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The following is a list of notable performers of [[rock and roll]] music or [[rock music]], and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1960s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider. In determining criteria for inclusion, this list uses as its basis reliable sources listing "rock deaths" or "deaths in rock and roll", as well as such sources as the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].
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! style="background:#78866b; color:black; width:150px;"| Name
! style="background:#78866b; color:black; width:25px;"| Age
! style="background:#78866b; color:black; width:125px;"| Date
! style="background:#78866b; color:black; width:200px;"| Location
! style="background:#78866b; color:black; width:300px;"| Cause of death
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| [[Jesse Belvin]] || style="text-align:center;"|27 || February 6, 1960 ||[[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]], [[Arkansas]], US || Traffic accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Beverly Kenney]] || style="text-align:center;"|28 || April 13, 1960 || [[New York City|New York City, New York]], US || Suicide<ref></ref>
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| [[Eddie Cochran]] || style="text-align:center;"|21 || April 17, 1960 || [[Chippenham|Chippenham, Wiltshire]], England || Traffic accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Smokey Hogg]] || style="text-align:center;"|46 || May 1, 1960 || [[McKinney, Texas]], US || Cancer<ref></ref>
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| [[Eli Oberstein]]<br /><small>Record producer and music executive </small>|| style="text-align:center;"|58 || June 12, 1960 || [[Westport, Connecticut]], US || Lymphoma
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| [[Johnny Horton]] || style="text-align:center;"|35 || November 5, 1960 || [[Milano, Texas]], US || Traffic accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Sticks McGhee]] || style="text-align:center;"|43 || August 15, 1961 || [[The Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US || Lung cancer<ref></ref>
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| [[Stuart Sutcliffe]] || style="text-align:center;"|21 || April 10, 1962 || [[Hamburg]], West Germany || Cerebral hemorrhage<ref></ref>
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| [[Patsy Cline]] || style="text-align:center;"|30 || March 5, 1963 || [[Camden, Tennessee]], US || Plane accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Elmore James]] || style="text-align:center;"|45 || May 24, 1963 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || Heart attack<ref></ref>
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| [[Daddy Stovepipe]] || style="text-align:center;"|96 || November 1, 1963 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || Bronchial pneumonia after a gall bladder operation
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| [[Dinah Washington]] || style="text-align:center;"|39 || December 14, 1963 || [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], US || Drug overdose<ref></ref>
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| [[Cyril Davies]] || style="text-align:center;"|31 || January 7, 1964 || [[Eel Pie Island]], [[London]], England || Endocarditis and leukaemia<ref name="Komara2006"></ref>
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| [[Rudy Lewis]] || style="text-align:center;"|27 || May 20, 1964 || [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US || Asphyxiation in his sleep
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| [[Meade Lux Lewis]] || style="text-align:center;"|58 || June 7, 1964 || [[Minneapolis|Minneapolla, Minnesota]], US || Traffic accident
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| [[Eric Dolphy]] || style="text-align:center;"|36 || June 29, 1964 || [[Berlin]], Germany || Complications from diabetes<ref></ref>
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| [[Johnny Burnette]] || style="text-align:center;"|30 || August 14, 1964 || [[Clear Lake, California]], US || Drowning<ref name="Stanton2003"></ref>
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| [[Tiny Topsy]] || style="text-align:center;"|34 || August 16, 1964 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || [[Intracerebral hemorrhage]]
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| [[Joe Henderson (gospel singer)|Joe Henderson]] || style="text-align:center;"|27 || October 24, 1964 || [[Nashville, Tennessee]], US ||Heart attack<ref name="Talevski2010p265"></ref>
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| [[Buster Pickens]] || style="text-align:center;"|48 || November 24, 1964 || [[Houston, Texas]], US || Stabbing<ref></ref>
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| [[Sam Cooke]] <br/><small>[[The Soul Stirrers]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|33 || December 11, 1964 || [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], US || Shot by Bertha Franklin<ref></ref>
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| [[Alan Freed]] || style="text-align:center;"|43 || January 20, 1965 || [[Palm Springs, California]], US || Uremia and liver cirrhosis<ref></ref>
