Musicians who died by suicide

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Sorry to sound so morbid.

I'm working on something and would like to see what type of list we can come up with. No need to post the Wikipedia list (all of us have access to it already).

Also, it'd be nice if you knew by what method they took their lives.

Let's start with some of the more obvious ones:

Tim Buckley - heroin/morphine/ethanol overdose
Judee Sill - cocaine and codeine overdose
Nick Drake - Prescription medicine overdose/probable suicide?
Phil Ochs - hanging
Ian Curtis - hanging
Mark Linkous - gunshot to the heart
Kurt Cobain - gunshot
Elliott Smith - stabbing/unknown/possible homicide
Marilyn Monroe - probably suicide/barbiturate overdose

Controversial/unknown/disappearances also count.

I almost want to say those who were on life support and stopped receiving it should count, as well, but this complicates matters, as many did not explicitly say they wanted to end their lives. I'm thinking of Glenn Gould here.

c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:06 (twelve years ago)

Glenn Miller - experimental kamikaze pilot

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)

Ozzy Osbourne - head bitten off by a bat

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)

Jon Bon Jovi - shot through the heart. and you're to blame.

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:09 (twelve years ago)

Nick Van Eede: not sure but it was in somebody's arms

goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:10 (twelve years ago)

Karen Carpenter - fell from the top of the world whilst looking down on creation

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:10 (twelve years ago)

Drummer out of Stereophonics - heard own music

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:11 (twelve years ago)

Pete Droge - Dumb & Dumber OST

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:11 (twelve years ago)

singer from big brother & holding co.: some kind of cardiac problem i think

goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:11 (twelve years ago)

In The New Book Of Rock Lists (1994), Keith Moon's death (he OD'd on Heminevrin, a sedative prescribed to curb his alcoholism) is asterisked with "possibly a suicide." Haven't seen that theory anywhere else, though.

Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:12 (twelve years ago)

Bobby Fuller, if we are to believe the reports

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:12 (twelve years ago)

some kind of cardiac problem i think

this does not typically describe suicide

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:13 (twelve years ago)

Pete Ham- went ham

how's life, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:14 (twelve years ago)

oh my god

goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:14 (twelve years ago)

dude

goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:15 (twelve years ago)

Big Pun - Big Gun

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:15 (twelve years ago)

Hitler.

(he played the uke).

glumdalclitch, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:16 (twelve years ago)

G.G. Allen - held in his pee

how's life, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:18 (twelve years ago)

glum, that is an interesting one, actually. Never thought of that.

c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:19 (twelve years ago)

well, i think we can all go home now

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Musicians_who_committed_suicide

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:23 (twelve years ago)

this is the perfect thread

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:23 (twelve years ago)

Doug Hopkins from the Gin Blossoms is a good one. Read a really good longform article written about him shortly after he died. Very sad, and a real loss to music IMO.

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:24 (twelve years ago)

dude there was no need to post the Wikipedia list

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:24 (twelve years ago)

for some reason

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:24 (twelve years ago)

drummer out of Feeder - heard own music

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:24 (twelve years ago)

"Musicians who died" by Suicide?
Never heard this song. Is it from their second album?

nostormo, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:25 (twelve years ago)

I think it's actually by Jim Carroll

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:26 (twelve years ago)

Good Old Boys - whiskey & rye

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:26 (twelve years ago)

There's a reason we don't have an All Signal Dude Summertime Fun Board and Pickle Bar.

― Another turning point, a stork fuck in the road (ledge), Monday, March 25, 2013 10:28 AM

my mental killfile seems to be working (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:26 (twelve years ago)

Peter Sellers - heart went bum-diddy-bum-diddy-bum-diddy-bum-diddy-bum-diddy-bum-diddy-bum-bum-bum

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:27 (twelve years ago)

That dude who helped Sheryl Crow write her first album, I think his name was Bill or Billy or Mac or buddy

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:28 (twelve years ago)

Rick Astley - Gave up

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:29 (twelve years ago)

Daniel Bedingfield - didn't get through this

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:29 (twelve years ago)

Spice Girls - "spiced" up their lives if you know what I mean

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:31 (twelve years ago)

dude there was no need to post the Wikipedia list

you're free to ignore it and move on with your life

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:31 (twelve years ago)

Steve Perry - stopped believing

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:31 (twelve years ago)

here's the story about Doug Hopkins. a great read.

http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12123

Poliopolice, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:32 (twelve years ago)

Billie Joe Armstrong - jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)

My bloody valentine

nostormo, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)

Sugarbabes - hole in the heads

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:33 (twelve years ago)

Justin Bieber - said never

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:34 (twelve years ago)

Liz Phair -- couldn't breathe whenever she thought about you

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:34 (twelve years ago)

Drake - YODO

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:34 (twelve years ago)

Brian Johnston - drove hearse into car crusher

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:35 (twelve years ago)

Seneca.

