Live hard, die young become a goodlookin' corps

[Yeah Bee]

Name as many rockstars who died an early death. Drugs, murder and so on

[lodekka]

j2buttonsw - good point well made, but I went for the 'early death' angle if you see what I mean.

[chaff]

Marvin Gaye
numerous members of Lynyrd Skynyrd in a plane crash.
The Big Bopper
and Richie Valens
( with Buddy Holly)
Pete Ham(Badfinger)

[chaff]

Half of Lynyrd Skynyrd in a plane crash
Marvin Gaye
Big Bopper and Roichie Valens with Buddy holly
Pete Ham(Badfinger)

[eggman]

Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Marc Bolan, Elvis Presley, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, John Bonham, Stuart Sutcliffe  (the "Fifth Beatle"), Brian Jones, Sid Vicious, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, the Big Boppa, Phil Lynott, Bill Haley, Mama Cass, Kurt Cobain, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb, Lonnie Donegan, Glen Miller

[eggman]

Freddie Mercury, George Harrison

[eggman]

Jimi Hendrix

[Johnmof]

Ronnie Van Zandt and other members of Lynyrd Skynard - plane crash.

[eggman]

Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Phil Lynott, Elvis Presley, Marc Bolan, Janis Joplin, Mama Cass, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, the Big Boppa, Richie Valens, Otis Redding, Keith Moon, Stuart Sutcliffe  (the "fifth Beatle")