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Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away on October 25, 2024. He was 84 years old.

The frontman of Great White, the hard-rock band that peaked in the late ’80s with a cover of “Once Bitten Twice Shy” and was involved in one of the most tragic concerts in American history—died [...]

Greg Kihn, who scored hits with “Jeopardy” and “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ’Em)” in the ’80s, died on August 13, 2024 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 75.

John Mayall, a legendary British blues pioneer, died on July 22, 2024. He was 90.

Musician, novelist, raconteur and occasional politician Kinky Friedman died at 79 on June 27, 2024.

Bill Walton, the NBA Hall of Famer who was famously “the biggest Deadhead in the world,” died on May 27, 2024, from cancer at 71.

The renowned saxophonist David Sanborn died on May 12, 2024, after an extended battle with prostate cancer. He was 78.

Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and the fiery guitarist who wrote and sang “Ramblin’ Man,” the group’s biggest hit, died on April 18, 2024. He was 80.

Rock eccentric Mojo Nixon—a motor-mouthed guitarist and singer-songwriter and nutcase radio personality—died on February 8, 2024, aboard a country-music cruise. He was 66.

Wayne Kramer, the co-founding guitarist of the seminal rock band MC5, whose social activism carried on throughout his lengthy solo career, died on February 2, 2024, after battling pancreatic [...]