'Mama' Cass Elliot
Mamas and Papas star, Cass Elliot met with an untimely end when she
choked to death on a sandwich in 1974.
Terry Kath
The frontman of the band Chigago met the same fate as Johnny Ace by
shooting and killing himself in a game of Russian Roulette in 1978. His
last words were, 'Don't worry, it's not loaded.'
Sam Cooke
Cooke got the wrong room in his motel, after returning from a party in
1964. The manageress, who lived in the room, felt threatened and shot
him dead.
Eddie Cochran
Shortly after recording 'Three Steps to Heaven', Eddie Cochran was
killed in a car crash in Wiltshire, England. The song became a
posthumous number one single in the UK.
Michael Hutchence
The INXS frontman was found hanging in a Sydney Hotel room in 1997.
There was some speculation that it was an ill-conceived sex game that
went wrong rather than suicide.
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly, along with fellow musicians Richie Valens and the Big
Bopper were all killed in the same plane crash in 1959. Apparently, they
took the flight because Holly wanted to get a good nights sleep before
their next gig.
Patsy Cline
Cline's plane crashed in 1963 on her way back to Nashville, after
performing a benefit concert for the widow of disc jockey Jack Call
who'd recently died in a car crash. To add to the tradegy, Country star
Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on the way to her funeral. |