ON A HIGH NOTE

top 20 cases of unusual/unfortunate/ironic/fucking hilarious deaths of musos:

NOMMER EEN
ramon barrero
mexican musician



cause of death: choking (famous for playing the world's smallest harmonica, ramon died choking on one during concert)..

NOMMER TWEE
ernest chausson
french romantic composer



cause of death: head trauma (from riding bicycle into wall).

NOMMER DRIE
salvatore 'sonny' bono
singer/songwriter



cause of death: injuries sustained (from skiing into a tree).

NOMMER VIER
cass elliot
singer (the mamas and the papas)



cause of death: choking (on a sandwich)

NOMMER VYF
randy rhoads
guitarist (for ozzy osbourne)



cause of death: aircrash accident (died in a plane trying to perform a trick next to ozzy's tour-bus, but crashing into the back of it in stead)

NOMMER SES
gustav kobbe
american music critic and author



cause of death: aircrash accident (seaplane landed on his boat)

NOMMER SEWE
selena
r&b singer



cause of death: gunshot wounds (shot by the president of her own fanclub)

NOMMER AGT
henry purcell
english baroque composer



cause of death: chocolate poisoning

NOMMER NEGE
wallingford riegger
american modernist composer



cause of death: head trauma (caused by being tangled in the leads of two fighting dogs)

NOMMER TIEN
claude francois
french popstar (penned 'my way')



cause of death: electrocution (tried to replace a lightbulb while standing in a filled bathtub)

NOMMER ELF
american folk songwriter



cause of death: injuries sustained (from falling off his bed)

NOMMER TWAALF
john glascock
bass guitarist - jethro tull



cause of death: heart complications (caused by absessed tooth)

NOMMER DERTIEN
jean-baptiste lully
italian baroque composer



cause of death: gangrene (which developed after having speared his toe with his bâton/conducting staff while conducting, and then refusing to have it amputated when it turned gangrenous)

NOMMER VEERTIEN
leslie harvey
guitarist - stone the crows



cause of death: electrocution (touched an unearthed microphone onstage with wet hands)

NOMMER VYFTIEN
lead singer/harmonica player - yardbirds



cause of death: electrocution (touched an unearthed guitar)...(at home)...(with dry hands)

NOMMER SESTIEN
terry kath
guitarist - chicago



cause of death: gunshot wound to the head (from playing russian roulette)

NOMMER SEWENTIEN
johnny ace
blues legend



cause of death: gunshot wound to the head (from playing russian roulette)

NOMMER AGTIEN
marvin gaye
r&b singer



cause of death: infanticide (shot and killed by father during family feud)

NOMMER NEGENTIEN
deon van der walt
world-renowned south african tenor



cause of death: infanticide (shot and killed by father during altercation, who then committed suicide)

NOMMER TWINTIG
st cecilia of rome



cause of death: martyrdom (died a martyr in a cell, singing praises to god, after numerous attempts at her life including smothering by steam, and three unsuccessful attempts at beheading)