A-D
Bobbe "Beegie" Long Adair - Nashville-based jazz pianist; 84
Ian Alexander Jr. - performed as DJ Desdune, actress/director Regina King's son; 26
Ernie Andrews - Philadelphia-born blues/jazz singer; blood clot; 94
Baby Cino (Timothy Starks) - Haitian rapper from Miami; drive-by shooting; 20
Chris Bailey - founder/frontman of Australian punk band, the Saints; 65
Rory Wahid Bayyan Bell - sang backup with his brothers' funk band, Kool & the Gang; lung cancer; 62
Gary Brooker - founder/lead singer/pianist of British prog band Procol Harum; cancer; 76
Johnny Brown - known best for his role on Good Times, he was also a '60s pop singer; 84
Jewell Caples - Chicago-born R&B singer, debut album released by Death Row label, collaborated with Snoop Dogg, 2Pac and others; 53
Andy Chaves - lead singer of Arizona-based band, Katastro; car accident; 32
Cashal Coughlan - Irish-born frontman of Fatima Mansions and Microdisney; 61
CPO Boss Hogg (Vincent Edwards, a.k.a. Lil Nation) - L.A. rapper; heart attack; 52
Mike Cross - co-founder/guitarist of Detroit alt-rock band Sponge; 57
Betty Davis - funk-rock singer, was married to Miles Davis; cancer; 77
DJ Kay Slay (Keith Grayson) - New York DJ and graffiti artist; COVID-related; 55
E-G
Jamal Edwards - British DJ who performed under the name Jamal Artman; heart attack; 31
Flavio Etcheto - Argentine EDM pioneer; cancer; 52
Archie Eversole - Atlanta rapper; shot and killed by his brother, Alexander Krause; 37
Andy Fletcher - co-founder and keyboardist of Depeche Mode, who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022; 60
Ricky Gardiner - Scottish guitarist who played with David Bowie and Iggy Pop; Parkinson's; 73
Donnie Gerrard - lead singer with Canadian band, Skylark; cancer; 75
Mickey Gilley - Mississippi-born C&W singer whose bar Gilley's was made famous in Urban Cowboy
Dallas Good - singer/guitarist with Toronto's The Sadies; 48
Goonew (Markelle Morrow) - Maryland rapper; shot; 24
Frank "Francisco" González - original member of Los Lobos; 86
Howard Grimes - drummer with Al Green and others; kidney failure; 80
Guitar Shorty (nee David Kearney) - Houston-born blues singer/guitarist, friend of Jimi Hendrix; 87
