• Phil Lesh - Grateful Dead co-founder and bassist; 84
• Dave Loggins - singer-songwriter, cousin of Kenny; 76
• Inger Lorre (Lori Ann Wening)
• 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 group The Nelons died in a plane crash
• Liam Payne - One Direction singer; fell from hotel balcony; 31
• Rich Homie Quan (Dequantes Lamar)
• 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" (1967) and "Brand New Key" (No. 1, 1971); 76
• Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach)
• Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer) – Crazy Town frontman died from a drug overdose; 49
• Libby Titus - singer and wife of Donald Fagan; 77
• Tony Tuff (Winston Morris)
2024 Total: 87
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