Musicians & Composers
218 famous musicians & composers and their final words
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Aemon Targaryen
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1965
Albert Schweitzer
“He died peacefully at his hospital in Africa.”
Natural causes Age 90
Musicians & Composers 2011
Amy Winehouse
“I don't want to die.”
Accidental alcohol poisoning Age 27
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Andy Griffith
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Angela Lansbury
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1904
Antonín Dvořák
“He died at home surrounded by family.”
Cardiovascular disease Age 62
Musicians & Composers 2018
Aretha Franklin
“She died peacefully surrounded by family.”
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor Age 76
Musicians & Composers 2018
Aretha Franklin
“She died peacefully at home in Detroit.”
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor Age 76
Musicians & Composers 2018
Avicii
“I am at peace.”
Suicide Age 28
Musicians & Composers 2015
B.B. King
“He died peacefully in his sleep in Las Vegas.”
Multi-infarct dementia and diabetes Age 89
Musicians & Composers Unknown
B.J. Thomas
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Bill Withers
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1959
Billie Holiday
“God bless the child that's got his own.”
Cirrhosis of the liver Age 44
Musicians & Composers 1977
Bing Crosby
“That was a great game of golf, fellas.”
Heart attack Age 74
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Blasphemous
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Bloodhound Lil Jeff
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1981
Bob Marley
“Money can't buy life.”
Melanoma (brain, lungs, and stomach) Age 36
Musicians & Composers 1973
Bobby Darin
“I love you very much.”
Heart failure during surgery Age 37
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Bon Scott
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Brian Epstein
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Brian Jones
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Brittany Murphy
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1959
Buddy Holly
“We're all going to die someday, so it doesn't really matter.”
Plane crash Age 22
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Carl Switzer
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Cassie Gaines
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1979
Charles Mingus
“He died in Mexico while seeking treatment for his illness.”
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Age 56
Musicians & Composers 1955
Charlie Parker
“He died watching television in a friend's apartment.”
Lobar pneumonia, cirrhosis, and stomach ulcers Age 34
Musicians & Composers 2017
Chester Bennington
“I love you all.”
Suicide Age 41
Musicians & Composers 2017
Chris Cornell
“I am just trying to feel good enough to perform.”
Suicide Age 52
Musicians & Composers 2017
Chuck Berry
“He died peacefully at his home in Missouri.”
Natural causes Age 90
Musicians & Composers 2017
Chuck Berry
“He died peacefully at his Missouri home.”
Natural causes Age 90
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Chuck Schuldiner
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1918
Claude Debussy
“He died during the German bombardment of Paris.”
Rectal cancer Age 55
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Courtney Parker Her
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Cozy Powell
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2016
David Bowie
“I said goodbye properly. I have no regrets.”
Liver cancer Age 69
Musicians & Composers Unknown
David Bowies
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1995
Dean Martin
“He died peacefully on Christmas morning.”
Acute respiratory failure from emphysema Age 78
Musicians & Composers 1995
Dean Martin
“He died peacefully on Christmas morning.”
Acute respiratory failure Age 78
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Debbie Reynolds
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Demon Core
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Demon Slayer
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Desdemona
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2004
Dimebag Darrell
“That was the most amazing show I've ever played.”
Gunshot Age 38
Musicians & Composers 2021
DMX
“Thank you.”
Heart attack from drug overdose Age 50
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Donna Summer
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Doris Day
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Duane Allman
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1974
Duke Ellington
“He died quietly at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.”
Lung cancer and pneumonia Age 75
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Eartha Kitt
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Eazy E Any
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1996
Ella Fitzgerald
“She died peacefully at home.”
Diabetes complications following stroke Age 79
Musicians & Composers 1977
Elvis Presley
“I'm going to the bathroom to read.”
Cardiac arrhythmia Age 42
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Enchanting Rapper
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1921
Enrico Caruso
“I can't get my breath.”
Pleurisy and kidney failure Age 48
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Ethan Reyes
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Foolio
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1998
Frank Sinatra
“I'm losing it.”
Heart attack Age 82
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Frank Zappa
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1886
Franz Liszt
“Tristan.”
Pneumonia Age 74
Musicians & Composers 1991
Freddie Mercury
“Pee pee.”
AIDS-related bronchopneumonia Age 45
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Freddie Mercurys
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1849
Frédéric Chopin
“Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.”
Tuberculosis Age 39
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Fredo Santana
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2001
George Harrison
“Love one another.”
Lung cancer metastasized to brain Age 58
Musicians & Composers Unknown
George Harrisons
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1950
George Orwell
“At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves.”
Tuberculosis Age 46
Musicians & Composers 1901
Giuseppe Verdi
“He died from a stroke, surrounded by close friends.”
