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Music History Events: Deaths

March 11, 2019 Session drummer Hal Blaine, who played on hundreds of hit songs, dies at 90.

March 11, 2019 Danny Kustow of the Tom Robinson Band dies at 63.

March 4, 2019 Keith Flint of The Prodigy is found dead at his home in Essex, England. Cause of death is determined to be suicide by hanging. He was 49.

February 28, 2019 The composer André Previn dies at 89.

February 25, 2019 Mark Hollis of Talk Talk dies at 64.

January 26, 2019 Composer Michel Legrand, who won an Oscar for "The Windmills Of Your Mind," dies at 86.

January 2, 2019 Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille dies at 76.

January 1, 2019 Pegi Young, Neil Young's wife from 1978-2014, dies of cancer at 66. Pegi sang backup for Neil and released three solo albums.

November 16, 2018 Songwriter Scott English, whose compositions include "Bend Me, Shape Me" and "Mandy," dies at 81.

October 2, 2018 Geoff Emerick, the engineer on most Beatles' recordings, dies of a heart attack at 72.

October 1, 2018 Peggy Sue Gerron, subject of the Buddy Holly hit "Peggy Sue," dies at 78.

October 1, 2018 The French singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour dies at 94. His compositions include "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "If You Go Away."

September 22, 2018 Chas Hodges of Chas & Dave dies at 74.

September 7, 2018 Rapper Mac Miller dies at 26 of an apparent drug overdose.

June 22, 2018 Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul dies at 54.

June 18, 2018 The 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion (Jahseh Onfroy) is shot and killed while leaving a car dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

June 13, 2018 Drummer D.J. Fontana, known for his work with Elvis Presley, dies at 87.

May 10, 2018 Scott Hutchison, the 36-year-old lead singer of the Scotish band Frightened Rabbit, is found dead after going missing a day earlier.

April 20, 2018 The Swedish DJ Avicii (Tim Bergling) dies at 28.

March 9, 2018 Iconic album-cover-artist Gary Burden passes away.

January 15, 2018 Gospel star Edwin Hawkins dies of pancreatic cancer at age 74. With his Northern California State Youth Choir, he recorded an album at his church to raise money to send them on a trip. When the radio station KSAN got a copy, they started playing "Oh Happy Day," a hymn he arranged. This led to a record deal, the choir was renamed The Edwin Hawkins Singers, and the song became the first traditional gospel tune to become a pop hit, reaching #4 in America and #2 in the UK.

January 10, 2018 Motörhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clark dies of complications from pneumonia at age 67.

December 13, 2017 Pat DiNizio, singer and main songwriter of the Smithereens, passes away at the age of 62.

December 5, 2017 French music star Johnny Hallyday dies of lung cancer at 74.

November 24, 2017 Mitch Margo of The Tokens, who had a #1 hit in 1961 with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," dies at age 70.

November 21, 2017 David Cassidy dies at age 67 after suffering liver and kidney failure. The Partridge Family star made headlines earlier in the year when he was diagnosed with dementia.

November 19, 2017 Country star Mel Tillis dies of respiratory failure at 85.

November 18, 2017 AC/DC founder and guitarist Malcolm Young dies at age 64 after suffering from dementia for the last three years of his life.

November 5, 2017 Robert Knight, who had a hit with "Everlasting Love," dies at 72.

October 24, 2017 Fats Domino passes away at age 89 in his home in Harvey, Louisiana.