You were my heroes my Friday nights
You wrote the soundtrack to my life
And gave us kids a chance to dream
Days where I had enough
You were the rock in my life
(Europe - Hero (words by J.Tempest))
to all those musicans who left us way too soon... if there are some missing names, please feel free to send me
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Jimi Hendrix
Overdose
27.11.42 - 18.09.70
Jim Morrison
The Doors
Overdose
08.12.43 - 03.07.71
Bon Scott
AC/DC
Alcohol Coma
09.07.46 - 19.02.80
Randy Rhoads
Ozzy Osbourne
Plane crash
06.12.56 - 19.03.82
Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley
Hanoi Rocks
Car crash
02.12.60 - 08.12.84
Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy
Overdose
20.08.49 - 04.01.86
Cliff Burton
Metallica
Road crash
10.02.62 - 27.09.86
Steve Clark
Def Leppard
Overdose
23.04.60 - 08.01.91
Eric Carr
Kiss
Cancer
12.07.50 - 24.11.91
Freddie Mercury
Queen
HIV
05.09.46 - 24.11.91
Jeff Porcaro
Toto
Heart Attack
01.04.54 - 01.08.92
Criss Oliva
Savatage
Car crash
03.04.63 - 17.010.93
Ray Gillen
Badlands
HIV
12.05.59 - 01.12.93
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana
Suicide/Murder
18.02.67 - 04.04.94
Ingo Schwichtenberg
Helloween
Suicide
18.05.65 - 18.03.95
Glen Buxton
Alice Cooper
Pneumonia
10.11.47 - 19.10.97
Cozy Powell
MSG, Whitesnake...
Car crash
27.12.47 - 05.04.98
Darrell Sweet
Nazareth
Heart Attack
16.05.47 - 30.04.99
Gar Samuelson
Fatal Opera, Megadeth
Liver failure
18.02.58 - 22.07.99
Randy Castillo
Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe
Cancer
18.12.50 - 26.03.02
Layne Staley
Alice In Chains
Overdose
22.08.67 - 05.04.02
Robbin "King" Crosby
Ratt
HIV
04.08.59 - 06.06.02
Ty Longley
Great White
Fire
04.09.71 - 20.02.03
Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott
Pantera, Damageplan
Murder
20.08.66 - 08.12.04
Kelly Johnson
Girlschool
Cancer
20.06.58 - 15.07.07
Pepsi Tate
Tigertailz
Cancer
10.03.65 - 18.09.07
Ricky Parent
Enuff Z'Nuff, War & Peace
Cancer
05.09.66 - 27.10.07
Kevin DuBrow
Quiet Riot
Overdose
29.10.55 - 24.11.07
Mel Galley
Trapeze, Whitesnake
Cancer
01.03.48 - 01.07.08
Michelle Meldrum
Meldrum
Brain tumor
28.09.68 - 21.08.08
Marcel Jacob
Talisman
Suicide
30.07.64 - 21.07.09
Les Paul
Pneumonia
09.06.15 - 13.08.09
Peter Steele
Type O Negative
Heart failure
04.01.62 - 14.04.10
Ronnie James Dio
Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell
Cancer
10.07.42 - 16.05.10
Steve Lee
Gotthard
Motorbike crash
05.08.63 - 05.10.10
Phil Kennemore
Y&T
Cancer
20.10.53 - 07.01.11
Gary Moore
Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore Band
Heart attack
04.04.52 - 06.02.11
Mike Starr
Alice In Chains
Overdose
04.04.66 - 08.03.11
Scott Colombus
Manowar, Ross The Boss
10.11.56 - 04.04.11
Matt Laporte
Jon Oliva's Pain
11.09.70 - 20.04.11
Dag Stokke
TNT
Cancer
01.04.67 - 27.04.11
Motörhead
Jani Lane
ex Warrant, Saints Of The Underground
alcohol abuse
01.02.64 - 11.08.11
Mark Reale
Riot
Chrohn's Disease
07.06.55 - 25.01.12
Jon Lord
Deep Purple
Cancer/Pulmonary Embolism
09.06.41 - 16.07.12
Jeff Hanneman
Slayer
Liver Failure
31.01.64 - 02.05.13
Ray Manzarek
The Doors
Cancer
12.02.39 - 20.05.13
Trevor Bolder
Uriah Heep,David Bowie...
Cancer
09.06.50 - 21.05.13