Musicians Who Died in 2024

It’s so exhausting to say goodbye … particularly to gifted creators who’ve contributed lovely artworks which have made the world a brighter place. But whereas nobody can stay ceaselessly, musicians’ compositions will go on to be loved by future generations.

The world of music had a tough begin when on Jan. 4, David Soul — who performed the blond, blue-eyed Det. Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson on hit Nineteen Seventies buddy-cop TV sequence Starsky and Hutch — died at age 80. But the late star wasn’t simply an actor when it got here to the world of leisure — he was additionally an achieved musician, touchdown three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 (together with 1977’s No. 1 hit “Don’t Give Up on Us”) and two albums on the Billboard 200.

Then Grammy-winning artist Jo-El Sonnier died at age 77 on Jan. 14, whereas on tour. He suffered cardiac arrest after a present in Texas. Just days later, the world mentioned goodbye to Mary Weiss, the lead singer of Sixties pop woman group The Shangri-Las. She was 75. And that was only the start of the musicians who would go on to go away us this 12 months.

And a day  after the 2024 Grammys, the music world was shaken by the information of Toby Keith’s dying. The nation star — who had beforehand shared with followers in 2022 that he was battling abdomen most cancers — died at age 62 on Feb. 5, a message on his web site and social media accounts introduced.

While mates and family members mourn these gifted artists, they won’t be forgotten by their followers world wide. Below, Billboard remembers the musicians who handed away in 2024.