Bizarre Deaths of Musicians

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  1. mike sullivan

    mike sullivan Blues Boy Thread Starter

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    Reggae icon, Peter Tosh was tortured and then shot to death by a group of men demanding money from him.
     
  2. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

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    Sad story as from what I've read he had a reputation as a very upbeat, good humored guy (and played that way) but apparently had depression struggles hidden under that.
     
  3. Rich-n-Roll

    Rich-n-Roll Forum Resident

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    Marvin Gaye shot by his father
     
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  4. arthurprecarious

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    Also it was the day before his birthday and a Friday. Double celebration missed. RIP Alex
     
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  5. Andrew J

    Andrew J Forum Resident

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    Is there any need for this thread? Most of the examples already given are pretty well known. There is nothing inherently 'bizarre' about a guy getting run over, just because he happens to be in a band, and there is already more than 50 pages covering pretty much the same ground here.

    The Cruelest and Saddest Deaths in Music History
     
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  6. carlwm

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    Don't remember that one. Grim.
     
  7. John J. Smith

    John J. Smith Well-Known Member

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    Drummer Jeff Porcaro died after falling ill while spraying insecticide in the yard of his home. If I recall correctly, he also had heart disease but the bug spray was likely a contributing cause of death.
     
  8. Jack White

    Jack White Senior Member

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    Another theory is that an RAF plane returning to England unloaded its bombs in the Channel before landing. Unfortunately, unseen in the fog was Miller's plane below.
     
  9. pbuzby

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  10. dreambear

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    Jazz musician Chet Baker, fell from a hotel window in Amsterdam 1988.
     
  11. dreambear

    dreambear Forum Resident

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    Former Abba drummer Ola Brunkert died when he fell through a window, separating the kitchen from the garden.
     
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  12. EdwinM

    EdwinM Grumpy old man

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    Randy Rhodes had a freak accident crashing a small plane while trying to fly as close as possible over the tour bus.
     
  13. EdwinM

    EdwinM Grumpy old man

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    This is about 500 metres away from my office

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  14. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

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    That is, he was a passenger on the plane where the pilot tried to "buzz" the tour bus. I've read speculation that the pilot was suicidal and trying to crash the plane into the bus and kill everyone there too and Rhoads helped stop that.
     
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  16. Remurmur

    Remurmur Music is THE BEST! -FZ

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    Guitarist D Boon of The Minutemen died of a broken neck when their touring van's rear axle broke and they ran off the road. He was sleeping in back at the time and was ejected from the van.

    Sadly, he was yet another member of the now well known "27 Club", dying at the age of 27.
     
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  17. Vangro

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    A drummer who genuinely died in a bizarre gardening accident.
     
  18. Vangro

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    Stacy Sutherland, of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, was shot by his wife.
     
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  19. carlwm

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    There are a few interesting theories, like that, out there. Another good one is that he was Eisenhower's personal envoy, on a mission to meet with Hitler & broker a peace deal and the plane was shot down by forces opposed to that idea.
     
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  20. mike sullivan

    mike sullivan Blues Boy Thread Starter

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    Felix Pappalardi ( Mountain ) was shot and killed by his wife.
     
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  21. l-l-d

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    Frederik van Pallandt (from 50s Calypso-duo Nina & Frederik) was shot dead in 1994 in his hut in the Philippines.
    First reports talked of a house-robbery gone wrong.
    But rumours has it, that he was shot dead by members of a narcotics-syndicate which he was somehow involved with.......
     
  22. bob_32_116

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    ...and moreover, Meek was paranoid about Spector, who he thought was trying to steal his sounds. He would not take phone calls from him.
     
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  23. bob_32_116

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    I'm not sure that "bizarre" is the right word, but I always thought it was highly ironic that Harry Chapin, whose most famous song was "Taxi", died as a result of a car crash.
     
  24. bob_32_116

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    Another rather unusual one: Sonny Bonodied in a skiing accident, supposedly due to crashing into a tree. This was of course long after he had left the music business behind in favour f politics, becoming a Republican senator.

    At one time there was a conspiracy theory going around that it was not an accident, but I don't think anything ever came of that rumour.
     
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  25. dmiller458

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    I once saw a news report about a doo-wop singer's funeral. The last surviving member walked up to the podium to deliver the eulogy and he collapsed dead on the spot. I wish I could remember their names.
     
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