List of murdered musicians

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Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the assassination of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of Christina Grimmie in 2016, the murder of XXXTentacion in 2018, the murder of Pop Smoke in 2020, and both the assassination of Sidhu Moose Wala and the murder of PnB Rock in 2022. Others have received less media attention, including the murder of Bryan Harvey, who was killed during the 2006 Richmond spree murders.

For hip hop musicians see: list of murdered hip hop musicians.

Murdered musicians

Below is a list of notable murders of musicians.

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NameKnown asDate of murderAgeSite of deathPerpetratorMethod of murderCreditRef.
Alessandro Stradella25 February 168238Genoa, ItalyUnknownStabbingClassical composer[1]
Jean-Marie Leclair22 October 176467Paris, FranceClassical composer and violinist[2]
Clarence SmithPinetop Smith15 March 192924Chicago, Illinois, USShootingBoogie-woogie pianist[3]
Alejandro García Caturla12 November 194034Havana, CubaUnknownClassical composer
Anton Webern15 September 194561Vienna, AustriaPfc. Raymond Norwood BellShooting[4]
John WilliamsonSonny Boy Williamson1 June 194834Chicago, Illinois, USUnknownBlues singer[5]
Francis BlackwellScrapper Blackwell7 October 196259Indianapolis, Indiana, USBlues guitarist, composer
Marc Blitzstein22 January 196458MartiniqueThree menBeatingClassical/musical theatre composer[6]
Sam Cooke11 December 196433Los Angeles, California, USBertha FranklinShootingSoul singer-songwriter
Darrell Banks 24 February 1970 32 Detroit, Michigan, US Aaron Bullock Soul singer
Curtis OusleyKing Curtis13 August 197137New York City, USJuan MontanezStabbingJazz saxophonist[7]
Lee Morgan19 February 197233New York City, USHelen MorganShootingJazz trumpeter
Víctor Lidio Jara MartínezVíctor Jara16 September 197340Santiago, ChileChilean military officersShooting and tortureSinger-songwriter
David AkemanStringbean10 November 197358Ridgetop, Tennessee, USJohn A. Brown and Marvin Douglas BrownShootingCountry banjo player[8]
Al Jackson Jr.1 October 197539Memphis, Tennessee, USUnknownR&B, funk and soul drummer[9]
Eddie Jefferson9 May 197960Detroit, Michigan, USVocalese[10]
Jannie PoughtSeptember 198034New Jersey, USStabbingR&B singer[11]
John Lennon8 December 198040New York City, USMark David ChapmanShootingRock and pop artist
Rusty Day3 June 198236Longwood, Florida, USUnknownShootingRock Singer
Claude Vivier7 March 198334Paris, FrancePascal DolzanStabbingClassical composer[12]
Felix Pappalardi17 April 198343New York City, USGail PappalardiShootingRock artist[13]
Prince Far IKing Cry Cry15 September 198339Kingston, JamaicaUnknownReggae vocalist/producer[14]
Hugh Mundell14 October 198321Kingston, JamaicaRicardo CodringtonReggae singer
Walter Notheis Jr.Walter Scott27 December 198340St. Peters, Missouri, USJames H. Williams Sr.ShootingRock and roll singer
Marvin Gaye1 April 198444Los Angeles, California, USMarvin Gay Sr.ShootingR&B singer
Lenny Breau12 August 198443Los Angeles, California, USUnknownStranglingGuitarist[15]
Carly Barrett17 April 198736Kingston, JamaicaGlenroy Carter and Junior NeilShootingReggae drummer
Gary Driscoll8 June 198741Ithaca, New York, U.S.UnknownShootingDrummer
Winston Hubert McIntoshPeter Tosh11 September 198742Kingston, JamaicaDennis Lobban and two other individualsShooting and tortureReggae artist
John Pastorius IIIJaco Pastorius21 September 198735Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USLuc HavanBeaten (barfight), brain hemorrhageJazz bassist
Amar Singh Chamkila Chamkila 8 March 1988 27 Mehsampur, Punjab, India Unknown Shooting Punjabi singer
