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 2017.

Preceded by
2016
List of deaths in popular music
2017
Succeeded by
2018
Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Mike Gaborno
Manic Hispanic
51January 4, 2017Liver cancer
Johnny Dick
Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries
73January 6, 2017
Sylvester Potts
The Contours
78January 6, 2017Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Alzheimer's disease
Eddie Kamae
Sons of Hawaii
89January 7, 2017Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.[1]
Jerzy Kossela
Czerwone Gitary
74January 7, 2017Gdynia, Poland[2]
Buddy Bregman
American arranger, record producer, conductor and composer
86January 8, 2017Los Angeles, California, U.S.Alzheimer's disease
Peter Sarstedt75January 8, 2017Progressive supranuclear palsy[3]
Crazy Toones
Record producer
45January 9, 2017Heart attack[4]
Tommy Allsup
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
85January 11, 2017Springfield, Missouri, U.S.Complications from a hernia operation[5]
Tony Booth
Poster artist for The Beatles
83January 11, 2017Upton, Merseyside, EnglandCancer
Larry Steinbachek
Bronski Beat
56January 12, 2017Cancer[6]
Meir Banai55January 12, 2017Hemed, IsraelCancer[7]
Muhammad Fachroni
Project Pop
44January 13, 2017Complications from diabetes[8]
Richie Ingui
Soul Survivors
70January 13, 2017
Magic Alex
Electronics engineer for The Beatles
74January 13, 2017Kolonaki, Athens, GreecePneumonia
Charles "Bobo" Shaw69January 16, 2017[9]
Franz Jarnach
The Rattles
72January 16, 2017Hamburg, Germany[10]
Mike Kellie
Multi-instrumentalist and record producer for Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones
69January 18, 2017
Loalwa Braz63January 19, 2017Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilMurdered[11]
Howard Kaufman
Talent manager for Eagles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard
79January 19, 2017[12]
Ronald “Bingo” Mundy
The Marcels
76January 20, 2017Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.Pneumonia[13]
Joey Powers82January 20, 2017Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.[14]
Maggie Roche
The Roches
65January 21, 2017Cancer
Walter Morrison
Record producer for Ohio Players and music director of Parliament-Funkadelic
62January 21, 2017London, England
Jaki Liebezeit
Can
78January 22, 2017Cologne, GermanyPneumonia[15]
Pete Overend Watts
Mott the Hoople, British Lions
69January 22, 2017Throat cancer[16]
Bobby Freeman76January 23, 2017San Francisco, California, U.S.Natural causes[17]
Gil Ray
Game Theory, The Loud Family
60January 24, 2017Cancer
Björn Thelin
The Spotnicks
74January 24, 2017
Butch Trucks
The Allman Brothers Band
69January 24, 2017West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.Suicide by gunshot
Benny Collins
Tour manager for The Rolling Stones, Journey
68January 27, 2017Pneumonia
Guitar Gable79January 28, 2017Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S.[18]
Geoff Nicholls
Black Sabbath
68January 28, 2017Lung cancer[19]
Elkin Ramírez
Kraken
54January 29, 2017Medellín, Antioquia, ColombiaBrain cancer[20]
James Laurence
Record producer for Friendzone
27January 30, 2017
Deke Leonard
Man, Help Yourself
72January 31, 2017Heart failure[21]
John Wetton
Asia, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, King Crimson, Wishbone Ash
