2002 in Music - Deaths

Deaths

• January 2 – Zac Foley (33), bassist of EMF (drug overdose)
• January 3 – Juan García Esquivel (83) Mexican band leader, pianist and composer
• January 7 – Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer (suicide)
• January 20 – Ivan Karabyts (57), Ukrainian conductor and composer
• January 21 – Peggy Lee (81), jazz singer and songwriter
• January 22
  • Peter Bardens, (56), keyboardist of Camel
  • Sheldon Allman, (77)
• February 1 – Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
• February 10 – Dave Van Ronk (65)
• February 13 – Waylon Jennings (64), country musician
• February 14 – Günter Wand (90), conductor
• February 24 – Leo Ornstein (108), composer
• March 1 – Doreen Waddell, singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF
• March 13 – Marc Moreland (44), guitarist (Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls (U.S. band)|The Skulls]]) (liver failure)
• March 19 – John Patton (66), jazz and soul organist
• March 23 – Eileen Farrell (82), operatic soprano
• March 24 – Dorothy DeLay (84), Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori
• March 26 – Randy Castillo (51), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe
• March 27 – Dudley Moore (66), English composer, pianist and actor
• April 5 – Layne Staley (34), lead vocalist of Alice in Chains and Mad Season
• April 13 – Alex Baroni (35), singer
• April 15 – Ram Singh Thakur (87), Indian freedom fighter, musician and composer
• April 17 – Tak Shindo (79), musician, composer and arranger
• April 25 – Lisa Lopes (30), singer (car accident)
• April 27 – Hillous Butrum (74), country musician
• May 3 – Evgeny Svetlanov (73), composer and conductor
• May 6 – Otis Blackwell (71), songwriter and pianist
• May 7 – Xavier Montsalvatge (90), composer
• May 9 – Leon Stein (91), composer, conductor and musicologist (born September 18, 1910)
• June 5 – Dee Dee Ramone (50), of The Ramones (heroin overdose)
• June 6 – Robbin Crosby (42), guitarist (Ratt)
• June 13 – Ralph Shapey (81), American composer and conductor
• June 15 – Big Mello (33), rapper (car accident)
• June 27 – John Entwistle (57), bassist of The Who (heart attack)
• June 29 – Rosemary Clooney (74), US singer and actress
• July 2
  • Ray Brown (75), jazz bassist
  • Earle Brown (75), composer
• July 11 – Rosco Gordon (74), blues singer and songwriter
• July 19 – Alan Lomax (87), American folklorist, ethnomusicologist and musician
• July 21 – Gus Dudgeon (59), English music producer
• August 2
  • Joe Allison (77), songwriter
  • Magda László, operatic soprano
• August 9 – Bertold Hummel (76), German composer
• August 10 – Michael Houser (40), guitarist (Widespread Panic) (pancreatic cancer)
• August 14 – Dave Williams (30), vocalist of Drowning Pool
• August 31 – Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso
• September 7 – Erma Franklin (64), gospel singer
• September 20 – Joan Littlewood (87), impresario
• September 24 – Tim Rose, singer-songwriter
• September 29 – Mickey Newbury (62), singer, songwriter
• October 3 – Darryl DeLoach (55), guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
• October 17 – Derek Bell (66), harpist (The Chieftains)
• October 24 – Adolph Green (87), lyricist
• October 25 – Richard Harris (72), actor and singer
• October 27 – Tom Dowd (77), recording engineer and producer
• October 30 – Jam-Master Jay (37), member of Run-D.M.C.
• November 3 – Lonnie Donegan (71), skiffle musician
• November 5 – Billy Guy (66), singer (The Coasters)
• November 21 – Hadda Brooks (86), U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer
• November 28 – Dave "Snaker" Ray (59), blues singer and guitarist
• December 9 – Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab (road accident)
• December 13 – Zal Yanovsky (57), rock singer and guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful)
• December 22 – Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash
• December 31 – Kevin MacMichael (51), Canadian guitarist of British band Cutting Crew