1. Plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, February 3, 1959: Buddy Holly (also Richie Valens and the Big Bopper
2. Drowned in his own swimming pool, July 3, 1969: Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
3. Heroin overdose, October 4, 1970: Janis Joplin
4. Heart attack in his bathtub in Paris, July 3, 1971 - or did he?: Jim Morrison (Doors)
5. Motorcycle accident, October 29, 1971: Duane Allman (Allman Brothers)
5. Heart failure after years of drug abuse, August 16, 1977 - or did he?: Elvis Presley
6. Accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun he believed wasn't loaded, January 23, 1978: Terry Kath (Chicago)
7. Shot by a deranged fan, December 8, 1980 (December 9 in Britain): John Lennon
8. Auto accident on the Long Island Expressway while on the way to a charity show, July 16, 1981: Harry Chapin
9. Drowned while swimming from his boat, December 28, 1983: Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
10. Shot by his father, April 1, 1984: Marvin Gaye
11.Complications from AIDS, November 24, 1991: Freddie Mercury (Queen)
12. Shot by the president of her fan club, March 31, 1995: Selena
13. Heart attack in his sleep, after years of weight problems and diabetes, August 9, 1995: Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) - amazingly enough, he did NOT die of a drug overdose!
14. Shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, September 13, 1996: Tupac Shakur
15. Crash of experimental plane he himself was piloting, October 12, 1997: John Denver
16. Breast cancer, April 17, 1998: Linda McCartney (Wings)
17. Throat and lung cancer, November 30, 2001: George Harrison

Bonus: Cirrhosis of the liver after years of alcohol abuse, March 8, 1973: Pigpen McKernan (Grateful Dead)