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1924: Jack Pleasants, music hall entertainer, is said to have dropped dead on stage at age 49 during a pantomime performance. 1927: John "Chuck" O'Connor, performer in vaudeville and father of actor Donald O'Connor, died of a heart attack while dancing onstage in their family act.
1950-05-22. Polio. 1. Scheduled to be the show's host, but died a week before the May 29, 1950, premiere. Replaced by Morey Amsterdam (Mondays and Wednesdays) and Jerry Lester (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays). Richard Hart. Ellery Queen. The Adventures of Ellery Queen. 11.
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1970s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
This is a category for musicians who died on stage, or very shortly thereafter. To be listed in this category, the performer's death should be a result of injuries or acute illness that happened during (though not necessarily as a result of) the performance.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer. The celebrity sex therapist died on Friday, July 12, in her New York City home, her spokesman confirmed to The New York Times the following day. She was 96. Her career in ...
John Hughes (on the list) died while walking on the sidewalk in Manhattan years after he retired from show business to become a farmer. On the other hand, Carmen Miranda (not on the list) can be seen in a 1955 clip experiencing a heart attack before the live studio audience of The Jimmy Durante Show.
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...
Musicians who died on stage (1 C, 55 P) P. Professional wrestling deaths (21 P) ... List of entertainers who died during a performance; M. Malcolm X;