Musical partners where one is deceased, the other still alive

Jimi Hendrix & Billy Cox

 

Bacharach and David

 

Jack Bruce & Pete Brown

 

Boyer & Talton (of the band Cowboy)

 

John and Yoko.

 

Grace Slick and Marty Balin

 

David Johansen and Johnny Thunders

 

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

 

Steve Winwood & Jim Cappaldi (of Traffic)

 

Leiber and Stoller

 

A bit of a stretch:

 

Robert Forster & Grant McLennan (RIP) - Go-Betweens

 

Lou Reed and John Cale.

 

Chas and Dave (Chas died 2018)
Charles and Eddie (Charles died 2001)
Milli Vanilli (Rob died 1998)
Ike & Tina Turner (Ike died 2007)

 

And the other Mel and Kim, as well:



Mel Smith died in 2013.

 

Mouth & MacNeal:



Willem Duyn (a.k.a. Mouth) died in 2004.

 

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley

 

Two of Paul McCartney's now sadly deceased musical partners appear in this video with him and although I am loathe to say it, I suspect the "American" accent he employed here may have somehow hastened their ends.

It is a wee bit odd to consider that it was Paul who was famously rumored dead, but it is he who has often been predeceased by his musical partners including the Beatles first electric bass player.

 

Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick.

 

Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (solo artists, but recorded as a duo over a few albums)

 

Sonny & Cher
Nancy & Lee
Steve & Eydie

 

If you stretch the definition a bit, you can mention Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb.

 

If the intention was to name principal 'songwriting' partners eg Lennon/Macca I would say Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser.

 

Robert Forster and Grant McLennan (from the Go-Betweens)