100 ’80s Musicians Who Are No Longer With Us

Over the last few years, we’ve lost more than a few ’80s musical icons like Kenny Rogers, Tom Petty, Marie Fredriksson (Roxette), and Eddie Van Halen. However, so many more ’80s musicians have left us since they became famous in the ’80s. In their honor, here’s a look at 100 ’80s musicians who have passed away from YouTube user Some random guy:

1. Colonel Abrams
2. Stuart Adamson (Big Country)
3. Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls)
4. Melanie Appleby (Mel & Kim)
5. Izora Armstead (Weather Girls)
6. Nick Ashford (Ashford & Simpson)
7. Marty Balin
8. Ronald Bell (Kool and the Gang)
9. David Bowie
10. Laura Branigan
11. Loalwa Braz (Kaoma)
12. Pete Burns (Dead or Alive)
13. Cliff Burton (Metallica)
14. Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
15. Joe Cocker
16. Natalie Cole
17. Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
18. Paul Davis
19. Brad Delp (Boston)
20. Jim Diamond (Ph.D.)
21. Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot)
22. Edem Ephraim & Dennis Fuller (London Boys)
23. Falco
24. Bobby Farrell (Boney M)
25. Rob Fisher (Naked Eyes, Climie Fisher)
26. Dan Fogelberg
27. Aretha Franklin
28. Fergie Frederiksen (Toto, Survivor)
29. Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
30. Glenn Frey
31. France Gall
32. Marvin Gaye
33. J. Geils (The J. Geils Band)
34. Andy Gibb
35. Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees)
36. Robin Gibb (Bee Gees)
37. Boon Gould (Level 42)
38. Greg Ham (Men at Work)
39. George Harrison
40. Dan Hartman
41. Felix Haug (Double)
42. Ofra Haza
43. Jeff Healey (The Jeff Healey Band)
44. Paul Hester (Split Enz, Crowded House)
45. Brian Hibbard (Flying Pickets)
46. Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil)
47. Mark Hollis (Talk Talk)
48. Whitney Houston
49. Michael Hutchence (INXS)
50. James Ingram
51. Michael Jackson
52. Rick James
53. Jimi Jamison (Survivor)
54. Mory Kanté
55. Jani Lane (Warrant)
56. Rose Laurens
57. John Lennon
58. Tony Lewis (The Outfield)
59. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
60. Kirsty MacColl
61. Kevin MacMichael (Cutting Crew)
62. Benny Mardones
63. Teena Marie
64. Bob Marley (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
65. Jimmy McShane (Baltimora)
66. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
67. George Michael (Wham!)
68. Jason Mizell (= Jam Master Jay) (Run-D.M.C.)
69. Eddie Money
70. Gary Moore
71. Ric Ocasek (The Cars)
72. Roy Orbison
73. Benjamin Orr (The Cars)
74. Robert Palmer
75. Neil Peart (Rush)
76. Tom Petty (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
77. Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli)
78. June Pointer (Pointer Sisters)
79. Prince
80. Eddie Rabbitt
81. Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon)
82. Kenny Rogers
83. Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk)
84. Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything)
85. Jim Steinman
86. Jermaine Stewart
87. Steve Strange (Visage)
88. Joe Strummer (The Clash)
89. Donna Summer
90. Patrick Swayze
91. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
92. Luther Vandross
93. Colin Vearncombe (Black)
94. Groover Washington Jr.
95. John Wetton (Asia)
96. Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)
97. Bill Withers
98. Cecil Womack (Womack & Womack)
99. Eric Woolfson (The Alan Parsons Project)
100. Paul Young (Mike and the Mechanics)

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