Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2017 Comments (7) Steve Bloom December 30, 2017 Tweet James Cotton Band: The James Cotton Blues Band Position: singer/harmonica player Died: Mar. 16, 2017 Cause of death: pneumonia Age: 81 Distinction: Won the Grammy award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1996 for Deep in the Blues. First<<17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25>>Last You May Also Like Flashback: Steely Dan's 1969 Marijuana Bust at Bard College Glen Campbell in 2002: 'I'm a Cheap High' RIP: David Peel, New York's Marijuana Minstrel Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2016 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