| POLL RESULTS |
| Week: |
672 |
| Date: |
5/6/2019 |
| Question: |
Which Rocker had the most bizarre or unusual death? |
| Your Vote |
Option |
Votes |
Percent |
| |
Taylor Mitchell - Killed while on tour in 2009 by a pack of coyotes in Nova Scotia, the only known fatal coyote attack on a human in Canada.
 |
99 |
6.3% |
| |
Brian Jones (Stones) - More than likely was murdered by his handyman on July 3, 1969, in his pool. Death ruled a 'misadventure'.
|
92 |
5.8% |
| |
Bobby Fuller - Found July '66 in his car w/ multiple stab wounds and covered in gasoline. Believed murdered by the Mafia, final ruling was he died from 'accidental asphyxiation'.
|
90 |
5.7% |
| |
Keith Relf - The singer was electrocuted by his electric guitar at his home on May 14, 1976.
|
89 |
5.6% |
| |
Mike Edwards (ELO) - Killed by a bale of hay weighing 1,300 pounds that rolled down a hillside and collided with his van on Sept 3, 2010
|
88 |
5.6% |
| |
Marvin Gaye - Shot dead by his own father in 1984, a preacher, who was jelious of his son's success.
|
87 |
5.5% |
| |
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) - Killed in December of '04 by a gunman while on stage performing with his new band, Damageplan.
|
86 |
5.5% |
| |
Eldon Hoke (aka El Duce, lead singer of The Mentors) - Was decapitated by a train in 1997.
|
85 |
5.4% |
| |
Sandy Denny - Either fell or jumped down a stairway (one of several such falls), hitting her head on concrete, in 1978.
|
84 |
5.3% |
| |
Rory Storm - In 1972 at age 26, he and his mother were both found dead together; suicide was ruled out and their deaths ruled accidental.
|
83 |
5.3% |
| |
John Lennon (Beatles) - Murdered by an asshole on December 9, 1980.
|
81 |
5.1% |
| |
Les Harvey (Stone the Crows) - Died at 27 onstage in front of fans in 1972 when he was electrocuted while tuning up for a show in Wales.
|
80 |
5.1% |
| |
Marc Bolan (T-Rex) - Killed in a car crash at 29 in '77; car was driven by his wife; he feared dying in this very way.
|
79 |
5% |
| |
Sam Cooke - Singer died in a motel in L.A. when he was shot 'out of self-defense' by the motel manager 1964.
|
73 |
4.6% |
| |
Dennis Wilson - Drunk diving fatality? Drowned on Dec. 28, 1983 while diving from his boat, but some think he was murdered.
|
71 |
4.5% |
| |
Euronymous (aka Øystein Aarseth, of Mayhem) - Killed August '93 (age 25) after being stabbed by fellow musician Varg Vikernes.
|
70 |
4.4% |
| |
Steve Peregrin Took (T-Rex) - Died on Oct. 27, 1980 from asphyxiation, after choking on a cocktail cherry.
|
69 |
4.4% |
| |
Michael Hutchence (INXS) - Died of auto-erotic asphyxiation on Nov. 22, 1997.
|
27 |
1.7% |
| |
Jerry Fuchs (Maserati) - Died in 2009 when he fell down an elevator shaft after the lift got stuck.
|
20 |
1.3% |
| |
Randy Roads (Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne)- Flew a small plane into his band's tour bus in 1982 while drunk.
|
19 |
1.2% |
| |
Cass Elliot (Mamas & Papas)- Choked on a ham sandwich (maybe a heart attack instead?) in July, 1974. Cass died in the same room Keith Moon would soon die in.
|
16 |
1% |
| |
Cornell Gunther (The Coasters, The Platters) - Unknown assassin shot him dead in his car in Las Vegas in 1990.
|
14 |
0.9% |
| |
Johnny Ace - Killed while playing Russian roulette with a .22 caliber revolver on Xmas Day, 1954.
|
14 |
0.9% |
| |
Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) - Vicious' mother Anne admitted to administering the fatal dose of herion so he didn't have to face murder changes of his girlfirend, in 1977.
|
13 |
0.8% |
| |
Randy California (Spirit) - Guitarist drowned in ocean riptide off Hawaii on Jan. 2, '97, after saving his 12-year-old son who was drowning.
|
10 |
0.6% |
| |
Terry Kath (Chicago) - Accidentally shot himself with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol on Jan 23, 1978.
|
10 |
0.6% |
| |
Gary Driscoll (Rainbow) - Death in 1987 ruled a 'brutal murder', but case remains unsolved with no apparent motive.
|
9 |
0.6% |
| |
Johnny Thunders (NY Dolls) - Ruled that he died of drug-related causes, but many believe he was murdered from his body's condiation.
|
6 |
0.4% |
| |
Paul Williams (Temptations) - Shot dead in his car, in '73, and ruled a suicide, but his family felt he was murdered, since gun found was shot more than once & only a single bullet killed him.
|
6 |
0.4% |
| |
Dead (aka Per Yngve Ohlin of Mayhem) - Slits his wrists and throat then shoots himself in the forehead at age 22 in April '91.
|
3 |
0.2% |
| |
Jim Morrision - Marianne Faithful fingered late drug dealer Jean de Breiteuil as the man who administered an overdose of heroin to him.
|
2 |
0.1% |
| |
Stiv Bators (The Dead Boys) - Singer/guitarist was struck and killed by a taxi in Paris in 1990.
|
2 |
0.1% |
| Totals: |
1577 |
100% |