Body Count Guitarist Dies of Lymphoma
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Dennis Miles, the hockey-masked  rhythm guitarist with rapper Ice-T's hard-rock band Body Count,  has died after a battle with lymphoma.
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Singer Rick James died of a heart attack that may have been induced by nine drugs in his system, a coroner says.
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LONDON -- Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has won a battle with throat cancer, lead singer Mick Jagger was quoted as telling a newspaper Saturday.
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At least four people have died during a frenzied attack by a gunman at a gig by metal band Damageplan in Columbus, Ohio. Among the dead is thought to be Damageplan and ex-Pantera guitarist âDimebagâ Darrell Abbot.
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LOS ANGELES - Toxicology and other tests determined that funk singer Rick James died last month from a heart attack due to an enlarged heart, with numerous drugs including methamphetamine and cocaine contributing factors, the county coroner announced Thursday.    The death was declared an accident, said coroner's spokesman David Campbell, who emphasized that none of the drugs were found to be at life-threatening levels...
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LAUNCH Radio Networks -- The death of Damageplan and Pantera guitarist &quot;Dimebag&quot; Darrell Abbott, who was shot and killed on Wednesday the 8th of December in a Columbus, Ohio rock club just moments after Damageplan began their set, has continued to stun
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Former Texas and Baltimore manager Johnny Oates has died at age 58. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago. Oates&#39; death was confirmed by John Blake, who formerly worked as a spokesman with the Rangers organization.
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Spencer Dryden, drummer for the San Francisco rock band the Jefferson Airplane, died of cancer Tuesday in Petaluma, Calif. He was 66.
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Spencer Dryden, the drummer for legendary rock band the Jefferson Airplane, has died of cancer. He was 66.
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For Guitarist Steve Cropper, the day  the music died was not February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly died.  It was an icy Dec 10, 1967, when the plane carrying a  26-year-old Otis Redding went down in a Wisconsin lake.
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A man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who was planning to host his own living wake has died.
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Musician Freddy Fender, who has been receiving treatment for cancer in Oklahoma, was transferred to a hospital in San Antonio because of a blood infection, friends and relatives said.
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Ailing rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley suffered a heart attack while undergoing a medical check-up, and is in stable condition in a Florida hospital, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner  died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical  examiner said on Wednesday.
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Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County medical examiner said on Wednesday.
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Texas Rangers manager Johnny Oates answers questions at a news conference in Arlington, Texas, in this Oct. 8, 1999 file photo. Oates, 58, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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Former Pantera guitarist ``Dimebag&#39;&#39; Darrell Abbott and three other people died when a gunman charged on stage during a performance by Abbott&#39;s new band Damageplan at an Ohio nightclub, officials said.