Singers who died young. Celebrities who died young

August 15 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of the famous musician, leader of the Kino group Viktor Tsoi.

February 17, 1988 died after falling from a ninth floor window, one of the most prominent representatives Russian rock Alexander Bashlachev. The reasons for the fall have not been precisely established. Most probable version- suicide (possibly not conscious).

April 22, 1989 committed suicide Dmitry Selivanov, member of the groups “Kalinov Most”, “Putti”, “Civil Defense”, “Industrial Architecture”. Selivanov hanged himself with his own scarf. The reasons for the suicide were not officially announced.

August 15, 1990 The famous rock musician, founder of the Kino group, died in a car accident. Victor Tsoi. The accident occurred on the 35th kilometer of the Sloka - Talsi highway near Tukums in Latvia, several tens of kilometers from Riga. According to the official version, Tsoi fell asleep at the wheel, after which his Moskvich-2141 flew into the oncoming lane and collided with an Ikarus-280 bus.

May 17, 1991 in the Inya River near Novosibirsk the body of a rock singer, poetess, member of the punk rock groups “Civil Defense” and “Great Octobers” was found Yankee(Yana) Diaghileva. The investigation never definitively established whether it was an accident or suicide. Officials accepted the version of drowning as a result of an accident; according to the forensic examination, no violent injuries were found on the body.

August 27, 1991 As a result of an accident, a famous Soviet rock musician, leader of the Zoo group, died in his apartment. Mike Naumenko(real name - Mikhail Vasilyevich Naumenko). According to the official version, Naumenko died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. The drummer of the Zoo group, Valery Kirilov, in his memoirs expressed the opinion that Mike was killed, but most people familiar with the circumstances of Mike’s death do not confirm this hypothesis.

April 12, 1993 guitarist of the rock band "Alice" Igor Chumychkin committed suicide by jumping out of an apartment window in Moscow under the influence of drugs.

February 27, 1997 died of cardiac arrest after years of heroin use Anatoly Krupnov, founder of the Black Obelisk group.

August 24, 1999 died Ilya Tyurin- poet, philosopher, rock musician. Tyurin drowned in the river.

December 28, 1999 fell out of a window while under the influence of drugs and crashed Evgeny Pyanov (Makhno), guitarist of the group "Civil Defense".

February 18, 2000 died of a heroin overdose Evgeny (Jay) Nazarov, member of the St. Petersburg rap group "Bricks".

July 4, 2000 died of heart failure Yuri (Khoy) Klinskikh, founder of the Gaza Strip group. The health of Yuri Klinskikh was undermined by the use of alcohol and drugs, last years he suffered from hepatitis.

September 24, 2003 died Vadim Pokrovsky, vocalist of the group "Two Airplanes". The cause of death was chronic diseases caused by drug addiction.

February 19, 2008 The permanent leader of the cult rock band "Civil Defense" died in Omsk Egor Letov. According to the conclusions of the investigation, Letov died from acute respiratory failure developed from alcohol poisoning.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

The death of those who are too early to die is always sad and unfair. The actors and singers who are waiting for you in the continuation of the article were the favorites of millions and the breakers of women's and men's hearts, but fate decreed that they died too early.
Some died in a car accident, others under absolutely ridiculous circumstances, and others were killed by drugs and disease.

Zhanna Friske

July 8, 1974 - June 15, 2015
Two years of struggle with an inoperable brain tumor, support from friends, colleagues and fans, hope for a miracle - everything ended in June 2015, when the singer, young mother and wife Zhanna Friske died without regaining consciousness.

Michael Jackson

August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009


Just like his life, the death of the King of Pop was shrouded in speculation and intrigue. The investigation into the death of the artist was carried out by the police and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case lasted two years, and in November 2011 personal doctor Jackson Conrad Murray was found guilty of manslaughter: the cardiologist injected the artist with too large a dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. The doctor was sentenced to 4 years in prison, but was released early in 2013.

Gennady Bachinsky

September 1, 1971 - January 12, 2008


The famous Maximum radio presenter died in a car accident. Gennady Bachinsky, having decided to overtake the truck, began to overtake in the oncoming lane, prohibited by the rules, as a result of which he collided with a minibus in which there were three people who were seriously injured as a result of the collision. Gennady died on the spot from his injuries. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Whitney Houston

August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012


On the eve of the 54th Grammy ceremony, the singer was found unconscious in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The cause of death was the use of a cocktail of cocaine, marijuana and a sedative, as a result of which Whitney’s heart gave out and she drowned unconscious in the bathroom.

Roman Trakhtenberg

September 28, 1968 - November 20, 2009


TV presenter and showman Roman Trakhtenberg died at the age of 42 from a heart attack that began while broadcast on Mayak radio. According to the conclusion of forensic experts, the cause could have been a discovered cardiac anomaly. Roman Trachtenberg is survived by his young wife and two sons.

Paul Walker

September 12, 1973 - November 30, 2013


Ironically, actor Paul Walker, racer and star of the Fast and the Furious car franchise, died in a car accident along with his friend Roger Rodas, who lost control of the Porsche.

Mikhail Gorshenev

August 7, 1973 - July 19, 2013


The heart of the leader of the punk band “The King and the Jester” could not stand it: the artist abused alcohol and morphine.

Heath Ledger

April 4, 1979 - January 22, 2008


Undoubtedly, Ledger was a fairly popular actor even before The Dark Knight. “10 Things I Hate About You”, “A Knight’s Tale” and other films made it clear that Hit is an extraordinary talent, and the scandalous “Brokeback Mountain” also emphasized his courage and uncompromisingness, fearlessness in front of any forbidden topics. But the young Australian showed his true class by reincarnating as the Joker - an ominous psychopathic killer, whose image has since taken pride of place on numerous Internet demotivators. And soon after the premiere, Ledger was found dead from an overdose of sleeping pills in his New York apartment. The actor was 28 years old.