(He played the uke).

glumdalclitch, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:35 (twelve years ago)

Perry Como - Rivers Cuomo

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:35 (twelve years ago)

Rivers Cuomo - Luomo

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:35 (twelve years ago)

Chemical Brothers - left home

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:36 (twelve years ago)

Irene Cara - stopped being famous, could not fly

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:36 (twelve years ago)

Meatloaf - Meatloaf

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:37 (twelve years ago)

Orbital - caught on fire due to the impact (the Earth was burning)

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:37 (twelve years ago)

bloke out of Midnight Oil - bed was burning

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:38 (twelve years ago)

Daft Punk - got unlucky

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:38 (twelve years ago)

Underworld - died roughy

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:38 (twelve years ago)

Tiny Tim - Massive Tumour

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:38 (twelve years ago)

Liam Howlett - poison

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:39 (twelve years ago)

(Keith Flint was too late with the remedy)

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:39 (twelve years ago)

Brad Paisely - accidental bloodmist

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:40 (twelve years ago)

Pharrell Williams - stayed up all night, got hit by truck

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:40 (twelve years ago)

Anthony Kiedis - eaten by coyote

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:40 (twelve years ago)

Perry Farrell - caught stealing

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:41 (twelve years ago)

Sade - broke the sweetest taboo

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:42 (twelve years ago)

Michael Jackson - stopped when he got enough

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:42 (twelve years ago)

Cindy Lauper - drove all night, hit Pharrell Williams

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:43 (twelve years ago)

Madonna - frozen

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:43 (twelve years ago)

David Lee Roth - Jumped

Zachary Taylor, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:43 (twelve years ago)

Joe Meek - killed his landlady and inherited the earth.

Jason Dowd, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:43 (twelve years ago)

Pat Benatar - died on battlefield

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:44 (twelve years ago)

Johnny Cash - one piece at a time

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:44 (twelve years ago)

Al Jourgenson - burned inside

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:44 (twelve years ago)

Madonna - borderline, lost her mind

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:44 (twelve years ago)

Andrew Eldritch - some kind of strangler

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:45 (twelve years ago)

Sting -- no one responded to his SOS

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:45 (twelve years ago)

sammy hagar - reached end of pier, refused to stop driving 55

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:45 (twelve years ago)

I don't think we're gonna top "Pete Ham- went ham" ;_;

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:45 (twelve years ago)

Manfred Mann - blinded, wrapped up like a douche

Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:45 (twelve years ago)

I don't think we're gonna top "Pete Ham- went ham" ;_;

Yeah, there's no way.

The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:48 (twelve years ago)

Justin Timberlake: 2020 milligrams

katherine, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:49 (twelve years ago)

Paul McCartney - did it in the road

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:49 (twelve years ago)

New Kids On The Block - hanged. tough

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:50 (twelve years ago)

New Edition - too much candy, girl

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:51 (twelve years ago)

Ira Kaplan - No lo conseguí

Evan, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:52 (twelve years ago)

Debbie Gibson - electrocuted

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:53 (twelve years ago)

Tiffany - wasn't alone after all

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:53 (twelve years ago)

Jim Sullivan.

all sorts of rumours ..

i.e that he wandered off into the desert and has never been seen again.

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2010/11/10/the-strange-tale-of-jim-sullivans-u-f-o/

mark e, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:54 (twelve years ago)

Vicki Carr - heard Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:55 (twelve years ago)

Billy Joel - died in Vietnam w/all his buddies

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:56 (twelve years ago)

Peter Hook - intentionally EQ'd

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:57 (twelve years ago)

Petula Clark - slept in the subway

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:57 (twelve years ago)

Mark Kozelek - shocked

Evan, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:58 (twelve years ago)

lou christie: lightning struck him again and again and again and again

goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:59 (twelve years ago)

Roland Orzabal - went head over heels (and broke his neck)

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:59 (twelve years ago)

Mark knopfler - blister on his little finger (or maybe on his thumb?)

