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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 2021.

2021 deaths in popular music[edit]

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2022
Name Age Date Location of death Cause of death
Misty Morgan
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan		 75 January 1, 2021 Florida, U.S. Cancer[1]
Mick Bolton
Mott the Hoople, Dexys Midnight Runners		 72 January 1, 2021 Hastings, England Undisclosed[2]
Gerry Marsden
Gerry & the Pacemakers		 78 January 3, 2021 Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England Blood infection[3]
Jamie O'Hara
The O'Kanes		 70 January 7, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[4]
Ed Bruce 81 January 8, 2021 Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. Natural causes[5]
Marsha Zazula
Megaforce Records founder		 68 January 10, 2021 Clermont, Florida, U.S. Cancer[6]
Tim Bogert
Beck, Bogert & Appice, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus		 76 January 13, 2021 Simi Valley, California, U.S. Cancer[7]
Sylvain Sylvain
New York Dolls		 69 January 13, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[8]
Phil Spector
Record producer		 81 January 16, 2021 San Joaquin, California, U.S. COVID-19[9] Spector was serving time at California Health Care Facility for the Murder of Lana Clarkson.[10]
Jason Cope
The Steel Woods		 43 January 16, 2021 Complications from diabetes[11]
Jimmie Rodgers 87 January 18, 2021 Palm Desert, California, U.S. Heart attack[12]
Ronnie Nasralla
Record producer from Byron Lee and the Dragonaires		 90 January 20, 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Natural causes[13]
Hilton Valentine
The Animals		 77 January 29, 2021 Undisclosed[14]
Sophie 34 January 30, 2021 Athens, Greece Accidental fall[15]
Double K
People Under the Stairs		 43 January 30, 2021 Unknown[16]
David Donato
Black Sabbath, White Tiger		 66 February 2, 2021 Unknown[17]
Jim Weatherly 77 February 3, 2021 Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S. Natural causes[18]
Stefan Cush
The Men They Couldn't Hang		 60 February 4, 2021 Heart attack[19]
Örs Siklósi
AWS		 29 February 5, 2021 Leukaemia[20]
Mary Wilson
The Supremes		 76 February 8, 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Hypertensive heart disease[21]
Chick Corea
Return to Forever, Chick Corea Elektric Band		 79 February 9, 2021 Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S. Cancer[22]
Cedrick Cotton
Ideal		 46 February 9, 2021 Houston, Texas, U.S. Stabbing[23]
Jon Mark
Mark-Almond, John Mayall		 77 February 10, 2021 Unknown[24]
Louis Clark
Music arranger from Electric Light Orchestra		 73 February 13, 2021 Elyria, Ohio, U.S. Kidney failure[25]
Françoise Cactus
Stereo Total, Lolitas		 57 February 17, 2021 Berlin, Germany Breast cancer[26]
U-Roy 78 February 17, 2021 Kingston, Jamaica, U.S. Kidney failure[27]
Prince Markie Dee
The Fat Boys		 52 February 18, 2021 Miami, Florida, U.S. Congestive heart failure[28]
James Burke
The Five Stairsteps		 70 February 19, 2021 Pneumonia[29]
Scott Pettersen
Backwater		 64 February 21, 2021 Austin, Texas, U.S. Cancer[30]
Viktoras Michnevičius
Sel		 47 February 24, 2021
Bob James
Swan, Montrose, Magnet		 68 February 26, 2021 Ulcer complications[31]
Anna Kast
Little Big		 39 February 28, 2021 Infection[32]
Ian North