Murat Nasyrov

December 13, 1969 - January 19, 2007


Singer Murat Nasyrov fell from a 5th floor balcony. The causes of the incident remained unknown. Journalists wrote repeatedly that Nasyrov used drugs, but an autopsy of the body revealed no traces of either drugs or alcohol. According to the official version, it was suicide in a state of depression: this version was confirmed by Murat’s daughter, who witnessed the incident.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014


Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman struggled with heroin addiction for many years. He suffered from the habit when he was still student years, but was able to overcome himself and did not use any drugs for 20 years. In 2012, celebrity circles began to say that Hoffman had returned to addiction again, experiencing a tense relationship with his wife Marianne O’Donnell.

Vladimir Turchinsky

September 28, 1963 - December 16, 2009


The famous athlete and TV presenter died at the age of 47 from a heart attack. About three weeks before his death, Turchinsky went to the naval hospital complaining of chest pain.

Robin Williams

July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014


For many years, the actor suffered from severe depression. He struggled with other demons as well, as he was addicted to drugs and alcohol back in the late 1970s. Robin Williams' death was a terrible blow. close friend actor John Belushi in March 1982. Belushi died of an overdose, and Robin himself never touched the drugs after that. It was much more difficult to overcome the passion for alcohol. The period of abstinence lasted as much as 20 years, but several months before his suicide, Williams began drinking again due to depression, presumably caused by developing Parkinson's disease. In August last year, the actor hanged himself.

Sergei Bodrov Jr.

December 27, 1971 - September 20, 2002


There is probably no need to tell you what the “Brother” duology became for the Russian audience. Bodrov became the undisputed idol of youth, the hero of the generation, the symbol of the 90s. Many new interesting roles were expected from the performer of the role of the “people's avenger” Danila Bagrov, who eclipsed all his peers for five years, but he was in a hurry to realize himself as a director. In 2002, Sergei went to the Caucasus to film his second film “Svyaznoy” and died along with the entire film crew in an avalanche in the Karmadon Gorge. Bodrov Jr. was 30 years old.

Amy Winehouse

September 14, 1983 - July 23, 2011


The legendary Amy joined the infamous Club 27 four years ago. The singer, who lived on the edge, died due to alcohol poisoning: the level of alcohol in her blood exceeded the maximum permissible concentration five times.

Vladislav Galkin

December 25, 1971 - February 25, 2010


The star of the “Saboteur” franchise died at the age of 38 from cardiac arrest. The doctors who performed the autopsy made a clear conclusion: Galkin’s body was worn out due to nervous exhaustion and alcohol abuse.

Brittany Murphy

November 10, 1977 - December 20, 2009


The 32-year-old actress suffered cardiac arrest. The cause of the tragedy was a severe form of pneumonia - acute pneumonia, complicated by an overdose of drugs.

Andrei Panin

May 28, 1962 - March 6, 2013


Forensic experts who examined the body of the deceased actor had speculation about Panin’s murder. A criminal case was opened into the death of the artist, which, however, was closed at the beginning of this year for lack of evidence of a crime. The cause of Panin's death still remains a mystery.

Batyrkhan Shukenov

May 18, 1962 - April 28, 2015


The founder and ex-soloist of the group "A" Studio died of a heart attack and was buried in his homeland in Kazakhstan.

Many of music's great talents have passed away in the prime of their lives, leaving their fans to mourn their deaths.

How much more wonderful music they could have created is anyone's guess. But the brilliant Photoshop masters from the Phojoe agency will help us see what rock stars would look like in old age.

They used the same technique that is used for age progression of missing persons. You will see such aged rock stars as: John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, etc.

Jim Morrison

This is what The Doors frontman Jim Morrison would have looked like if he had lived into the new millennium and not died of cardiac arrest in Paris in 1971 at the age of 27, after years of hard living and drug and alcohol abuse. If Morrison were alive, he would be 70 years old.

Bob Marley

The king of reggae music, Bob Marley, would be 68 today if not for tragic death from cancer in 1981 at the age of 36.

Ellen Naomi Cohen

Ellen Naomi Cohen, known as Cass Elliot, was born in Baltimore in 1941 and achieved enormous popularity by forming the group "The Mamas & the Papas" in 1965. After the group split, she started solo career, and later, when she turned 32, she died of a heart attack in a London apartment owned by singer Harry Nilsson. Ellen Naomi Cohen would have celebrated her 72nd birthday in September.

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, committed suicide in 1994 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun when he was 27 years old. Today he would be 46 years old.

Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin achieved success by performing the world famous song called "Splish Splash". Bobby Darin died of heart failure at 37. He would be 77 today.

Karen Carpenter

Karen Carpenter rocketed to stardom with her brother Richard in their band The Carpenters in 1970. Richard was on drugs and regularly took pills, and Karen, trying to lose weight, starved herself and took laxative pills. Karen Carpenter died in 1983 of heart failure at the age of 32. Today she would be 63 years old.

John Lennon

John Lennon is one of the members of the legendary group "Beatles". He was killed in 1980 at the age of 40 while leaving his apartment in New York. Today John Lennon would be 73 years old.

Keith Moon

Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died of a drug overdose in 1978 at the age of 32 (coincidentally, he died in the same Harry Nilsson apartment where Cass Elliott had died four years earlier. It is understood that Nilsson later sold his apartment) . Keith Moon was notorious for his erratic behavior and penchant for creating art by trashing hotel rooms. He was one of rock's greatest drummers. He would have turned 67 this year.

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin is considered the best white blues singer. She loved bourbon, took amphetamines and was addicted to heroin, and in the end it got to her in 1970, Janice died of an overdose when she was 27 years old. In 1995, Janis Joplin was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She would be 70 years old now

Elvis Presley

King Elvis Presley became a star almost overnight thanks to rock music and his acting talent in the 1950s. He died in 1977 at age 42 from heart failure after battling drug addiction. The King would have been 78 years old today.

