List of 2013 deaths in popular music

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 2013.

2013 deaths in popular music

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Preceded by 2012

List of deaths in popular music 2013

Succeeded by 2014

Name	Age	Date	Location	Cause of death
Patti Page	85	January 1, 2013	Encinitas, California, U.S.	Heart and lung disease[1]
Sammy Johns	66	January 4, 2013	Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S.	[2]
Trevor Gordon The Marbles	64	January 10, 2013	London, England	Natural causes[3]
Precious Bryant	71	January 12, 2013	Columbus, Georgia, U.S.	Complications from diabetes and congestive heart failure[4]
Nic Potter Van der Graaf Generator	61	January 16, 2013	London, England, U.K.	Pneumonia
Chicago Bob Nelson	68	January 17, 2013		[5]
Bobby Bennett The Famous Flames, Bobby Bennett & The Dynamics	74	January 18, 2013	Maryland, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[6]
Steve Knight Mountain, The Devil's Anvil	77	January 19, 2013	Riverdale, New York, U.S.	Parkinson's disease
Bob Engemann The Lettermen	77	January 20, 2013	Provo, Utah, U.S.	Complications from a heart surgery[7]
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner Ohio Players	69	January 26, 2013	Trotwood, Ohio, U.S.	Cancer[8]
Mickey Finn Heavy Metal Kids	65	February 1, 2013	Paris, France	Cancer[9]
Donald Byrd	80	February 4, 2013	Dover, Delaware, U.S.	Natural causes[10]
Reg Presley The Troggs	71	February 4, 2013	Andover, Hampshire, England	Lung cancer[11]
Mo-Do ZYX Music, Dancing Ferret	46	February 6, 2013	Udine, Italy	Suicide[12]
Shadow Morton	71	February 14, 2013	Laguna Beach, California	Cancer[13]
Tim Dog	46	February 14, 2013	Atlanta, Georgia	Complications from diabetes
Tony Sheridan	72	February 16, 2013	Hamburg, Germany	After heart surgery[14]
Mindy McCready	37	February 17, 2013	Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.	Suicide by gunshot
Damon Harris The Temptations	62	February 18, 2013	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Prostate cancer[15]
Kevin Ayers Soft Machine	68	February 18, 2013	Montolieu, France	[16]
Magic Slim	75	February 21, 2013	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	[17]
Dan Toler Great Southern, The Allman Brothers Band	64	February 25, 2013	Manatee County, Florida, U.S.	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[18]
Richard Street The Temptations	70	February 27, 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Pulmonary embolism[19]
Daniel Darc Taxi Girl	53	February 28, 2013	Paris, France	Accidental drug overdose[20]
Jewel Akens Record producer for Era Records	79	March 1, 2013	Inglewood, California, U.S.	Complications following back surgery[21]
Jim Murray Quicksilver Messenger Service	70	March 1, 2013		Undisclosed causes
Bobby Rogers The Miracles	73	March 3, 2013	Southfield, Michigan, U.S.	Complications from diabetes[22]
Alvin Lee Ten Years After	68	March 6, 2013	Marbella, Spain	[23]
Stompin' Tom Connors	77	March 6, 2013	Ballinafad, Ontario, Canada	Kidney failure[24]
Chorão Charlie Brown Jr.	42	March 6, 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Cocaine overdose[25]
Peter Banks Yes	65	March 7, 2013	London, England	Heart failure[26]
Sammy Masters	82	March 8, 2013		[27]
Ricardo da Force The KLF, N-Trance	45	March 8, 2013	Barbados, Caribbean	Unknown
Clive Burr Iron Maiden	56	March 12, 2013	London, England	Multiple sclerosis[28]
Hardrock Gunter	88	March 15, 2013		Complications of pneumonia
Jason Molina	39	March 16, 2013	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Alcohol abuse-related organ failure[29]
Bobby Smith The Spinners	76	March 16, 2013	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Complications of influenza and pneumonia[30]
Bebo Valdés	94	March 24, 2013	Stockholm, Sweden	[31]
Reinhard Lakomy	67	March 23, 2013	Berlin, Germany	Lung cancer[32]
Deke Richards Motown record producer	68	March 24, 2013	Bellingham, Washington, U.S.	Esophageal cancer[33]
Phil Ramone Record engineer and record producer	79	March 26, 2013	New York City, New York, U.S.	Aortic aneurysm[34]
Dale Hyatt	87	March 28, 2013		[35]
Hugh McCracken	70	March 28, 2013	New York City, New York, U.S.	Leukemia[36]