Stroke Age 87
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Glen Campbell
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1911
Gustav Mahler
“Mozart!”
Bacterial endocarditis Age 50
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Hamida Djandoubi
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1953
Hank Williams
“Unknown — he was found dead in the back of his car.”
Heart failure (complicated by alcohol and drug use) Age 29
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Haydn Seven
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Haydn The Seven
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1869
Hector Berlioz
“They are finally going to play my music.”
Intestinal illness Age 65
Musicians & Composers Unknown
How Did Michael Jackson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1971
Igor Stravinsky
“He died peacefully in New York City.”
Heart failure Age 88
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Jackie
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2006
James Brown
“I'm going away tonight.”
Congestive heart failure Age 73
Musicians & Composers 2013
James Gandolfini
“I don't feel good.”
Heart attack Age 51
Musicians & Composers 1970
Janis Joplin
“Maybe tomorrow.”
Heroin overdose Age 27
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Jarad Anthony Higgins
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Jaydayoungan
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1957
Jean Sibelius
“He died peacefully at home in Finland.”
Cerebral hemorrhage Age 91
Musicians & Composers 1997
Jeff Buckley
“Save me.”
Accidental drowning Age 30
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Jenni Rivera
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis
“He died peacefully at home.”
Natural causes Age 87
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Jerry Orbach
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1971
Jim Morrison
“Unknown — he died alone in a bathtub.”
Heart failure (possibly heroin overdose) Age 27
Musicians & Composers 1970
Jimi Hendrix
“I need help bad, man.”
Asphyxiation from barbiturate intoxication Age 27
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Jiroemon Kimura
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Joey Feek
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1750
Johann Sebastian Bach
“Unknown — he lost sight and speech before death.”
Stroke following eye surgery Age 65
Musicians & Composers 1897
Johannes Brahms
“Strange, I don't feel any pain. That's strange.”
Liver cancer Age 63
Musicians & Composers 1897
Johannes Brahms
“Strange, I don't feel any pain. That's strange.”
Liver cancer Age 63
Musicians & Composers 1980
John Bonham
“Just one more drink.”
Asphyxiation from alcohol Age 32
Musicians & Composers 1967
John Coltrane
“He was found dead in his Long Island home.”
Liver cancer Age 40
Musicians & Composers 1997
John Denver
“Hey, where do all those switches go?”
Plane crash Age 53
Musicians & Composers 1980
John Lennon
“I'm shot!”
Assassination (gunshot) Age 40
Musicians & Composers Unknown
John Lennons
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2003
Johnny Cash
“The spirit of God has caught up with me.”
Diabetes complications Age 71
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Joseph Haydn The Seven
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1969
Judy Garland
“Unknown — she died in her sleep.”
Accidental barbiturate overdose Age 47
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Juice Wrld
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Juice Wrlds
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Julio Foolio
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2003
June Carter Cash
“I love you, John.”
Heart valve surgery complications Age 73
Musicians & Composers 1983
Karen Carpenter
“I'm so tired.”
Cardiac arrest from anorexia nervosa Age 32
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Kenny Rogers
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2020
King Von
“I'm good. I'm good.”
Gunshot wounds Age 26
Musicians & Composers Unknown
King Vons
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1994
Kurt Cobain
“It's better to burn out than to fade away.”
Self-inflicted gunshot wound Age 27
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Kurt Cobains
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2010
Lena Horne
“She died peacefully at New York Presbyterian Hospital.”
Congestive heart failure Age 92
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Lennon
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Lexii Alijai
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Lil Jeff
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Lil Loaded
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Lil Loadeds
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2017
Lil Peep
“Tell her I love her.”
Fentanyl and Xanax overdose Age 21
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Lil Peeps
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Lil Poppa
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Linda Lavin
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2020
Little Richard
“He died peacefully at his home.”
Bone cancer Age 87
Musicians & Composers 1971
Louis Armstrong
“Unknown — he died in his sleep.”
Heart failure Age 69
Musicians & Composers 2007
Luciano Pavarotti
“He died peacefully at his home in Modena.”
Pancreatic cancer Age 71
Musicians & Composers 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven
“Friends, applaud. The comedy is over.”
Liver failure Age 56
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Luther Vandross
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2018
Mac Miller
“Goodnight.”
Accidental drug overdose Age 26
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Mahalia Jackson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Maine
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Maines
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Malcolm Young
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1977
Maria Callas
“She died alone in her Paris apartment.”
Myocardial infarction Age 53
Musicians & Composers 1959
Mario Lanza
“He died under mysterious circumstances in Rome.”
Myocardial infarction — some suspect foul play Age 38
Musicians & Composers 1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Ben, make sure you play 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty.”
Assassination (gunshot) Age 39
Musicians & Composers 1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Ben, make sure you play 'Precious Lord, Take My Hand' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty.”