Bobby McFerrin, Quantum Physicist (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:59 (twelve years ago)

bryan adams: cut with, like, a knife

goole, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:00 (twelve years ago)

singer from coldplay - what was his name again? - drowned in his own tears.

lou reed - died of fatigue waiting for the man

morrissey - danced himself to death giddy with pleasure after he heard maggie thatcher had passed away

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:00 (twelve years ago)

MC Hammer - touched this

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:00 (twelve years ago)

Phil Collins - in the air tonight is the stench of his corpse

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:01 (twelve years ago)

Chris Martin - Mach 1 words to the skull

Bobby McFerrin, Quantum Physicist (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:03 (twelve years ago)

The Drifters - went up on the roof and just drifted into space ...

Jason Dowd, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:07 (twelve years ago)

Glenn Tillbrook - Up the junction

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:08 (twelve years ago)

Andy Partridge - life ended at the hop

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:08 (twelve years ago)

Xpost: you mean Chris Martin? He bled himself dry, iirc.

Moka, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:08 (twelve years ago)

Nick Van Eede - Died in your arms tonight. Possibly through cutting himself.

MarkoP, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:09 (twelve years ago)

Cannot believe I'm the first to say

Ted Nugent: Cat Scratch Fever

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:11 (twelve years ago)

Prince Buster - took one step beyond

Mark G, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:11 (twelve years ago)

neil young - swallowed a heart of gold

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:11 (twelve years ago)

Jack White - pushed the hardest button

Zachary Taylor, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:12 (twelve years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - East End boys gave them HIV

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:12 (twelve years ago)

Paul Anka: did it his way
Frank Sinatra: copycat

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:16 (twelve years ago)

mark hollis - fell silent & therefore stopped eating not to make any noise

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:17 (twelve years ago)

Elton - by a bullet from the gun of Robert Ford

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:17 (twelve years ago)

ornette coleman - modal combat

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:18 (twelve years ago)

Milli Vanilli - the rain

Bobby McFerrin, Quantum Physicist (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:20 (twelve years ago)

Missy Elliott - the rain

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:22 (twelve years ago)

brian eno - got lost in ambient landscapes

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:22 (twelve years ago)

Will Smith - boom! boom! shook the room

da croupier, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:26 (twelve years ago)

Lana Del Rey - Was Born

MarkoP, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:27 (twelve years ago)

Jimmy page- crushed larynx (blocked airway, to heaven)

next week's searing issue- "white men who exclusively cannot jump" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:29 (twelve years ago)

Jean Michel Jarre - deprived himself of oxygene

how's life, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:30 (twelve years ago)

Brian Connolly -love not like oxygen at all, suffocated

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:37 (twelve years ago)

Khia - her neck, her back, her pussy and her crack, all horribly mangled in the accident

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:49 (twelve years ago)

The Baha Men - let the dogs out

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:50 (twelve years ago)

Josh Homme - overdosed

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:51 (twelve years ago)

Hammer - in the end was not legit enough

Euler, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:53 (twelve years ago)

Clint Conley - reached for his revolver

how's life, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:56 (twelve years ago)

Scott Stapp - taken higher, fatal sunburn

Bobby McFerrin, Quantum Physicist (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:01 (twelve years ago)

Marcy's Playground - smelled the sex. Smelled the candy. Did not smell the carbon monoxide.

Bobby McFerrin, Quantum Physicist (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:12 (twelve years ago)

Cecil Taylor - one too many salty swift, and goodbye.

Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:13 (twelve years ago)

Chuck Berry -- rockin' pheumonia

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:17 (twelve years ago)

jonathan richman - ran along the road till he dropped dead

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:18 (twelve years ago)

Lemmy - Killed by Death

m0stlyClean, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:48 (twelve years ago)

that's the way he liked it.

Zachary Taylor, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:53 (twelve years ago)

lindsey buckingham - went his own way

fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:01 (twelve years ago)

Miles Davis - ran the voodoo down

Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:03 (twelve years ago)

Right Said Fred - Was too sexy for his love, shirt, Milan, New York, Japan, your party, car, hat, cat and that song

Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:04 (twelve years ago)

Bobby Gillespie -- Gave up.

bodacious ignoramus, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:14 (twelve years ago)

Billy Gibbons -- Eliminated

bodacious ignoramus, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:16 (twelve years ago)

alison moyet - moved out

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:18 (twelve years ago)

martin fry - poison arrow through the heart

mr.raffles, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:21 (twelve years ago)

Jay-Z: strychnine problems

katherine, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:23 (twelve years ago)

Van Halen -- jumped

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:25 (twelve years ago)

