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Other victims of drugs and drink were Who drummer Keith Moon and Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, both 32; Jim Morrison, front man for The Doors who died in Paris aged 27; 33-year-old Bon Scott, lead vocalist with AC/DC; and Phil Lynott, talented song writer and bass player for Irish rockers Thin Lizzy, who died aged 34. Ironically, Lynott had recently recorded a tribute to Elvis, King's Call. Even more ironically, there had been talk of him playing Hendrix - to whom he bore a striking physical resemblance - in a bio-pic. Lynott's death mirrored that of the great guitarist.
Although drink and drugs are an occupational hazard for the music industry, a surprising number of its big names have died in violent and tragic circumstances, in particular, automobile and plane crashes. Among home grown talent, Marc Bolan, guitarist and influential song writer was killed in a car crash in London in September 1977, just days before his 30th birthday. Although an American, guitarist Eddie Cochran also died in a car crash in England, aged 21. His career may have been extremely short, but his influence was not, and in 1987 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Duane Allman, the brilliant guitarist with the Allman Brothers band, was not quite 25 when he was killed in a motorcycle accident in October 1971. Fortunately, his untimely death did not lead to the demise of this outstanding Southern Rock band, which continued to be fronted by his younger brother Gregg and to record outstanding albums.
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