On December 12, 2025, Marilyn Mazur died aged 70. She was percussionist, performed and recorded with Six Winds, Alex Riel, Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, Lindsay Cooper, Makiko Hirabayashi. Pierre Dørge, Makiko Hirabayashi, Frans Bak, Frans BakJon Balke, Peter Bastian, Harry Beckett, Kirsten Braten Berg, Ketil Bjornstad, Kristian Blak, Birgit Bruel, Etta Cameron, Nikolaj Hess, Carsten Dahl, Lars Danielsson, Laurent Cugny, Yelena Eckemoff, Agnes Buen Garnas, Caroline Henderson, Nikolaj Hess, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Robert Irving III, Morten Kaersa, Iver Kleive, Peter Kowald, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Michala Petri, Jean-Michel Pilc, Caecilie Norby, Charlie Mariano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Rena Rama, Helge Sunde, Eje Thelin, Trondheim Voices, Hans Ulrik, Andreas Vollenweider, Dhafer Youssef, Eberhard Weber and Miles Davis. As leader she released 14 albums.
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Clem Burke
On April 6, 2025, Clement Anthony Burke died aged 70. He was musician (drums), played drums for Ramones (under the name Elvis Ramone), was member of The Romantics, performed with The Fleshtones, The Adult Net, The Split Squad, Dramarama, Chequered Past, The International Swingers, Go-Gos, Dramarama, and The Empty Hearts, but was best known as drummer of the band Blondie.
Amadou Bagayoko
On April 4, 2025, Amadou Bagayoko died aged 70. He was musician (guitar) and singer, member of the Mali duo Amadou & Mariam.
Brian James
On March 6, 2025, Brian James died aged 70. He was songwriter, musician (guitar) and singer, member of the bands London SS, Tanz Der Youth, Bastard, The Dripping Lips, The Racketeers, The Lords of the New Church, The Brian James Gang, but was best known as the founding member of Damned. As leader, James released five albums.
Marko Brecelj
On February 4, 2022, Marko Brecelj died aged 70. He was musician (guitar), singer and song writer, member of Trije črnci, Duo Zlatni zubi, Marjanov čudni zajec, Javna Dvaja, worked with SRP, Strelnikoff, but was best known as founding member, singer and main lyricist of the band Buldožer. As leader Brecelj released four albums.
Jimmy Black
On November 1, 2008, James Carl Inkanish, Jr. aka Jimmy Carl Black died aged 70. He was musician (drums, percussion), vocalist, songwriter and music producer, member of Muffin Men, Captain Beefheart, Geronimo Black, The Grandmothers, Black, Brown and Blue and Strange News From Mars, but was best known as a drummer and vocalist of The Mothers of Invention. As leader he released 21 albums.
Eddie Money
On September 13, 2019, Edward Joseph Mahoney aka Eddie Money died aged 70. He was musician (keyboards, saxophone, harmonica), singer and songwriter, with more than three decades long career. Money had biggest success in the second half of the seventies and in through the eighties, with songs like “Baby Hold On”, “Two Tickets to Paradise”, “Think I’m in Love”, “Shakin'”, “Take Me Home Tonight”, “I Wanna Go Back”, “Walk on Water”, and “The Love in Your Eyes”. As leader he released eleventh albums.
Lemmy
On December 28, 2015, Ian Fraser Kilmister aka Lemmy died aged 70. He was musician (bass), singer, and songwriter, was member and worked with Hawkwind, The Rockin’ Vickers, Opal Butterfly, The Damned, The Head Cat, Girlschool, and Sam Gopal, but was best known as founder, leader, singer, primary songwriter, and bass player of Motörhead.
Douglas Dorman
On December 21, 2012, Douglas Lee Dorman died aged 70. He was musician (bass) member of the band Captain Beyond, but was best known as the bass player of Iron Butterfly.
Jay Migliori
On September 2, 2001, Jay Migliori died aged 70. He was a musician (saxophone), a founding member of Supersax, a Charlie Parker tribute band. Some artists he performed and recorded with include Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, The Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, Frank Sinatra, Maynard Ferguson, The 5th Dimension, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Gene Ammons, Paul Anka, David Axelrod, Hoyt Axton, The Byrds, Captain & Tennille, Harry Chapin, Leonard Cohen, Albert Collins, Dick Dale, Neil Diamond, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, The Manhattan Transfer, Harry Nilsson, Van Dyke Parks, Esther Phillips, Helen Reddy, The Righteous Brothers, The Tubes, Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Williams, Brian Wilson, and Neil Young. As a leader, Migliori released three albums.