67January 31, 2017Bournemouth, EnglandCancer[22]
Robert Dahlqvist
The Hellacopters, Dundertåget
40February 3, 2017Bagarmossen, SwedenAccidental drowning following seizure[23]
Steve Lang
April Wine
67February 4, 2017Parkinson’s disease[24]
Noel Simms82February 4, 2017Alligator Reef, Florida, U.S.Lung cancer[25]
David Axelrod85February 5, 2017Burbank, California, U.S.Lung cancer[26]
Sonny Geraci
The Outsiders, Climax
69February 5, 2017Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.[27]
Tony Särkkä
Abruptum, Ophthalamia
44February 8, 2017Finspång, SwedenAlleged suicide[28]
Rina Matsuno
Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
18February 8, 2017Cardiac arrhythmia
Tony Davis
The Spinners
86February 10, 2017
Harvey Lichtenstein
American arts administrator for Brooklyn Academy of Music
87February 11, 2017Stroke[29]
Damian52February 12, 2017Cancer[30]
Robert Fisher
Willard Grant Conspiracy
59February 12, 2017Cancer[31]
Al Jarreau76February 12, 2017Los Angeles, California, U.S.Respiratory failure[32]
Trish Doan
Kittie
31February 13, 2017Suicide
Alan Aldridge
Artist and graphic designer
73February 17, 2017
Peter Skellern69February 17, 2017Lanteglos-by-Fowey, Cornwall, EnglandBrain cancer[33]
David Yorko
Guitarist for Johnny and the Hurricanes
73February 17, 2017"Heartland of Waterville"Emphysema[34]
Clyde Stubblefield73February 18, 2017Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.Kidney failure[35]
Larry Coryell
The Eleventh House
73February 19, 2017New York City, New York, U.S.Heart failure[36]
Ilene Berns
Record producer, record company director and co-founded of Bang Records
73February 23, 2017Miami, Florida, U.S.Heart failure
Leon Ware
Record producer
77February 23, 2017Marina del Rey, California, U.S.Prostate cancer
Eric Miller
Record producer for Pablo Records
75February 25, 2017Los Angeles, California, U.S.Heart attack
Toshio Nakanishi
Plastics
61February 25, 2017Tokyo, JapanEsophageal cancer[37]
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
The Spiders
78March 1, 2017Pancreatic cancer[38]
Jim Fuller
The Surfaris
69March 3, 2017Monrovia, California, U.S.Undisclosed
Tommy Page
Music industry executive from Reprise Records
46March 3, 2017East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.Suicide by hanging
Edi Fitzroy62March 4, 2017May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica[39]
Ritchie Adams78March 6, 2017[40]
Lars Diedricson
Snowstorm
55March 6, 2017Gothenburg, Sweden[41]
Robbie Hoddinoff
Kingfish
62March 6, 2017
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya56March 7, 2017Hooghly district, West Bengal, IndiaTraffic accident[42]
Tony Lorenzo
Sons of Azrael
30March 9, 2017Complications from paralysis[43]
Joni Sledge
Sister Sledge
60March 10, 2017Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.Natural causes[44]
Evan Johns
The LeRoi Brothers
69March 11, 2017Austin, Texas, U.S.Liver disease[45]
Joey Alves
Y&T
63March 12, 2017Complications from ulcerative colitis[46]
Tommy LiPuma
Record producer
80March 13, 2017New York City, New York, U.S.[47]
John Lever
The Chameleons
55March 13, 2017
James Cotton81March 16, 2017Austin, Texas, U.S.Pneumonia[48]
Chuck Berry90March 18, 2017Wentzville, Missouri, U.S.Heart attack[49]
Billy Bland84March 22, 2017New York City, New York, U.S.