Michael David FullerBlaze Foley1 February 198939Austin, Texas, USCarey JanuaryCountry, folk singer-songwriter[16]
Osbourne RuddockKing Tubby6 February 198948Kingston, JamaicaUnknownReggae sound engineer[17]
Belgin SarılmışerBergen14 August 198931Pozantı, TurkeyHalis SerbestArabseque Singer, actress[18]
Cornell Gunter26 February 199053Las Vegas, Nevada, USUnknownR&B singer
Andrzej Zaucha10 October 199142Kraków, PolandYves GoulaisR&B singer, saxophonist
Chris Bender3 November 199119Brockton, Massachusetts, USEroy KindellR&B singer[19]
Dave Rowbotham8 November 199133Manchester, EnglandUnknownBludgeoned by hammerRock musician
Rosalino Sánchez FélixChalino Sanchez16 May 199231Culiacán, MexicoShootingNarcocorrido singer[20]
Willie Irving Gaston JuniorHeavy One29 September 199224Eaton Road, Barry Farms, Southeast DC, USBass, drummer, of the Junk Yard Band[21]
Mia Zapata7 July 199327Seattle, Washington, USJesus MezquiaStranglingRock singer[22]
Don Myrick30 July 199353Los Angeles, California, USPolice Officer Gary BarbaroShootingJazz saxophonist[23]
Øystein AarsethEuronymous10 August 199325Oslo, NorwayVarg VikernesStabbingBlack metal guitarist
Rhett Forrester22 January 199437Atlanta, Georgia, USUnknownShootingHeavy metal musician[24]
Hasni ChakrounCheb Hasni29 September 199426Oran, AlgeriaArmed Islamic Group of AlgeriaRaï singer
Selena Quintanilla-PérezSelena31 March 199523Corpus Christi, Texas, USYolanda SaldívarShootingTejano singer
Tupac ShakurTupac; 2Pac; Makaveli13 September 199625Las Vegas, Nevada, USOrlando Anderson (suspected)ShootingRapper
Christopher WallaceThe Notorious B.I.G.; Biggie Smalls; Frank White 9 March 199724Los Angeles, California, USWardell "Poochie" Fouse (suspected)ShootingRapper
Gulshan Kumar12 August 199746Mumbai, MaharashtraUnknownShootingBhajan singer
Lounès Matoub25 June 199842Aït Aissi, Tizi Ouzou, AlgeriaArmed Islamic Group of AlgeriaShootingKabyle music singer
James "Jimmy" EllisOrion 12 December 199853Orrville, Alabama, USJeffery LeeSinger[25]
Jaki Byard11 February 199976New York City, USUnknownJazz pianist
Lamont ColemanBig L15 February 199924New York City, USGerard Woodley (suspected)Rapper
Roger Troutman25 April 199947Dayton, Ohio, USLarry TroutmanFunk musician
Darrell AbbottDiamond Darrell; Dimebag Darrell 8 December 200438Columbus, Ohio, USNathan GaleShootingHeavy metal guitarist
Bryan Harvey1 January 200649Richmond, Virginia, USRay Joseph Dandridge and Ricky Javon GrayBlunt-force traumaFolk rock singer/guitarist
Valentín Elizalde25 November 200627Reynosa, MexicoUnknownShootingBanda singer[26]
Winston Riley19 January 201268Kingston, JamaicaRocksteady/reggae singer and producer
Natalia StrelchenkoNatalia Strelle30 August 201538Manchester, EnglandJohn MartinHead trauma, strangulationClassical pianist[27]
Christina Grimmie10 June 201622Orlando, Florida, USKevin James LoiblShootingPop singer
Amjad Sabri22 June 201639Karachi, PakistanPakistani TalibanQawwali singer[28]
Jahseh OnfroyXXXTentacion18 June 201820Deerfield Beach, Florida, USFour men indicted[29][30]ShootingRapper and singer[31]
Bashar JacksonPop Smoke19 February 202020Los Angeles, California, USThree men and two minors indicted[32]ShootingRapper[33]
Andrea MeyerNebelhexe13 October 202152Kongsberg, NorwayEspen Andersen BråthenStabbingRock and electronic singer[34]
Shubhdeep Singh SidhuSidhu Moose Wala29 May 202228Mansa, Punjab, IndiaUnknownShootingRapper and singer[35]
Rakim AllenPnB Rock12 September 202230Los Angeles, California, USTwo men and one minor indictedShootingRapper and singer
Yurii Kerpatenko16 October 202246Kherson Oblast, UkraineRussian soldiersClassical conductor, accordionist[36]
Ian Watkins11 October 202548HM Prison Wakefield, West Yorkshire, EnglandTwo men indicted[37]StabbingRock singer[37]
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