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As i think they died too young with much more that could have been given.
Freddy Mercury
John Denver
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Hendrix
M Jackson
Agree with all of the above (and what other posters listed) in addition to:
Janis Joplin
Otis Redding
Bon Scott
John Lennon
Bob Marley
Randy Rhodes
Cliff Burton
Roy Orbison (he was in his 50's but I just loved him!)
John Bonham
Richie Valens
Karen Carpenter
Harry Chapin and George Harrison for reasons besides their musical contributions.
George Harrison organized the first benefit rock concert ever-- The Concert for Bangladesh. He was close friends with Ravi Shankar who told him about what was going on in that country. Got several top drawer musicians to join him to play two concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden, among them Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, and Leon Russell.
Harry Chapin gave a lot of his time towards social causes, founded World Hunger Year. Was presented the Congressional Gold Medal for his causes. Chapin died of a heart attack while also being involved in an ugly traffic accident. Years later Ken Kragon, Chapin's music manager, got involved with Hands Across America and USA for Africa in the mid 1980's.
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