Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2016 Steve Bloom December 31, 2016 Tweet Dave Swarbrick (second from left) and his Fairport Convention bandmates.Dave Swarbrick Band: Fairport ConventionPosition: vocalist, violin, mandolinDied: June 3, 2016Cause of death: emphysemaAge: 75Distinction: Led the pioneering British folk-rock group that also included Richard Thompson. First<<12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20>>Last You May Also Like Willie Nelson and Ziggy Marley Receive 2017 Grammy Awards Drugs Played a Role in Prince's Death Marijuana Smuggler Howard Marks Succumbs to Cancer Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 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