The 13 unluckiest musicians of all time
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13. Leonard Cohen
- 2/13
12. Dik Evans
- 3/13
11. Terry Reid
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- 4/13
10. John Fogerty
- 5/13
9. The Animals (anyone not named Alan Price)
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8. Amy Winehouse
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- 7/13
7. Syd Barrett/Roky Erickson/Skip Spence
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6. Dimebag Darrell
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5. Brian Jones
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- 10/13
4. Pete Best
- 11/13
3. Klaus Nomi/Ricky Wilson (B-52’s)/Sylvester/Ofra Haza/Freddie Mercury/Eazy-E/Fela Kuti
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2. Lynyrd Skynyrd
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- 13/13
1. Badfinger
Rob O'Connor
·Writer
Choosing the 13 unluckiest musicians, in honor of Friday the 13th, is an unlucky proposition. (How ironic.) You could make the case for hundreds of unknown folks who nearly got a recording contract or who released an album and watched their label doom its promotion. Every musician who died at the age of 27 is considered unlucky, and I tried to limit the damage from that as much as I reasonably could.
I liked the gentleman who suggested to me that the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson was unlucky because he’s spent his life dealing with Mike Love. It’s a good point.
Let’s get started.