{"id":54669,"date":"2025-12-31T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/the-singers-and-musicians-who-died-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:23:27","slug":"the-singers-and-musicians-who-died-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/the-singers-and-musicians-who-died-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Singers and Musicians Who Died in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>D&#8217;Angelo, Roberta Flack, Ozzy Osbourne, and Brian Wilson were just some of the creative geniuses who died this past year<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe music world lost some massive names in 2025. Brian Wilson, Ozzy Osbourne, Sly Stone, Roberta Flack, Jeannie Seely, Raul Malo, Todd Snider, Jimmy Cliff, Steve Cropper, and Marianne Faithful are just some of those who died this past year. We remember them here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Brian Wilson<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brian-wilson-GettyImages-74285501.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES - CIRCA 1965: Band leader Brian Wilson of the rock and roll band &quot;The Beach Boys&quot; poses for a portrait with his dog in circa 1965 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brian-wilson-GettyImages-74285501.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brian-wilson-GettyImages-74285501.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Beach Boys co-founder was one of America\u2019s greatest songwriters and a composer of \u201cteenage symphonies to God\u201d who invented a massively successful sound full of harmonies and sunshine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brian-wilson-beach-boys-dead-1234810073\/\">Read our tribute. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Ozzy Osbourne<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Singer Ozzy Osbourne of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath performs in 1974 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ozzy-GettyImages-73989296.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ozzy-GettyImages-73989296.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ozzy-GettyImages-73989296.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ozzy-GettyImages-73989296.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Singer Ozzy Osbourne of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath performs in 1974 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ozzy-GettyImages-73989296.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ozzy-GettyImages-73989296.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Black Sabbath singer, heavy-metal pioneer, and reality-TV star died just weeks after a massive farewell concert. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ozzy-osbourne-black-sabbath-dead-obituary-1227265\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Sly Stone<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"BETHEL, NY - AUGUST 17:  Musician Sly Stone of the psychedelic soul group &quot;Sly And The Family Stone&quot; performs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival on August 17, 1969 in Bethel, New York. (Photo by Warner Bros\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sly-stone-GettyImages-139836933.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sly-stone-GettyImages-139836933.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sly-stone-GettyImages-139836933.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sly-stone-GettyImages-139836933.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"BETHEL, NY - AUGUST 17:  Musician Sly Stone of the psychedelic soul group &quot;Sly And The Family Stone&quot; performs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival on August 17, 1969 in Bethel, New York. (Photo by Warner Bros\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sly-stone-GettyImages-139836933.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sly-stone-GettyImages-139836933.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Warner Bros\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe wildly inventive musician and singer uplifted crowds by fusing funk, rock, and soul, but faced personal demons later on. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sly-and-the-family-stone-dead-obituary-1234810064\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>D\u2019Angelo<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01:  Photo of D'ANGELO  (Photo by Mick Hutson\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DAngelo-85219994.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DAngelo-85219994.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DAngelo-85219994.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DAngelo-85219994.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01:  Photo of D'ANGELO  (Photo by Mick Hutson\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DAngelo-85219994.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DAngelo-85219994.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mick Hutson\/Redferns\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSoul\u2019s modern visionary released three albums \u2014\u00a0<em>Brown Sugar<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Voodoo<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Black Messiah<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 that were all revered as contemporary classics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dangelo-dead-obit-obituary-1235446878\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Ace Frehley<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(MANDATORY CREDIT David Tan\/Shinko Music\/Getty Images) Kiss Ace Frehley striking a pose in bathroom, unknown, July 1976. (Photo by David Tan\/Shinko Music\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE-593323159.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE-593323159.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE-593323159.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE-593323159.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(MANDATORY CREDIT David Tan\/Shinko Music\/Getty Images) Kiss Ace Frehley striking a pose in bathroom, unknown, July 1976. (Photo by David Tan\/Shinko Music\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE-593323159.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ACE-593323159.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: David Tan\/Shinko Music\/Getty Images)\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe wild Spaceman guitarist of Kiss played with the group from their inception in 1973 until 1982, and then again during their reunion period in the Nineties. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kiss-guitarist-ace-frehley-dead-1235448770\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Jimmy Cliff<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Jimmy Cliff  (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cliff-73990604.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cliff-73990604.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cliff-73990604.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cliff-73990604.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Jimmy Cliff  (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cliff-73990604.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cliff-73990604.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe reggae giant and \u201coriginal rude boy\u201d helped spread the genre\u2019s reach from Jamaica to the world with\u00a0<em>The Harder They Come<\/em>\u00a0and hits like \u201cMany Rivers to Cross\u201d and \u201cWild World.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jimmy-cliff-dead-obituary-1234816631\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Roberta Flack<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"5th November 1969:  Studio portrait of American pop singer Roberta Flack looking to one side. She has her hands clasped at her waist.  (Photo by Jack Robinson\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roberta-Flack-GettyImages-3206282.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roberta-Flack-GettyImages-3206282.