8 July 1969
Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones drowned while ‘drunk and drugged’: coroner records death by misadventure. Mick Jagger pays poetic tribute in London’s Hyde Park.
19 September 1970
Jimi Hendrix, the Electric Rebel: an appreciation of guitarist, ‘the voodoo myth of magic male potency, alive and pulsating on stage’, who died in a Kensington hotel on 18 September.
6 October 1970
Janis Joplin remembered: news that the singer has died of a heroin overdose prompts Geoffrey Cannon to recall the time he met her in London.
17 August 1977
Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, dies from a heart attack at the age of 42.
17 September 1977
Marc Bolan dies in car crash: T Rex star killed instantly when his car hits a tree in south London.
8 September 1978
Keith Moon found dead: drummer with The Who died of a suspected overdose.
3 February 1979
Sid Vicious dies of drug overdose in New York.
10 December 1980
A vigil but no funeral for John Lennon: Yoko Ono says there will be a silent vigil to pray for the soul of the former Beatle. A memorial service is held in Liverpool the following year.
25 November 1991
Freddy Mercury: Queen star dies after Aids statement.
9 April 1994
Kurt Cobain obituary: sound of the outsider. Lost generation’s leader finds his place in Nirvana.
24 November 1997
Michael Hutchence death mystery deepens.
23 July 2011
Amy Winehouse found dead aged 27 in London home.
4 March 2019
Keith Flint: Prodigy vocalist dies aged 49. Bandmates pay tribute to ‘true pioneer, innovator and legend.’
