Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2017

David Peel (in the middle) and the Lower East Side, circa 1970.

David Peel

Band: David Peel & the Lower East Side

Position: singer/songwriter

Died: Apr. 7, 2017

Cause of death: heart failure

Age: 74

Distinctions: See his CelebStoner obit here.

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom

Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness.