![RIP Dickey Betts and David Sanborn](assets/components/directresize/cache/dr_DickeyBettsxDSanborn_w625_h338.jpg)
• Mojo Nixon (Neill McMillan Jr.) - North Carolina-born novelty rocker famous for songs like "Elvis Is Everywhere" and "Don Henley Must Die"; cardiac arrestr; 66
• David Sanborn - Grammy-winning saxophonist; cancer; 78
• Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk – New York-born singer who got her big break at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and had hits with "Beautiful People" and "Brand New Key"; 76
• Peter Schickele (a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach)
• Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer) – The Crazy Town frontman died from a drug overdose; 49
• Tony Tuff (Winston Morris)
2024 Total: 48
![RIP Wayne Kramer (Jim Newberry photo) and Melanie (publicity photo)](assets/components/directresize/cache/dr_WayneKramerxMelanie_w625_h365.jpg)
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