37 February 15, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, USA Coronary thrombosis Jones, Brian
The Rolling Stones 27 July 3, 1969 Hartfield, East Sussex, UK Drowned

1970s

Name	Age	date	Place	Cause of death
Hendrix, Jimi The Jimi Hendrix Experience	27	September 18, 1970		Asphyxia by vomit
Joplin, Janice Big Brother and the Holding Company	27	October 4, 1970		Heroin overdose
Morrison, Jim The Doors	27	July 3, 1971	Paris, France	Heart attack
Vincent, Jean	36	October 12, 1971	Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, USA	Rupture of stomach ulcer
Allman, Duane The Allman Brothers Band Derek and the Dominos	24	October 29, 1971	Macon, Georgia, USA	Road accident
Darin, Bobby	37	December 20, 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA	Death during surgery
Elliott, Cass The Mamas & the Papas	32	July 29, 1974	London, Great Britain	Heart failure
Drake, Nick	26	November 25, 1974	Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England	Overdose
Alexander, David The Stooges	27	February 10, 1975	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Pneumonia
Buckley, Tim	28	June 29, 1975	Santa Monica, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Thane, Gary Uriah Heep	27	December 8, 1975	Norwood Green, London, UK	Heroin overdose
Kossoff, Paul Francis Free	25	March 19, 1976	Flight from Los Angeles to New York, USA	Heart attack
Oakes, Philip David	35	April 9, 1976	Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, USA	Hanged himself
Relf, ​​Keith The Yardbirds Renaissance Armageddon	33	May 14, 1976	London, Great Britain	Hit electric shock
Reed, Mathis James	50	August 29, 1976	Oakland, California, USA	Epilepsy
Bolin, Tommy Deep Purple	25	December 4, 1976	Miami, Florida, USA	Heroin overdose
Presley, Elvis	42	August 16, 1977	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart failure
Bolan, Mark T. rex	29	September 16, 1977	London, Great Britain	Road accident
Van Zant, Ronald Lynyrd Skynyrd	29	October 20, 1977	Amity, Mississippi, USA	Plane crash
Denny, Sandy Fairport Convention Strawbs	31	April 21, 1978	London, Great Britain
Moon, Keith John The Who Plastic Ono Band	32	September 7, 1978	London, Great Britain	Hemineurin overdose
Sid Vicious Sex Pistols Siouxsie and the Banshees Vicious White Kids The Flowers of Romance	21	February 2, 1979	New York, USA	Heroin overdose
Riperton, Minnie	31	July 12, 1979	Los Angeles, California, USA	Breast cancer

1980s

Name	Age	date	Place	Cause of death
Scott, Bon AC/DC The Spektors The Valentines	33	February 19, 1980	London, Great Britain	Alcohol poisoning
Curtis, Ian Joy Division	23	May 18, 1980	Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK	Hanged himself
Bonham, John Henry Led Zeppelin	32	September 25, 1980	Clewer, Windsor, UK	Asphyxia by vomit
Darby Crash	22	December 7, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Lennon, John The Beatles The Quarrymen Plastic Ono Band	40	December 8, 1980	New York, USA	Shot by Mark David Chapman
Hardin, Timothy James	39	December 29, 1980	Los Angeles, California, USA	Morphine and heroin overdose
Haley, Bill	55	February 9, 1981	Harlingen, Texas, USA	Heart attack
Bloomfield, Michael Bernard	36	February 15, 1981	San Francisco, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Marley, Bob The Wailers	36	May 11, 1981	Miami, Florida, USA	Acral lentiginous melanoma
Rhoads, Randy	style="text-align:center;"|25	March 19, 1982	Leesburg, Florida, USA	Plane crash
Marty Robbins	57	December 8, 1982	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications after heart surgery
Fury, Billy	42	January 28, 1983	Paddington, Greater London, UK	Heart attack
Carpenter, Karen The Carpenters	32	February 4, 1983	Downey, California, USA	Heart failure
Muddy Waters	70	April 30, 1983	Westmont, Illinois, USA	Heart failure
Nomi, Klaus	39	August 6, 1983	New York, USA	AIDS
Wilson, Dennis The Beach Boys	39	December 28, 1983	Marina del Rey, California, USA	Drowned
Wilson, Jackie	49	January 21, 1984	Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA	Died in a coma
Gay, Marvin	44	April 1, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Shot by his father
Big Mama Thornton	57	July 25, 1984	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
Byron, David Uriah Heep	38	February 28, 1985	Reading, Berkshire, UK	Heart attack
Turner, Big Joe	74	November 24, 1985	Inglewood, California, USA	Heart attack
Stewart, Ian The Rolling Stones	47	December 12, 1985	London, Great Britain	Heart attack
Nelson, Ricky	45	December 31, 1985	DeKalb, Texas, USA	Plane crash
Lynott, Phil Thin Lizzy Skid Row	36	January 4, 1986	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England	Heart failure and pneumonia
Burton, Clifford Lee Metallica Trauma	24	September 27, 1986	Kronuberg, Sweden	Road accident
Driscoll, Gary Rainbow Elf	41	June 1987	Ithaca, New York, USA	Killed
Peter Tosh The Wailers	42	September 11, 1987	Kingston, Jamaica	Gunned down
Pastorius, Jacko Weather Report Blood, Sweat & Tears	35	September 21, 1987	Wilton Manors, Florida, USA	Brain death in coma
Gibb, Andy	30	March 10, 1988	Oxford, UK	Myocarditis
Slovak, Hillel Red Hot Chili Peppers	26	June 25, 1988	Los Angeles, California, USA	Speedball overdose
Niko The Velvet Underground	49	July 18, 1988	Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain	Intracerebral hemorrhage
Calvert, Robert Hawkwind	43	August 14, 1988	Ramsgate, Kent, UK	Heart attack
Buchanan, Roy	48	August 14, 1988	Fairfax, Virginia, USA	Hanged himself
Orbison, Roy The Traveling Wilburys	52	December 6, 1988	Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack

1990s

Name	Age	date	Place	Cause of death
Del Shannon	55	February 8, 1990	Santa Clarita, California, USA	Shot himself
Wood, Andrew Mother Love Bone Malfunkshun	24	March 19, 1990	Seattle, Washington, USA	Heroin overdose
Vaughn, Stevie Ray	35	August 27, 1990	East Troy, Wisconsin, USA	Plane crash
Clark, Stephen Def Leppard	30	January 8, 1991	London, Great Britain	Overdose
Dead Mayhem	22	April 8, 1991	Oslo, Norway	Shot himself, opening his veins
Sanders, Johnny Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers	38	April 23, 1991	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Drug related
Tyner, Rob MC5	46	September 17, 1991	Berkeley, Michigan, USA	Heart attack
Eric Carr Kiss	41	November 24, 1991	New York, USA	Heart cancer
Freddie Mercury Queen	45	November 24, 1991	Kensington, Greater London, UK	Bronchopneumonia
Dixon, Willie	76	January 29, 1992	Burbank, California, USA	Heart failure
Porcaro, Jeff Toto Steely Dan	38	August 5, 1992	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart attack
King, Albert	69	December 21, 1992	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Heart attack
Ronson, Mick Mott the Hoople The Spiders from Mars	46	April 29, 1993	London, Great Britain	Liver cancer
Kevin Michael Allyn	36	June 28, 1993	Manhattan, New York, USA	Heroin overdose
Zapata, Mia The Gits	27	July 7, 1993	Seattle, Washington, USA	Strangled
Euronymous Mayhem	25	August 10, 1993	Oslo, Norway	Killed by Varg Vikernes
Gillen, Ray Phenomena Black Sabbath	34	December 1, 1993	New York, USA	AIDS
Zappa, Frank The Mothers of Invention	52	December 4, 1993	Los Angeles, California, USA	Prostate cancer
Nilsson, Harry	52	January 15, 1994	Agoura Hills, California, USA	Heart failure
Hartman, Dan	43	March 22, 1994	Westport, Connecticut, USA	A brain tumor
Cobain, Kurt Nirvana Fecal Matter	27	April 5, 1994	Seattle, Washington, USA	Shot himself
Pfaff, Kristen Hole	27	June 16, 1994	Seattle, Washington, USA	Heroin overdose
Hopkins, Nicky The Jeff Beck Group	50	September 6, 1994	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Complications after surgery
Smith, Fred MC5	46	October 4, 1994	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Heart failure
Stanshall, Vivian The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band	51	March 5, 1995	Muswell Hill, Greater London, UK	Died in a fire
Gallagher, Rory	47	June 14, 1995	London, Great Britain	Infection
Garcia, Jerry Grateful Dead	53	August 9, 1995	Forest Knolls, California, USA	Heart attack
Morrison, Sterling The Velvet Underground	53	August 30, 1995	Poughkeepsie, New York, USA	Lymphogranulomatosis
Pierce, Geoffrey Lee The Gun Club	37	March 31, 1996	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Intracerebral hemorrhage
Chandler, Chas The Animals	57	July 17, 1996	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	Heart failure
El Duce	39	April 19, 1997	Riverside, California, USA	Got hit by a train
Buckley, Jeff	30	May 29, 1997	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Drowned
John Denver	53	October 12, 1997	Pacific Grove, California, USA	Plane crash
Hutchens, Michael INXS	37	November 22, 1997	Sydney, Australia	Suicide-Strangulation
Bono, Sonny Sonny & Cher	62	January 5, 1998	South Lake Tahoe, California, USA
Perkins, Carl	65	January 19, 1998	Jackson, Tennessee, USA	Laryngeal cancer
Falco	40	February 6, 1998	Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic	Road accident
Wilson, Carl The Beach Boys	51	February 6, 1998	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Cozy Powell The Jeff Beck Group Rainbow Michael Schenker Group Whitesnake Black Sabbath Emerson, Lake & Palmer	50	April 5, 1998	Bristol, UK	Road accident
Williams, Wendy O. Plasmatics	48	April 6, 1998	Storrs, Connecticut, USA	Shot herself
Hideto Matsumoto X Japan	33	May 2, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hanged himself
Rabbitt, Eddie	56	May 7, 1998	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Lung cancer
Strait, Lynn Snot	30	December 11, 1998	Santa Barbara, California, USA	Road accident
Dusty Springfield	59	March 2, 1999	Henley-on-Thames, UK	Breast cancer
Screaming Lord Satch	58	June 16, 1999	South Harrow, Greater London, UK	Hanged himself
Mayfield, Curtis	57	December 26, 1999	Roswell, Georgia, USA	Diabetes

2000s

Name	Age	date	Place	Cause of death
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	70	February 12, 2000	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France	Died after surgery
Durie, Ian	57	March 27, 2000	Upminster, Greater London, UK	Colorectal cancer
Nielsen, Jochim	36	October 17, 2000	Oslo, Norway	Heroin overdose
Phillips, John The Mamas & the Papas	65	March 18, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Heart failure
Joey Ramone Ramones	49	April 15, 2001	New York, USA	Lymphoma
Hooker, John Lee	83	June 21, 2001	Los Altos, California, USA	Disease
Harrison, George The Beatles The Quarrymen Plastic Ono Band The Traveling Wilburys	58	November 29, 2001	Los Angeles, California, USA	Lung cancer
Schuldiner, Chuck Death	34	December 13, 2001	Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA	Glioma
Bardens, Peter Camel Them Keats	57	January 22, 2002	Malibu, California, USA	Lung cancer
Bayloff, Paul Exodus Hirax Heathen	41	February 2, 2002	Oakland, California, USA	Died in a coma
Jennings, Waylon The Highwaymen	64	February 13, 2002	Chandler, Arizona, USA	Diabetes
Staley, Lane Alice in Chains Mad Season	34	April 5, 2002	Seattle, Washington, USA	Speedball overdose
Dee Dee Ramone Ramones	50	June 5, 2002	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA	Heroin overdose
Entwistle, John The Who	57	June 27, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Heart attack
Williams, Dave Drowning Pool	30	August 14, 2002	Manassas, Virginia, USA	Cardiomyopathy
Donegan, Lonnie	71	November 3, 2002	Peterborough, UK	Heart attack
Strummer, Joe The Clash The 101ers The Pogues	50	December 22, 2002	Broomfield, Somerset, UK	Congenital heart defect
Gibb, Maurice Bee Gees	53	January 12, 2003	Miami Beach, Florida, USA	Died after surgery
Edwin Starr	61	April 2, 2003	Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, UK	Heart attack
Redding, Noel The Jimi Hendrix Experience	57	May 11, 2003	Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland	Cirrhosis of the liver

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In the hut there stood a taken French banner leaning in the corner, and the auditor with a naive face felt the fabric of the banner and, perplexed, shook his head, perhaps because he was really interested in the appearance of the banner, and perhaps because it was hard for him hungry to look at dinner for which he did not have enough utensils. In the next hut there was a French colonel captured by the dragoons. Our officers crowded around him, looking at him. Prince Bagration thanked individual commanders and asked about the details of the case and losses. The regimental commander, who introduced himself near Braunau, reported to the prince that as soon as the matter began, he retreated from the forest, gathered woodcutters and, letting them pass by him, with two battalions struck with bayonets and overthrew the French.
- As I saw, Your Excellency, that the first battalion was upset, I stood on the road and thought: “I’ll let these through and meet them with battle fire”; I did so.
The regimental commander wanted to do this so much, he regretted so much that he did not have time to do this, that it seemed to him that all this had actually happened. Perhaps it actually happened? Was it possible to make out in this confusion what was and what was not?
“And I must note, Your Excellency,” he continued, recalling Dolokhov’s conversation with Kutuzov and his last meeting with the demoted man, “that the private, demoted Dolokhov, captured a French officer before my eyes and especially distinguished himself.”
“Here I saw, Your Excellency, an attack by the Pavlogradians,” Zherkov intervened, looking around uneasily, who had not seen the hussars at all that day, but had only heard about them from an infantry officer. - They crushed two squares, your Excellency.
At Zherkov’s words, some smiled, as always expecting a joke from him; but, noticing that what he was saying also tended towards the glory of our weapons and the present day, they took on a serious expression, although many knew very well that what Zherkov said was a lie, based on nothing. Prince Bagration turned to the old colonel.
- Thank you all, gentlemen, all units acted heroically: infantry, cavalry and artillery. How are two guns left in the center? – he asked, looking for someone with his eyes. (Prince Bagration did not ask about the guns on the left flank; he already knew that all the guns had been abandoned there at the very beginning of the matter.) “I think I asked you,” he turned to the officer on duty at the headquarters.
“One was hit,” answered the officer on duty, “and the other, I can’t understand; I myself was there all the time and gave orders and just drove away... It was hot, really,” he added modestly.
Someone said that Captain Tushin was standing here near the village, and that they had already sent for him.
“Yes, there you were,” said Prince Bagration, turning to Prince Andrei.
“Well, we didn’t move in together for a bit,” said the officer on duty, smiling pleasantly at Bolkonsky.
“I did not have the pleasure of seeing you,” said Prince Andrei coldly and abruptly.
Everyone was silent. Tushin appeared on the threshold, timidly making his way from behind the generals. Walking around the generals in a cramped hut, embarrassed, as always, at the sight of his superiors, Tushin did not notice the flagpole and stumbled over it. Several voices laughed.
– How was the weapon abandoned? – Bagration asked, frowning not so much at the captain as at those laughing, among whom Zherkov’s voice was heard loudest.
Tushin now only, at the sight of the formidable authorities, imagined in all horror his guilt and shame in the fact that he, having remained alive, had lost two guns. He was so excited that until that moment he did not have time to think about it. The officers' laughter confused him even more. He stood in front of Bagration with a trembling lower jaw and barely said:
– I don’t know... Your Excellency... there were no people, Your Excellency.
– You could have taken it from cover!
Tushin did not say that there was no cover, although this was the absolute truth. He was afraid to let down another boss and silently, with fixed eyes, looked straight into Bagration’s face, like a confused student looks into the eyes of an examiner.
The silence was quite long. Prince Bagration, apparently not wanting to be strict, had nothing to say; the rest did not dare to intervene in the conversation. Prince Andrey looked at Tushin from under his brows, and his fingers moved nervously.
“Your Excellency,” Prince Andrei interrupted the silence with his sharp voice, “you deigned to send me to Captain Tushin’s battery.” I was there and found two thirds of the men and horses killed, two guns mangled, and no cover.
Prince Bagration and Tushin now looked equally stubbornly at Bolkonsky, who was speaking restrainedly and excitedly.
“And if, Your Excellency, allow me to express my opinion,” he continued, “then we owe the success of the day most of all to the action of this battery and the heroic fortitude of Captain Tushin and his company,” said Prince Andrei and, without waiting for an answer, he immediately stood up and walked away from the table.
Prince Bagration looked at Tushin and, apparently not wanting to show distrust of Bolkonsky’s harsh judgment and, at the same time, feeling unable to fully believe him, bowed his head and told Tushin that he could go. Prince Andrei followed him out.
“Thank you, I helped you out, my dear,” Tushin told him.
Prince Andrei looked at Tushin and, without saying anything, walked away from him. Prince Andrei was sad and hard. It was all so strange, so unlike what he had hoped for.

