5 Musicians Who Died on Stage!

I was listening to the news about the thug thoAlrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.
attacked Noel Gallagher live on stage last month3. Lord Uli, The lead singer of The Lords died on
at the Oasis gig in Canada when my mind startedstage at the bands 40th anniversary gig. After
wondering. Then i thought about musicians whocollapsing he hit his head, fell into a coma and
may have died on stage whilst performing.never awoke again.
It is a morbid subject but one that's strangely4. Mark Sandman was an American singer,
impelling. The more i thought about it the more itsongwriter most famous for being in the band
intrigued me. After a bit of frantic research belowMorphine. On July 3rd 1999, Sandman collapsed on
is a list of 5 people who have died whilststage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina in
performing live on stage.Italy. He was soon pronounced dead of a heart
1 - Leslie Harvey from Stone the Crows died liveattack at the very young age of 46.
on stage after touching an unearthed microphone5. Herbert Khaury better known as Tiny Tim, was
with wet hands. It was at the Swansea Top Rankan American singer, ukulele player, on 30
in 1972.November 1996 he suffered another heart attack
2. Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond"on stage. collapsed shortly thereafter and was
Darrell, "Dimebag" Darrell was an Americanrushed to Hennepin County Medical Center, where
guitarist. Best known as a founding member ofhe died after doctors tried to resuscitate him for
the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan.an hour and fifteen minutes.
On December 8, 2004, Abbott was murderedSo there you have it, maybe not the happiest
onstage during a Damageplan performance at thepost ever but quite interesting all the same!