Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2015

Percy Sledge at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, UK in 1966 with King Curtis on sax and Jimi Hendrix on guitar.

Percy Sledge

Band: solo artist
Position: singer
Died: Apr. 14, 2015
Cause of death: natural
Age: 73
Distinction: His biggest hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman," was No. 1 in 1966. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom

Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness.