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We all know how Cobain, Hendrix etc died. But how did other stars die?

― michael eichhammer (mrrightnow), Saturday, 16 September 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

Percy Sledge - Choked to death during pie eating contest.
Michael Karoli - Go-Kart accident.

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

Mama Cass - smothered to death in a Stu Hamm sandwich

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

Furry Lewis - Cerebral haemorrhage brought on by picking his nose with a crab claw

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:34 (twenty years ago)

ian curtis: tripped over a dancing chicken and fell off the edge of macclesfield.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

marc bolan: eaten by a dinosaur.

jim morrison: eaten by marc bolan.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:47 (twenty years ago)

"Tyrannosaurus Rex
The eater of lards."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Rick James - Love Gun

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

G.G. Allin: crushed by an onslaught of squealing preteen fans in a fit of "GGmania"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

paul mccartney: run over on a pedestrian crossing by a VW beetle.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Meat Loaf: served in grade school cafeteria

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Albert Ayler - Disappeared over Guatemalan coast whilst attempting World Record for self-powered flight

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Darby Crash: mainlined Smurfs and choked on hats

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Ronnie Van Zant: Decapitated by train tunnel.
Duane Allman: Fell to death while chasing mountain goat.
Jim Croce: Electrocuted after touching ladder to powerline.
Jeff Porcaro: Heart attack following allergy to lawn pesticide.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Stiv Bators: Ball cancer

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Tupac Shakur - Beaten to death following argument with male prostitute

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Prince, Paul Simon, Michel Petrucciani: Smallpox.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:05 (twenty years ago)

john entwistle while he worked

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:05 (twenty years ago)

Scott La Rock- Laminating machine accident

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Mark Sandman- Cranial trauma sustained whilst stepping on a large number of rakes, slapstick comedy style

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Jerry Garcia: Smothered by gratitude cards

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

bob dylan: betrayed by judas

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Dexter Gordon: beaned.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Paycheck- Had his pomade swapped with very gooey acid by a spurned lover

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Eazy-E- Death by chocolate

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

johnny thunders: lightning

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

DJ Subroc: Doomed from the start

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Mel Appleby- Stone Cold Stunner through a table

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Joey Ramone: Bitten by venomous walking-stick insect.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

Frank Zappa: still controversy over whether the fatal injury was inflicted by hot rats or baby snakes.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Stuart Sutcliffe: scared to death by an episode of Dark Skies

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Cash: one piece at a time

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

John McGeoch - Shot by both sides

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

Frank Sinatra - Choked on cock

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)

That guy from Drowning Pool- Excelsior syndrome

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:22 (twenty years ago)

"Dimebag" Darrell - allergic reaction to peanuts

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:23 (twenty years ago)

Janis Joplin - allergic reaction to penis

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Big Punisher - Anorexia Nervosa

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Ricky Wilson - Cock Lobster

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:30 (twenty years ago)

Paul Kantner - evil computer sabotaged starship, depressurized "A" deck

― excuse me while I fold my pants (samjeff), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

Neil Peart: suffering a severe concussion after fallin' offa the shoulders of four other drummers while changing a lightbulb

― tiit (tiit), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:35 (twenty years ago)

Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

Joe Strummer - Strimmer

― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers shot by a jealous husband in a case of mistaken identity.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

elliot smith - knife juggling mishap.

― grady (grady), Saturday, 16 September 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

tim buckley: blood loss after snapping his frenulum during an over-zealous bout of intercourse with a blow-up doll.

jeff buckley: died of shame thinking about it.

biggie smalls: crash dieted without consulting his doctor first.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 16 September 2006 21:45 (twenty years ago)

Razzle: Murdered by evil Heroin kingpin/kung fu master with detachable metal hand (note: Razzle did not notice; was too busy looking good)

J Dilla: Plowed into by Pete Rose at home plate in 1970 All-Star Game

John Bonham: Unexplained mishap on set of The Muppet Show

Brian Jones: lost fight with horse

― nate p. (natepatrin), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Gram Parsons: suffocation from own farts

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:21 (twenty years ago)

Sandy Denny: cancer of the hangnail

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:22 (twenty years ago)

Very Meltzeresque thread.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:41 (twenty years ago)

Little Richard: make-up intoxication.

― trees (treesessplode), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

Darby Crash - fatal Go-Kart accident

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:47 (twenty years ago)

That's latebloomer's conspiracy theory as opposed to MY CORRECT AND GLORIOUS ANSWER ABOVE, thank you. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Little Richard: make-up intoxication.

Same with Baltimora. The same thing might have happened to Cyndi Lauper if the scurvy hadn't gotten to her first.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:01 (twenty years ago)

oh sorry Ned i missed yours!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:02 (twenty years ago)

but maybe they BOTH happened and contributed to his death

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

a lot can happen in a few short hours

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:15 (twenty years ago)

The Bay City Rollers: mistook real knives for toy knives on live television

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:17 (twenty years ago)

Steve Winwood: electrocuted trying to retrieve ring from fondue pot

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Lloyd Cole: executed on Cambodia's killing fields

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:22 (twenty years ago)

Sterling Morrison: died in childbirth

― p@reene (Pareene), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:24 (twenty years ago)

Billy Murcia: Fluxus Happening mishap

― p@reene (Pareene), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:25 (twenty years ago)

Phil Ochs: died of fear from dental phobia

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Danny Whitten: old age

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Chris Bell: entropy

― p@reene (Pareene), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)

John Lennon: assassinated by KGB agent using ricin pellet shot from tap shoes

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:31 (twenty years ago)

Van McCoy: botched assumption into heaven

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:33 (twenty years ago)

Vivian Stanshall: fell asleep on railway

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Miles Copeland: stabbed by Christopher Hitchens in bar after argument about whether cock "tastes great" or is "less filling."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:38 (twenty years ago)

Lightin' Hopkins: carried off and then dropped by clumsy eagle.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:40 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Cash: mistook gun for bible

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:43 (twenty years ago)

Judy Garland: devoured by swarm of ladybugs

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

Lisa Lopes: fatal sinistrocular reaction to latex

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Ace: rubbed out by giant eraser from the sky

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

George Formby: crushed to death by unsafe lamp-post.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:48 (twenty years ago)

Hoagy Carmichael: death by a thousand cold-cuts

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Minnie Ripperton: laughed too hard watching re-run of Love, American Style

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:54 (twenty years ago)

lisa loeb: unwisely accepted date with patrick bateman

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

Eddie Hazel: too cool to live and/or orthodontial malpractice

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:58 (twenty years ago)

roky erickson: killed by a morlock after going to the year 802,701 to reclaim his true love

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

steve perry: tripped over shoelace

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:01 (twenty years ago)

Grace Slick: tripped over Steve Perry tripping over shoelace

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:04 (twenty years ago)

George Gershwin: lung cancer
Ira Gershwin: hunting accident
Stanley Gershwin: choked on a lozenge

amazing, all three deaths occured at the same exact time, on the same exact day, in three different time zones.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:15 (twenty years ago)

Keith Moon: not cleared by cow

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Kirsty MacColl: starved to death whilst renovating Sistine Chapel

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:20 (twenty years ago)

the Archies: entire band wiped out by Dutch Elm Disease
the Partridge Family: Lyme Disease
MSTRKRFT: lost at sea, no bodies were ever recovered
West End Girls: Murder-Suicide
Al DiMeola: crushed by a vending machine, as he tried to rock free a stuck bag of Cheez-Its.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:28 (twenty years ago)

Cowboy: stabbed in back by rodeo clown

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:30 (twenty years ago)

spike jones: swallowed own whistle

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:32 (twenty years ago)

Lynyrd Skynyrd: stillborn

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:32 (twenty years ago)

frank sinatra: died of shame after recalling scathing ridicule in doonesbury c. 1986

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:32 (twenty years ago)

axl rose: eaten by tasmanian devil during last GNR tour

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:34 (twenty years ago)

Elton John: died of starvation en route to Milan after mailing himself in gift package for Gianni Versace