Sib Hashian
Boston
67March 22, 2017At sea near Nassau, BahamasHeart attack[50]
Sven-Erik Magnusson
Sven-Ingvars
74March 22, 2017Karlstad, SwedenProstate cancer
Jimmy Dotson83March 26, 2017Houston, Texas, U.S.[51]
Clem Curtis
The Foundations
76March 27, 2017Lung cancer[52]
Edward Grimes
Rachel's, Shipping News
43March 27, 2017
Lonnie Brooks83April 1, 2017Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[53]
Brenda Jones
The Jones Girls
62April 2, 2017Traffic accident
Paul O'Neill
Record producer for Trans-Siberian Orchestra
61April 5, 2017Tampa, Florida, U.S.Intoxication of prescription drugs
David Peel
The Lower East Side Band
73April 6, 2017Manhattan, New York, U.S.Heart attack
Joseph Rascoff
Tour manager from U2, The Rolling Stones
71April 6, 2017Prostate cancer
Kim Plainfield63April 8, 2017Tomkins Cove, New York, U.S.[54]
Keni Richards
Autograph
60April 8, 2017U.S.Murdered
Banner Thomas
Molly Hatchet
60April 10, 2017Pneumonia [55]
J. Geils
The J. Geils Band
71April 11, 2017Groton, Massachusetts, U.S.Natural causes[56]
Tom Coyne
Mastering engineer
63April 12, 2017U.S.Multiple myeloma[57]
Toby Smith
Jamiroquai
46April 12, 2017Cancer [58]
Mika Vainio
Pan Sonic
57April 12, 2017Multiple myeloma[59]
Sylvia Moy
Record producer
78April 15, 2017Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.Pneumonia[60]
Matt Holt
Nothingface
39April 15, 2017Frederick, Maryland, U.S.Undisclosed degenerative illness[61]
Allan Holdsworth
Soft Machine, U.K.
70April 16, 2017Vista, California, U.S.Heart disease[62]
Pat Fitzpatrick
Aslan
60April 19, 2017Cancer
Cuba Gooding Sr
The Main Ingredient
72April 20, 2017Woodland Hills, California, U.S.Natural causes [63]
Sandy Gallin
American talent agent
76April 21, 2017Los Angeles, California, U.S.Multiple myeloma
Calep Emphrey Jr.67April 25, 2017U.S.[64]
Bruce Hampton
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Hampton Grease Band
70May 1, 2017Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Heart attack
Kevin Garcia
Grandaddy
41May 2, 2017Stroke
Saxa
The Beat
87May 3, 2017[65]
Christopher Boykin
Entertainer from Rob & Big
45May 9, 2017Heart failure[66]
Robert Miles47May 9, 2017Ibiza, SpainCancer[67]
Jimmy Copley
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
63May 13, 2017Bristol, EnglandLeukemia[68]
Kevin Stantion
Mi-Sex
61May 17, 2017New ZealandCervical spondylitis
Chris Cornell
Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog
52May 18, 2017Detroit, Michigan, U.S.Suicide by hanging[69]
Frankie Paul51May 18, 2017Kingston, Jamaica[70]
Jimmy Hayes
The Persuasions
74May 18, 2017New York, New York, U.S.Died during surgery
Kid Vinil
Record producer
62May 19, 2017São Paulo, Brazil[71]
Jimmy LaFave61May 21, 2017Austin, Texas, U.S.Spindle cell sarcoma[72]
Gregg Allman
The Allman Brothers Band
69May 27, 2017Richmond Hill, Georgia, U.S.Liver cancer[73]
Aamir Zaki
Vital Signs
49June 2, 2017Karachi, PakistanHeart failure[74]
Vin Garbutt69June 6, 2017Heart failure[75]
Sandra Reemer
Sandra & Andres
66June 6, 2017Amsterdam, NetherlandsBreast cancer[76]
Rosalie Sorrels83June 11, 2017Reno, Nevada, U.S.[77]
Prodigy42June 20, 2017Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Accidental choking[78]
Gunter Gabriel75June 22, 2017Hanover, GermanyFall[79]
Jimmy Nalls
Sea Level
66June 22, 2017Fall[80]
Dave Rosser
The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers
50June 27, 2017Colon cancer[81]
Gary DeCarlo
Steam
75June 28, 2017Branford, Connecticut, U.S.Lung cancer[82]
Rudy Rotta66July 3, 2017Verona, Italy[83]
John Blackwell43July 4, 2017Land o' Lakes, Florida, U.S.Brain tumor[84]
Melvyn "Deacon" Jones
Baby Huey & the Babysitters
73July 6, 2017Hollywood, California, U.S.[85]
Ray Phiri70July 12, 2017Nelspruit, South AfricaLung cancer[86]
Simon Holmes
The Hummingbirds
54July 13, 2017Sydney, Australia[87]