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roberta-Flack-GettyImages-3206282.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roberta-Flack-GettyImages-3206282.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"5th November 1969:  Studio portrait of American pop singer Roberta Flack looking to one side. She has her hands clasped at her waist.  (Photo by Jack Robinson\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roberta-Flack-GettyImages-3206282.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roberta-Flack-GettyImages-3206282.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jack Robinson\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe mellifluous Grammy-winning vocalist scored hits with \u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d and \u201cKilling Me Softly With His Song.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/roberta-flack-dead-1235277622\/\">Read our tribute. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Connie Francis<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Entertainer Connie Francis records in the studio in circa 1959 in New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/connie-francis-GettyImages-683435610.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/connie-francis-GettyImages-683435610.jpg 3422w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/connie-francis-GettyImages-683435610.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/connie-francis-GettyImages-683435610.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Entertainer Connie Francis records in the studio in circa 1959 in New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/connie-francis-GettyImages-683435610.jpg 3422w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/connie-francis-GettyImages-683435610.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: PoPsie Randolph\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe first female artist to ever top the Hot 100, Francis, known for \u201cWhere the Boys Are,\u201d recently scored a viral TikTok hit thanks to 1962\u2019s \u201cPretty Little Baby.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/connie-francis-pretty-little-baby-pop-singer-dead-obit-1235387806\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Clem Burke<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Clem BURKE and BLONDIE; Clem Burke  (Photo by Roberta Bayley\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clem-Burke-GettyImages-85240577.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clem-Burke-GettyImages-85240577.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clem-Burke-GettyImages-85240577.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clem-Burke-GettyImages-85240577.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Clem BURKE and BLONDIE; Clem Burke  (Photo by Roberta Bayley\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clem-Burke-GettyImages-85240577.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clem-Burke-GettyImages-85240577.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Roberta Bayley\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Blondie drummer was \u201cthe heartbeat\u201d of the band and also played on albums by Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop, and Bob Dylan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/clem-burke-blondie-drummer-dead-obituary-1235311703\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Marianne Faithfull<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Marianne Faithfull photoshoot at her flat, 31st October 1964. (Photo by Doreen Spooner\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marianne-Faithful-GettyImages-874970542.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marianne-Faithful-GettyImages-874970542.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marianne-Faithful-GettyImages-874970542.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marianne-Faithful-GettyImages-874970542.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Marianne Faithfull photoshoot at her flat, 31st October 1964. (Photo by Doreen Spooner\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marianne-Faithful-GettyImages-874970542.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marianne-Faithful-GettyImages-874970542.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Doreen Spooner\/Mirrorpix\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Rolling Stones muse and 1960s It girl behind songs like \u201cAs Tears Go By\u201d found a stunning second act as a singer-songwriter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/marianne-faithfull-dead-978593\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Raul Malo<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"HILVERSUM, NETHERLANDS - JULY 3: Portrait of Raul Malo, lead singer and songwriter of The Mavericks on July 3, 2002 in Hilversum, Netherlands. (Photo by Paul Bergen\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAUL-2251130694.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAUL-2251130694.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAUL-2251130694.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAUL-2251130694.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"HILVERSUM, NETHERLANDS - JULY 3: Portrait of Raul Malo, lead singer and songwriter of The Mavericks on July 3, 2002 in Hilversum, Netherlands. (Photo by Paul Bergen\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAUL-2251130694.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RAUL-2251130694.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Paul Bergen\/Redferns\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe frontman and co-founder of the country-rock band Mavericks was known for his dynamic, operatic singing style and gregarious stage presence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/raul-malo-the-mavericks-dead-obituary-1235327867\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Todd Snider<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Todd Snider during 2006 Park City - Todd Snider Portraits at HP Portrait Studio in Park City, Utah, United States. (Photo by J. Vespa\/WireImage)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ToddSnider.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ToddSnider.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ToddSnider.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ToddSnider.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Todd Snider during 2006 Park City - Todd Snider Portraits at HP Portrait Studio in Park City, Utah, United States. (Photo by J. Vespa\/WireImage)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ToddSnider.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ToddSnider.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit:  J. Vespa\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe charming, roguish singer-songwriter helped shape alt-country and Americana music with albums like 2004\u2019s\u00a0<em>East Nashville Skyline<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/todd-snider-alt-country-americana-singer-dead-1235465277\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Steve Cropper<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"American guitarist Steve Cropper of R&amp;B\/funk band Booker T. &amp; the M.G.'s makes a surprise appearance with the group at Hunter College, New York City, 21st January 1967.   (Photo by Don Paulsen\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SteveCropper_YearLost.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SteveCropper_YearLost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SteveCropper_YearLost.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SteveCropper_YearLost.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"American guitarist Steve Cropper of R&amp;B\/funk band Booker T. &amp; the M.G.'s makes a surprise appearance with the group at Hunter College, New York City, 21st January 1967.   (Photo by Don Paulsen\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SteveCropper_YearLost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SteveCropper_YearLost.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Don Paulsen\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Stax Records guitarist played on and co-wrote classics like \u201cGreen Onions,\u201d \u201cIn the Midnight Hour,\u201d and \u201c(Sittin\u2019 On) The Dock of the Bay.