Milk 'N' Cookies 		68 February 28, 2021 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. (?) Heart attack[33]
Bunny Wailer
The Wailers		 73 March 2, 2021 Kingston, Jamaica, U.S. Complications from a stroke[34]
Alan Cartwright
Procol Harum		 75 March 4, 2021 Stomach cancer[35]
Michael Stanley 72 March 5, 2021 Lung cancer[36]
James MacGaw
Magma		 52 March 8, 2021 Brain tumour[37]
Ray Campi 86 March 11, 2021 U.S. Unknown[38]
Reggie Warren
Troop		 52 March 14, 2021 Pasadena, California, U.S. Cause not disclosed[39]
Doug Parkinson
Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation		 74 March 15, 2021 Northern Beaches, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Undisclosed[40]
Matt "Money" Miller
Titus Andronicus		 34 March 17, 2021 Unknown[41]
Corey Steger
Underoath		 42 March 17, 2021 Traffic collision[42]
Dan Sartain 39 March 20, 2021 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Unknown[43]
Malcolm Cecil
Record producer from Tonto's Expanding Head Band		 84 March 28, 2021 Unknown[44]
Oscar Kraal
Niels Geusebroek, Van Dik Hout, Milow 		50 April 1, 2021 Pancreatic cancer[45]
Patrick Juvet 70 April 1, 2021 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Cardiac arrest[46]
B.B. Dickerson
War		 71 April 2, 2021 Long Beach, California, U.S. A long, undisclosed illness[47]
Ralph Schuckett
Utopia		 73 April 3, 2021 Unknown[48]
Paul Humphrey
Blue Peter		 61 April 4, 2021 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Multiple system atrophy[49]
DMX 50 April 9, 2021 White Plains, New York, U.S. Heart attack leading to organ failure[50]
Bob Porter
American Hall of Fame record producer, discographer and broadcaster		 80 April 10, 2021 Northvale, New Jersey, U.S. Esophageal cancer[51]
Bosse Skoglund
Peps Persson		 85 April 10, 2021 Unknown[52]
Leonid Bortkevich
Pesniary		 71 April 13, 2021 Unknown[53]
Rusty Young
Poco		 75 April 14, 2021 Davisville, Missouri, U.S. Heart attack[54]
Jevgenij Ostapenko 44 April 14, 2021 Klaipėda, Lithuania Heart failure
Barby Kelly
The Kelly Family		 45 April 15, 2021 Belascoáin, Spain Heart failure[55]
Barry Mason 85 April 16, 2021 Unknown[56]
Mike Mitchell
The Kingsmen		 77 April 16, 2021 Died on his 77th birthday of unknown cause[57]
Lew Lewis
Eddie and the Hot Rods 		65–66 April 17, 2021 Unknown[58]
Paul Oscher 71 April 18, 2021 Austin, Texas, U.S. COVID-19[59]
Lars Ratz
Metalium		 53 April 18, 2021 Vilafranca de Bonany, Mallorca, Spain Ultralight crash[60]
Jim Steinman 73 April 19, 2021 Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. Kidney failure[61]
Les McKeown
Bay City Rollers		 65 April 20, 2021 London, England Suspected heart attack[62]
Joe Long
The Four Seasons		 88 April 21, 2021 Long Beach, New Jersey, U.S. COVID-19[63]
Shock G
Digital Underground		 57 April 22, 2021 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Accidental overdose[64]
Denny Freeman 76 April 25, 2021 Austin, Texas, U.S. Abdominal cancer[65]
Al Schmitt
Recording engineer for RCA Records, Capitol Studios		 91 April 26, 2021 Bell Canyon, California, U.S. Unknown[66]
Paul Couter
TC Matic		 72 April 27, 2021 Ghent, Belgium Cancer[67]
Anita Lane
The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds		 61 April 28, 2021 Unknown[68]
John Hinch
Judas Priest, Bakerloo		 73 April 29, 2021 Unknown[69]
Tony Markellis