"Who are they? Why are they? What do they need? And when will all this end? thought Rostov, looking at the changing shadows in front of him. The pain in my arm became more and more excruciating. Sleep was falling irresistibly, red circles were jumping in my eyes, and the impression of these voices and these faces and the feeling of loneliness merged with a feeling of pain. It was they, these soldiers, wounded and unwounded, - it was they who pressed, and weighed down, and turned out the veins, and burned the meat in his broken arm and shoulder. To get rid of them, he closed his eyes.
He forgot himself for one minute, but in this short period of oblivion he saw countless objects in his dreams: he saw his mother and her big white hand, he saw Sonya’s thin shoulders, Natasha’s eyes and laughter, and Denisov with his voice and mustache, and Telyanin , and his whole story with Telyanin and Bogdanich. This whole story was one and the same thing: this soldier with a sharp voice, and this whole story and this soldier so painfully, relentlessly held, pressed and all pulled his hand in one direction. He tried to move away from them, but they did not let go of his shoulder, not even a hair, not even for a second. It wouldn’t hurt, it would be healthy if they didn’t pull on it; but it was impossible to get rid of them.
He opened his eyes and looked up. The black canopy of night hung an arshin above the light of the coals. In this light, particles of falling snow flew. Tushin did not return, the doctor did not come. He was alone, only some soldier was now sitting naked on the other side of the fire and warming his thin yellow body.
“Nobody needs me! - thought Rostov. - There is no one to help or feel sorry for. And I was once at home, strong, cheerful, loved.” “He sighed and involuntarily groaned with a sigh.
- Oh, what hurts? - asked the soldier, shaking his shirt over the fire, and, without waiting for an answer, he grunted and added: - You never know how many people have been spoiled in a day - passion!
Rostov did not listen to the soldier. He looked at the snowflakes fluttering over the fire and remembered the Russian winter with a warm, bright house, a fluffy fur coat, fast sleighs, a healthy body and with all the love and care of his family. “And why did I come here!” he thought.
The next day, the French did not resume the attack, and the rest of Bagration’s detachment joined Kutuzov’s army.

