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Yesterday once more: Karen Carpenter's hypnotic voice and drumming skills helped catapult her to stardom alongside her brother Richard as the group The Carpenters in the 1970s. Behind the fame, Richard battled a pill addiction and Karen was starving herself and taking laxatives in an attempt to stay thin. The years of starvation eventually caught up to Carpenter in 1983 when she succumbed to heart failure at the age of 32. Today, she would be 63
Hello, goodbye: Few musical artists are credited with molding rock music as single-handedly and as profoundly as John Lennon. He played a leading role in the musical stylings of he Beatles and, since his death in 1980, few music historians have ceased to wonder what else he would have produced if given the chance. He was murdered at the age of 40 outside his apartment in New York. Today, Lennon would be 73
Moon the loon: Keith Moon joined The Who at just 17 and burned very brightly until his death from a drug overdose in 1978 at the age of 32 (coincidentally, he died in the same Harry Nilsson-owned flat where Cass Elliot had died four years earlier. Understandably, Nilsson sold the flat). Moon was infamous for his erratic behavior, and he all-but invented the now industry-standard art of trashing hotel rooms. All this, and one of the greatest rock drummers to ever live too. He'd be 67 this year
'Time': Janis Joplin's raw, unrestrained vocals made her a force to be reckoned with on stage and her wild child ways made her an attention getter off stage. She would swill bourbon, choke down amphetamines, and use heroin as if it were part of her bluesy, soulful performances. But those crazy ways caught up to Joplin in 1970 when she died of an overdose at 27. Had she somehow conquered her demons and lived to today, Joplin would be 70 years old
The King: Elvis Presley found almost overnight success and became a rock star and feature film actor in the 1950s, thanks to the signature swagger that to this day is his lasting thumbprint on the genre he helped popularize. By the 1970s, though, The King's swag had cooled a bit and he'd become a Las Vegas staple more than anything else. He died in 1977 at the age of 42 of heart failure, having battled a prescription drug addiction. The King would be 78 today.
Happy birthday: Jimi Hendrix's legacy lives on in the continued generations of music lovers still enamored with his guitar prowess. Though he died at 27 after what was ostensibly a short career, he's known today as one of the greatest rock guitarists to ever live. He died in 1970 from complications from drug use. This month, Hendrix would be celebrating his 71st birthday
Would he be Still Cruisin'?: A founding member of the Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson battled years of alcoholism and drug abuse. In a tragic irony, the only Beach Boy who could actually surf drowned at Marina Del Ray in Los Angeles while diving to recover possessions that he had thrown overboard from a yacht. He was 39 years old and today would be preparing to celebrate his 69th birthday in December
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