100 '80s Musicians Who Passed Away (1980-2021)

The cause of death for each artist: 1. Colonel Abrams - diabetes 2. Stuart Adamson (Big Country) - suicide 3. Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls) - breast cancer 4. Melanie Appleby (Mel & Kim) - pneumonia following cancer treatment 5. Izora Armstead (Weather Girls) - heart failure 6. Nick Ashford (Ashford & Simpson) - throat cancer 7. Marty Balin - cause of death not disclosed 8. Ronald Bell (Kool and the Gang) - cause of death not disclosed 9. David Bowie - liver cancer 10. Laura Branigan - cerebral aneurysm 11. Loalwa Braz (Kaoma) - murdered by one of her employees 12. Pete Burns (Dead or Alive) - cardiac arrest 13. Cliff Burton (Metallica) - traffic accident 14. Steve Clark (Def Leppard) - respiratory failure caused by alcohol and prescription drugs 15. Joe Cocker - lung cancer 16. Natalie Cole - congestive heart failure 17. Ian Curtis (Joy Division) - suicide 18. Paul Davis - heart attack 19. Brad Delp (Boston) - suicide 20. Jim Diamond (Ph.D.) - pulmonary edema 21. Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot) - drug overdose 22. Edem Ephraim & Dennis Fuller (London Boys) - car accident 23. Falco - car accident 24. Bobby Farrell (Boney M) - heart failure 25. Rob Fisher (Naked Eyes, Climie Fisher) - following bowel surgery for cancer 26. Dan Fogelberg - prostate cancer 27. Aretha Franklin - pancreatic cancer 28. Fergie Frederiksen (Toto, Survivor) - liver cancer 29. Marie Fredriksson (Roxette) - brain cancer 30. Glenn Frey - colitis and pneumonia after being treated with drugs for rheumatoid arthritis 31. France Gall - breast cancer 32. Marvin Gaye - gunshot (shot by his own father) 33. J. Geils (The J. Geils Band) - natural causes 34. Andy Gibb - inflammation of the heart muscle caused by drug abuse 35. Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) - complications of a twisted intestine 36. Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) - colorectal cancer 37. Boon Gould (Level 42) - suicide 38. Greg Ham (Men at Work) - heart attack 39. George Harrison - laryngeal cancer 40. Dan Hartman - AIDS-related brain tumor 41. Felix Haug (Double) - heart attack 42. Ofra Haza - AIDS-related pneumonia 43. Jeff Healey (The Jeff Healey Band) - lung cancer 44. Paul Hester (Split Enz, Crowded House) - suicide 45. Brian Hibbard (Flying Pickets) - prostate cancer 46. Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil) - cancer 47. Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) - a short illness (not disclosed) 48. Whitney Houston - drowning and the effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use 49. Michael Hutchence (INXS) - suicide or accidental strangulation 50. James Ingram - brain cancer 51. Michael Jackson - cardiac arrest after propofol overdose 52. Rick James - pulmonary failure and cardiac failure 53. Jimi Jamison (Survivor) - heart attack 54. Mory Kanté - the result of untreated chronic health problems 55. Jani Lane (Warrant) - alcohol poisoning 56. Rose Laurens - cancer 57. John Lennon - murder by gunshot 58. Tony Lewis (The Outfield) - cause of death not disclosed 59. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) - heart failure and pneumonia caused by alcohol and drug use 60. Kirsty MacColl - hit by powerboat while on holiday (saving her son's life) 61. Kevin MacMichael (Cutting Crew) - lung cancer 62. Benny Mardones - complications of Parkinson's disease 63. Teena Marie - natural causes 64. Bob Marley (Bob Marley and the Wailers) - skin cancer 65. Jimmy McShane (Baltimora) - AIDS 66. Freddie Mercury (Queen) - pneumonia as a complication of AIDS 67. George Michael (Wham!) - heart failure 68. Jason Mizell (= Jam Master Jay) (Run-D.M.C.) - murder by gunshot 69. Eddie Money - esophageal cancer 70. Gary Moore - heart attack 71. Ric Ocasek (The Cars) - cardiovascular disease 72. Roy Orbison - heart attack 73. Benjamin Orr (The Cars) - pancreatic cancer 74. Robert Palmer - heart attack 75. Neil Peart (Rush) - brain cancer 76. Tom Petty (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) - accidental overdose of prescription drugs 77. Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) - alcohol and drug overdose 78. June Pointer (Pointer Sisters) - cancer 79. Prince - accidental fentanyl overdose 80. Eddie Rabbitt - lung cancer 81. Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) - complications after hospital treatment for a stomach ailment 82. Kenny Rogers - natural causes 83. Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk) - cancer 84. Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything) - heart attack 85. Jim Steinman - kidney failure 86. Jermaine Stewart - AIDS-related liver cancer 87. Steve Strange (Visage) - heart attack 88. Joe Strummer (The Clash) - congenital heart defect 89. Donna Summer - lung cancer 90. Patrick Swayze - pancreatic cancer 91. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) - throat cancer 92. Luther Vandross - heart attack 93. Colin Vearncombe (Black) - traffic accident 94. Groover Washington Jr. - heart attack 95. John Wetton (Asia) - complications of colorectal cancer 96. Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) - lung cancer 97. Bill Withers - heart complications 98. Cecil Womack (Womack & Womack) - unknown causes 99. Eric Woolfson (The Alan Parsons Project) - kidney cancer 100. Paul Young (Mike and the Mechanics) - heart attack

