Guitarists who died in public

The Admin Guy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:51:34 +0000

Here’s something I found in Wikipedia. They came up with a list of “actors and musicians who died during a live performance”. Quite interestingly There were a few guitarists featured in there as well. Other famous people includes ,1559: King Henry II of France who died during a jousting match, Actor River Phoenix who died of a drug overdose on Halloween morning 1993 at age 23 as well as in 1987, Comedian Dick Shawn fell down during his act and accidentally struck his head on the stage.

Here’s a list of guitarists and bassists who died while performing:

1972 – Les Harvey, lead guitarist of the Glasgow rock band Stone the Crows, died after being electrocuted by his microphone while performing at Swansea’s Top Rank Ballroom

1995 – Beat Farmers singer/drummer/guitarist Country Dick Montana suffered a massive heart attack and died, three songs into the band’s set at the Long Horn in Whistler, BC, Canada.

2004 – The ex-guitarist of metal band Pantera, “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, was murdered by a gunman while performing with his new band Damageplan at the Al Rosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.

1999 – Mark Sandman, bassist and lead vocalist for the band Morphine, collapsed on stage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Latium, Italy (near Rome) while performing with Morphine. He was pronounced dead of a heart attack.

Rest in Peace people.

*Looks like more and more musicians need to invest in a good life insurance policy nowadays.

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