The Jiving Juniors founder launched the Crystal label in 1962 and produced Dennis Brown, Big Youth and one of the first dub albums. He died at home after spells in hospital.
Paquita la del Barrio sang about cheating men with a fury that made her songs anthems for women across the Spanish-speaking world. She died at home in Veracruz in February 2025.
DJ Unk's Walk It Out reached the top ten in 2006 and helped take Atlanta's snap music to the whole country. A heart attack in 2009 slowed his career. He died in January 2025.
Garth Hudson's organ gave The Band its sound, from Music from Big Pink to The Last Waltz. The classically trained Canadian outlived Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel.
The Florida-born singer with one of country music's most distinctive voices scored 20 Top 10 hits, including five No. 1s, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024. He died in his sleep.
The audience laughed when Tommy Cooper collapsed on live television, and when Dick Shawn fell face down in San Diego. The performers who died on stage or just after leaving it.
The Tamil composer and singer, known as Thenisai Thendral, scored more than 400 films over three decades, brought Gaana music into the mainstream and wrote enduring hits for Rajinikanth and Vijay. He died in Chennai.
With Dave Prater, Sam Moore made Hold On, I'm Comin' and Soul Man for Stax in the 1960s and earned the nickname Double Dynamite. He outlived his partner by 37 years.
The Offaly-born musician and producer helped found Planxty, The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts, and spent more than half a century reshaping the sound of Irish traditional music. He died in Dublin after treatment for cancer.
Brenton Wood had three hits in 1967, including Gimme Little Sign, a top ten record in both America and Britain. Half a century later he was still touring for a devoted Southern California audience.
