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interested in musicians' deaths
#otd 27 November 1987
Hannu Rajala (*1964)

Finnish musician, guitarist of Finnish heavy metal group Shock Tilt

~ raped, killed and dismembered (maybe even partly eaten) by rock manager Anders Carlsson

youtu.be/F_QnYuTn4Hg
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#otd 27 November 2008
Jussi Pekka Pohjola (*1952)

Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer; bass player of the Finnish progressive rock band Wigwam

~ epileptic seizure (due to alcoholism)

youtu.be/2hZ-LuodxnU
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#otd 26 November 2023
Kevin "Geordie" Walker (*1958)

English rock musician, songwriter and producer; guitarist of post-punk band Killing Joke

~ stroke

youtu.be/x1U1Ue_5kq8
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#otd 26 November 2003
Soulja Slim (James Adarryl Tapp, Jr., *1977)

US-American rapper and songwriter; as his song "Slow Motion" (with Juvenile) was released after his death he became the sixth artist to have a posthumous number one song

~ shot dead

youtu.be/-0llNuv3L4k
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#otd 25 November 2022
Irene Cara (Irene Cara Escalera, *1959)

US-American singer and actress (Fame), co-wrote and sang the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance)

~ hypertensive heart disease

youtu.be/d6Oxwnf1lPE
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#otd 25 November 2010
Peter Christopherson (*1955), aka Sleazy

British musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, founder/member of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Coil and of design agency Hipgnosis

~ died in his sleep

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#otd 24 November 1991
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara, *1946)

Zanzibar-born British singer and songwriter; lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen

~ AIDS

youtu.be/DedaEVIbTkY
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
#otd 24 November 2001
Melanie Thornton (*1967)

US-American singer; lead singer of the Eurodance group La Bouche ("Sweet Dreams", "Be My Lover") and solo artist

~ died in the plane crash near Zürich (2/3 of German Eurodance trio Passion Fruit also died)

youtu.be/xbN6HJLxxIY
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#otd 24 November 1991
Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello, *1950)

American musician, drummer for the rock band Kiss from 1980 until his death in 1991

~ heart cancer

youtu.be/qrn6GcDMHBY
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#otd 23 November 2013
Wayne Mills (*1969)

US-American country musician

~ shot in the head by a bar owner for lighting up a cigarette in a nonsmoking area

youtu.be/_8SaOZnSgT8
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#otd 23 November 2000
Aljoscha Rompe (Arthur Alexander Rompe, *1947)

Swiss-German musician, singer of GDR punk band Feeling B (together with Paul Landers and Flake of Rammstein)

~ choked on asthma attack

youtu.be/nJurLzR5HZU
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#otd 22 November 1997
Michael Hutchence (*1960)

Australian musician, songwriter and actor, singer of INXS

~ suicide by hanging

youtu.be/w-rv2BQa2OU
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#otd 20 November 2021
Ted Herold (Harald Walter Bernhard Schubring, *1942)

German rock and roll singer ("German Elvis") and actor

~ died along with his wife in a house fire

youtu.be/-ZoA2ZixpGQ
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#otd 19 November 2007
Kevin DuBrow (*1955)

US-American singer and photographer, lead vocalist of Quiet Riot

~ overdose by a combination of cocaine, sleeping pill Zolpidem, painkillers, and alcohol

youtu.be/O_1ruZWJigo
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#otd 19 November 2021
Hank Von Helvete (Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, *1972)

Norwegian musician and actor, lead vocalist of Turbonegro (1993-2010) and solo artist

~ was found dead in a park in Oslo (his manager: "his body had finally given in" after a long life of drug abuse)

youtu.be/hH9WY3YtV4g
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#otd 17 November 2014
Jimmy Ruffin (*1936)

US-American soul singer; older brother of David Ruffin (Temptations); had several hit records between the 60s and 80s, most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)"

~ illness

youtu.be/2vf3ZE7CLg0
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#otd 17 November 2001
Michael Karoli (*1948)

German musician and composer, guitarist for Krautrock group Can (1968-1978)

~ cancer

youtu.be/NTFFhcEus5o
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
#otd 13 November 2004
John Balance (Geoffrey Laurence Rushton, *1962)

English musician, artist, poet and occultist, co-founder of Coil

~ lost his balance and fell from a balcony at his home

youtu.be/ZGYTk8OOiXk
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#otd 13 November 2004
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Tyrone Jones, *1968)

US-American rapper, founding member of Wu-Tang Clan

~ drug overdose

youtu.be/h2zgB93KANE
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#otd 12 November 1994

Louis Hendrik Potgieter (*1951)

South-African singer and dancer, played the Dschinghis Khan in Ralph Siegel's self named band (Eurovision Song Contest)

~ AIDS

youtu.be/1AXlVZRpweI
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
#otd 12 November 2008
Mitch Mitchell (*1946)

English drummer and child actor, best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience; was ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" (2016)

~ died in his sleep (natural causes)

youtu.be/7B9bj-_Bauo
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
#otd 12 November 2007
Peter Steiner (*1917)

Swiss commercial actor and musician, became famous in early 90s as "Cool Man" after a commercial for Milka and following remixes

~ fainting and fall

youtu.be/QL7-yqFrkWY
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#otd 12 November 1982
Patrick Cowley (*1950)

US-American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester; pioneer of electronic dance music

~ AIDS

youtu.be/gD6cPE2BHic
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#otd 11 November 2014
Big Bank Hank (Henry Lee Jackson, *1956)

US-American hip hop recording artist and manager; also known as Imp the Dimp, he was a member of the trio the Sugarhill Gang

~ cancer

youtu.be/MyMta4RIrlg
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#otd 11 November 2013
Soroush Farazmand (guitar) and Arash Farazmand (drums) from the Iranian-American rock band The Yellow Dogs

~ shot dead along with an associate Ali Eskandarian by disgruntled musician, Ali Akbar Mohammed Rafie (The Free Keys)

youtu.be/yUnv4Z6cIM0
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM