Galerie verstorbener Musiker
- Auld, Georgie
- 19.05.1919 - 08.01.1990
Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a Canadian jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader....
- Bernstein, Leonard
- 25.08.1918 - 14.10.1990
- Pianist, Komponist, Dirigent
- Todesursache: Herzversagen
Leonard Bernstein ( BURN-styne; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive i...
- Blakey, Art
- 11.10.1919 - 16.10.1990
- Schlagzeuger
- Todesursache: Lungenkrebs
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Ec...
- Collins, Allen
- 19.07.1952 - 23.01.1990
- Gitarrist, Songwriter
- Todesursache: Lungenentzündung
Larkin Allen Collins Jr. (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist, and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant....
- Fogerty, Tom
- 09.11.1941 - 06.09.1990
- Sänger, Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Atemstillstand durch Tuberkulose/AIDS
Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993....
- Gordon, Dexter
- 27.02.1923 - 25.04.1990
- Saxophonist
- Todesursache: Kehlkopfkrebs
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant". His stud...
- Grech, Ric
- 01.11.1946 - 17.03.1990
- Bassist, Violinist
- Todesursache: Hirnblutung oder Leber-/Nierenversagen
Richard Roman Grechko (1 November 1946 – 17 March 1990), better known as Ric Grech, was a British rock musician. He is best known for playing bass guitar and violin with the rock band Family as well as in the supergroup Blind Faith and later Traffic. He also played with ex-Cream drummer Ginger B...
- Gunter, Cornell
- 11.11.1938 - 26.02.1990
- Sänger
- Todesursache: ermordet (erschossen)
Cornell Gunter (November 14, 1936 – February 26, 1990) was an American rhythm and blues singer, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot in his automobile. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 as ...
- Haak, Nico
- 16.10.1939 - 13.11.1990
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Herzinfarkt
Haak is a Dutch surname. It is thought to often be patronymic of origin, referring to a now extinct given name, or, considering the meaning "hook", be toponymic, descriptive or metonymic (e.g. a fish hook referring to a fisherman). People with this surname include:
Bob Haak (1916–1992), American ...
- Holiday, Tony
- 24.02.1951 - 14.02.1990
Tony Holiday may refer to:
Tony Holiday (musician), German singer-songwriter
Tony Holiday (journalist), South African activist, journalist and philosopher...
- Low, Bruce
- 26.03.1913 - 03.03.1990
- Todesursache: lange Krankheit
Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He starred as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series. He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep ...
- Mydland, Brent
- 21.10.1952 - 26.07.1990
- Pianist
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Kokain/Morphin)
Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist, songwriter and singer. He was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead from 1979 until his death in 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band.
Growing up in Concord, California, Mydland took up musi...
- Shannon, Del
- 30.12.1934 - 08.02.1990
- Todesursache: Suizid
Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), known professionally as Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway", which was covered later by various major artists, including Elvis Presley and the Trave...
- Vaughan, Sarah
- 27.03.1924 - 03.04.1990
- Sängerin, Pianistin
- Todesursache: Lungenkrebs
Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an ...
- Vaughan, Stevie Ray
- 03.10.1954 - 27.08.1990
- Gitarrist
- Todesursache: Hubschrauberabsturz
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), also known abbreviated as SRV, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is considered one of ...
- Wilson, Barrie James
- 18.03.1947 - 08.10.1990
- Schlagzeuger
- Todesursache: Lungenentzündung
Barrie James "B. J." Wilson (18 March 1947 – 8 October 1990) was an English rock drummer. He was best known as a member of Procol Harum for the majority of their original career from 1967 to 1977....
- Wood, Andrew
- 08.01.1966 - 19.03.1990
- Sänger
- Todesursache: Überdosis (Heroin)