Chris Bailey The Angels, GANGgajang	62	April 4, 2013	Sydney, Australia	Throat cancer[37]
Andy Johns Sound engineer and record producer	62	April 7, 2013	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stomach ulcer[38]
Jimmy Dawkins	76	April 10, 2013	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	[39]
Don Blackman Twennynine, Parliament, Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire	59	April 11, 2013	New York City, U.S.	Cancer[40]
Sue Draheim	63	April 11, 2013	Berea, Kentucky, U.S.	Cancer[41]
Chi Cheng Deftones	42	April 13, 2013	Sacramento, California, U.S.	Cardiac arrest[42]
Vincent Montana Jr. MFSB	85	April 13, 2013	Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
George Jackson	68	April 14, 2013	Ridgeland, Mississippi, U.S.	Cancer[43]
Scott Miller Alternate Learning, Game Theory, The Loud Family	53	April 15, 2013	U.S.	Suicide
Cordell Mosson Parliament-Funkadelic	60	April 18, 2013		Liver failure[44]
Storm Thorgerson	69	April 18, 2013	London, England, U.K.	Cancer
Artie "Blues Boy" White	76	April 20, 2013		Parkinson's disease[45][46]
Chrissy Amphlett Divinyls	53	April 21, 2013	New York City, New York, U.S.	Breast cancer[47]
Dani Crivelli Krokus, Killer	53	April 21, 2013	Trimbach, Solothurn, Switzerland	Accident - fall from bridge[48]
Richie Havens	72	April 22, 2013	Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.	Heart attack[49]
Bob Brozman	59	April 23, 2013	Ben Lomond, California, U.S.	Suicide[50]
George Jones	81	April 26, 2013	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Hypoxic respiratory failure[51]
Chris Kelly Kriss Kross	34	May 1, 2013	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Drug overdose[52]
Jeff Hanneman Slayer	49	May 2, 2013	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Liver failure[53]
Ken Whaley Man, Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe	66	May 8, 2013	London, England	Lung cancer[54]
Alan O'Day	72	May 17, 2013	Westwood, California, U.S.	Brain cancer[55]
Ray Manzarek The Doors	74	May 20, 2013	Rosenheim, Germany	Bile duct cancer[56]
Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep	62	May 21, 2013	Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England	Pancreatic cancer[57]
Tyrone Brunson	57	May 25, 2013	Washington, D.C., U.S.	[58]
Marshall Lytle Bill Haley & His Comets	79	May 25, 2013	New Port Richey, Florida, U.S.	Lung cancer[59]
Little Tony	72	May 27, 2013	Rome, Italy	[60]
Zach Sobiech	18	May 30, 2013	Lakeland, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.	Complications from osteosarcoma
Rob Morsberger	53	June 2, 2013	Hudson Valley, U.S.	Cancer[61]
MickDeth Eighteen Visions Bleeding Through	35	June 3, 2013	Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.	Heart condition[62]
Marcin Szyszko Wilki	43	June 4, 2013	Poland	Complications from drug addiction[63]
Joey Covington Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane	67	June 4, 2013	Palm Springs, California, U.S.	Traffic accident[64]
Darondo	66	June 9, 2013	Sacramento, California, U.S.	Heart failure[65]
Slim Whitman	90	June 19, 2013	Orange Park, Florida, U.S.	Heart failure[66]
Filip Topol Psí vojáci	48	June 19, 2013	Prague, Czech Republic	[67]
Paul Smith	91	June 20, 2013	Torrance, California, U.S.	Heart failure[68]
Mary Love	69	June 21, 2013
Bobby Bland	83	June 23, 2013	Germantown, Tennessee, U.S.	[69]
Little Willie Littlefield	81	June 23, 2013	Voorthuizen, Netherlands	Cancer[70]
Alan Myers Devo	58	June 24, 2013	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stomach cancer[71]
Texas Johnny Brown	85	July 1, 2013	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Lung cancer[72]
Brett Walker	51	July 9, 2013	Draper, Utah, U.S.	[73]
Cory Monteith Known from Glee	31	July 13, 2013	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Drug overdose
T-Model Ford	90	July 16, 2013	Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.	Respiratory failure[74]
MC Daleste Brazilian rapper	20	July 7, 2013	Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot while performing onstage[75]
Mikhail Gorsheniov Korol i Shut	39	July 19, 2013	Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation	Heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy[76]
Puff Johnson	40	July 24, 2013		Cervical cancer[77]
