11. Tammi Terrell 12. Jimi Hendrix 13. Janis Joplin 14. Jim Morrison (The Doors) 15. Jim Croce 16. Bobby Darin 17. Cass Elliot (The Mamas and the Papas) 18. Pete Ham (Badfinger) 19. Elvis Presley 20. Marc Bolan (T. Rex) 21. Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 22. Van McCoy 23. Minnie Riperton 24. Bon Scott (AC/DC) 25. Ian Curtis (Joy Division) 26. John Lennon (The Beatles) 27. Bill Haley 28. Bob Marley 29. Harry Chapin 30. Joe Tex 31. Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) 32. Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) 33. Jackie Wilson 34. Marvin Gaye 35. Matt Monro 36. Sœur Sourire / The Singing Nun 37. Kyu Sakamoto 38. Ricky Nelson 39. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) 40. Andy Gibb 41. Roy Orbison 42. Melanie Appleby (Mel & Kim) 43. Del Shannon 44. Freddie Mercury (Queen) 45. Mary Wells 46. Frank Zappa 47. Harry Nilsson 48. Dan Hartman 49. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) 50. Selena 51. Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) 52. London Boys 53. Tupac Shakur (2Pac) 54. Eva Cassidy 55. Brian Connolly (The Sweet) 56. The Notorious B.I.G. 57. Jermaine Stewart 58. Jeff Buckley 59. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole 60. John Denver 61. Michael Hutchence (INXS) 62. Falco 63. Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) 64. Tammy Wynette 65. Eddie Rabbitt 66. Dusty Springfield 67. Scatman John 68. Ofra Haza 69. Paul Young (Mike and the Mechanics) 70. Benjamin Orr (The Cars) 71. Kirsty MacColl 72. Charles Pettigrew (Charles & Eddie) 73. Joey Ramone (The Ramones) 74. Aaliyah 75. Melanie Thornton (La Bouche) 76. George Harrison (The Beatles) 77. Stuart Adamson (Big Country) 78. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) 79. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes (TLC) 80. Joe Strummer (The Clash) 81. Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) 82. Barry White 83. Robert Palmer 84. Rick James 85. Laura Branigan 86. Luther Vandross 87. Franky Gee (Captain Jack) 88. June Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 89. Soraya 90. Brad Delp (Boston) 91. Dan Fogelberg 92. Trevor Taylor (Bad Boys Blue) 93. Jeff Healey 94. Michael Jackson 95. Stephen Gately (Boyzone) 96. Pauly Fuemana (OMC) 97. Doug Fieger (The Knack) 98. Dana Dawson 99. Rich Cronin (LFO) 100. Teena Marie 101. Gary Moore 102. Nate Dogg 103. Amy Winehouse 104. Jani Lane (Warrant) 105. Heavy D (Heavy D & the Boyz) 106. Whitney Houston 107. Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) 108. Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls) 109. Chris Kelly (Kris Kross) 110. Simone Battle (G.R.L.) 111. Steve Strange (Visage) 112. Diane Charlemagne (Urban Cookie Collective) 113. Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 114. Colin Vearncombe (Black) 115. Prince 116. Attrell Cordes / Prince Be (PM Dawn) 117. Pete Burns (Dead or Alive) 118. George Michael 119. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) 120. Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) 121. Dolores O'Riordan (Cranberries) 122. Devin Lima (LFO) 123. Keith Flint (The Prodigy) 124. DMX 125. Nick Kamen 126. Wes 127. Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud) 128. Carlos Marín (Il Divo) 129. Tom Parker (The Wanted) 130. Darius Campbell Danesh 131. Coolio 132. Takeoff (Migos) 133. Aaron Carter 134. Paul Cattermole (S Club 7) 135. Mark Sheehan (The Script) 136. Sinéad O'Connor 137. Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) 138. Shifty Shellshock (Crazy Town) 139. Fatman Scoop 140. Liam Payne (One Direction)