List of 2011 deaths in popular music

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 2011.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Preceded by
2010 		List of deaths in popular music
2011 		Succeeded by
2012
Name Age Date Location Cause of death
Mick Karn
Japan		 52 January 4, 2011 Chelsea, London, England Cancer[1]
Grady Chapman
The Robins		 81 January 4, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[2]
Gerry Rafferty
Stealers Wheel		 63 January 4, 2011 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Liver failure[3]
Bobby Robinson
Record producer and record label executive		 93 January 7, 2011 Harlem, New York City, U.S. [4]
Trish Keenan
Broadcast		 42 January 14, 2011 Warwick, England Swine flu[5]
Steve Prestwich
Cold Chisel, Little River Band		 56 January 16, 2011 Sydney, Australia Brain tumor[6]
Don Kirshner
Producer of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert		 76 January 17, 2011 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. Heart failure[7]
Gladys Horton
The Marvelettes		 65 January 26, 2011 Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. Stroke[8]
Eddie Mordue 83 January 28, 2011 [9]
Mark Ryan
The Moors Murderers, Adam and the Ants		 51 January 31. 2011 Heath, Cardiff, Wales Complications from liver damage[10]
Sidney Cipriano
Fat Family		 46 February 1, 2011 Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil Heart attack[11][12]
Clay Hammond 74 February 4, 2011 Houston, Texas, U.S. [13]
Gary Moore
Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II		 58 February 6, 2011 Estepona, Málaga, Spain Heart attack[14]
Karin Stanek
Czerwono-Czarni 		68 February 15, 2011 Wolfenbüttel, Germany Pneumonia[15]
Mark Tulin
The Electric Prunes		 62 February 26, 2011 Avalon, California, U.S. Heart attack[16]
Eddie Kirkland 87 February 27, 2011 Crystal River, Florida, U.S. Traffic accident[17]
Johnny Preston 71 March 4, 2011 Beaumont, Texas, U.S. Heart failure[18]
Mike Starr
Alice in Chains		 44 March 8, 2011 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Drug overdose[19]
Joe Morello 82 March 12, 2011 Irvington, New Jersey, U.S. [20]
Big Jack Johnson 70 March 14, 2011 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. [21]
Nate Dogg
213		 41 March 15, 2011 Long Beach, California, U.S. Stroke[22]
Melvin Sparks 64 March 15, 2011 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. Diabetes and hypertension[23]
Jet Harris
The Shadows		 71 March 18, 2011 Winchester, England Cancer[24]
Loleatta Holloway 64 March 21, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[25]
Pinetop Perkins 97 March 21, 2011 Austin, Texas, U.S. Cardiac arrest[26]
Frankie Sparcello
Exhorder		 44 March 22, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Zoogz Rift 57 March 22, 2011 Complications due to diabetes
Calvin Russell 62 April 3, 2011 Garfield, Texas, U.S. Liver cancer[27]
Scott Columbus
Manowar		 54 April 4, 2011 Suicide[28]
Roger Nichols
Steely Dan		 66 April 9, 2011 Burbank, California, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[29]
Gerard Smith
TV on the Radio		 36 April 20, 2011 Lung cancer[30]
Tom King
The Outsiders		 68 April 23, 2011 Wickliffe, Ohio, U.S. Congestive heart failure[31]
Poly Styrene
X-Ray Spex		 53 April 25, 2011 Sussex, England Breast cancer[32]
Phoebe Snow 60 April 26, 2011 Edison, New Jersey, U.S. Cerebral hemorrhage[33]
Dag Stokke
TNT, Vagabond 		44 April 27, 2011 Norway Cancer[34]
L.V. Banks 78 May 2, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart failure[35]
John Walker
The Walker Brothers		 67 May 7, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Liver cancer
Cornell Dupree 68 May 8, 2011 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. Emphysema[36]
Ivo Pešák
Banjo Band		 66 May 9, 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Complications from bypass surgery[37]
Jack Richardson
Record producer for The Guess Who and Manowar		 81 May 13, 2011 London, Ontario, Canada
Bob Flanigan
The Four Freshmen		 84 May 15, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Heart failure[38]
Gil Scott-Heron 62 May 27. 2011 New York City, New York, U.S. Pneumonia[39]
Simon Brint 60 May 29, 2011 Suicide[40]
Ray Bryant 79 June 2, 2011 New York City, New York, U.S. [41]
Andrew Gold
Wax		 59 June 3, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Heart failure[42]
Benny Spellman 79 June 3, 2011 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. Respiratory failure[43]
Martin Rushent
Record producer		 62 June 4, 2011 Upper Basildon, Berkshire, U.K. [44]