More talent in this dead list than most of the combined singers alive today

Some of them were so young. Their music will live on forever

As a "child" of the 80's it hurts to see that all these talented and great musicans are gone forever! 🥀 RIP GEORGE RIP WHITNEY RIP MICHAEL RIP FREDDIE RIP PRINCE....etc, etc!

This is sad 😔😓 So many talented people died so young. I love the 1980,s music, brings back so many good memories

So many talented artists gone,and can never be replaced.

10 minutes of pure nostalgia. So amazing yet so sad at the same time. Take me back to the 80s! 💔

George Michael died on 12/25/2016, same date as my Mom, impossible to forget. Thank you for such excellent job. So many talented people...

So many artists from my youth gone way too soon and still truly missed.

Rest in peace you all. My best years of my life was listening to the music you all made when I was a teenager. Thank you for making my life wonderful growing up.. ❤️

R.I.P all 80s musicians. 🙏🙏🙏

5:29😭😭😭 and all great singers RIP 😞 legends never d

All these artists will live forever through their music 🖤

They died but they're still alive with their music for ever⚘⚘⚘

Damn I didn’t know some of these people died. That sucks. Long live the 80’s.

I lost my mom almost a year ago now, and watching this was just to much. I grew up in the 80's. She knew a lot of these songs. Now...this group wasn't on this list, but an 80's song helped me get through my moms funeral last June 15, 2021. It was A-HA's, Take On Me. I told myself the day before the funeral I wasn't going go it! I couldn't handle i!! And then God but it in my head, and gave me the ides that whenever anything got to heavy for me, to just block it out and start singing Take On Me as loud as I could to myself in my head, and just shake my head and nod like I was paying attention, lol. And it worked! I didn't shed a single tear! It was sad watching the Laura Brannigan interview. I loved her so much.

Awww take me back to the best decade of music the 80s. All those wonderful people and fabulous music . Lucky to have seen some of them in concert . Thank you for such happy memories . RIP 🙏

It’s unbelievable how many great performers have been taken away from us from such horrible circumstances. R.I.P. All of you. Your music will live on forever............

We lost some amazing artists from the 80's they are truly missed. The 80's had the best music and I'm so glad I was part of that decade! Good times and many many good memories!

It's shocking to watch and realize I grew up with many of these very talented musicians. And some shocked me as I didn't know they had died. Greatest music was the 1980s.