Artist and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, in an apartment whose streets were lined with crack addicts. He had tried to sober up only months before, but was discovered on the floor in a pool of his own vomit with several bloody syringes in the bathroom. Richey Edwards.
Linda Jones. Linda Jones, a soul singer whose career began at age 6 as a member of the Jones Singers, died in between sets at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on March 14, after being diagnosed with diabetes. Fredo Santana. Photo: user uploaded image. Peter Ham. A singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose biggest fame was achieved with rock band Badfinger, Pete Hamm hanged himself in a Surrey garage on April 24, , just days shy of his 28th birthday.
Jesse Belvin. Photo: Metaweb FB. The car Belvin was riding in was believed to had its tires tampered with and possibly slashed prior to the collision that killed all four occupants of Belvin's Cadillac. Dave Alexander. The original bass player of legendary rock band The Stooges, Dave Alexander was admitted to the hospital on February 10th, for pancreatitis, and died shortly thereafter from pulmonary adema. Dickie Pride. Photo: SFM. Dickie Pride, a popular pop singer, overdosed on sleeping pills on March 26th, Chris Bell.
Chris Bell, a solo musician and frontman of the power pop band Big Star, died when his car crashed it into a wooden pole in the early morning hours of December 27, The musician was returning from his father's restaurant in East Memphis when he lost control of his car and died on impact. Rudy Lewis. The lead singer of the Drifters was found dead in a Harlem hotel room on May 21, , the day the group was set to record "Under the Boardwalk".
Though no official autopsy was performed, Rudy Lewis is believed to have died of a drug overdose. Pete de Freitas. Photo: Salvo. The drummer of Echo and the Bunnymen died when his motorcycle collided with a motor vehicle on the ride from Liverpool to London on June 14, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan.
Photo: Pinterest. Read his full obituary here. British soul singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her Camden flat in North London following a highly-publicised battle with alcohol and drugs. Actor Jonathan Brandis, a former child star, was found dead in his home following a battle with depression. Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, the founding member of the Grateful Dead, suffered from a rare autoimmune disease called congenital biliary cirrhosis and reportedly died from gastrointestinal bleeding.
Rolling Stones original guitarist Brian Jones died in mysterious circumstances. The musician reportedly drowned in his swimming pool in Sussex, England, but theories of murder and suicide circulate to this day. Major League Baseball player Tyler Skaggs was found unresponsive in a Texas hotel room in July , less than two weeks before his 28th birthday. A medical examiner later found that Skaggs, who pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels, died from an accidental overdose.
A toxic mix of the painkillers fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol were reportedly found in his system. Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin died in a freak accident in when his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled down the driveway of his LA home and trapped him against a security gate.
His parents sued Fiat Chrysler Automobiles shortly after his death and a settlement was reached in Husky-voiced American singer Janis Joplin died in a Los Angeles hotel room following a reported heroin overdose.
The last thing she recorded was the iconic track 'Mercedes-Benz' for her album Pearl, which was released posthumously in Boston Celtics captain and forward Reggie Lewis died after suffering a heart attack on the court during practice in Despite multiple attempts to get clean, she became increasingly addicted to heroin and alcohol as her career skyrocketed.
She died of a heroin overdose in October , less than three weeks after the death of fellow rock icon Jimi Hendrix. A poet and avid reader of philosophy, Jim Morrison rose to prominence as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors, a band he founded with a friend in By , his drinking had become a problem, making him late for performances and fueling raucous onstage behavior. In July , Morrison died of a heart attack apparently caused by a heroin overdose while living in Paris.
It is thought that he mistook the drug for cocaine and snorted a fatal amount. However, his heavy drinking caused him to develop cirrhosis in , and by his health had become so fragile he could no longer tour. He died of an internal hemorrhage in March Ham worked with the Beatles after the group signed to their Apple label. Ham died just days before he would have turned 28 on April 27, An icon of the Seattle grunge scene, Kurt Cobain formed Nirvana with a friend in ; the band achieved mainstream success in the early s.
Under a glaring public spotlight, Cobain struggled with mental illness, chronic health problems and heroin addiction. He committed suicide in April , leaving behind his wife, the musician Courtney Love, and their baby daughter.
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