Trey Anastasio Band		 68 April 29, 2021 Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. Unknown[70]
Will Mecum
Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster		 48 April 29, 2021 Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. Accidental fall[71]
Wondress
Mantronix		 56 May 1, 2021 Unknown[72]
Phil Naro
Singer for Talas		 63 May 3, 2021 Tongue cancer[73]
Lloyd Price 88 May 3, 2021 New Rochelle, New York, U.S. Natural causes[74]
Nick Kamen 59 May 4, 2021 London, England Bone marrow cancer.[75]
Pervis Staples
The Staple Singers		 85 May 6, 2021 Dolton, Illinois, U.S. Undisclosed causes[76]
Tawny Kitaen
Whitesnake video actress		 59 May 7, 2021 Newport Beach, California, U.S. Dilated cardiomyopathy[77]
Alix Dobkin 80 May 19, 2021 Woodstock, New York, U.S. Stroke[78]
Roger Hawkins 75 May 20, 2021 Sheffield, Alabama, U.S. Undisclosed[79]
Florian Pilkington-Miksa
Curved Air		 70 May 20, 2021 Pneumonia[80]
Lorrae Desmond 91 May 23, 2021 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Unknown[81]
John Davis
Milli Vanilli		 66 May 24, 2021 Nuremberg, Germany COVID-19[82]
Søren Holm
Liss		 25 25 May 2021 Denmark Unknown[83]
B. J. Thomas 78 May 29, 2021 Arlington, Texas, U.S. Lung cancer[84]
Phil Johnstone 63 May 31, 2021 Died after long battle with undisclosed illness[85]
Lil Loaded 20 May 31, 2021 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Suicide by gunshot[86]
Michele Merlo 28 June 6, 2021 Bologna, Italy Fulminant leukemia[87]
David C. Lewis
Ambrosia, Shadowfax		 80-81 June 7, 2021 Agua Dulce, California, U.S. Brain cancer[88]
Don Hill
Saxophonist for The Treniers		 99 June 18, 2021 Died at his home Unknown[89]
Takeshi Terauchi 82 June 18, 2021 Yokohama, Japan Pneumonia[90]
Ellen McIlwaine 75 June 23, 2021 Calgary, Canada Esophageal cancer[91]
Wes 57 June 25, 2021 Paris, France Infection[92]
Johnny Solinger
Skid Row		 55 June 26, 2021 Liver failure[93]
Jon Hassell 84 June 26, 2021 Natural causes[94]
Peps Persson
Blues Quality, Peps Blodsband		 74 June 27, 2021 Vittsjö, Sweden Unknown[95]
Bryan St. Pere
Hum, Castor		 52 June 29, 2021 Evansville, Indiana, U.S. Unknown[96]
John Lawton
Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, Les Humphries Singers		 74 June 29, 2021 Unknown[97]
Steve Kekana 62 July 1, 2021 Johannesburg, South Africa COVID-19 Related complications[98]
Sanford Clark 85 July 4, 2021 Joplin, Missouri, U.S. COVID-19 during cancer treatment[citation needed]
Rick Laird
Mahavishnu Orchestra		 80 July 4, 2021 New City, New York, U.S. Lung cancer[99]
Raffaella Carrà 78 July 5, 2021 Rome, Italy Lung cancer[100]
Andy Williams
Drummer for Casting Crowns		 49 July 9, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Motorcycle accident[101]
Jeff LaBar
Cinderella		 58 July 14, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Undisclosed[102]
Gary Corbett
Keyboardist for Cinderella, Kiss		 62 July 15, 2021 Aggressive lung cancer[103]
Pyotr Mamonov
Zvuki Mu		 70 July 15, 2021 Moscow, Russia COVID-19[104]
Biz Markie
Juice Crew		 57 July 16, 2021 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Complications from diabetes.[105]
Robby Steinhardt
Kansas		 71 July 17, 2021 Tampa, Florida, U.S. Complications from pancreatitis[106]
James Weatherstone
The Demics		 63 July 18, 2021 Died at his home Unknown[107]
Raimundas Narsas
Nars		 56 July 23, 2021 ?, Lithuania ?
