• Abdul "Duke" Fakir – founding member of the Four Tops; heart failure; 88
• Fatman Scoop (Isaac Freeman III)
• Cissy Houston (Emily Drinkard) - singer, mother of Whitney; Alzheimer's; 91
• Jack Jones - singer known for "Call Me Irresponsible" (No. 75, 1963), "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (No. 35, 1966) and other pop hits; leukemia; 86
• Juan Brujo (John David Lepe) - founder of Brujeria; heart attack; 61
• Toby Keith - Oklahoma-born singer had twenty-one No. 1 country hits in his 30-year career; stomach cancer; 62
• Greg Kihn - San Francisco based singer, had hits with "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" (No, 15, 1981); Alzheimer's; 75 "Jeopardy" (No. 2, 1983)
• Wayne Kramer - Detroit-born co-founder/guitarist of the MC5, known as Brother Wayne; pancreatic cancer; 75
• Kris Kristofferson - Texas-born singer, actor and activist known best for "Me and Bobby McGee" (sung by Janis Joplin, No. 1, 1971), Cisco Pike and A Star Is Born; 88