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| [[Nat King Cole]] || style="text-align:center;"|45 || February 15, 1965 || [[Santa Monica, California]], US || Lung cancer<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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| [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]] || style="text-align:center;"|52 || May 25, 1965 || [[Helena, Arkansas]], US || Heart attack<ref></ref>
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| [[Bill Black]] || style="text-align:center;"|39 || October 21, 1965 || [[Memphis, Tennessee]], US || Brain tumor<ref></ref>
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| [[Jazz Gillum]] || style="text-align:center;"|61 || March 29, 1966 || [[Chicago]]. [[Illinois]], US || Gunshot<ref></ref>
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| [[Richard Fariña]] || style="text-align:center;"|29 || April 30, 1966 || [[Carmel Valley, California]], US || Motorcycle accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Bobby Fuller]]<br /><small>[[The Bobby Fuller Four]] </small>|| style="text-align:center;"|23 || July 18, 1966 || [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], US || Suicide (suspicious)<ref></ref>
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| [[Peg Leg Howell]] || style="text-align:center;"|78 || August 11, 1966 || [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], US || Complications from diabetes
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| [[Dave Lambert (American jazz vocalist)|Dave Lambert]]<br/><small>[[Lambert, Hendricks & Ross]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|49 || October 3, 1966 || [[Connecticut Turnpike|Connecticut Turnpike, Connecticut]], US || Struck by vehicle<ref></ref>
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| [[Johnny Kidd (singer)|Johnny Kidd]] || style="text-align:center;"|30 || October 7, 1966 || [[Bury, Lancashire]], England || Traffic accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Smiley Lewis]] || style="text-align:center;"|53 || October 7, 1966 || [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], US || Stomach cancer<ref></ref>
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| [[Mississippi John Hurt]] || style="text-align:center;"|74 || November 2, 1966 || [[Grenada, Mississippi]], US || Heart attack<ref></ref>
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| [[Moon Mullican]] || style="text-align:center;"|57 || January 1, 1967 || [[Beaumont, Texas]], US || Heart attack<ref></ref>
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| [[Joe Meek]] || style="text-align:center;"|37 || February 3, 1967 || [[London]], England || Suicide by gunshot<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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| [[Fats Pichon]] || style="text-align:center;"|60 || February 25, 1967 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || <ref name="bare"></ref>
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| [[Elmo Hope]] || style="text-align:center;'|43 || May 19, 1967 || [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US || Heart failure
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| [[Brian Epstein]] || style="text-align:center;"|32 || August 27, 1967 || [[London]], England|| Accidental overdose<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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| [[Rex Stewart]] || style="text-align:center;"|60 || September 7, 1967 || US ||
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| [[Woody Guthrie]] || style="text-align:center;"|55 || October 3, 1967 || [[New York City, New York]], US || [[Huntington's disease]]<ref></ref>
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| [[Peter Bocage]] || style="text-align:center;"|80 || December 3, 1967 || [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]], US ||
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| [[Otis Redding]] || style="text-align:center;"|26 || December 10, 1967 || [[Madison, Wisconsin]], US || Plane accident<ref name=III2016></ref>
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| [[Ronnie Caldwell]]<br/>[[Phalon Jones]] <br /><small>[[The Bar-Kays]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|Various<br/>(18-19)|| December 10, 1967 || [[Madison, Wisconsin]], US || Plane accident<ref name=III2016/>
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| [[Robin Roberts (singer)|Robin Roberts]] <br/><small>[[The Wailers (rock band)|The Wailers]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|27 || December 22, 1967 || [[San Mateo County, California]], US || Traffic accident<ref></ref>
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| [[Bert Berns]] || style="text-align:center;"|38 || December 30, 1967 || [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US || Heart failure
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| [[Little Walter]] || style="text-align:center;"|37 || February 15, 1968 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || [[Coronary thrombosis]] due to injuries sustained while fighting<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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| [[Frankie Lymon]] <br/><small>[[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|25 || February 27, 1968 || [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US || Drug overdose<ref></ref>
