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This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2021. 2021 deaths in popular music
Suicide of Husband, David Wilson. Tragedy struck in 2013, when David Wilson, her live-in partner and father to her 10-month-old son, died by suicide. That loss sent an already unstable McCready whirling with grief. People who have recently lost someone important to them are at higher risk of depression, PTSD, and suicidal behavior themselves. 7
Mar 4, 2019 · Avicii (d. April 20, 2018) committed suicide in Muscatt, Oman, after battling poor mental health issues for years. The Swedish musician DJ rose to prominence in 2011 with his single “Levels ...
- Addiction, Mental Illness, Fame, and Suicide
- Kurt Cobain
- Avicci
- Chris Cornell
- Chester Bennington
- Donny Hathaway
Perhaps the reason why some of the best rock musicians can connect so well with audiences through song is because they channel their well of emotions, life experiences, and the troubles they have encountered. Oh, if only fans understood the personal drama that fuels those lyrics and intonations! We tend to prop our musicians and other celebrities u...
Kurt Cobain was a sensitive, artsy, and happy child until his world was turned upside down by his parents' divorce when he was nine. He was impacted deeply by the breakup of his family, as well as his father's quick remarriage and his mother's experience with domestic violence at the hands of a boyfriend. As a teen, Cobain rebelled, was arrested, a...
Avicii means "the lowest level of Buddhist hell," and was the self-selected stage name of Tim Berling, Swedish DJ and music producer and EDM/house music icon. He chose the moniker because his real name was already taken on the social media platform where he originally promoted his music.2 In his short life, Avicci worked at a frenetic pace blending...
Credited as the architect of the grunge movement, Chris Cornell was the frontman, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter for the alt-rock band Soundgarden, the first grunge band to sign with a major recording label. Named by Rolling Stoneto their list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time," Cornell had a voice spanning almost four octaves. Some of the hits f...
People who have recently lost someone important to them are at higher risk of depression, PTSD, and suicidal behavior themselves.7Sadly, Chester Bennington, the singer-songwriter and lead vocalist for Linkin Park, is heartbreaking evidence of that. He was such a close friend of Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell that he imitated Cornell's May 20...
One of the songs that legendary soul singer Donny Hathaway is known for is "Someday We'll All Be Free." Although the tune has now become regarded as a civil rights anthem, it actually was written for Hathaway because of his struggles with mental illness.9 Both depression and paranoid schizophrenia raged within the classically trained singer. Random...
Jan 6, 2022 · Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed hits like “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” died in August at 85.
Jul 13, 2022 · On America’s Got Talent Tuesday, Sofia Vergara was moved to tears during a powerful performance dedicated to the singer’s deceased twin brother. Wyn Starks, a Minneapolis native now living in ...
Jul 6, 2023 · By Emily St. Martin Staff Writer. July 5, 2023 5:33 PM PT. Hong Kong-born pop star CoCo Lee has died after a years-long battle with depression. She was 48. Lee’s sisters, Carol Lee and Nancy Lee ...