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:55 (twenty years ago)

Marvin Gaye: complications from neck trauma caused by butter-slicked Slip 'N Slide

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:55 (twenty years ago)

Bob Marley: fraternity hazing gone awry

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Sid Vicious: just too damned sassy for his good

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:59 (twenty years ago)

Jay-Z: poisoned, then sacrficed to Baldur by Beyoncé Knowles after she starting taking her whole "crazy-ass lady" persona way too seriously

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:00 (twenty years ago)

Jam Master Jay: fell into giant pink birthday cake

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:01 (twenty years ago)

Nick Drake: heart attack while shovelling snow at his Ossining, New York home

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

Bill Haley: had feet nailed to stage in failed salsa dancing fad

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

Falco: frightened to death (allegedly)
Patsy Cline: gored by bull in Pamplona
Selena: stray chunk o'Skylab
Waylon Jennings: it was an underwear mishap

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Sunday, 17 September 2006 03:30 (twenty years ago)

Michael Jackson: smothered by Blanket.

― grady (grady), Sunday, 17 September 2006 04:10 (twenty years ago)

johnny thunders: caned to death on the floor of the united states house of representatives

― p@reene (Pareene), Sunday, 17 September 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

Sly Stone: kidney failure, 5/3/26
Mark Lanegan: lung cancer, 6/22/31
Liam Gallagher: suicide, 12/24/59
Noel Gallagher: suicide, 12/24/59
Neko Case: asteroid wipes out earth, 12/25/59
Jeff Mangum: asteroid wipes out earth, 12/25/59
Roxanne Shante: asteroid wipes out earth, 12/25/59
Charlie Louvin: asteroid wipes out earth, 12/25/59
Q-Tip: asteroid wipes out earth, 12/25/59

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Sunday, 17 September 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

Tommy Bolin: hangnail infection

Elvis Presley: too much lovin'

Jaco Pastorius: chernobyl victim

Pigpen: died in high speed auto crash while trying to escape by paparazzi

Ace Frehley: killed by phantom of the park

Randy Rhoads: Sicilian mob hit

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 17 September 2006 04:46 (twenty years ago)

Peter Buck: spontaneously combusted during a dinner party at Michael Stipe's home

Michael Stipe: perished in house fire

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 17 September 2006 05:58 (twenty years ago)

How did Kurt die?

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 17 September 2006 06:03 (twenty years ago)

an interjection: when i was 12 or so, i was in an airport in canada very early in the morning and felt like vomiting, not good situation. i was looking at the floor while in line, and fucking shit: LITTLE RICHARD was standing directly in front of me. he looked great, but totally intoxicated with make-up. makes sense of course, but really...
http://www.rhino.com/fun/henrydiltz/mar03/2big_mar.jpg

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 17 September 2006 06:09 (twenty years ago)

sort of like that, but he had a more standard, jeri-curl mullet deal going on. moustache=teh same

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 17 September 2006 06:10 (twenty years ago)

Mario Lanza: puffer fish toxin
Ol' Dirty Bastard: devoured by Mario Lanza

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 17 September 2006 09:13 (twenty years ago)

Syd Barrett: rollerhockey fracas, brought about by insensitive toupee remark

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Sunday, 17 September 2006 11:49 (twenty years ago)

Marilyn Manson: Hit and run while helping old lady over road.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

George Harrison: Particularly vicious game of rock,paper,scissors with Yoko Ono.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Bono: Asphyxiation due to having head up George Bush's ass.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:07 (twenty years ago)

Bono's not dead yet and he had Tony Blair to keep him company up there

― Oh No It's Dadaismus! (Dada), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:08 (twenty years ago)

Jewel: pecked to death by turkeys

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

Aaliyah - Prostate cancer
Bruce Springsteen - Shot to death following dispute with meth dealer
John Lydon - Retroactive abortion
Shane MacGowan - "Shamrock Shake" overdose

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:30 (twenty years ago)

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Jewel: pecked to death by horny turkeys

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Captain Beefheart: wandered onto Lancaster High School football field during a game; trampled by offensive line.

