STRANGEST DEATHS IN ROCK
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11/08/2012
STRANGEST DEATHS IN ROCK
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KEITH RELF Yardbirds ELECTROCUTED WHILE PLAYING GUITAR:Relf died on May 14, 1976 in a bizarre incident at his home. The veteran musician was apparently playing an improperly grounded electric guitar in his basement recording studio when he was electrocuted. -
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CASS ELLIOTMamas and the Papas-CHOKED ON A HAM SANDWICH?Elliot died in her sleep on July 29, 1974 while in London for a two-week engagement at the Palladium. A persistent rumor holds that the famously obese singer died from choking on a ham sandwich. But her cause of death was actually a heart attack brought on by fatty myocardial degeneration due to obesity which the ham probably didnt help much. -
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BRIAN JONESThe Rolling Stones-DEATH BY MISADVENTURE:Jones was discovered dead in his swimming pool on July 3, 1969. Coroners ruled his death an accident, noting his alcohol and substance abuse played a role and calling it death by misadventure. Theories and rumors have swirled for decades that the former Stone was murdered, though despite a new investigation in 2008, nothing has ever been proven. -
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DENNIS WILSONThe Beach Boys-DRUNK DIVING:The drummer and singer drowned on Dec. 28, 1983 while diving from his yacht after drinking all day. Wilson was reportedly trying to recover some items he had thrown overboard three years earlier. He was 39 years old. -
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JUDGE DREADEnglish ska and reggae musician-ONSTAGE HEART ATTACK:The Judge died doing what he loved: performing. He collapsed onstage at the end of a show in Canterbury, England, on March 13, 1998, at the age of 55. Lets hear it for the band, he said before kneeling down. He was suffering a heart attack, but the crowd initially thought it was a joke. An off-duty doctor realized what was going on and tried to resuscitate him, but to no avail. According to one account, the ambulance that subsequently arrived wouldnt start, and when the Judges fans began pushing it to the hospital, police accused them of trying to steal it. -
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MICHAEL HUTCHENCEINXS-AUTO-EROTIC ASPHYXIATION?time of his death on Nov. 22, 1997, in a Sydney, Australia hotel room.A coroner ruled that Hutchence committed suicide while under the influence of drugs and alcohol, dispelling the widespread rumor that his death was accidental and caused by auto erotic asphyxiation. But two years later, Tigers mother, Paula Yates, suggested during a 60 Minutes interview that auto eroticism did cause his death, and many family members and fans to this day consider it accidental. -
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MIKE EDWARDSElectric Light Orchestra-KILLED BY A HAY BALE:Pramada died on Sept. 3, 2010 on the road near his home in Devon when a bale of hay weighing 1300 pounds rolled down a hillside and collided with his van. -
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WELLS KELLYMeat Loafs band-DEATH BY PARTYING:Wells died in London on Oct. 28, 1984 while on tour with Meat Loaf after a night of partying with friends. He collapsed and died on the front step of a London apartment, apparently from asphyxiation. Bizarrely, he was reportedly last seen drinking with Huey Lewis. -
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RANDY CALIFORNIArock group Spirit-CAUGHT IN THE RIPTIDE:The guitarist died by drowning in the ocean at Molokai, Hawaii while saving his 12-year-old son Quinn, who had gotten caught in a riptide. He managed to push his son to safety, but could not save himself. -
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SANDY DENNYduet with Robert Plant on The Battle of Evermore FALLING DOWN STAIRS:Denny died on April 21, 1978, just weeks after falling down some stairs and hitting her head on concrete. Her husband had left with their daughter due to Dennys substance abuse, and the singer was discovered unresponsive while staying with a friend. She died days later from what doctors termed mid-brain trauma. -
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STEVE PEREGRIN TOOK Tyrannosaurus Rex-CHOKED ON A COCKTAIL CHERRY:Took died on Oct. 27, 1980 from asphyxiation after choking on a cocktail cherry. Though he and his girlfriend had ingested both morphine and hallucinogens the night before, authorities ruled that neither contributed to his death. -
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TERRY KATHChicagoACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF:Kath also had a history of drug and alcohol problems. He died at a party at a crew members house on Jan. 23, 1978, after picking up an unloaded .38 revolver and putting it to his head, pulling the trigger. Still fooling around, Kath then did the same with a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol which unfortunately was loaded. He died instantly.
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