List of 2018 deaths in popular music

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This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2018.

2018 deaths in popular music

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Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Betty Willis76January 1, 2018Santa Ana, California, U.S.Strangled[1]
Rick Hall
Record producer		85January 2, 2018Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.Prostate cancer[2]
Ray Thomas
Moody Blues		76January 4, 2018Surrey, EnglandProstate cancer [3]
Fujioka Mikio
Babymetal		36January 5, 2018JapanAccidental fall[4]
Chris Tsangarides
Record producer from Judas Priest, Depeche Mode		61January 6, 2018EnglandHeart failure following pneumonia [5]
Jimmy Robinson
Recording engineer, record producer		67January 6, 2018New York City, New York, U.S.[6]
France Gall70January 7, 2018Neuilly-sur-Seine, FranceCancer
Denise LaSalle83January 8, 2018Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.Complications from fall[7]
Eddie Clarke
Motörhead, Fastway		67January 10, 2018London, UKPneumonia [8]
Ernest H. Sanders
German-born American musicologist		99January 13, 2018New York, U.S.[9]
Barbara Cope
Groupie		67January 14, 2018Dallas, Texas, U.S.House fire[10]
Marlene VerPlanck84January 14, 2018Manhattan, New York, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[11]
Edwin Hawkins74January 15, 2018Pleasanton, California, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[12]
Dolores O'Riordan
The Cranberries		46January 15, 2018London, EnglandDrowning caused by alcohol intoxication[13]
Dave Holland
Trapeze, Judas Priest		69January 16, 2018Lugo, SpainLung cancer [14]
Fredo Santana27January 20, 2018Reseda, Los Angeles, CaliforniaSeizure[15]
Terry Evans80January 20, 2018Los Angeles, California[16]
Jim Rodford
Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies		76January 20, 2018St Albans, EnglandComplications from fall[17]
Hugh Masekela78January 23, 2018Johannesburg, South AfricaProstate cancer[18]
Lari White52January 23, 2018Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Peritoneal cancer[19]
Mark E. Smith
The Fall
60January 24, 2018Prestwich, Greater Manchester, EnglandLung and kidney cancer [20]
Buzz Clifford76January 26, 2018Berwyn, IllinoisComplications of influenza[21]
Leah LaBelle31January 31, 2018Studio City, CaliforniaTraffic collision
Dennis Edwards
The Temptations		74February 1, 2018Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Complications from meningitis[22]
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Record producer and university professor		65February 3, 2018Los Angeles, California, U.S.Prostate cancer[23]
Zeno Roth
Uli Jon Roth		61February 5, 2018Düsseldorf, Germany[24]
John Perry Barlow
Lyricist for The Grateful Dead, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation		70February 6, 2018San Francisco, California, U.S.Complications from heart attack[25]
Mickey Jones
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition		76February 7, 2018Simi Valley, California, U.S.Diabetes [26]
Pat Torpey
Mr. Big		64February 7, 2018Southern California Area, U.S.Complications of Parkinson's disease[27]
Lovebug Starski
Record producer for DJ Hollywood		57February 8, 2018Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Heart attack[28]
Craig MacGregor
Foghat		68February 9, 2018Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S.Lung cancer[29]
Wesla Whitfield70February 9, 2018St. Helena, California[30]
Jóhann Jóhannsson48February 9, 2018Berlin, GermanyLikely cocaine use[31]
Troy Blakely
Record producer for Scorpions, Poison, Red Hot Chili Peppers		68February 10, 2018U.S.Cancer[32]
Vic Damone89February 11, 2018Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.Natural causes[33]
Daryle Singletary46February 12, 2018Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.Blood Clot[34]
Scott Boyer
Cowboy		70February 13, 2018Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.Peripheral artery disease[35]
Little Sammy Davis89February 13, 2018Middletown, New York, U.S.[36]
Wim Claes
Record producer		56February 24, 2018Haacht, Belgium[37]
Harvey Schmidt88February 28, 2018Tomball, Texas, U.S.Congestive heart failure[38]
Bill Burkette
The Vogues		75March 1, 2018Jeannette, Pennsylvania, U.S.Unknown
Van McLain
Shooting Star		62March 2, 2018Kansas City, MissouriWest Nile virus