David Zablidowsky
Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, SOTO, ZO2
38July 14, 2017Micanopy, Florida, U.S.Traffic accident[88]
Roland Cazimero
The Brothers Cazimero
66July 16, 2017U.S.[89]
Thor Lindsay
Record producer for Tim/Kerr
58July 16, 2017
Chester Bennington
Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, Stone Temple Pilots
41July 20, 2017Los Angeles, California, U.S.Suicide by hanging[90]
Kenny Shields
Streetheart
69July 21, 2017Complications from cardiac surgery[91]
Bobby Taylor
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
83July 22, 2017Cancer[92]
Michael Johnson72July 25, 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.[93]
Billy Joe Walker Jr.65July 25, 2017Kerrville, Texas, U.S.[94]
Goldy McJohn
Steppenwolf
72August 1, 2017Burien, Washington, U.S.Heart attack[95]
Tony Cohen
Record producer for The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
60August 2, 2017Dandenong, Victoria, Australia[96]
Glen Campbell81August 8, 2017Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Alzheimer's disease[97]
Benard Ighner72August 14, 2017Houston, Texas, U.S.Lung cancer[98]
Melissa Bell
Soul II Soul
53August 28, 2017Kidney failure
Skip Prokop
Lighthouse, The Paupers
73August 30, 2017St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada[99]
Walter Becker
Steely Dan
67September 3, 2017Manhattan, New York, U.S.Esophageal cancer[100]
Dave Hlubek
Molly Hatchet
66September 3, 2017Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.Heart attack[101]
Earl Lindo
The Wailers
64September 4, 2017London, England[102]
Holger Czukay
Can
79September 5, 2017Weilerswist, GermanyNatural causes[103]
Rick Stevens
Tower of Power
77September 5, 2017U.S.Liver cancer
Troy Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
50September 8, 2017Helicopter accident
Michael Friedman
In association of The Civilians
41September 9, 2017Manhattan, New York, U.S.HIV/AIDS[104]
Virgil Howe
Little Barrie
41September 11, 2017Heart attack[105]
Will Youatt
Man, Neutrons
67September 12, 2017[106]
Jessi Zazu
Those Darlins
28September 12, 2017Cervical cancer
Grant Hart
Hüsker Dü
56September 14, 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.Liver cancer[107]
Mark Selby56September 18, 2017Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.Cancer[108]
Billy Hatton
Bass guitarist for The Fourmost
76September 19, 2017Unknown
Johnny Sandlin
Record producer for The Allman Brothers Band
72September 19, 2017Decatur, Arkansas, U.S.Cancer
Cecs Bergman
Record producer for Catapult
65September 21, 2017
Ammon Tharp
Drummer for Bill Deal and the Rhondels
75September 22, 2017Undisclosed cause
Charles Bradley68September 23, 2017Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Stomach cancer[109]
CeDell Davis91September 27, 2017Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.Heart attack[110]
Frank Slay
Record producer, and record label owner
87September 30, 2017
Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys
66October 2, 2017Santa Monica, California, U.S.Cardiac arrest[111]
Jerry Ross
Record producer and co-founder of Heritage Records
84October 4, 2017Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, U.S.Prostate cancer
Bunny Sigler
Record producer
76October 6, 2017Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Heart attack
Jimmy Beaumont
The Skyliners
76October 7, 2017McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.Natural causes/Died in his sleep
Grady Tate85October 8, 2017Manhattan, New York, U.S.Complications from Alzheimer's disease[112]
Iain Shedden
The Saints
60October 16, 2017Sydney, AustraliaLaryngeal cancer[113]
Gord Downie
The Tragically Hip
53October 17, 2017Kingston, Ontario, CanadaGlioblastoma[114]
Howard Carroll
Guitarist for The Dixie Hummingbirds