Doc Cheatham: crib death.

John Fahey: developed sudden allergy to pizza

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:45 (twenty years ago)

Prince: Smilex overdose

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Mortiis: shot by a jealous set of latex prosthetics when he replaced them with new ones.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 17 September 2006 12:59 (twenty years ago)

Jeff Porcaro: Heart attack following allergy to lawn pesticide.
-- Pleasant Plains ///

Oh yeah, right. You expect us to believe that?!

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Sunday, 17 September 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

Moondog - "burial at sea" prank goes horribly wrong
Harry Partch - "set fire to the hobo" prank goes horribly wrong
Robbie Basho - fell out of a peach tree onto railings, died in hospital 3 weeks later
John Cage - trapped inside prepared piano in disused concert hall, died of blood loss after gnawing off own leg

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Sunday, 17 September 2006 13:47 (twenty years ago)

Beethoven: his baton became tangled in his hair while conducting the premiere of his 9th Symphony but while violently yanking out the baton he managed to dislocate his shoulder, with the resulting shift of body weight causing him to lose his balance and fall off the stage where he landed headfirst and died instantly. The unfortunate part was that Beethoven was deaf at this point in his life, which is why he didn't hear the concertmaster's repeated calls to simply let go of the baton, leaving it tangled in his hair and to pick up a second baton instead. If he had still been able to hear properly, this accident could have easily been avoided.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

Mozart: heroin overdose

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

Harry Chapin: drowned on Titanic

Rod Stewart: complications from stomach-pumping procedure

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 17 September 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)

Ian MacKaye - 'frisco speedball

Bob Mould - Eddie Guerrero broke his neck with an Atomic Piledriver.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 17 September 2006 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Cliff Richard: Boredom

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 17 September 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

The Boredoms: Cliff Richard

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 17 September 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

LOCK THREAD

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Sunday, 17 September 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.woodburnlanes.com/pictures/other/unlock.jpg

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Monday, 18 September 2006 03:41 (twenty years ago)

El-P: sonned by a white kid in a aol beef

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Freddie Mercury: tragically drowned in his own moustache
Miles Davis: collapsed to singularity

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

NoTimeBeforeTime's Beethoven entry is one of the funniest posts I've ever seen on here, but the whole thread's already been excelsiored so I cannot take further complimentary action.

Andrew Wood: tried to catch a frisbee (thrown, so they say, by Eddie Vedder) but lost sight of where he was going and fell under the blades of a rotary mower

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

its a pity that some of you don´t take the topic serious and therefore make it hard for readers to guess which deaths are real and which are meant to be funny puns

― mrrightnow (mrrightnow), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

layne staley - a well documented fan of the great outdoors, he died as a result of a tragic rockclimbing incident

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Tom Waits: eaten by giant catfish

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Too $hort: larnyx collapse after 10-minute extension of the word "bitch" at long beach theater, 1989

Crazy Frog: fell into carniverous plant

Dee Snider: decided he wasn't going to take it anymore, shot dead by police after 17 killed in "bloodiest day in long island's history"

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

George Jones: smothered during cunnilingus

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Bruce Springsteen: fell off ferris wheel at Wildwood pier

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Anne Murray: kegels exercise gone awry

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Lisa Lisa: mass cult jam suicide

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

System of a Down: victims of Turkey's 1932 Armenian genocide

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Bel Biv Devoe: arsenic ingestion

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

Snoop Dogg: stomped to death by girls gone wild

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:02 (twenty years ago)

B.J. Thomas: not dead but living in the belly of a giant whale

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Ludacris: e.coli from tainted baby greens and balsamic salad

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Cheap Trick: caught some indonesian junk that was going around

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:07 (twenty years ago)

Big Mama Thornton: thrown from train by danny devito

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Tommy Shaw: fell under rickshaw

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Mutt Lange: head crushed like walnut by shania twain's thighs

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Lydia Lunch: eaten by nearsighted tourist
Tom Verlaine: tore down a la Rimbaud
James Taylor: werewolf attack, London
Thomas Dolby: equalized

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

George Jones is the best one (apart from Beethoven) so far.