Virgilijus Noreika
Lithuanian Pop singer and member of 3 Tigrai		82March 3, 2018Vilnius, LithuaniaCancer[39]
Patrick Doyle
Veronica Falls		32March 3, 2018Los Angeles, California, U.S.Suicide[40]
Jeff St John71March 6, 2018Perth, Western AustraliaInfection following surgery[41]
Jerzy Milian82March 7, 2018Katowice, PolandNatural causes[42]
Milko Kelemen93March 8, 2018Stuttgart, GermanyNatural causes
Ken Dodd90March 11, 2018Knotty Ash, Liverpool, EnglandChest infection[43]
Craig Mack47March 12, 2018Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S.Heart failure[44]
Nokie Edwards
The Ventures		82March 12, 2018Yuma, Arizona, U.S.Complications following hip surgery
Claudia Fontaine
Afrodiziak		57March 13, 2018UK[45]
Charlie Quintana
The Plugz, Social Distortion, Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds 		56March 13, 2018Cancún, MexicoHeart attack[46]
Jimmy Wisner86March 13, 2018Livingston, New Jersey[47]
Buell Neidlinger
Cecil Taylor, Frank Zappa, Duane Eddy		82March 16, 2018Whibey Island, Washington D.C.Unknown
Killjoy
Necrophagia		48March 18, 2018East Liverpool, OhioUndisclosed causes[48]
Peter "Mars" Cowling
Pat Travers Band, Flying Hat Band		71March 20, 2018U.S.[49]
Lys Assia
winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest		94March 24, 2018Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland[50]
Mike Harrison
Spooky Tooth		75March 25, 2018Carlisle, England[51]
Seo Min-woo
100%		33March 25, 2018Gangnam District, Seoul, South KoreaCardiac arrest[52]
Jerry Williams75March 25, 2018Täby, SwedenCancer[53]
Caleb Scofield
Cave In, Old Man Gloom, Zozobra		39March 28, 2018Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.Traffic collision [54]
Alias
Record producer from Anticon Records		41March 30, 2018South-Portland, U.S.Heart attack[55]
Ron Dunbar
Record producer		78April 3, 2018Fresno, California[56]
Cecil Taylor89April 5, 2018Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.[57]
Avicii28April 20, 2018Muscat, OmanSuicide[58]
Bob Dorough94April 23, 2018Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, U.S.[59]
Kato Khandwala
Record producer from Blondie, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, The Pretty Reckless		47April 25, 2018North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Traffic collision[60]
Charles Neville
The Neville Brothers		79April 26, 2018Huntington, Massachusetts, U.S.[61]
John "Jabo" Starks
The J.B.'s		80May 1, 2018Mobile, Alabama, U.S.[62]
Scott Hutchison
Frightened Rabbit		36May 9, 2018South Queensferry, Edinburgh, ScotlandSuicide by drowning[63]
Phil Emmanuel65May 24, 2018Parkes, New South Wales, Australia[64]
María Dolores Pradera93May 28, 2018Madrid, Spain[65]
Eddy Clearwater83June 1, 2018Skokie, Illinois, U.S.Heart failure[66]
Ralph Santolla
Obituary, Deicide, Iced Earth		51June 6, 2018Tampa, Florida, U.S.Heart attack[67]
Danny Kirwan
Fleetwood Mac, Tramp		68June 8, 2018London, England[68]
Jon Hiseman
Colosseum, Colosseum II, Tempest, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Graham Bond Organisation		73June 12, 2018Sutton, London, EnglandBrain cancer[69]
D. J. Fontana87June 13, 2018Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[70]
Matt "Guitar" Murphy88June 15, 2018Miami, FloridaHeart attack[71]
XXXTentacion20June 18, 2018Deerfield Beach, FloridaShot[72]
Jimmy Wopo21June 18, 2018Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniashot[73]
Vinnie Paul Abbott
Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah		54June 22, 2018Las Vegas, NevadaHeart attack[74]
Alan Longmuir
Bay City Rollers		70July 2, 2018Edinburgh, Scotland[75]
Jim Malloy
Record producer		87July 5, 2018Nashville, Tennessee[76]
Henry Butler69July 2, 2018New York City, New York, U.S.Cancer[77]
Stan Lewis
Record producer from Jewel Records		91July 15, 2018Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.[78]
Olga Jackowska
Maanam		67July 28, 2018Bliżów, PolandOvarian cancer[79]
Oliver Dragojević70July 29, 2018Split, Croatia[80]
Mindaugas Remeikis
Member of Mexicano		36August 6, 2018LithuaniaUnknown
Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell
Vocalist for Primer 55		40August 10, 2018Southaven, Mississippi, West Virginia, U.S.Hepatitis C
Randy Rampage
Annihilator		58August 14, 2018Vancouver, Canada Heart attack[81]
Jill Janus
Huntress		42August 14, 2018Portland, Oregon, U.S.Suicide
