Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2015 Steve Bloom January 1, 2016 Tweet Sam Andrew with Janis Joplin. Photo by Elliot Landy/landyvision.comSam Andrew Band: Big Brother & the Holding CompanyPosition: guitarist/songwriterDied: Feb. 12, 2015Cause of Death: heart complicationsAge: 73Distinction: Wrote "Combination of the Two," the lead track on Cheap Thrills. First<<39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47>>Last You May Also Like CelebStoner's Top Posts of 2015 CelebStoner of the Year: Tommy Chong The Top 22 Stoner Movies of 2015 The Top 10 Marijuana News Stories of 2015 Steve Bloom Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness. Read more by Steve Bloom