Prince Vasily did not think about his plans. He even less thought of doing evil to people in order to gain benefit. He was only a secular man who had succeeded in the world and made a habit out of this success. He constantly, depending on the circumstances, depending on his rapprochement with people, drew up various plans and considerations, of which he himself was not well aware, but which constituted the entire interest of his life. Not one or two such plans and considerations were in his mind, but dozens, of which some were just beginning to appear to him, others were achieved, and others were destroyed. He did not say to himself, for example: “This man is now in power, I must gain his trust and friendship and through him arrange for the issuance of a one-time allowance,” or he did not say to himself: “Pierre is rich, I must lure him to marry his daughter and borrow the 40 thousand I need”; but a man in strength met him, and at that very moment instinct told him that this man could be useful, and Prince Vasily became close to him and at the first opportunity, without preparation, by instinct, flattered, became familiar, talked about what what was needed.
Pierre was under his arm in Moscow, and Prince Vasily arranged for him to be appointed a chamber cadet, which was then equivalent to the rank of state councilor, and insisted that the young man go with him to St. Petersburg and stay in his house. As if absent-mindedly and at the same time with an undoubted confidence that this should be so, Prince Vasily did everything that was necessary in order to marry Pierre to his daughter. If Prince Vasily had thought about his plans ahead, he could not have had such naturalness in his manners and such simplicity and familiarity in his relations with all the people placed above and below himself. Something constantly attracted him to people stronger or richer than himself, and he was gifted with the rare art of catching exactly the moment when it was necessary and possible to take advantage of people.
Pierre, having unexpectedly become a rich man and Count Bezukhy, after recent loneliness and carelessness, felt so surrounded and busy that he could only be left alone with himself in bed. He had to sign papers, deal with government offices, the meaning of which he had no clear idea of, ask the chief manager about something, go to an estate near Moscow and receive many people who previously did not want to know about his existence, but now would offended and upset if he didn’t want to see them. All these various persons - businessmen, relatives, acquaintances - were all equally well disposed towards the young heir; all of them, obviously and undoubtedly, were convinced of the high merits of Pierre. He constantly heard the words: “With your extraordinary kindness” or “with your beautiful heart”, or “You yourself are so pure, Count ...” or “If only he were as smart as you”, etc., so that he sincerely began to believe in his extraordinary kindness and his extraordinary mind, especially since he always , deep down, it seemed to him that he was really very kind and very smart. Even people who had previously been angry and obviously hostile became tender and loving towards him. Such an angry eldest of the princesses, with a long waist, with hair smoothed like a doll’s, came to Pierre’s room after the funeral. Lowering her eyes and constantly flushing, she told him that she was very sorry for the misunderstandings that had happened between them and that now she felt she had no right to ask for anything, except permission, after the blow that had befallen her, to stay for a few weeks in the house that she loved so much and where made so many sacrifices. She couldn't help but cry at these words. Touched that this statue-like princess could change so much, Pierre took her hand and asked for an apology, without knowing why. From that day on, the princess began to knit a striped scarf for Pierre and completely changed towards him.
– Do it for her, mon cher; “All the same, she suffered a lot from the dead man,” Prince Vasily told him, letting him sign some kind of paper in favor of the princess.
Prince Vasily decided that this bone, a bill of 30 thousand, had to be thrown to the poor princess so that it would not occur to her to talk about Prince Vasily’s participation in the mosaic portfolio business. Pierre signed the bill, and from then on the princess became even kinder. Little sisters They also became affectionate towards him, especially the youngest, pretty, with a mole, often embarrassed Pierre with her smiles and embarrassment at the sight of him.
It seemed so natural to Pierre that everyone loved him, it would seem so unnatural if someone did not love him, that he could not help but believe in the sincerity of the people around him. Moreover, he did not have time to ask himself about the sincerity or insincerity of these people. He constantly had no time, he constantly felt in a state of meek and cheerful intoxication. He felt like the center of something important general movement; felt that something was constantly expected of him; that if he didn’t do this, he would upset many and deprive them of what they expected, but if he did this and that, everything would be fine - and he did what was required of him, but something good remained ahead.
More than anyone else at this first time, Prince Vasily took possession of both Pierre’s affairs and himself. Since the death of Count Bezukhy, he has not let Pierre out of his hands. Prince Vasily had the appearance of a man weighed down by affairs, tired, exhausted, but out of compassion, unable to finally abandon this helpless young man, the son of his friend, to the mercy of fate and the rogues, apres tout, [in the end,] and with such a huge fortune. In those few days that he stayed in Moscow after the death of Count Bezukhy, he called Pierre to himself or came to him himself and prescribed to him what needed to be done, in such a tone of fatigue and confidence, as if he was saying every time:
“Vous savez, que je suis accable d"affaires et que ce n"est que par pure charite, que je m"occupe de vous, et puis vous savez bien, que ce que je vous propose est la seule chose faisable." [ You know, I am swamped with business; but it would be merciless to leave you like this; of course, what I am telling you is the only possible one.]
“Well, my friend, tomorrow we’re going, finally,” he told him one day, closing his eyes, moving his fingers on his elbow and in such a tone, as if what he was saying had been decided a long time ago between them and could not be decided otherwise.
“We’re going tomorrow, I’ll give you a place in my stroller.” I am very happy. Everything important is over here. I should have needed it a long time ago. This is what I received from the chancellor. I asked him about you, and you were enlisted in the diplomatic corps and made a chamber cadet. Now the diplomatic path is open to you.
Despite the strength of the tone of fatigue and the confidence with which these words were spoken, Pierre, who had been thinking about his career for so long, wanted to object. But Prince Vasily interrupted him in that cooing, bassy tone that excluded the possibility of interrupting his speech and which he used when extreme persuasion was necessary.
- Mais, mon cher, [But, my dear,] I did it for myself, for my conscience, and there is nothing to thank me for. No one ever complained that he was too loved; and then, you are free, even if you quit tomorrow. You will see everything for yourself in St. Petersburg. And it’s high time for you to move away from these terrible memories. – Prince Vasily sighed. - Yes, yes, my soul. And let my valet ride in your carriage. Oh yes, I forgot,” Prince Vasily added, “you know, mon cher, that we had scores with the deceased, so I received it from Ryazan and will leave it: you don’t need it.” We will settle with you.
What Prince Vasily called from “Ryazan” were several thousand quitrents, which Prince Vasily kept for himself.
In St. Petersburg, just like in Moscow, there is an atmosphere of gentle, loving people surrounded Pierre. He could not refuse the place or, rather, the title (because he did nothing) that Prince Vasily brought him, and there were so many acquaintances, calls and social activities that Pierre, even more than in Moscow, experienced a feeling of fog and haste and everything that is coming, but some good is not happening.
Many of his former bachelor society were not in St. Petersburg. The guard went on a campaign. Dolokhov was demoted, Anatole was in the army, in the provinces, Prince Andrei was abroad, and therefore Pierre was not able to spend his nights as he had previously liked to spend them, or to occasionally unwind in a friendly conversation with an older, respected friend. All his time was spent at dinners, balls and mainly with Prince Vasily - in the company of the fat princess, his wife, and the beautiful Helen.

Born in Cherepovets into the family of a factory worker and school teacherAlexander Bashlachev was destined for the role of one of the founding fathers of Russian rock. His wide fame began in 1984 after meeting with Artemy Troitsky, who invited a talented musician from the provinces to hold several so-called “apartment performances” in Moscow and Leningrad.

Alexander's piercing songs instantly turned him into a Soviet rock star. However, at that moment rock was not officially recognized by the authorities, and its heroes had more problems than joy from their fame.

In 1985-1986, Bashlachev actively performed under the auspices of the famous Leningrad rock club, officially listed as a fireman in the boiler room, known to all rock and roll fans under the nickname “Kamchatka”. The most famous fireman of this boiler house was Victor Tsoi, who glorified her in his work.

In 1987, Bashlachev actively performed and also took part in the filming of documentary film"Rock" Alexey Uchitel. However, in the midst of work on the film, the musician refused further cooperation.

Bashlachev, who burned himself out from the inside with his dedication to creativity, did not live to see the time of official recognition of rock in our country. On February 17, 1988, he fell from the eighth floor window of a residential building in Leningrad. According to the official version, the musician committed suicide. He was 27 years old.

Alexander Bashlachev had a huge influence on Russian rock. Almost all famous Russian rockers of the late 1980s - early 1990s have songs dedicated to his memory.

Viktor Tsoi, 28 years old

Native of Leningrad Victor Tsoi outlived Bashlachev by only a couple of years, but he managed to see universal popularity and recognition. Having started, like Bashlachev, with apartment dwellers, Tsoi in 1981 created the Kino group, which, with the help Boris Grebenshchikov Recorded her first album that same year. The popularity of the group grew along with the attention to it law enforcement. In 1983, Tsoi, in order to avoid conscription into the army, had to go through a psychiatric hospital. In the eyes of the underground public, this only added to the popularity of Tsoi and Kino.

At the beginning of perestroika, Kino was among those Soviet rock bands whose work became known in the West thanks to the Red Wave project. Tsoi's fame in the USSR was added by a small, but bright role in film Sergei Solovyov"Assa."