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

June Pointer: overexcitement
Jimmy Smith: chicken shack collapse
Chris Gaines: friendly fire

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

if only that had actually been a haiku :(

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

SPACE GOURMAND DONT TRY IT

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

3-6 Mafia: exorcism
Tupac: COINTELPRO
DMC: broken heart

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Flavor Flav: tha G*
Soulja Slim: snapped into by Randy "Macho Man" Savage
Wendy & Lisa: THEY KNEW TOO MUCH

*would have survived except for incompetent emergency personnel

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

marry me

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

Kelly Clarkson: withered away in secluded tower because she never knew the loving touch of Strongo Hulkington

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

Jodi Watley: bled to death after cutting self on own cheekbones
Sade: persecution and assassination by inmates of asylum at Charenton
De La Soul: blew up, went pop

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

wire: killed in mine shaft explosion

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

t.i.: alien chest-burster

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Alice Cooper: guillotine stunt finally went awry
Devandra Banhart: choked on furball
Kevin Shields: exhaustion

― hank (hank s), Monday, 18 September 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Joanna Newsom: shootout with LAPD
Lemmy Kilmister: choked on prawn
John Mayer: unlocked secret of immortality, brutally murdered shortly thereafter
Can: one day they just floated away

― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 18 September 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Zack Morris, A.C. Slater, Kelly Kapowski, Lisa Turtle, Screech Powers, Jessie Spano (The Zack Attack): group auto-erotic asphyxiation
Dr. Teeth: heroin overdose

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 18 September 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

Tom Petty: skydiving accident (chute failed to open)

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Ween: buried alive under daisy patch

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Emmett Otter's Jugband: run over by 18-wheeler

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 18:05 (twenty years ago)

Leslie West died of shame at having a girl's name.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Monday, 18 September 2006 18:10 (twenty years ago)

Emmett Otter's Jugband: run over by 18-wheeler
-- a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar

u_u

― katie quirk (dubplatestyle), Monday, 18 September 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

Haikunym wins for the Flavor Flav one!

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 18 September 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

ODB: seppuku
Tiny Tim: "suicide by cop"
The Shins: chutes too narrow
Shannon Hoon: general failure

― Erroneous Botch (joseph cotten), Monday, 18 September 2006 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Israel Kamakawiwa'ole: malnutrition

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Wesley Willis: whooped the wrong lion's asshole

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

Jem and the Holograms: executed by Saudi morality police while touring Middle East

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

Jeffrey Lee Pierce: stoned

Jeffrey Lee liked his telephone; it was shaped like a black woman's breast. The 4 and 6 buttons were silicone nipples, with hand-painted areola extending almost to the edge of the dial.

Normally Jeffrey Lee hated calling his 84-year-old mother, but she'd just gotten a new cell phone for Christmas. He licked his lips and started dialing. "Here we go: one, four-four-four, four-four-four-..." He shrieked. "This isn't titty milk, this is not--STONE, WHY THE FUCK IS THERE SEMEN ON THE 6?"

Stone Gossard rushed into the living room and ran Jeffrey Lee through the chest with his massive ding-a-ling.

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Monday, 18 September 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

Dr. Octagon - shot by Dr. Dooom

Morrissey - killed by YOU

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 18 September 2006 21:21 (twenty years ago)

(and you know, this thread would make a great book if it had some Edward Gorey illustrations accompanying)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 18 September 2006 21:22 (twenty years ago)

(or Tim Burton doing his best Edward Gorey impression)

― grady (grady), Monday, 18 September 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Kid Rock: auto accident.

― mark 0 (mark 0), Monday, 18 September 2006 21:59 (twenty years ago)

the crazy thing is that all of these are true.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:01 (twenty years ago)

Steve Miller: went back in time, stepped on butterfly

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Mannie Fresh: went back in time, accidentally fucked his own momma

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Josie and the Pussycats: severe dander allergies

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:09 (twenty years ago)

> the crazy thing is that all of these are true.