Joey Jordison
Slipknot		 46 July 26, 2021 Acute transverse myelitis[108]
Mike Howe
Metal Church		 55 July 26, 2021 Eureka, California, U.S. Suicide by hanging[109]
Dusty Hill
ZZ Top		 72 July 28, 2021 Houston, Texas, U.S. Complications from bursitis[110]
Johnny Ventura 81 July 28, 2021 Santiago, Dominican Republic Heart attack[111][112]
Paul Cotton
Poco		 78 July 31, 2021 Eugene, Oregon, U.S. Unknown[113]
Paul Johnson 50 August 4, 2021 Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S. COVID-19[114]
Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas
Kool & the Gang		 70 August 7, 2021 New Jersey, U.S. Natural causes[115]
Joey Ambrose
Bill Haley & His Comets		 87 August 9, 2021 Henderson, Nevada, U.S. Unknown[116]
Nanci Griffith 68 August 13, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Cancer[117]
Charli Britton
"Edward H. Dafis"		 68 August 14, 2021 Bangor, Gwynedd Unknown[118]
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh
Country Joe and the Fish		 81 August 17, 2021 Ashland, Oregon, U.S. Unknown[119]
Ian Carey 45 August 20, 2021 Unknown[120]
Tom T. Hall 85 August 20, 2021 Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. Suicide by gunshot wounds[121]
Don Everly
The Everly Brothers		 84 August 21, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Unknown[122]
Micki Grant 90 August 21–22, 2021 New York City, New York, U.S. Unknown[123][124]
Brian Travers
UB40		 62 August 22, 2021 Birmingham, England Cancer[125]
Eric Wagner
Trouble, The Skull, Probot		 62 August 23, 2021 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. COVID-19[126]
Olli Wisdom
Specimen		 63 August 23, 2021 London, England Unknown[127]
Charlie Watts
The Rolling Stones		 80 August 24, 2021 London, England Undisclosed[128]
Kenny Malone 83 August 26, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. COVID-19[129]
Lee "Scratch" Perry
The Upsetters, Producer		 85 August 29, 2021 Lucea, Jamaica An unspecified illness[130]
Ron Bushy
Iron Butterfly		 79 August 29, 2021 Santa Monica, California, U.S. Esophageal cancer[131]
Marty Fried
The Cyrkle		 77 September 1, 2021 U.S. Pancreatic cancer[132]
Timo Kaltio
Hanoi Rocks, Cheap & Nasty, Cherry Bombz		 61 September 2, 2021 Helsinki, Finland Unknown[133]
Rickie Lee Reynolds
Black Oak Arkansas		 72 September 5, 2021 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.[134] Kidney failure and cardiac arrest[135]
Sarah Harding
Girls Aloud		 39 September 5, 2021 Manchester, England Breast cancer[136]
Michael Chapman 80 September 10, 2021 Unknown[137]
María Mendiola
Baccara		 69 September 11, 2021 Madrid, Spain[138] Cancer[139]
Ron Leejack
Wicked Lester, Cactus		 78 September 12, 2021 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. Unknown[140]
David Stenshoel
Boiled in Lead		 71 September 16, 2021 Squamous cell carcinoma of the gingiva[141]
Sarah Dash
LaBelle		 76 September 20, 2021 Heart failure[142]
Richard H. Kirk
Cabaret Voltaire		 65 September 21, 2021 Unknown[143]
Bob Moore 88 September 22, 2021 U.S. Unknown[144]
Pee Wee Ellis
James Brown Band		 80 September 24, 2021 Somerset, England Unknown[145]
Alan Lancaster
Status Quo		 72 September 26, 2021 Sydney, Australia Multiple sclerosis[146]
George Frayne
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen		 77 September 26, 2021 Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. Esophageal cancer[147]
Andrea Martin 49 September 27, 2021 New York City, U.S. Undisclosed[148]
Barry Ryan 72 September 28, 2021 Lung disorder[149]
Greg Gilbert
Delays		 44 September 30, 2021 Southampton, England Bowel cancer[150]
Ghanashyam Nayak 77 October 3, 2021 Mumbai, India Cancer[151]
