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Couple thoughts.....

Jimi is the first that comes to my mind, such an amazing amount of music in a very brief time. Underrated song writer as well.

Cobain would not have done much after 1994, and the band most likely would have broken up shortly afterwards due to his destructive behavior and urge to leave the spotlight.

I always thought Sublime caught lightning in a bottle, that album had some good moments, but come on guys, they were overrated as all hell, and Nowell's death certainly helped with that.

Chris Farley was a legend, but had already begun to make bad movies before kicking the bucket

What about from the world of sports? Len Bias, Pelle Lindbergh. Marcus Taylor?

Hendrix for me. Cobain and Staley's deaths were certainly tragic, but I don't think they would have produced much more great music if they were still alive today.

Bob Marley.

He was a worldwide superstar who's fame was just blossoming in the States.Most of his music became popular to US audiences after his death.

The deaths of Bob and Lennon within a few months of each other was a tough 1-2 punch.

Freddie Mercury was still working at the end of his life, and probably would have continued to do great stuff if he hadn't gotten sick.

I think his dad stabbed him, but your point is well taken.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

The Behind the Music episode on Croce was really good.

Staley and Cantrell worked so well together, you have to believe they would have made some more great music.

Love Sam Cooke. Really a shame what happened to him. Shot by someone who thought he was a burglar.

Who knows what the music scene might be like today if Buddy Holly had lived.

My contribution is Keith Whitley. His star was on the rise. He could have had a career that paralleled George Strait, Alan Jackson, and/or Randy Travis.He was one of those artists that could take a song, and absolutely own it. He had several songs that are as good as any artist has ever done.

I think Kinison had a legit shot at sit-com fame. If you aren't familiar with the story of his death, this is the good part.

"At first it looked like there were no serious injuries to Kinison, but within minutes he suddenly said to no one in particular "I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die." LaBove later said "it was as if he was having a conversation, talking to some unseen somebody else" some unseen person. Then there was a pause as if Kinison was listening to the other person speak. Then he asked "But why?" and after another pause LaBove heard him clearly say: "Okay, Okay, Okay.’ LaBove said: "The last ‘Okay’ was so soft and at peace...Whatever voice was talking to him gave him the right answer and he just relaxed with it. He said it so sweet, like he was talking to someone he loved." Kinson then lost consciousness. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. Kinison died at the scene from internal injuries. He was just thirty eight years old."

The link won't attach, so here it is: http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2009/11/the-strange-death-of-sam-kinison.html

Farley made bad movies to fuel his habit.

I doubt he spent $3,000,000 on drugs.

Eliott Smith