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| [[Syd Nathan]] || style="text-align:center;"|63 || March 5, 1968 || [[Miami Beach, Florida]], US || Pneumonia<ref></ref>
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| [[Bumps Myers]] || style="text-align:center;"|55 || April 9, 1968 || [[Los Angeles]] [[California]], US || Several health problems</ref>
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| [[Lester Melrose]]<br /><small>Record producer </small>|| style="text-align:center;"|76 || April 12, 1968 || [[Lake County, Florida|Lake, Florida]], US || <ref name="KL2004a"></ref>
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| [[Little Willie John]] || style="text-align:center;"|30 || May 26, 1968 || [[Walla Walla, Washington]], US || Heart attack
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| [[Bumble Bee Slim]] || style="text-align:center;"|63 || June 8, 1968 || [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], US ||
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| [[Wes Montgomery]] || style="text-align:center;"|45 || June 15, 1968 || [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], US || Heart attack
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| [[Luther Perkins]] || style="text-align:center;"|40 || August 5, 1968 || [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], US || Smoke inhalation<ref></ref>
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| [[Joe Hinton]] || style="text-align:center;"|38 || August 13, 1968 || [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], US || Skin cancer<ref></ref>
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| [[Red Foley]] || style="text-align:center;"|58 || September 19, 1968 || [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], US || Respiratory failure
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| [[Kokomo Arnold]] || style="text-align:center;"|67-72 || November 8, 1968 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || Heart attack
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| [[Dickie Pride]] || style="text-align:center;"|27 || March 26, 1969 || [[London]], England || Drug overdose<ref></ref>
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| [[Benny Benjamin]] <br/><small>[[The Funk Brothers]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|43 || April 20, 1969 || [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US || Stroke<ref name="Talevski2010p29"></ref>
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| [[Don Drummond]] || style="text-align:center;"|37 || May 6, 1969 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica || Suicide<ref></ref>
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| [[Martin Lamble]] <br/><small>[[Fairport Convention]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|19 || May 12, 1969 || [[Scratchwood Services]], [[M1 Motorway]], England || Traffic accident<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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| [[Shorty Long]] || style="text-align:center;"|29 ||June 29, 1969 || [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], US || Drowning<ref></ref>
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| [[Brian Jones]] <br/><small>[[The Rolling Stones]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|27 || July 3, 1969 || [[Hartfield, Sussex|Hartfield, East Sussex]], England || Drowning in swimming pool<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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| [[Wynonie Harris]] || style="text-align:center;"|53 || July 4, 1969 || [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], US || Esophageal cancer
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| [[Roy Hamilton]] || style="text-align:center;"|40 || July 20, 1969 || [[New Rochelle, New York]], US || Stroke<ref name="Wilson2016"></ref>
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| [[Skip James]] || style="text-align:center;"|67 || October 3, 1969 || [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, US ||<ref></ref>
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| [[Leonard Chess]]<br /><small>Record producer, record company executive and co-founder of [[Chess Records]]</small> || style="text-align:center;"|52 || October 16, 1969 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || Cardiac arrest<ref></ref>
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| [[Tommy Edwards]] || style="text-align:center;"|47 || October 22, 1969 || [[Richmond, Virginia]], US || [[Brain aneurysm]]<ref></ref>
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| [[Pops Foster]] || style="text-align:center;"|77 || October 29, 1969 || US ||<ref name="Dicaire2003"></ref>
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| [[Magic Sam]] || style="text-align:center;"|32 || December 1, 1969 || [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], US || Heart attack<ref name="KomaraLee2004"></ref>
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| [[James "Stump" Johnson]] || style="text-align:center;"|67 || December 5, 1969 || [[St. Louis, Missouri]], US ||<ref name="Komarastump"></ref>
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