(sorry, see that was already made about DLR)

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:27 (twelve years ago)

Guru Josh - 1991

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:30 (twelve years ago)

System of a down- trussed

The Finnish Question........after question......after question....a (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:37 (twelve years ago)

Kathleen Hanna - as a girl who wrote, had to suicide

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:43 (twelve years ago)

Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell - both suicides snow

da croupier, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:45 (twelve years ago)

Garry Gary - beers

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:46 (twelve years ago)

^^lool

astronaut in outer space (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 00:59 (twelve years ago)

Britney Spears - a cute toxicity

Josefa, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 01:05 (twelve years ago)

Ministry - chewing on glass and eating their fingers

how's life, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:18 (twelve years ago)

Julian Cope - Fried

Mark G, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:24 (twelve years ago)

Mark E Smith - Fell (in a hole)

Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:26 (twelve years ago)

Thom Yorke - an airbag didn't save his life

Elvis was a hero to most but he never her (ledge), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:30 (twelve years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - left to their own devices

how's life, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:32 (twelve years ago)

Peter Murphy - cut himself up

how's life, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:32 (twelve years ago)

To be serious for a minute, one not on that Wiki list is Andreas Schell of La Düsseldorf

Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:39 (twelve years ago)

Howard Devoto – shot by both sides

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:40 (twelve years ago)

Stephen Malkmus - tripped on spiral stairs

Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:48 (twelve years ago)

Antony Hegarty - is a bird now

Elvis was a hero to most but he never her (ledge), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:50 (twelve years ago)

Threads that were deleted by mods

tsarnaev paleface (imago), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:55 (twelve years ago)

Oh no! Andreas Schell died?

how's life, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:18 (twelve years ago)

Cher - her baby...

Mark G, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:51 (twelve years ago)

what about a Suiciders who died by Musucians thread

nostormo, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:54 (twelve years ago)

James Murphy - wanted a hit

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:58 (twelve years ago)

Daft punk - short circuit

how's life, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 11:14 (twelve years ago)

Yoko Ono - slipped on thin ice

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:16 (twelve years ago)

Joey Ramone - was sedated

love's secret borad (clouds), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:33 (twelve years ago)

Agnetha Fältskog - sent SOS, nobody answered

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:39 (twelve years ago)

Robert Christgau - Thurston Moore's big fucking dick

we're up all night to get picky (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:40 (twelve years ago)

Bruce Springsteen - went out for a ride, never came back

Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:41 (twelve years ago)

Robert Pollard - raped by tractors

Evan, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:50 (twelve years ago)

Wayne Coyne - apparently the future head may be responsible

Mark G, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:16 (twelve years ago)

Martin Carr - anorexia

Elvis was a hero to most but he never her (ledge), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:18 (twelve years ago)

Stiv Bators - apparently hadn't realised..

Mark G, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:20 (twelve years ago)

Gary Numan – got disconnected

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:21 (twelve years ago)

Bill Ward - killed himself to live

Spectrum, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:22 (twelve years ago)

nevermind, that was Geezer Butler

Spectrum, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:23 (twelve years ago)

Elvis Costello--Pumped it up when he didn't really need it

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:29 (twelve years ago)

Billy Joel - died in Vietnam w/all his buddies

Pretty sure he died of a heart attack ack ack ack ack.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:50 (twelve years ago)

can you have a suicide by heart attack?

how's life, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:52 (twelve years ago)

You don't come back from a 4 ack-er.

Evan, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:53 (twelve years ago)

If you choose to eat shitty food I guess.

Evan, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:53 (twelve years ago)

Billy Joel - died in Vietnam w/all his buddies

Pretty sure he died of a heart attack ack ack ack ack.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:50 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah, c'mon!

I heard he couldn't take it anymore.

Mark G, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:57 (twelve years ago)

Richard Thompson - rode on the wall of death one time too many

one way street, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:19 (twelve years ago)

beethoven- du du du dunnnnnnnn

The Finnish Question........after question......after question....a (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:35 (twelve years ago)

Too soon.

Evan, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:37 (twelve years ago)

He is now de-composing.

Three Word Username, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:41 (twelve years ago)

TWU is Gary Larson!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ut3BRGKD2w4/TgM87vvQF9I/AAAAAAAAAFI/CvqrsLoMZ-o/s400/decomposing_maestro.jpg

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:46 (twelve years ago)

Exploding Hearts

second geir, lean right (little hongro hongro go faster faster) (unregistered), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 17:05 (twelve years ago)

Haha! Some of these are hilarious.

Tom D, I had never heard of Andreas Schell. I will listen to some of his stuff later.

All this makes me think if ILXers contribute stuff to Wikipedia as a group. Kind of like a giving back to the community with all the knowledgeable people here.

c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 17:31 (twelve years ago)

jason diemilio of the azusa plane. developed severe tinnitus and hyperacusis, couldn't even listen to music without extreme pain anymore, OD'd on pills in his bath listening to the Smiths. very sad

yellow jacket (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 17:32 (twelve years ago)

you're all wrong about billy joel. he walked through bedford-stuy alone.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 18:28 (twelve years ago)

pj harvey - met ze monsta

it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 18:42 (twelve years ago)

Jason Pierce - http://www.internetarchaeology.org/img/Moving/Religious/smokingjesus.gif

Evan, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 18:48 (twelve years ago)

Tom Ellard - decapitation

Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 18:50 (twelve years ago)

Harry Nilsson - Couldn't live if living was without you

insert witticism here (hypehat), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 18:56 (twelve years ago)

sadly, both co-writers of that nilsson song are actual answers to this thread.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 19:00 (twelve years ago)

Bobby Fuller, if we are to believe the reports

Sad that this is true - otherwise, there'd be an excellent "suicide by cop" joke to be made...

誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 19:01 (twelve years ago)

Alex Chilton - got to finally meet Elvis

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 24 April 2013 19:40 (twelve years ago)

Billy Joel couldn't take it anymore

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:13 (twelve years ago)

(oops sorry Mark G beat me to it)

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:13 (twelve years ago)

Billy Joel -- heroic death in rock and roller cola wars

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 22:42 (twelve years ago)

Billy Joel deserves his own "1000 ways Billy Joel can die" thread

Evan, Thursday, 25 April 2013 20:52 (twelve years ago)

ooh .. even for ilm, that's nasty evan.

mark e, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:16 (twelve years ago)

he went to extremes then

PaulTMA, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:37 (twelve years ago)

Strangely enough, he actually TRIED suicide (by drinking furniture polish)

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:49 (twelve years ago)

Is it? How can I amend it to not be quite so dark?

Evan, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:02 (twelve years ago)

Carly Simon - swallowed concealed cyanide pill to avoid revealing subject of "You're So Vain" while under torture

Josefa, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:04 (twelve years ago)

My god, what have I done

Evan, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:06 (twelve years ago)

ooh .. even for ilm, that's nasty evan.

― mark e, Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:16 PM (53 minutes ago)

Obviously I didn't mean crying in a dark room with a gun in his hand- more like what's above...

Evan, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:13 (twelve years ago)

yeah i know ..
but still, there are limits ..
a dedicated thread for one artist as to how he could die ..
soz.
i may be a little over sensitive to such a groove (i have my reasons etc)
..

mark e, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:16 (twelve years ago)

Haha yeah was thinking more silly song jokes but I didn't intend to start any thread anyway

Evan, Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:23 (twelve years ago)

I can even murder suicide threads apparently.

Evan, Monday, 29 April 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)

Thread - Billy Joel jokes

Van Horn Street, Monday, 29 April 2013 20:50 (twelve years ago)

This thread needs a theme song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB_qbfbmT_s

ringworm, Monday, 29 April 2013 21:07 (twelve years ago)

The Flamingos - plucked out their eyes

how's life, Monday, 29 April 2013 21:56 (twelve years ago)

seven months pass...

Lorde - stuck diamonds in her flesh

how's life, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago)

Miley Cyrus - wrecked her balls

how's life, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago)

Imagine Dragons - checked out on the prison bus

how's life, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago)

Savages - silenced themselves

how's life, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago)

Bruce Dickinson - couldn't face the Yewtree interegation

PaulTMA, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago)

Macklemore - overdosed on mackle

how's life, Sunday, 29 December 2013 12:28 (eleven years ago)

come on people, it's 2013 and musicians are DYING

how's life, Sunday, 29 December 2013 12:28 (eleven years ago)

Johnny Ace? Heard one of those "on this day" bits on the radio Christmas Day, the story that he killed himself playing Russian Roulette. Just looked at the Wikipedia entry, which disputes that with testimony he was just showing off, telling everyone the gun wasn't loaded. Either way, pointing a gun at yourself and pulling the trigger seems like halfway to suicide regardless of context.

clemenza, Sunday, 29 December 2013 14:09 (eleven years ago)


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