Comments on: Dan the List Guy: Rock’s Greatest Tragedies

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:39:09 +0000

Elvis? No mention of Elvis?
The death of Eric Clapton’s son
The death of Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley, and Bob Marley

By: Bruce Niedt

Bruce Niedt — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:54:33 +0000

There’s a long list of artists who died much too young who deserve at least “honorable mention” here:

Jim Croce
Nick Drake
Sandy Denny
Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Kirsty MacColl

As the late Kurt Vonnegut liked to say, so it goes….

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:34:04 +0000

How can you forget the the plane that killed Ronnie Van Zandt, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines of Lynard Skynard.

Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers dies in Motorcycle accident.

Tragic deaths at Roskilde Festival.

By: Suzanne Volpe

Suzanne Volpe — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:24:26 +0000

If you’re going to discount self-destructive behavior, that would eliminate the suicides as well. Actually, you could probably do lists for suicides and drug overdoses.

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:19:52 +0000

I don’t see death due to self -destructive behavior as a tragedy,wrt Hendrix and Joplin. A damn shame, no doubt, but not a tragedy.
Don’t forget Duane Allman killed in motorcycle accident in ‘71, the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in ‘77 and Bob Marley’s death from Cancer in ‘77.