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/steve-cropper-booker-t-mg-stax-records-guitarist-dead-1235477205\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Donna Jean Godchaux<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SHEFFIELD, AL - MAY 5:  Singer and future member of The Grateful Dead Donna Jean Godchaux performs as a house back-up singer on Cher's album '3614 Jackson Highway' recorded at Muscle Shoals Recording Studios on May 5, 1969 in Sheffield, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DonnaJeanGodchaux-YearLost.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DonnaJeanGodchaux-YearLost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DonnaJeanGodchaux-YearLost.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DonnaJeanGodchaux-YearLost.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SHEFFIELD, AL - MAY 5:  Singer and future member of The Grateful Dead Donna Jean Godchaux performs as a house back-up singer on Cher's album '3614 Jackson Highway' recorded at Muscle Shoals Recording Studios on May 5, 1969 in Sheffield, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DonnaJeanGodchaux-YearLost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DonnaJeanGodchaux-YearLost.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Grateful Dead singer spent the Seventies with the legendary group, and she also sang backup on hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/donna-jean-dead-grateful-dead-vocalist-1235458509\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Eddie Palmieri<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of Eddie Palmieri  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EddiePalmeriYearLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EddiePalmeriYearLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EddiePalmeriYearLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EddiePalmeriYearLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of Eddie Palmieri  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EddiePalmeriYearLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EddiePalmeriYearLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe visionary pianist was a Latin music giant, known for pioneering styles of salsa and Latin jazz and creating one of the most monumental tropical music catalogs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/eddie-palmieri-pianist-salsa-experimentalist-dead-obituary-1235402558\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Jill Sobule<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 5: Singer songwriter Jill Sobule poses for a portrait at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 5, 1995. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jill-Sobule-GettyImages-1272005982-copy.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jill-Sobule-GettyImages-1272005982-copy.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jill-Sobule-GettyImages-1272005982-copy.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jill-Sobule-GettyImages-1272005982-copy.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 5: Singer songwriter Jill Sobule poses for a portrait at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 5, 1995. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jill-Sobule-GettyImages-1272005982-copy.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jill-Sobule-GettyImages-1272005982-copy.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jim Steinfeldt\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe songwriter\u2019s 1995 hit \u201cI Kissed a Girl\u201d became the first openly gay song to break the Top 20 of\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Modern Rock chart. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jill-sobule-i-kissed-a-girl-dead-obituary-1235330036\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Cleto Escobedo III<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live&quot; airs every weeknight, (12:05 - 1:05 a.m., ET), following &quot;Nightline,&quot; featuring a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 included actor Bruce Willis (&quot;RED&quot;), actor Karl Urban (&quot;RED&quot;), Mike &quot;The Situation&quot; Sorrentino and Karina Smirnoff (&quot;Dancing with the Stars&quot; castoff) and musical guest Hugo. (Photo by Mitch Haddad\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) CLETO ESCOBEDO JR.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CLETO_GettyImages-105484291.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CLETO_GettyImages-105484291.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CLETO_GettyImages-105484291.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CLETO_GettyImages-105484291.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - &quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live&quot; airs every weeknight, (12:05 - 1:05 a.m., ET), following &quot;Nightline,&quot; featuring a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 included actor Bruce Willis (&quot;RED&quot;), actor Karl Urban (&quot;RED&quot;), Mike &quot;The Situation&quot; Sorrentino and Karina Smirnoff (&quot;Dancing with the Stars&quot; castoff) and musical guest Hugo. (Photo by Mitch Haddad\/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) CLETO ESCOBEDO JR.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CLETO_GettyImages-105484291.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CLETO_GettyImages-105484291.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mitch Haddad\/Disney General Entertainment Content\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe childhood friend of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel served as his longtime bandleader. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jimmy-kimmel-live-band-cleto-escobedo-iii-dead-obituary-1235463579\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jimmy-kimmel-live-band-cleto-escobedo-iii-dead-obituary-1235463579\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Sam Rivers<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"6\/18\/1999-Mountain View, California:  Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit during a performance at the Live 105's B.F.D (Big Friggin Day) Concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. (Photo by \ufffd\ufffd Tim Mosenfelder\/CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamRiversYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamRiversYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamRiversYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,199 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamRiversYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"6\/18\/1999-Mountain View, California:  Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit during a performance at the Live 105's B.F.D (Big Friggin Day) Concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. (Photo by \ufffd\ufffd Tim Mosenfelder\/CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamRiversYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SamRiversYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,199 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Tim Mosenfelder\/CORBIS\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe founding bassist of Limp Bizkit was mourned by the band: \u201cToday we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sam-rivers-limp-bizkit-bassist-dead-1235449987\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Gary \u201cMani\u201d Mounfield<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mani (Gary Mounfield ) bassist with The Stone Roses rehearsing in Manchester , United Kingdom, 1994. (Photo by Martyn Goodacre\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GaryManiMounfieldYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GaryManiMounfieldYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GaryManiMounfieldYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,197 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GaryManiMounfieldYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mani (Gary Mounfield ) bassist with The Stone Roses rehearsing in Manchester , United Kingdom, 1994. (Photo by Martyn Goodacre\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GaryManiMounfieldYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GaryManiMounfieldYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,197 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Martyn Goodacre\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist was revered by artists like Oasis\u2019s Liam Gallagher. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mani-bassist-stone-roses-primal-scream-dead-obituary-1235469574\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Brent Hinds<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Studio portrait of Mastodon, Brent Hinds, Brabanthal, Leuven, Belgium, 8th November 2006. (Photo by Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrentHindsYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrentHindsYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrentHindsYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrentHindsYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Studio portrait of Mastodon, Brent Hinds, Brabanthal, Leuven, Belgium, 8th November 2006. (Photo by Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrentHindsYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BrentHindsYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe co-founder of the heavy-metal band Mastodon played with the group for 25 years before his departure earlier this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brent-hinds-mastodon-dead-obituary-1235413200\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Garth Hudson<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SAUGERTIES, NY - 1969:  Garth Hudson of the roots rock group The Band poses for a portrait in 1969 in Saugerties, New York.  (Photo by David Attie\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garth-Hudson-GettyImages-494357396.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garth-Hudson-GettyImages-494357396.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garth-Hudson-GettyImages-494357396.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garth-Hudson-GettyImages-494357396.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SAUGERTIES, NY - 1969:  Garth Hudson of the roots rock group The Band poses for a portrait in 1969 in Saugerties, New York.  (Photo by David Attie\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garth-Hudson-GettyImages-494357396.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garth-Hudson-GettyImages-494357396.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: David Attie\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Band\u2019s keyboard player was a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who remained an in-demand player among young musicians. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/garth-hudson-the-band-dead-1234804659\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Dave Burgess<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Champs Leader, 'Tequila' Hit Maker Dave Burgess Dead at 90\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dave-burgess-the-champs.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dave-burgess-the-champs.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dave-burgess-the-champs.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dave-burgess-the-champs.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Champs Leader, 'Tequila' Hit Maker Dave Burgess Dead at 90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dave-burgess-the-champs.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/dave-burgess-the-champs.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe guitarist and leader of the Champs helped displace Elvis Presley from the Number One position on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em> with their song \u201cTequila.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/champs-tequila-dave-burgess-dead-1235465217\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Wayne Osmond<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Wayne OSMOND and OSMONDS; Wayne Osmond  (Photo by Gems\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wayne-osmond-GettyImages-85511817.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wayne-osmond-GettyImages-85511817.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wayne-osmond-GettyImages-85511817.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wayne-osmond-GettyImages-85511817.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Wayne OSMOND and OSMONDS; Wayne Osmond  (Photo by Gems\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wayne-osmond-GettyImages-85511817.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wayne-osmond-GettyImages-85511817.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Gems\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe member of the Osmonds singing family was a singer and guitarist who performed alongside his musical siblings for nearly 50 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/wayne-osmond-the-osmonds-member-dead-obituary-1235224013\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Barry Goldberg<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 27:  Keyboard player Barry Goldberg at recording session in Los Angeles, California on April 27, 1997. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barry-Goldberg-GettyImages-1161033353-1.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barry-Goldberg-GettyImages-1161033353-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barry-Goldberg-GettyImages-1161033353-1.jpg?resize=300,208 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barry-Goldberg-GettyImages-1161033353-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 27:  Keyboard player Barry Goldberg at recording session in Los Angeles, California on April 27, 1997. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barry-Goldberg-GettyImages-1161033353-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Barry-Goldberg-GettyImages-1161033353-1.jpg?resize=300,208 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Jim Steinfeldt\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Joe Ely<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Joe ELY; Portrait of Joe Ely, on train platform  (Photo by Grant Goddard\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DaveElyYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DaveElyYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DaveElyYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,215 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DaveElyYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Joe ELY; Portrait of Joe Ely, on train platform  (Photo by Grant Goddard\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DaveElyYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DaveElyYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,215 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Grant Goddard\/Redferns\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe progressive country singer, also a member of the Flatlanders, was at the forefront of Austin\u2019s eclectic country-rock scene and toured with the Clash. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/joe-ely-flatlanders-dead-obituary-1235484808\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Rick Davies<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Rick Davies of Supertramp performing on stage at Wembley Arena, 1st November 1979. (Photo by Gus Stewart\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Davies_YearLost.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Davies_YearLost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Davies_YearLost.jpg?resize=300,210 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Davies_YearLost.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Rick Davies of Supertramp performing on stage at Wembley Arena, 1st November 1979. (Photo by Gus Stewart\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Davies_YearLost.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Davies_YearLost.jpg?resize=300,210 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Gus Stewart\/Redferns\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSupertramp\u2019s singer and keyboardist co-wrote many of the pop-rock group\u2019s biggest songs, including \u201cGoodbye Stranger,\u201d \u201cBreakfast in America,\u201d and \u201cBloody Well Right.