Music History Events: Deaths
August 22, 2006 Bruce Gary (drummer for The Knack) dies of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Tarzana, California, at age 55.
August 11, 2006 Singer/talk show host Mike Douglas dies suddenly on his 86th birthday after a bout of dehydration in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
August 10, 2006 R&B singer-songwriter Barbara George dies of a lung infection, paired with a history of liver disease and Hepatitis C, at age 63 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Known for the 1961 hit "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)."
August 4, 2006 John Locke (keyboardist for Nazareth, Spirit) dies of cancer at age 62.
August 3, 2006 Arthur Lee (frontman for Love) dies of acute myeloid leukemia at age 61.
July 21, 2006 Herbie Kalin (of The Kalin Twins) dies of a heart attack at age 72.
July 17, 2006 Bill Miller (Frank Sinatra's longtime pianist) dies from complications following a heart attack in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
July 9, 2006 Milan B. Williams (keyboardist for The Commodores) dies of cancer at age 58.
July 7, 2006 Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett dies at age 60.
June 27, 2006 Eileen Barton, known for her 1950 hit "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake," dies of ovarian cancer at age 81.
June 19, 2006 Duane Roland (guitarist for Molly Hatchet) dies of natural causes at age 53.
June 6, 2006 Billy Preston, a virtuoso keyboardist who worked with the likes of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and The Beatles, dies of kidney failure at age 59 after a long battle with kidney disease and hypertension. His funeral is held in Inglewood, California, on June 20th.
June 2, 2006 Vince Welnick (keyboardist for The Tubes, Grateful Dead) commits suicide at age 55 after a long battle with depression.
June 1, 2006 Spanish singer and actress Rocio Jurado dies of pancreatic cancer at age 59.
May 25, 2006 Reggae singer-songwriter Desmond Dekker dies of a heart attack at age 64.
May 23, 2006 Clifford Antone, a blues club owner and independent record label founder who mentored the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Clark Jr., dies at age 56 of a possible heart attack.
May 19, 2006 Freddie Garrity (frontman of Freddie & the Dreamers) dies at age 69 while on holiday in North Wales.
May 18, 2006 Andy Capps (drummer for Built To Spill) is found dead at age 37 in his Idaho home. No cause of death is given.
May 13, 2006 Johnnie Wilder Jr. (lead vocalist of Heatwave) dies at age 56 of complications from paralysis (due to a 1979 car accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down).
May 6, 2006 Australian alt-rocker Grant McLennan (of Go-Betweens) dies of a heart attack at age 48.
May 1, 2006 Rock and roll saxophonist Johnny Paris (leader of Johnny and the Hurricanes) dies at age 65 of hospital-borne infections after an operation.
May 1, 2006 Rapper Big Hawk (of Screwed Up Click) dies at age 36 when he's shot by an unidentified assailant outside of a friend's house in Houston, Texas.
April 24, 2006 Country singer-songwriter Bonnie Owens, former wife of Buck Owens and, later, Merle Haggard, dies at age 76.
April 11, 2006 Eminem's good friend and D12 bandmate DeShaun "Proof" Holton is shot and killed at age 32 in an altercation at a sketchy nightclub in Detroit.
April 11, 2006 June Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 52 after being hospitalized for a stroke and diagnosed with cancer.
April 5, 2006 Rock and roll singer-songwriter Gene Pitney dies of a heart attack at age 66 while touring the UK.
March 27, 2006 Pete Wells, guitarist in Rose Tattoo, dies of prostate cancer at age 59.
March 26, 2006 Nikki Sudden (co-founder of Swell Maps) dies of a heart attack at age 49.
March 25, 2006 Country musician Buck Owens dies of a heart attack at age 76, hours after giving his final performance at the Crystal Palace music hall in Bakersfield, California.
March 22, 2006 Cuban singer Pío Leyva (of Buena Vista Social Club) dies of a heart attack at age 88.
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