Pat Fish
The Jazz Butcher		 64 October 5, 2021 Heart attack[152]
Dee Pop
Bush Tetras, The Gun Club		 65 October 9, 2021 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Heart failure[153]
Misko Barbara
Dead Rooster		 49 October 11, 2021 Lviv, Ukraine Cardiac arrest[154]
Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains		 83 October 11, 2021 Dublin, Ireland Unknown[155]
Andrea Meyer
Cradle of Filth, Nebelhexe		 52 October 13, 2021 Kongsberg, Norway Murdered in bow and arrow attack[156]
Toby Slater
Catch, Brattish		 42 October 13, 2021 Unknown[157]
Ron Tutt 83 October 16, 2021 Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. Unknown[158]
Einár 19 October 21, 2021 Stockholm, Sweden Murdered by gunshot[159]
Jay Black
Jay and the Americans		 82 October 22, 2021 Queens, New York City, U.S. Pneumonia[160]
Willie Cobbs 89 October 25, 2021 [161]
Alvin "Seeco" Patterson
Wailers		 90 November 1, 2021 Kingston, Jamaica Unknown[162]
Ronnie Wilson
The Gap Band		 73 November 2, 2021 Died at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma Stroke[163]
Marília Mendonça 26 November 5, 2021 Minas Gerais, Brazil Plane crash[164]
Terence "Astro" Wilson
UB40		 64 November 6, 2021 Allergic reaction[165]
Andrew Barker
808 State		 53 November 6, 2021 Manchester, England Unknown[166]
Graeme Edge
The Moody Blues		 80 November 11, 2021 Bradenton, Florida, U.S. Metastatic cancer[167]
John Goodsall
Brand X, Atomic Rooster, The Fire Merchants		 68 November 11, 2021 Unknown[168]
Young Dolph 36 November 17, 2021 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Murdered[169]
Jim Gallagher
The Astronauts		 78 November 20, 2021 U.S. Unknown[170]
Billy Hinsche
Dino, Desi, and Billy, The Beach Boys		 70 November 20, 2021 Lung cancer[171][172]
David Longdon
Big Big Train		 56 November 20, 2021 Nottingham, England Accidental fall[173]
Gared O'Donnell
Planes Mistaken for Stars		 44 November 25, 2021 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. Esophegal cancer[174]
Melvin Parker 77 December 3, 2021 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Unknown[175]
Stonewall Jackson 89 December 4, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Vascular dementia[176]
John Miles
The Alan Parsons Project		 72 December 5, 2021 Newcastle upon Tyne, England Unknown[177]
János Kóbor
Omega		 79 December 6, 2021 COVID-19[178]
Robbie Shakespeare
Sly and Robbie		 68 December 8, 2021 Miami, Florida, U.S. Kidney failure[179]
Gil Bridges
Rare Earth		 80 December 8, 2021 COVID-19[180]
David Lasley
Chic		 74 December 9, 2021 Unknown[181]
Steve Bronski
Bronski Beat		 61 December 9, 2021 House fire[182]
Michael Nesmith
The Monkees		 78 December 10, 2021 Carmel Valley, California, U.S. Natural causes[183]
Vicente Fernández 81 December 12, 2021 Guadalajara, Mexico Complications from injuries[184]
Joe Simon 85 December 13, 2021 [185]
Wanda Young
The Marvelettes		 78 December 15, 2021 Garden City, Michigan, U.S. COPD[186]
John Morgan
The Wurzels 		80 December 17, 2021 Gloucester, England COVID-19[187]
Drakeo the Ruler 28 December 18, 2021 Los Angeles, California Stabbing[188]
Kangol Kid
UTFO		 55 December 18, 2021 Manhasset, New York, U. S. Colon Cancer[189]
Billy Conway
Morphine		 65 December 19, 2021 Liver cancer[190]
Ron Anderson
vocal coach		 75 December 19, 2021 Undisclosed cause[191]
Carlos Marín
Il Divo		 53 December 19, 2021 Manchester, England COVID-19[192]
Luboš Andršt
Framus Five, Energit, Jazz Q		 73 December 20, 2021 Undisclosed cause[193]
John Hartman
The Doobie Brothers		 71 December 29, 2021 Unknown[194]

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