Especially the ones that contradict each other. Those are superduper-true!

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

Mastodon - trapped in glacial crevasse and iraculously perfectly preserved for millions of years.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:17 (twenty years ago)

...miraculously...

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

R.E.O Speedwagon: "Chubby Bunny" contest

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:20 (twenty years ago)

Derek Bailey - stalked, strangled by I@n R!ese-Mor@ine's mom.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

Wiley: went over Niagara Falls in barrel

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Izora Rhodes - drowned in the Martha Wash

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 18 September 2006 23:00 (twenty years ago)

jeff porcaro = crushed by a "nice price" display

― john david bootyflake (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 September 2006 23:42 (twenty years ago)

syd barrett = after all, it was you and me

― john david bootyflake (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 September 2006 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Buddy Holly - Showdown with town sherrif with tragic result.

― Thomas Mehlt (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:49 (twenty years ago)

Ritchie Valens: was given the ability to turn anything he touched into risotto; died of malnutrition.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:56 (twenty years ago)

The Big Bopper: bopped until he dropped into a blast furnace

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

Sam Cooke: nosebleed

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:59 (twenty years ago)

Television: cancelled

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

Steve Lacy - burned up upon re-entry from orbit

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

Sun Ra - Melanoma

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

janis joplin: fell into the grave she was going to bury her yearbook photo in

― john david bootyflake (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:03 (twenty years ago)

Chet Baker - Wished he could be young again. A genie granted his wish and he eventually shrank into a child, then a baby, then a newborn infant, and in rapid succession a fetus, embryo, and finally a zygote which seperated into an ovum and spermotazoa.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Look it up if you don't believe me! It's a rather famous story, and I'm certain any of the jazz fans on this board will be happy to confirm it.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

Fela: purple nurple complications

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:11 (twenty years ago)

butthole surfers (entire band): wiped out

― latebloomer aka 'the sun' (latebloomer), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

Louis Jordan: decided to stop ceiling fan with left fingers
Ice Cube: picked the wrong undercover cop to approach for handjob in park
Charlie Palmieri: choked to death on fly accidentally swallowed while laughing at friend's joke on bus
Daniel Johnston: speeding motorcar
Yo La Tengo: covering speeding motorcar

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

hahahahaha

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 04:16 (twenty years ago)

Gwen Stefani - Accidentally swallowed toothbrush; choked to death
Kim Gordon - Spontaneously combusted (along with comfy TV chair) just halfway through the "X-Files" marathon
Todd Rundgren - Was stowaway aboard the Challenger
Malcolm Mooney - Not "dead", exactly: It's just that he hasn't been born yet hasn't been born yet hasn't been born yet hasn't been

And, this is for you, herr eichhammer!:

http://www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com/deadrock.html

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 06:29 (twenty years ago)

Will Shatter: weaponized cooties

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:37 (twenty years ago)

James Brown: choked trying to speak German

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:41 (twenty years ago)

Duke Ellington: first person to become a series of ones and zeroes

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

Nasreh Fateh Ali Khan: he gave that DDR machine as good as he got

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

Steve Albini: peppermint schnapps enema

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:48 (twenty years ago)

Greil Marcus: unsuccessful jump over Snake River

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:49 (twenty years ago)

Steven Tyler: mistaken for sacrificial horse while on tour in Kerala, India

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 02:55 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Biz Markie: Felled by an assassin's bullet while traveling in a motorcade down Dealey Plaza in Dallas
The Edge: Cut finger on a cat-food tin, left it unattended-to, bled out after 22 years

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Sunday, 22 February 2009 08:43 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

Mike Oldfield: Disappeared while trying to surf the Pipeline in Oahu

― the who cares (okamax), Friday, 3 July 2009 19:58 (seventeen years ago)

six years pass...

Cliff Burton - garotted by a completely nude James Hetfield, who then forced the bus driver to crash the bus to cover it up

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 17 March 2016 21:48 (ten years ago)

Tiny Tim - murdered onstage by the Symbionese Liberation Army

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 17 March 2016 21:51 (ten years ago)

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