Mike Shipley Record producer and music engineer	56	July 25, 2013	Studio City, Los Angeles, U.S.	Suicide
JJ Cale	74	July 26, 2013	La Jolla, California, U.S.	Heart attack[78]
Mick Farren The Deviants, Pink Fairies	69	July 27, 2013	London, England	Heart attack (while performing on stage)[79]
Rita Reys	88	July 28, 2013	Breukelen, Netherlands	Brain hemorrhage[80]
Tim Wright Pere Ubu	63	August 4, 2013	Claveland, Ohio, U.S.	Cancer
George Duke	67	August 5, 2013	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Leukemia[81]
Jack Clement	82	August 8, 2013	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	Liver cancer
Al Coury	78	August 8, 2013	Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Allen Lanier Blue Öyster Cult	67	August 14, 2013	New York City, New York, U.S.	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[82]
Cedar Walton	79	August 19, 2013	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.	[83]
Forrest	60	September 6, 2013	Tilburg, Netherlands	Stroke[84]
Champignon Charlie Brown Jr., Revolucionnários, Nove Mil Anjos, A Banca	35	September 9, 2013	São Paulo, Brazil	Suicide
Patti Webster	49	September 13, 2013	Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.	Cancer[85]
Jackie Lomax	69	September 15, 2013	Wirral, England, U.K.
Bobby Mansfield The Wrens	76	September 15, 2013	The Bronx, New York, U.S.	Unknown[86]
Mac Curtis	74	September 16, 2013	Weatherford, Texas, U.S.	Complications from car accident[87]
Jimmy Ponder	67	September 16, 2013	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Lung cancer[88]
Lindsay Cooper Henry Cow, Comus, National Health	62	September 18, 2013	London, England, U.K.	Multiple sclerosis
Johnny Laboriel Los Rebeldes del Rock	71	September 18, 2013	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Prostate cancer
Billy Mure	97	September 25, 2013	Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.	[89]
Butch Warren	74	October 5, 2013	Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.	Lung cancer[90]
Philip Chevron The Pogues, The Radiators from Space	56	October 8, 2013	Dublin, Ireland	Esophageal cancer
Jan Kuehnemund Vixen	51	October 10, 2013	Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.	Cancer[91]
Gloria Lynne	83	October 15, 2013	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	Heart attack[92]
Ronald Shannon Jackson Last Exit	73	October 19, 2013	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	Leukemia
Gypie Mayo Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds	62	October 23, 2013		[93]
Al Johnson The Unifics	65	October 26, 2013
Lou Reed Velvet Underground	71	October 27, 2013	Long Island, New York, U.S.	Liver disease[94]
Pete Haycock Climax Blues Band	62	October 30, 2013	Frankfurt, Germnany	Heart attack[95]
Frank Wess	91	October 30, 2013	New York, U.S.	[96]
Bobby Parker	76	October 31, 2013	Bowie, Maryland, U.S.	Heart attack[97]
Nate Morgan Rufus	60	November 21, 2013	Gardena, California, U.S.	Heart failure
Chico Hamilton	92	November 25, 2013	Manhattan, New York, U.S.	[98]
Oliver Cheatham	65	November 29, 2013	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Heart attack[99]
Dick Dodd The Standells	68	November 29, 2013	Fountain Valley, California, U.S.	Cancer
Richard Coughlan Caravan	66	December 1, 2013	Herne Bay, Kent, England	Pneumonia[100]
Junior Murvin	67	December 2, 2013	Port Antonio, Jamaica	Diabetes.[101]
Gail Collins Pappalardi	72	December 6, 2013	Ajijic Jalisco, Mexico	Cancer[102]
Stan Tracey	86	December 6, 2013		Cancer[103]
Jim Hall	83	December 10, 2013	Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.	Heart failure[104]
Ray Price	87	December 16, 2013	Mount Pleasant, Texas, U.S.	Cancer[105]
Herb Geller	85	December 19, 2013	Hamburg, Germany	Pneumonia
David Richards Record producer for Queen	57	December 20, 2013		Heart disease
Yusef Lateef	93	December 23, 2013	Shutesbury, Massachusetts, U.S.	Prostate cancer[106]
Ricky Lawson	59	December 23, 2013	Long Beach, California, U.S.	Brain aneurysm[107]
Benjamin Curtis Tripping Daisy, Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, UFOFU	35	December 29, 2013	New York City, New York, U.S.	T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma

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