Music legends who died young who you still miss?

[BroadsRS6]

I usually go to 100 or so gigs a year mainly tribute bands but lots of originals too. 1960 ish to 1990 ish is where my interest lies. All music from Iron Maiden to C and W.
I was recently thinking about the tragic early deaths of so many music icons.
Talking to Russell Thompkins (Stylistics front man) last year he reminded me of the horrific end to the life of Marvyn Gaye a wonderful singer. I still find the young deaths of people like Lennon ...Gaye ...Bolan ...Shannon ...Morrison ...Curtis ...Marriott ...Cobain...etc etc really sad as a music fanatic.
Who do you miss the most from a music legend point of view?

[Wacky Racer]

John Bonham

Mel Pritchard and Woolly Wolstenholme (Barclay James Harvest)

Marc Bolan

[CeramicMX5ND2]

Ian Curtis.. Joy Division had hardly started when he sadly took his own life...

[Pitre]

Bowie. Not so young but definitely before his time. Sadly missed.

[liner33]

Jim Croce , huge talent gone just as he started to make it

[Riley Blue]

Jimi Hendrix. I only got to see him once on his first tour and I'd love to have seen how his music might have evolved over the decades.

[Maximus_Meridius101]

Amy Winehouse. She used to work a few shifts at the Hawley Arms in Camden, which is where I first encountered her. She was very down to earth, fame did her in. It’s a shame.

[Maximus_Meridius101]

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

Ian Curtis.. Joy Division had hardly started when he sadly took his own life...

And how. He wasn’t messing about.

[mac96]

Paul Kossoff.

I wasn't just upset when he died, but actually angry with him. Total waste of talent. And I felt very sorry for his father. It is often easy to forget that all these performers who died young didn't just have fans who miss them- most had parents who did not expect to outlive their children.

[Pothole]

Nick Drake. JJ Cale. Not that they'd have set the world on fire.

[bristolracer]

Phil Lynott

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Jeff Buckley

[vetrof]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Davidos]

Bon Scott

[condor]

Freddie Mercury
Amy Winehouse
Marc Bolan

[Skyedriver]

There's a few names there that I miss.
Sad to think that fame and subsequent excess took quite a few of them

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Pothole said:

Nick Drake.

I really like Nick Drake but I agree, I don't think he'd have been much more than a footnote in musical history had he not killed himself. I know that sounds harsh.

[craigjm]

Maximus_Meridius101 said:

Amy Winehouse. She used to work a few shifts at the Hawley Arms in Camden, which is where I first encountered her. She was very down to earth, fame did her in. It’s a shame.

Agreed, I remember her from the pub too. Lovely girl

[Amused2death]

Stuart Adamson, lead singer with Big Country. Great guitarist and a real loss.

[Maximus_Meridius101]

craigjm said:

Agreed, I remember her from the pub too. Lovely girl

It’s amazing to see that people still wrap friendship bracelets around the statue over in the stables. I guess that speaks volumes.