John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group
that transformed popular music in the 1960s,was shot and
killed by an obsessed fan in New York City.

The 40-year-old artist was entering his Manhattan apartment 
building when Mark David Chapman shot him four times at
close range with a .38-caliber revolver.

Mark David Chapman (69).

 
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Dave Brubeck was a jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded
as a foremost exponent of cool jazz.

Born in Concord, California, Brubeck was drafted into the US
Army, but was spared from combat service when a Red Cross
show he had played at became a hit. Within the US Army,
Brubeck formed one of the first racially diverse bands.

Brubeck died of heart failure on December 5, 2012, in
Norwalk, Connecticut, one day before his 92nd birthday.

Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

Dick Clark was a television and radio personality and producer
who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.

He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid game show from
1973 to 1988 and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, which
broadcast New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City’s Times
Square.

Dick Clark hosting the New Year’s eve special from New
York’s Times Square.

David Jon Gilmour (78)

Music memorabilia has always been popular with collectors,
and there have been several items with truly extraordinary
price tags.

Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)

The Grateful Dead in 1970, in a rural setting – Bill
Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Jerry Garcia,
Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh.

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994)

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was
an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved
international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

In November 2001, Harrison began radiotherapy at Staten
Island University Hospital in New York City for non–small
cell lung cancer that had spread to his brain. He died in
Beverly Hills, California with his second wife Olivia and
their son Dhani by his side. He was 58 years old.