Singers with non natural deaths. - Statistics

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Notable	Name	Age	How	When	% Correct
He was the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana	Kurt Cobain	27	Suicide	April 5, 1994	78%
Was the voice of the burgeoning rock and roll youth culture of the Fifties, influenced the next generation of rock	Buddy Holly	22	Plane Crash	February 3, 1959	72%
Early rock & roll’s greatest success story, He could sing country, rock & roll and gospel	Elvis Presley	41	Overdose	August 16, 1977	72%
He became the guitar god to which all other guitar gods would be measured	Jimi Hendrix	27	Overdose	September 18, 1970	67%
Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century	Michael Jackson	50	Overdose	June 25, 2009	67%
Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time	Tupac Shakur	25	Murdered	September 13, 1996	67%
Lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors	Jim Morrison	27	Poisoned	July 3, 1971	56%
Lead vocalist and songwriter of Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band	Janis Joplin	27	Overdose	October 4, 1970	44%
The eccentric genius behind some of the most daring sounds on the early Rolling Stones' records	Brian Jones	27	Murdered	July 3, 1969	39%
He is best known as the singer in the grunge band Soundgarden	Chris Cornell	52	Suicide	May 18, 2017	28%
American country and folk singer, songwriter, and actor. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one of the best selling artists in that decade	John Denver	53	Plane crash	October 12, 1997	28%
Better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G.	Biggie Smalls	24	Murdered	March 9, 1997	22%
He was the lead singer for Linkin Park	Chester Bennington	41	Suicide	July 20, 2017	11%
He had a distinctive vocal style in his solo career after Heatmiser, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery"	Elliott Smith	34	Murdered	October 21, 2003	11%
Gounding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations	Paul Williams	34	Murdered	Aug. 17, 1973	11%
The "I Fought the Law" singer	Bobby Fuller	23	Murdered	July 18, 1966	6%
Best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway", which was covered later by various major artists	Del Shannon	55	Suicide	February 8, 1990	6%
His best-known compositions include "Chantilly Lace," "Running Bear", and "White Lightning"	Jiles Perry Richardson Jr	28	Plane Crash	February 3, 1959	6%
Member of New York Dolls. He later formed the Heartbreakers and played as a solo artist	Johnny Thunders	38	Murdered	April 23, 1991	6%
One of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century, she was known as one of the first country music artists to successfully cross over into pop music	Patsy Cline	30	plane crash	March 5, 1963	6%
Welsh musician who was the lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers	Richey Edwards	27	Missing	Feb. 1, 1995	6%
Possibly the greatest "pure" soul singer in American history	Sam Cooke	33	Murdered	Dec. 11, 1964	6%
Known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool"	Chet Baker	58	Suicide	May 13, 1988	0%
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 as a member of The Coasters	Cornelius "Cornell" Gunter	53	Murdered	February 26, 1990	0%
Soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a "soul legend"	Donny Hathaway	33	Suicide	Jan. 13, 1979	0%
Played in many bands, Elf, Rainbow and Ronnie Dio and the Prophets	Gary Driscoll	41	Murdered	June 8, 1987	0%
He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk	Harold Franklin Hawkins	41	plane crash	March 5, 1963	0%
Best known to rock music fans as the lead singer and harmonica player from the Yardbirds, later Led Zeppelin	Keith Relf	33	Electrocuted	May 14, 1976	0%
Surged to the top of the charts again in 1960 with the biggest hit of his career, "Alabam", which remained number one for three months	Lloyd Estel Copas	49	plane crash	March 5, 1963	0%
A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement	Richard Steven Valenzuela	17	Plane Crash	February 3, 1959	0%
Best from a duet on "The Battle of Evermore" which made her the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin album	Sandy Denny	31	Fell	April 21, 1978	0%

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