In 1989, Tsoi met Yuri Aizenshpis, who became the producer of Kino. Tsoi's musical talent and Aizenshpis's managerial talent gave a fantastic result - in just a few months, Kino turned from just one of the Soviet rock bands into the undisputed leader of the scene.

Kino's concerts sold out stadiums, and the group's popularity went beyond the rock audience itself. In terms of exalted young fans, Tsoi almost surpassed the pop idol Yuri Shatunova.

Everything ended suddenly on August 15, 1990. Viktor Tsoi's car was involved in an accident in Latvia, and the musician died on the spot. According to the official version, Tsoi, who was working on a new album, fell asleep at the wheel from overwork. He was 28 years old.

Yana Diaghileva, 24 years old

Like most Russian rock stars, Yana Diaghileva, better known by her stage name Yanka, comes from a simple Soviet family— her parents were engineers.

Yana studied piano at a music school, but soon chose the guitar. A pronounced humanitarian, the girl at school was very fond of literature, especially poetry. After school in her native Novosibirsk, she entered the Institute of Water Transport Engineers, which she soon dropped out of. In search of herself, Yana went to Leningrad, where she was greatly impressed by local rockers, especially Alexander Bashlachev.

However, Yanka’s own musical and poetic experiments remained purely amateur performances until 1987, when she met Egor Letov.

It was Letov, who took Yanka under his wing, who allowed her talent to fully develop. Many of Yana Diaghileva’s friends believed that Letov, to some extent, ruined her - Letov’s powerful energy had a heavy influence on the girl, she began to experience bouts of acute depression.

During three years She, together with Civil Defense, traveled around the country, giving concerts and recording albums.

Yankee's wide fame will be posthumous - her recordings will become known everywhere in the early 1990s, when the girl is no longer alive.

On May 9, 1991, Yana Diaghileva left her dacha near Novosibirsk, and no one saw her alive again. On May 17, her body was found by a fisherman in the Inya River. To this day, there are three versions of Yankee's death: accident, suicide and murder. The first was accepted by the official bodies, the second was favored by relatives and friends, the third was put forward by Yegor Letov and the leader of the group “Cherny Lukich” Vadim Kuzmin- in their opinion, Yana became a victim of drunken hooligans. Be that as it may, the rock star died at the age of 24.

In June 2013, where she lived.

Yuri Khoy, 35 years old

Leader of the Gas Sector group Yuri Klinskikh, better known by his pseudonym Khoy, is one of two notable figures in Russian rock who were never actually officially recognized by the authorities in the post-Soviet period. But if Yegor Letov was not recognized by the authorities for political reasons, then Khoy and the Gas Sector remained in a semi-legal position due to unlimited profanity in his works.

Before the start of his rock career, Yuri Klinskikh, born in Voronezh into a working-class family, had a classic Soviet biography - school, army, service in the traffic police, work at a factory.

Having written songs for himself, Yuri Klinskikh chose a creative path after the appearance of a rock club in Voronezh. After a number of solo performances, Yuri formed his own group, called the Gas Sector. This name had nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict - this was the unofficial name of one of the districts of Voronezh with a poor environment.

“Sector Gas” immediately stood out among other groups own style- an incredible mixture of Russian folklore and punk rock. Perhaps the style most accurately reflects the title of one of Khoy’s songs - “Collective Farm Punk”.

The group was wildly popular in the first half of the 1990s, but the authorities carefully ignored it, only occasionally allowing it to appear on television with a few songs in which there was no obscenity. That is why things like the legendary “Punk Opera about the Tsar and three sons"sounded only from the windows of houses and cars.

By the end of the 1990s, the songs of the Gas Sector became more restrained, and Hoy himself, according to friends, had problems with drugs, which affected the content of his later songs.

On July 4, 2000, Yuri Khoy, who was filming a video for the song “Night of Fear,” died suddenly, according to the official version, of a heart attack. He was 35 years old.

After Khoy’s death, one of the participants in the Gas Sector Igor Kushchev tried to continue the existence of a group called "Ex-Gas Sector". In general, the project was received with hostility by Hoy’s fans, but the group achieved at least one success - the composition “Drank Up” was performed in the crime comedy Guy Ritchie"Rock 'n' Roller"

Egor Letov, 43 years old

The leader of the group “Civil Defense” Yegor Letov was the last representative of the first wave of Russian rock who remained in the underground all his life.

While many of his comrades from the 1980s were favored by the authorities in the post-Soviet period, Letov remained faithful to the principle “I will always be against!”

Having suffered a lot from the persecution of rock in the USSR, the leader of Civil Defense after the change political regime He didn’t just declare himself a communist, but proved his views with action. In 1993, he performed at the barricades near the White House, supporting opponents with his songs Boris Yeltsin. In 1996, Letov was perhaps the only musician who did not join the “Vote or Lose” tour in support of Boris Yeltsin’s presidential election campaign, but, on the contrary, supported the communist leader Gennady Zyuganov.

Such stubbornness did not go unnoticed - for television and radio, “Civil Defense” seemed not to exist at all. Often, Letov’s concerts were disrupted on purpose, and the audience was dispersed by riot police with batons.

The true role and influence of Letov on Russian rock is evidenced by the number of participants in the Civil Defense Tribute project, where best songs Egor was performed by leading CIS musicians.

After 2004, when Letov announced his retirement from political life, the authorities’ attitude towards him softened. Nevertheless, official recognition did not go beyond club concerts. However, Letov himself never saw this as his goal.

On February 19, 2008, Igor Fedorovich Letov (real name of the rock musician) died of cardiac arrest. There was a lot of different information regarding the reasons for the death of the Russian rock star, alcohol and drugs were mentioned, but Letov’s relatives denied this in every possible way. He was 43 years old.