Rest In Peace - Music Stars Who Died In 2009

Michael Jackson, Les Paul, DJ AM, Jerry Fuchs and more honoured...

December 22, 2009 by Gigwise | Photo by WENN.com / Splash News

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From Ron Asheton to Les Paul to Michael Jackson, 2009 has seen the sad passing of many music legends. Here Gigwise pays tribute to the names we lost this year and will be sorely missed.

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!!! drummer Gerhardt 'Jerry' Fuchs tragically died after falling down five stories of an elevator shaft in Williamsburg, New York on November 8. The 34-year-old fell to his death when a manual freight lift stopped slightly above the fifth floor. Fuchs and his friend attempted to jump the few feet to the floor, but the New York Times reports that the drummer's clothing got caught as he jumped and he fell through the gap. As well as !!!, Fuchs had played drums for Turing Machine, Maserati and The Juan MacLean.

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hey, and what about mary travers of peter, paul & mary and ellie greenwich (the great)???????!!!!!!!!!
~ by rahamim 12/22/2009 Report
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Drummer Jimmy"The Rev Sullivan from Avenged Sevenfold died on the 28th December, this was written too early... He should have been on here...
~ by Jamie 1/2/2010 Report
Sad to see such people leave this world some I dident know who died RIP hope your rocking upstairs Ray
~ by Ray Campbell 1/2/2010 Report
Rowland S Howard died on the 30th December.
~ by man 1/4/2010 Report
Very Informative Post. I Feel The Time Has Come For New Stars And Music Legends To Bring Their Work To The Forefront.... It is an opportunity. MUSIC FOR THE NEW GENERATION! -B. One http://brendenotoole.com/blogs2010/music-for-the-new-generation
~ by B. One 1/24/2010 Report