Live hard, die young become a goodlookin' corps

[Yeah Bee]

Name as many rockstars who died an early death. Drugs, murder and so on

[mash]

Michael Hutchence

[kags]

Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Elvis Presley (well he was only 42), John Bonham, Keith Moon. Not sure if you want to include plane or car crashes, if so Marc Bolan, Buddy Holly.

[FP]

Freddy Mercury, an Aids victim.  He certainly lived hard and died young.

[FP]

John Lennon

[Philtaz]

Marc Bolan.

[Philtaz]

Jon Lee (drummer with Feeder).

[Philtaz]

Sorry, didn't see that kags had mentioned Marc Bolan!

[lodekka]

Ian Curtis

Roy Orbison

Peter de Freitas

Gram Parsons

Phil Lynott

Brian Jones

Billy Mackenzie

Bob Marley

Johnny,

Joey, and

Dee Dee Ramone

Nico

Sid Vicious

Cozy Powell

Kurt Cobain

Eddie Cochran

Brian Connolly

Tim Buckley

Jeff Buckley and

Elliott Smith.

[jakesi]

Cliff Richard.

[luckystrike]

They're not rockstars as such, but 2 Pac and Biggie Smalls were both murdered.

[newtron]

Andy Wood and Randy Rhodes

[j2buttonsw]

How old is young? Cozy Powell was 51 when he died, Johnny Ramone was 55, Joey Ramone was 50 as was Dee Dee. What about Bon Scott who was a more respectable 34?

[Hyphen]

There not rock stars but Aalliah and Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez, both from freak accidents.

[FP]

You are as young as you feel.  55 seems very young to me, but then I am 57.  However, I would assume that for the purposes of this question 45 would be a reasonable upper age limit to assume.

 

Cliff Richard, jakesi!  He he, agreed

[galltin]

Otis Redding and Sam Cook.

[newtron]

Jam Master Jay

[newtron]

Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon and Brad Nowell from Sublime

[luckystrike]

Kirsty MacCall was killed by being hit by a jet ski off the coast of Mexico.

[mindbullets]

stuart adamson(suicide)

laura brannigan(anyeurism)

[littleoldme]

Hardly 'rock' stars but Nick Drake of course, and Matthew Jay, who I am still hoping will find a similar posthumous fame - made one excellent album at the age of 22, fell from a 7th floor balcony at 24.