Obituaries

Black metal band Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis died at age 48 on August 21. The news was confirmed by Antoinette Anstis in a heartfelt message posted to the guitarist's Facebook page. "Rest in peac... Read More...

Legendary Warner Bros. Records music executive Mo Ostin has died. He was 95. The music industry is now bidding farewell to a legendary label executive. After a long-and-storied career that spanned decades, O... Read More...

Bob Heathcote, the former Suicidal Tendencies bassist, dies in a motorcycle crash. The musician's son confirmed the news on Facebook that Bob Heathcote had died following a motorcycle accident over the weeke... Read More...

Songwriter Ken Williams has passed away at age 83. Williams' wife shares that he died earlier this month following a long non-COVID-related illness at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. ... Read More...

Dave Smith, a groundbreaking synthesizer innovator whose work shaped electronic music, dies at 72. His passing comes as the result of complications following a heart attack, says Smith's wife Denise, with wh... Read More...

Jim Seals of the '70s soft rock duo Seals and Croft is dead at age 80. No immediate cause of death was given. Several friends and relatives confirmed the singer's passing on social media. "I just learned tha... Read More...

Former bassist and founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec John Such is dead at 70. Bon Jovi announced the death of Alec John Such via social media over the weekend. Such served as the band's bassist from 1983 to ... Read More...

A popular Bollywood playback singer known as KK has died of cardiac arrest following a concert. KK, real name Krishnakumar Kunnath, complained of feeling cold after the concert. He told his crew he wanted to... Read More...

Andy Fletcher, keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, is dead at 60. Fletcher appeared on all 14 of the band's studio albums and participated in every one of their world tours. No cause of death has... Read More...