Gallery: Music Legends' Last Stops Before Great Gig in the Sky
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*Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, died at age 32 from an overdose of medically prescribed sedatives on July 24, 1978 at an apartment in London on loan from singer Harry Nilsson. Six pills were enough to kill him, but he had ingested 32. Cass Elliott from the Mamas & the Papas had died of a heart attack four years earlier in the same apartment.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Ian Curtis of Joy Division hanged himself on the morning of May 18, 1980 in the kitchen of his home in Macclesfield, England. He was 23.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*[Glenn Miller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller) of the Glenn Miller Orchestra was in a plane that disappeared over the English Channel on Dec. 15, 1944. He was on his way to entertain U.S. troops in France.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Jim Morrison of the Doors was found dead in a Paris apartment bathtub on July 3, 1971. By many accounts he suffered a heroin overdose.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Jimi Hendrix asphyxiated on his own vomit early in the morning on Sept. 18, 1970 in the Notting Hill area of London. How this happened is unclear.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*[Joe Meek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_meek) killed his landlady and himself with a shotgun on Feb. 3, 1967.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*[Johnny Kidd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Kidd_%28singer%29) died in a head-on car collision on the A58 in Lancashire, England, on Oct. 7, 1966. He was 30. Nick Simper, who would survive with minor injuries and later become a founding member of Deep Purple, was also in the car.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Marc Bolan of T. Rex died in a car crash in London on Sept. 16, 1977 when the driver of the car lost control and ran into a tree.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers disappeared on Feb. 1, 1995. He was last seen at the Embassy hotel in London, after which he drove to his apartment in Cardiff, Wales. He was officially presumed dead on Nov. 23, 2008.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg died of a heart attack at his home in Paris on March 2, 1991.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Billy Murcia, the original drummer for the New York Dolls, died of asphyxiation related to an overdose of Mandrax in London on Nov. 6, 1972.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Founding Rolling Stones member Brian Jones was found submerged in a swimming pool at Crotchford Farm in Hartfield, Sussex on July 3, 1969. When doctors arrived he was dead. Jones was 27. The coroner's report classified it as "death by misadventure" and noted an enlarged heart due to drug and alcohol abuse.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Fifties rocker [Eddie Cochran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_cochran) died in a car crash at age 21 in the English village of Chippenham after his taxi popped a tire on April 17, 1960.* Photo: Carey Gough
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*Freddie Mercury of Queen died of bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS on Nov. 24, 1991 at his house in London.* Photo: Carey Gough