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rick-davies-supertramp-dead-obituary-1235422832\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Brenton Wood<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Posed portrait of Brenton Wood, sitting at a piano, 1967.  (Photo by David Redfern\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brenton-Wood-GettyImages-84899915.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brenton-Wood-GettyImages-84899915.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brenton-Wood-GettyImages-84899915.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brenton-Wood-GettyImages-84899915.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Posed portrait of Brenton Wood, sitting at a piano, 1967.  (Photo by David Redfern\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brenton-Wood-GettyImages-84899915.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brenton-Wood-GettyImages-84899915.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: David Redfern\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe soul singer had a hit with 1967\u2019s \u201cThe Oogum Boogum Song,\u201d which has featured on films and television shows including\u00a0<em>Almost Famous<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Don\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0<em>Worry<\/em>\u00a0<em>Darling<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brenton-wood-oogum-boogum-singer-dead-obituary-1235225256\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Sam Moore<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The singing duo Sam and Dave, Sam Moore and Dave Prater, Jr., snap their fingers as they sing together. (Photo by \ufffd\ufffd John Springer Collection\/CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sam-moore-GettyImages-526815532.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sam-moore-GettyImages-526815532.jpg 1758w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sam-moore-GettyImages-526815532.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sam-moore-GettyImages-526815532.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The singing duo Sam and Dave, Sam Moore and Dave Prater, Jr., snap their fingers as they sing together. (Photo by \ufffd\ufffd John Springer Collection\/CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sam-moore-GettyImages-526815532.jpg 1758w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sam-moore-GettyImages-526815532.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: John Springer Collection\/CORBIS\/Corbis\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOne half of the duo Sam &amp; Dave was the powerful vocalist behind hits like \u201cHold On, I\u2019m Comin&#8217;\u201d and helped Stax Records become a massively influential and revered soul music label. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sam-moore-sam-and-dave-soul-man-dead-obituary-1235140865\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>P. Fluid<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(MANDATORY CREDIT Michael Uhll\/Redferns) Peter Forrest (aka: P. Fluid) performing with 24-7 Spyz at The Ritz in New York City on July 16, 1989.  (Photo by Michael Uhll \/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P.-Fluid-GettyImages-86114635.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P.-Fluid-GettyImages-86114635.jpg 2087w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P.-Fluid-GettyImages-86114635.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P.-Fluid-GettyImages-86114635.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"(MANDATORY CREDIT Michael Uhll\/Redferns) Peter Forrest (aka: P. Fluid) performing with 24-7 Spyz at The Ritz in New York City on July 16, 1989.  (Photo by Michael Uhll \/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P.-Fluid-GettyImages-86114635.jpg 2087w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P.-Fluid-GettyImages-86114635.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Uhll \/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPeter Forrest, known ontage as P. Fluid, was a key player in the Black rock movement of the Eighties. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/p-fluid-247-spyz-singer-dead-obit-1235237150\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Roy Ayers<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Roy AYERS; Posed studio portrait of Roy Ayers,  (Photo by Echoes\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roy-Ayers-GettyImages-84888951.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roy-Ayers-GettyImages-84888951.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roy-Ayers-GettyImages-84888951.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roy-Ayers-GettyImages-84888951.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Roy AYERS; Posed studio portrait of Roy Ayers,  (Photo by Echoes\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roy-Ayers-GettyImages-84888951.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Roy-Ayers-GettyImages-84888951.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Echoes\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe jazz-funk virtuoso and vibraphonist behind \u201cEverybody Loves the Sunshine\u201d paved the way for neo soul and became sampling fodder for hip-hop producers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/roy-ayers-dead-obituary-1235289961\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Wayne Lewis<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"CHICAGO - JANUARY 1983:  Singer Wayne Lewis of Atlantic Starr performs at the Park West Theater in Chicago, Illinois in January 1983.  (Photo By Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wayne-Lewis-GettyImages-1326489068.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wayne-Lewis-GettyImages-1326489068.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wayne-Lewis-GettyImages-1326489068.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wayne-Lewis-GettyImages-1326489068.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"CHICAGO - JANUARY 1983:  Singer Wayne Lewis of Atlantic Starr performs at the Park West Theater in Chicago, Illinois in January 1983.  (Photo By Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wayne-Lewis-GettyImages-1326489068.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wayne-Lewis-GettyImages-1326489068.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe founding member of Atlantic Starr scored several hits with the group, including \u201cAlways\u201d and \u201cSecret Lovers.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/wayne-lewis-atlantic-starr-dead-obituary-1235358500\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Joseph Byrd<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"NEW YORK - DECEMBER 1967:  Experimental, psychedelic, electronic rock group United States of America (clockwise from top left: Rand Forbes, Craig Woodson, Ed Bogas, Gordon Marron, Dorothy Moskowitz and Joseph Byrd) record their eponymous album in December 1967 in the Columbia Records studios in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JosephByrdYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JosephByrdYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JosephByrdYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JosephByrdYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"NEW YORK - DECEMBER 1967:  Experimental, psychedelic, electronic rock group United States of America (clockwise from top left: Rand Forbes, Craig Woodson, Ed Bogas, Gordon Marron, Dorothy Moskowitz and Joseph Byrd) record their eponymous album in December 1967 in the Columbia Records studios in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JosephByrdYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JosephByrdYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America combined avant-garde and American folk music elements with acid rock on the group\u2019s 1968 self-titled debut. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/joseph-byrd-united-states-of-america-band-leader-dead-obit-1235483707\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Rafael Ithier<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"TORONTO, CANADA - 2014\/03\/29: Rafael Ithier Founder and Director of El Gran Combo. The popular salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico performs in Toronto celebrating their 52 anniversary of artistic life and also launching their new CD. The event takes place in the Mirage Banquet Hall. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa\/LightRocket via Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RafaelIthierYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RafaelIthierYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RafaelIthierYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RafaelIthierYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"TORONTO, CANADA - 2014\/03\/29: Rafael Ithier Founder and Director of El Gran Combo. The popular salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico performs in Toronto celebrating their 52 anniversary of artistic life and also launching their new CD. The event takes place in the Mirage Banquet Hall. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa\/LightRocket via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RafaelIthierYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RafaelIthierYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Roberto Machado Noa\/LightRocket\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe salsa great and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico leader inspired generations of Latin artists, including Bad Bunny. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/rafael-ithier-el-gran-combo-de-puerto-rico-dead-obituary-1235479620\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>DJ Unk<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"DJ Unk (Anthony Platt) attends Summerfest at Chubby's on July 3, 2006 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Julia Beverly\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Unk-GettyImages-2192096605.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Unk-GettyImages-2192096605.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Unk-GettyImages-2192096605.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Unk-GettyImages-2192096605.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"DJ Unk (Anthony Platt) attends Summerfest at Chubby's on July 3, 2006 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo by Julia Beverly\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Unk-GettyImages-2192096605.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DJ-Unk-GettyImages-2192096605.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Julia Beverly\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Atlanta rapper behind \u201cWalk It Out\u201d also scored a hit in the mid-2000s with \u201c2 Step,\u201d and collaborated with artists like Outkast, Three 6 Mafia, and Ying Yang Twins. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dj-unk-walk-it-out-rapper-dead-obituary-1235246431\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Mike Ratledge<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mike Ratledge from Soft Machine playing with Caravan, Jazz Bilzen Festival, Bilzen, Belgium, 15 August 1975. (Photo by Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Ratledge-from-Soft-Machine-GettyImages-1209232872.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Ratledge-from-Soft-Machine-GettyImages-1209232872.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Ratledge-from-Soft-Machine-GettyImages-1209232872.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Ratledge-from-Soft-Machine-GettyImages-1209232872.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mike Ratledge from Soft Machine playing with Caravan, Jazz Bilzen Festival, Bilzen, Belgium, 15 August 1975. (Photo by Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Ratledge-from-Soft-Machine-GettyImages-1209232872.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Ratledge-from-Soft-Machine-GettyImages-1209232872.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Soft Machine keyboardist and co-founder was a Canterbury scene icon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mike-ratledge-soft-machine-keyboardist-dead-obituary-1235258853\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Paquita la del Barrio<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Paquita La Del Barrio (Photo by John Medina\/WireImage) *** Local Caption ***\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paquita-la-del-Barrio-GettyImages-83040983.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paquita-la-del-Barrio-GettyImages-83040983.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paquita-la-del-Barrio-GettyImages-83040983.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paquita-la-del-Barrio-GettyImages-83040983.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Paquita La Del Barrio (Photo by John Medina\/WireImage) *** Local Caption ***\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paquita-la-del-Barrio-GettyImages-83040983.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paquita-la-del-Barrio-GettyImages-83040983.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: John Medina\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Mexican singer and actress, often called the \u201cWarrior of Bolero,\u201d was known for powerful feminist anthems that railed against machismo and misogyny. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/paquita-la-del-barrio-dead-at-77-1235270524\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Rick Buckler<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNDATED: British pop group the Jam member: Rick Buckler    (Photo by BSR Agency\/Gentle Look via Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Buckler-GettyImages-2161119830.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Buckler-GettyImages-2161119830.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Buckler-GettyImages-2161119830.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Buckler-GettyImages-2161119830.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNDATED: British pop group the Jam member: Rick Buckler    (Photo by BSR Agency\/Gentle Look via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Buckler-GettyImages-2161119830.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rick-Buckler-GettyImages-2161119830.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: BSR Agency\/Gentle Look\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe drummer for the Jam helped the Paul Weller-led group top the U.K. charts with tracks like \u201cGoing Underground,\u201d \u201cStart!\u201d and more. <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rick-buckler-the-jam-drummer-dead-obituary-1235271792\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/rick-buckler-the-jam-drummer-dead-obituary-1235271792\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Jellybean Johnson<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 17:  Jellybean Johnson of The Original 7even, formerly known as The Time, perform during  the Soul Train Awards 2011 at The Fox Theatre on November 17, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Chris McKay\/FilmMagic)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JellybeanJohnsonYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JellybeanJohnsonYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JellybeanJohnsonYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,229 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JellybeanJohnsonYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 17:  Jellybean Johnson of The Original 7even, formerly known as The Time, perform during  the Soul Train Awards 2011 at The Fox Theatre on November 17, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Chris McKay\/FilmMagic)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JellybeanJohnsonYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JellybeanJohnsonYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,229 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Chris McKay\/FilmMagic\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe multi-instrumentalist and Prince associate was a pioneer of the Minneapolis sound and served as the drummer in the Time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jellybean-johnson-the-time-prince-dead-obituary-1235471010\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Jerry Butler<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Singer Jerry Butler poses for a portrait circa 1968.  (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jerry-Butler-GettyImages-74255412.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jerry-Butler-GettyImages-74255412.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jerry-Butler-GettyImages-74255412.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jerry-Butler-GettyImages-74255412.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Singer Jerry Butler poses for a portrait circa 1968.  (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jerry-Butler-GettyImages-74255412.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jerry-Butler-GettyImages-74255412.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs ArchivesGetty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDubbed \u201cthe Iceman,\u201d the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Impressions lead singer scored solo hits with \u201cHe Will Break Your Heart,\u201d \u201cMake It Easy on Yourself,\u201d and \u201cOnly the Strong Survive.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jerry-butler-impressions-singer-chicago-politician-dead-obituary-1235274963\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Bill Fay<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bill-Fay-credit-Dead-Oceans-example-3.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bill-Fay-credit-Dead-Oceans-example-3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bill-Fay-credit-Dead-Oceans-example-3.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bill-Fay-credit-Dead-Oceans-example-3.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bill-Fay-credit-Dead-Oceans-example-3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bill-Fay-credit-Dead-Oceans-example-3.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Dead Oceans\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe cult British singer-songwriter released two albums in the early Seventies before falling into obscurity. Decades later, famous fans like Jeff Tweedy and Nick Cave helped spark Fay\u2019s late-career resurgence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bill-fay-cult-british-singer-songwriter-dead-obituary-1235277345\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Mike Peters<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: Mike Peters from The Alarm posed in England in 1983 (Photo by Graham Tucker\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Peters-GettyImages-98741748.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Peters-GettyImages-98741748.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Peters-GettyImages-98741748.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Peters-GettyImages-98741748.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: Mike Peters from The Alarm posed in England in 1983 (Photo by Graham Tucker\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Peters-GettyImages-98741748.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mike-Peters-GettyImages-98741748.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Graham Tucker\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs frontman of the Alarm, he helped the New Wave band score big hits in the Eighties with \u201cSixty Eight Guns,\u201d \u201cStrength,\u201d and \u201cRain in the Summertime.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/alarm-frontman-mike-peters-dead-1235327461\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Robert John<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of Robert John  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/robert-john-GettyImages-74278642.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/robert-john-GettyImages-74278642.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/robert-john-GettyImages-74278642.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/robert-john-GettyImages-74278642.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of Robert John  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/robert-john-GettyImages-74278642.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/robert-john-GettyImages-74278642.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe singer-songwriter, who began his career at just 12 years old, was known for the Number One hit \u201cSad Eyes\u201d and also had a Top 10 hit with a version of \u201cThe Lion Sleeps Tonight.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/robert-john-sad-eyes-singer-dead-obituary-1235279707\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>David Johansen<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of David Johansen  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Johansen-GettyImages-74278065.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Johansen-GettyImages-74278065.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Johansen-GettyImages-74278065.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Johansen-GettyImages-74278065.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of David Johansen  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Johansen-GettyImages-74278065.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/David-Johansen-GettyImages-74278065.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe New York Dolls frontman, punk pioneer, and actor also scored a hit with \u201cHot Hot Hot\u201d as his alter ego Buster Poindexter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/david-johansen-new-york-dolls-singer-buster-poindexter-dead-obituary-1235284539\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Angie Stone<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK--JUNE 10: Vocalist Angie Stone and her R &amp; B group Vertical Hold appear in a portrait taken on June 10, 1995 in New York City. (Photo by Al Pereira\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images).\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Angie-Stone-GettyImages-1347143409.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Angie-Stone-GettyImages-1347143409.jpg 2018w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Angie-Stone-GettyImages-1347143409.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Angie-Stone-GettyImages-1347143409.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK--JUNE 10: Vocalist Angie Stone and her R &amp; B group Vertical Hold appear in a portrait taken on June 10, 1995 in New York City. (Photo by Al Pereira\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Angie-Stone-GettyImages-1347143409.jpg 2018w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Angie-Stone-GettyImages-1347143409.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Al Pereira\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe neo-soul singer was a member of pioneering all-female hip-hop group the Sequence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/angie-stone-neo-soul-singer-the-sequence-rapper-dead-obituary-1235285041\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Amadou Bagayoko<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"FRANCE - OCTOBER 26:  Amadou &amp; Mariam Receive A Platinum Record After Their Show At The Olympia In Paris - On October 26Th, 2005 - In Paris, France - Here, Amadou  (Photo by Serge BENHAMOU\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amadou-Bagayoko-GettyImages-113335158.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amadou-Bagayoko-GettyImages-113335158.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amadou-Bagayoko-GettyImages-113335158.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amadou-Bagayoko-GettyImages-113335158.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"FRANCE - OCTOBER 26:  Amadou &amp; Mariam Receive A Platinum Record After Their Show At The Olympia In Paris - On October 26Th, 2005 - In Paris, France - Here, Amadou  (Photo by Serge BENHAMOU\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amadou-Bagayoko-GettyImages-113335158.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amadou-Bagayoko-GettyImages-113335158.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Serge BENHAMOU\/Gamma-Rapho\/ Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe singer and guitarist helped bring Malian music to the world stage as part of the duo Amadou &amp; Mariam. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/amadou-bagayoko-amadou-amp-mariam-dead-obituary-1235311312\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Joey Molland<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SPRINGFIELD, USA - 1st AUGUST: guitarist Joey Molland from Natural Gas (and ex Badfinger) tunes his guitar backstage in Springfield, Massachusetts in August 1976. (Photo by Fin Costello\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joey-Molland-GettyImages-146677260.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joey-Molland-GettyImages-146677260.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joey-Molland-GettyImages-146677260.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joey-Molland-GettyImages-146677260.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"SPRINGFIELD, USA - 1st AUGUST: guitarist Joey Molland from Natural Gas (and ex Badfinger) tunes his guitar backstage in Springfield, Massachusetts in August 1976. (Photo by Fin Costello\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joey-Molland-GettyImages-146677260.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Joey-Molland-GettyImages-146677260.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Fin Costello\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Badfinger guitarist was the last surviving core member of the Beatles-signed rock band and played on singles like \u201cDay After Day,\u201d \u201cBaby Blue,\u201d and John Lennon\u2019s \u201cJealous Guy.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/joey-molland-badfinger-guitarist-dead-obituary-1235285292\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Brian James<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Brian JAMES and DAMNED; Brian James (1977 or 1978)  (Photo by Erica Echenberg\/Redferns)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-James-GettyImages-85244884.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-James-GettyImages-85244884.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-James-GettyImages-85244884.jpg?resize=300,201 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-James-GettyImages-85244884.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01:  Photo of Brian JAMES and DAMNED; Brian James (1977 or 1978)  (Photo by Erica Echenberg\/Redferns)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-James-GettyImages-85244884.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-James-GettyImages-85244884.jpg?resize=300,201 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Erica Echenberg\/Redferns\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe founding guitarist of the Damned had the distinction of writing the first British punk single, 1976\u2019s \u201cNew Rose.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/brian-james-dead-guitarist-the-damned-1235291399\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>D\u2019Wayne Wiggins<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"CHICAGO - AUGUST 1988:  Singer and musician D'Wayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Ton\u00e9! performs during the WGCI-FM \u2018Power Fest \u201988\u2019 concert at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois in August 1988.  (Photo By Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DWayne-Wiggins-GettyImages-1277907619.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DWayne-Wiggins-GettyImages-1277907619.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DWayne-Wiggins-GettyImages-1277907619.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DWayne-Wiggins-GettyImages-1277907619.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"CHICAGO - AUGUST 1988:  Singer and musician D'Wayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Ton\u00e9! performs during the WGCI-FM \u2018Power Fest \u201988\u2019 concert at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois in August 1988.  (Photo By Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DWayne-Wiggins-GettyImages-1277907619.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DWayne-Wiggins-GettyImages-1277907619.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Raymond Boyd\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe co-founder of the band Tony! Toni! Ton\u00e9! started the seminal Nineties R&amp;B group with his brother, Raphael Saadiq, and their cousin Timothy Christian. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dwayne-wiggins-dead-tony-toni-tone-1235291910\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dwayne-wiggins-dead-tony-toni-tone-1235291910\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Larry Tamblyn<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 26:  Larry Tamblyn (L) and Legs McNeil at a dinner following the Book Soup appearance of Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil hosted by Michael and Pamela Des Barres on July 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Mark Sullivan\/WireImage)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Tamblyn-GettyImages-452770456.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Tamblyn-GettyImages-452770456.jpg 1624w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Tamblyn-GettyImages-452770456.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Tamblyn-GettyImages-452770456.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 26:  Larry Tamblyn (L) and Legs McNeil at a dinner following the Book Soup appearance of Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil hosted by Michael and Pamela Des Barres on July 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Mark Sullivan\/WireImage)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Tamblyn-GettyImages-452770456.jpg 1624w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Larry-Tamblyn-GettyImages-452770456.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Mark Sullivan\/WireImage\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe keyboardist of the garage-rock group the Standells helped give Boston its unofficial anthem with the song \u201cDirty Water.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/larry-tamblyn-keyboardist-the-standells-dirty-water-dead-obit-1235301740\/\">Read our tribute.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Jack DeJohnette<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Jack DeJohnette lors d'une s\u00e9ance de r\u00e9p\u00e9tition \u00e0 Paris en f\u00e9vrier 1976, France. (Photo by Andre CLERGEAT\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JackDeJohnetteYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JackDeJohnetteYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JackDeJohnetteYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JackDeJohnetteYEARLOST.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Jack DeJohnette lors d'une s\u00e9ance de r\u00e9p\u00e9tition \u00e0 Paris en f\u00e9vrier 1976, France. (Photo by Andre CLERGEAT\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JackDeJohnetteYEARLOST.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JackDeJohnetteYEARLOST.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Andre CLERGEAT\/Gamma-Rapho\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe jazz drummer played with Miles Davis during his \u201celectric period\u201d band, in addition to stints with Bill Evans, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd, and his own lengthy career as bandleader. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jack-dejohnette-jazz-drummer-bitches-brew-dead-obituary-1235454492\/\">Read our tribute.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/musicians-singers-who-died-in-2025-1235491219\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;Angelo, Roberta Flack, Ozzy Osbourne, and Brian Wilson were just some of the creative geniuses who died this past year The music world lost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":54670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}