• Toby Keith - Oklahoma-born singer had twenty-one No. 1 country hits in his 30-year career; stomach cancer; 62
• Greg Kihn - San Francisco based singer, had hits with "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (1981, No, 15); Alzheimer's; 75 "Jeopardy" (1983, No. 2)
• Wayne Kramer - Detroit-born co-founder/guitarist with the MC5, known as Brother Wayne; pancreatic cancer; 75
• Dave Loggins - singer-songwriter, cousin of Kenny; 76
• Sérgio Mendes - Brazilian pianist, composer and leader of various versions of his Brasil bands; long Covid; 83
• 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
• Kelly Nelon Clark, Jason Clark, and Amber Nelon Kistler – members of the Atlanta-based gospel died in a plane crash
• 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: 69
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