Seth Putnam
Anal Cunt, Upsidedown Cross		 43 June 11, 2011 Heart attack[45]
Carl Gardner
The Coasters		 83 June 12, 2011 Port St. Lucie, Florida, U.S. Congestive heart failure and vascular dementia[46]
Clarence Clemons
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band		 69 June 18, 2011 Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Complications caused by stroke[47]
Michael "Würzel" Burston
Motörhead		 61 July 9, 2011 Ventricular fibrillation[48]
Rob Grill
The Grass Roots		 67 July 11, 2011 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Complications caused by stroke[49]
Jerry Ragovoy 80 July 13, 2011 Stroke[50]
Taiji Sawada
X Japan, Loudness		 45 July 17, 2011 Saipan, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, U.S. Suicide by hanging or possible homicide[51]
Amy Winehouse 27 July 23, 2011 London, England Alcohol poisoning[52]
Bill Morrissey 59 July 23, 2011 Dalton, Georgia, U.S. Heart disease[53]
Dan Peek
America		 60 July 24, 2011 Farmington, Missouri, U.S. Fibrinous pericarditis[54]
Gene McDaniels 76 July 29, 2011 Kittery Point, Maine, U.S. [55]
Andrew McDermott
Threshold		 45 August 4, 2011 Kidney failure[56]
Marshall Grant
Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three		 83 August 7, 2011 Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.
Jani Lane
Warrant		 47 August 11, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Alcohol poisoning[57]
Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller		 78 August 22, 2011 San Francisco, California, U.S. Cardiopulmonary failure[58]
Nickolas Ashford
Ashford & Simpson		 70 August 22, 2011 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. Throat cancer[59]
Laurie McAllister
Bass guitar for The Runaways		 54 August 25, 2011 Eugene, Oregon, U.S. Asthma attack
Frederick "Fred" Farran
The Arbors		 74 August 29, 2011 Greenville, Michigan, U.S. Pneumonia[60]
David "Honeyboy" Edwards 96 August 29, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Congestive heart failure[61][62]
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith 75 September 16, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Stroke[63]
John Du Cann
Atomic Rooster		 65 September 21, 2011 Hampstead, North West London, England Heart attack[64]
Vesta Williams 53 September 22, 2011 El Segundo, California, U.S. Hypertensive heart disease[65]
Sylvia Robinson 76 September 29, 2011 Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. Congestive heart failure[66]
Marv Tarplin
The Miracles		 70 September 30, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Natural causes[67]
Bert Jansch
Pentangle		 67 October 5, 2011 Hampstead, London, England Lung cancer[68]
Mikey Welsh
Weezer		 40 October 8, 2011 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Heart attack[69]
Roger Williams (pianist) 87 October 8, 2011 Encinos, California, U.S. Pancreatic cancer
Norman Durham
Kleeer		 59 November 2, 2011 Chestnut Ridge, Hudson Valley, New York, U.S. Carbon monoxide poisoning[70]
Andrea True 68 November 7, 2011 Kingston, New York, New York, U.S. Congestive heart failure[71]
Heavy D
Heavy D & the Boyz		 44 November 8, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pulmonary embolism[72]
Lisa Fay Beatty
7 Year Bitch		 47 November 25, 2011 Mentone, California, U.S. Traffic accident[73][74]
Don DeVito
Record producer, music business and company executive from Columbia Records		 72 November 25, 2011 Prostate cancer
Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley Band		 67 November 26, 2011 Preston, Lancashire, England [75]
J. Blackfoot 65 November 30, 2011 Germantown, Tennessee, U.S. Pancreatic cancer[76]
Howard Tate 72 December 2, 2011 Burlington, New Jersey, U.S. Multiple myeloma and leukaemia[77]
Hubert Sumlin 80 December 4, 2011 Wayne, New Jersey, U.S. Heart failure[78]
Dobie Gray 71 December 6, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[79]
Tony Duran
Ruben and the Jets		 66 December 16, 2011 Bruceville, Texas, U.S. Prostate cancer
Ralph MacDonald 67 December 18, 2011 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. Lung cancer[80]
Sean Bonniwell
The Music Machine		 71 December 20, 2011 Visalia, California, U.S. Lung cancer[81]
Dennis Wayne
Loosely Tight		 57 December 20, 2011 Houston, Texas, U.S. Diabetes[82]
Jim Sherwood
The Mothers of Invention, Ruben and the Jets		 69 December 25, 2011 Brain tumor [83]
Sam Rivers 88 December 26, 2011 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Pneumonia

See also

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