Gunshot Age 39
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Maurice Gibb
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1997
Michael Hutchence
“He was found dead in his Sydney hotel room.”
Suicide by hanging Age 37
Musicians & Composers 2009
Michael Jackson
“More milk. More milk.”
Acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication Age 50
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Michael Jackson Death
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Michael Jacksons
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Michael Rockefeller
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Michal Jacksons
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Micheal Jackson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Micheal Jacksons
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Michel Jacksons
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1991
Miles Davis
“Unknown — he died from complications of a stroke.”
Stroke, pneumonia, and respiratory failure Age 65
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Minnie Riperton
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Mj
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Mjs
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1983
Muddy Waters
“He died peacefully in his sleep.”
Heart failure Age 70
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Nas
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1965
Nat King Cole
“I'm not afraid to die anymore.”
Lung cancer Age 45
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Naya Rivera
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Neil Peart
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Nelson Eddy
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Nipsey
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1973
Noël Coward
“Good night, my darlings. I'll see you tomorrow.”
Heart failure Age 73
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Notti
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Notti Osama
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Ozzies
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Not applicable — still living
Ozzy
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
Musicians & Composers Not applicable — still living
Ozzy Osborne
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
Musicians & Composers Not applicable — still living
Ozzy Osbourne
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
Musicians & Composers Not applicable — still living
Ozzy Osbournes
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Ozzy Ozbourne
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Not applicable — still living
Ozzys
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
Musicians & Composers 1963
Patsy Cline
“Unknown — she died in a plane crash.”
Plane crash Age 30
Musicians & Composers 1976
Paul Robeson
“He died peacefully in Philadelphia.”
Stroke Age 77
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Peter Steele
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Pnb Rock
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2020
Pop Smoke
“Stop. Stop. Stop.”
Shot during home invasion Age 20
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Pop Smokes
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2016
Prince
“Just wait, don't wait too long.”
Accidental fentanyl overdose Age 57
Musicians & Composers 1893
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
“I despise myself.”
Cholera (possibly suicide) Age 53
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Randy Rhoads
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2004
Ray Charles
“Unknown — he died peacefully at home.”
Liver disease Age 73
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Rich Homie Quan
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Richard Djerf
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1883
Richard Wagner
“He died in his wife Cosima's arms in Venice.”
Heart attack Age 69
Musicians & Composers 1959
Ritchie Valens
“I'll see you guys at the show.”
Plane crash Age 17
Musicians & Composers 1993
River Phoenix
“Are we ready?”
Drug overdose Age 23
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Rock Hudson
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Ronnie Van Zant
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Salzburg-Born Composer
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1964
Sam Cooke
“Lady, you shot me.”
Gunshot Age 33
Musicians & Composers 1990
Sammy Davis Jr.
“He died at home surrounded by family.”
Throat cancer Age 64
Musicians & Composers 1917
Scott Joplin
“His final words are not recorded.”
Dementia paralytica from syphilis Age 48
Musicians & Composers 1995
Selena Quintanilla
“Room 158 at the Days Inn.”
Gunshot wound Age 23
Musicians & Composers 1943
Sergei Rachmaninoff
“Dear hands.”
Melanoma Age 69
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Sheinelle Jones' Husband
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
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Simone Battle
“Honor the fallen.”
Battle Or Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Stefan Karl Stefansson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Stefán Karl Stefánsson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Steve Cash
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Takeoff
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Taylor Hawkins
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Terry Kath
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1997
The Notorious B.I.G.
“Unknown — he died at the scene.”
Multiple gunshot wounds Age 24
Musicians & Composers 1997
The Notorious B.I.G.
“Fuck you.”
Gunshot wounds Age 24
Musicians & Composers 1982
Thelonious Monk
“He spent his final years in silence.”
Stroke Age 64
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Theodore Dubois Seven
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Tito Jackson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Tom Petty
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1996
Tupac Shakur
“F*** you.”
Multiple gunshot wounds Age 25
Musicians & Composers 1996
Tupac Shakur
“Fuck you.”
Gunshot wounds Age 25
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Vicente Fernandez
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Wallace Hartley
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Waylon Jennings
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
What King Von
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 2012
Whitney Houston
“She was found dead in her hotel bathtub.”
Accidental drowning and cocaine use Age 48
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Why Was Michael Jackson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Why Were Michael Jackson
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Musicians & Composers 1791
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“The taste of death is upon my lips... I feel something, that is not of this earth.”
Severe miliary fever (cause remains disputed) Age 35
Musicians & Composers 2018
XXXTentacion
“Did anyone get their bag?”
Gunshot wounds during robbery Age 20
Musicians & Composers Unknown
Young Dolph
“I love you all. Thank you for the music.”
Natural Causes