Fabio Melanitto
Uff		33August 15, 2018Narvarte Poniente, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MexicoGunshot
Aretha Franklin76August 16, 2018Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[82]
Danny Pearson65August 17, 2018Stonewall, Mississippi, U.S.Liver cancer[83]
Ed King
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Strawberry Alarm Clock		68August 22, 2018Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Lung cancer[84]
Lazy Lester85August 22, 2018Paradise, California, U.S.Stomach cancer[85]
Kyle Pavone
We Came as Romans		28August 25, 2018Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.Drug overdose[86]
Conway Savage
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds		58September 2, 2018Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBrain tumour[87]
Don Gardner87September 4, 2018Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.[88][89]
Mac Miller26September 7, 2018Los Angeles, California, U.S.Drug overdose[90][91][92]
Maartin Allcock
Fairport Convention		61September 16, 2018London, UKLiver cancer[93]
Big Jay McNeely91September 16, 2018Moreno Valley, California, U.S.Prostate cancer[93]
Chas Hodges
Chas & Dave, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, The Outlaws, Heads Hands & Feet		74September 22, 2018EnglandOrgan failure[94]
Marty Balin
Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship		76September 27, 2018Tampa, Florida, U.S.[95]
Otis Rush84September 29, 2018Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Stroke[96]
Kim Larsen
Gasolin'		72September 30, 2018Odense, DenmarkProstate cancer[97]
Charles Aznavour94October 1, 2018Alpilles, FranceCardiac arrest[98]
Geoff Emerick
Record engineered from Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles		72October 2, 2018Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack[99]
John Wicks
The Records		65October 7, 2018Burbank, California, U.S.Pancreatic cancer[100]
Takehisa Kosugi80October 12, 2018Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan[101]
Wah Wah Watson
The Funk Brothers		67October 24, 2018Santa Monica, California, U.S.[102]
Tony Joe White75October 24, 2018Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Heart attack[103]
Todd Youth
Agnostic Front, Danzig		47October 27, 2018Los Angeles, California[104]
Jimmy Farrar
Molly Hatchet		67October 29, 2018LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.Heart failure[105]
Hardy Fox
The Residents		73October 30, 2018San Anselmo, California, U.S.Glioblastoma[106] (Brain cancer[107])
Josh Fauver
Deerhunter		39November 2, 2018Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[108]
Glenn Schwartz
James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric, All Saved Freak Band		78November 2, 2018U.S.[109]
John Manners
Ray Brown & the Whispers		77November 5, 2018Sydney, AustraliaUndisclosed[110]
Hugh McDowell
Electric Light Orchestra		65November 6, 2018London, UKCancer[111]
Scott Harrick
The Arbors		81November 7, 2018Ajijic, Jalisco, MexicoStroke[112]
Roy Clark85November 15, 2018Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.Pneumonia[113]
Devin Lima
LFO 		41November 21, 2018Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.Adrenal cancer[114]
Jody Williams83December 1, 2018Munster, Indiana, U.S.Cancer[115]
Pete Shelley
The Buzzcocks		63December 6, 2018Tallinn, EstoniaHeart attack[116]
Nancy Wilson81December 13, 2018Pioneertown, California, U.S.[117]
Joe Osborn
The Wrecking Crew		81December 14, 2018Greenwood, Louisiana, U.S.[118]
Herman Sikumbang
Seventeen		36December 22, 2018Tanjung Lesung, Banten, IndonesiaDrowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018[119]
M. Awal "Bani" Purbani
Seventeen		36December 22, 2018Tanjung Lesung, Banten, IndonesiaDrowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018[120]
Windu Andi Harmawan
Seventeen		36December 24, 2018Pandeglang Regency, IndonesiaDrowned from Sunda Strait Tsunami 2018[121]
Jerry Riopelle
Record producer		77December 24, 2018Tampa, FloridaCancer[122]
James Calvin Wilsey
Avengers		61December 24, 2018Los Angeles, California, U.S.Multiple organ failure[123]
Dean Ford
Marmalade		73December 31, 2018Los Angeles, California, U.S.Parkinson's disease[124]
Ray Sawyer
Dr. Hook		81December 31, 2018Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.[125]
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