92October 17, 2017Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Unknown[115]
Martin Eric Ain
Celtic Frost, Hellhammer
50October 21, 2017Zürich, SwitzerlandHeart attack[116]
Scott Putesky
Marilyn Manson
49October 22, 2017Colon cancer[117]
Al Hurricane81October 22, 2017Albuquerque, New MexicoProstate cancer[118]
George Young
The Easybeats, Flash and the Pan
70October 22, 2017Singapore[119]
Fats Domino89October 24, 2017Harvey, Louisiana, U.S.Natural causes[120]
Dick Noel90October 27, 2017Escondido, California, U.S.[121]
Billy Mize88October 28, 2017U.S.[122]
Katie Lee98November 1, 2017Jerome, Arizona, U.S.[123]
Robert Knight72November 5, 2017Tennessee, U.S.[124]
Pentti Glan
Alice Cooper
71November 7, 2017Innisfil, Ontario, CanadaLung cancer[125]
Chuck Mosley
Faith No More, Bad Brains
57November 9, 2017Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.Drug overdose [126]
Chad Hanks
Co-Founder and Bassist for American Head Charge
46November 12, 2017Terminal illness/Cancer[127][128]
Bonnie Flower
Wendy and Bonnie
63November 15, 2017[129]
Lil Peep21November 15, 2017Tucson, Arizona, U.S.Drug overdose[130]
Ben Riley84November 18, 2017West Islip, New York, U.S.Lung disease[131]
Malcolm Young
AC/DC
64November 18, 2017Sydney, AustraliaDementia[132]
Charles Manson83November 19, 2017Bakersfield, California, U.S.Colon cancer[133]
Warren "Pete" Moore
The Miracles
78November 19, 2017Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Complications from diabetes [134]
Della Reese86November 19, 2017Los Angeles, California, U.S.[135]
David Cassidy
The Partridge Family
67November 21, 2017Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.Liver failure[136]
Wayne Cochran78November 21, 2017Miami, Florida, U.S.Cancer [137]
George Avakian
Record producer from Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records
98November 22, 2017Upper West Side, New York City, New York, U.S.[138]
Tommy Keene59November 22, 2017Cardiac arrest[139]
Mitch Margo
The Tokens
70November 24, 2017Studio City, California, U.S.Natural causes[140]
Robert Popwell
The Young Rascals, The Crusaders
66November 27, 2017Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.[141]
Robert Walker80November 29, 2017California, U.S.Cancer[142]
Zé Pedro
Xutos & Pontapés
61November 30, 2017[143]
Norihiko Hashida72December 2, 2017Kyoto, JapanParkinson's disease[144]
Johnny Hallyday74December 6, 2017Marnes-la-Coquette, FranceLung cancer[145]
Sir Christus
Negative
39December 7, 2017[146]
Sunny Murray81December 8, 2017Paris, FranceMultiple organ failure[147]
Leon Rhodes
Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
85December 9, 2017[148]
Keith Chegwin
Brown Sauce
60December 11, 2017Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis[149]
Manno Charlemagne69December 10, 2017Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.Cancer[150]
Pat DiNizio
The Smithereens
62December 12, 2017Summit, New Jersey, U.S.[151]
Dave Christenson
Stabilizers
54December 15, 2017Lung cancer[152]
Warrel Dane
Sanctuary, Nevermore
56December 13, 2017São Paulo, Brazil, U.S.Heart attack[153]
Michael Prophet60December 16, 2017Bedford, EnglandLung cancer[154]
Richard Dobson75December 16, 2017Diessenhofen, SwitzerlandCancer [155]
Kevin Mahogany59December 17, 2017Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.Diabetes[156]
Larry Harris
Record producer from Casablanca Records
70December 20, 2017Port Angeles, Washington, U.S.[157]
Kim Jong-hyun
Shinee
27December 18, 2017Gangnam District, Seoul, South KoreaSuicide by carbon monoxide poisoning[158]
Combat Jack
American music journalist, editor and podcaster
53December 20, 2017Brooklyn, New York, U.S.Colon cancer[159]
Jordan Feldstein
Manager from Maroon 5
40December 23, 2017Pulmonary thromboembolism[160]

See also

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