Mindig nagyon szomorú, amikor egy rock ikon eltávozik az élők sorából. Az alábbiakban olvasható zenészek örökre beírták magukat a Rock ’N’ Roll történelem nagykönyvébe.
1969 Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
1970 Jimi Hendrix
1970 Janis Joplin
1970 Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)
1971 Jim Morrison (The Doors)
1971 Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
1971 Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse)
1972 Les Harvey (Stone the Crows)
1972 Billy Murcia (New York Dolls)
1973 Paul Williams (Temptation)
1973 Gram Parsons (The Byrds)
1973 Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (Grateful Dead)
1974 Nick Drake
1975 Tim Buckley
1975 Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)
1976 Paul Kossoff (Free)
1976 Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple)
1977 Elvis Presley
1977 Mark Bolan (T-Rex)
1977 Ronnie Van Zandt, Steve Gaines. Cassie Gaines (mind Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1978 Keith Moon (The Who)
1979 Demetrio Stratos (Area)
1979 Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols)
1980 Steve Peregrin Took
1980 Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
1980 Bon Scott (AC/DC)
1980 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
1980 John Lennon (Beatles)
1980 Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead)
1981 Bob Hite (Canned Heat)
1982 Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne)
1983 Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys)
1984 Razzle (Twisted Sister)
1985 David Byron (Uriah Heep)
1986 Cliff Burton (Metallica)
1986 Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
