What could have been

[boo7382]

John Bonham

Tommy and Toy Caldwell

Patsy Cline

Janis Joplin

Bob Marley

Jim Morrison

Jimi of course

James Dean

River Phoenix

Buddy Holly

Richard Manual- lead singer for "The Band"

Freddy Mercury

Keith Moon- drummer for "The Who"

Berry Oakley- founding member of the Allman Bros

Roy Orbison

Duane Allman

The Big Bopper

Karen Carpenter

Mama Cass

Thats all I can think of right now

[TarPanther9180]

[hepcat]

I'm gunna go...2Pac

[Darth Biscuit]

For me, four that have already been mentioned...

Hendrix, Staley, Cobain and Nowell.

[Captroop]

Wow, no mention of Heath Ledger? He was a future Oscar winner, if not multiple Oscar winner. Great Batman sequels, and a slew of big budget blockbusters that would have followed in the wake of his Dark Knight success. That's a crusher.

Cobain? Not so much. Nirvana wouldn't be relevant today if they had kept going. And we wouldn't have had Foo Fighters without his passing, and they're just hit-makers. And Queens of the Stone Age wouldn't have made Songs for the Deaf. And that would be a crime.

Bob Marley probably wouldn't still be making records today, but the stuff he would have made since his death would have been SPECTACULAR!

Biggie? Not sure. Not many rappers can manage a 20-year career. If he could pull it out though, I'd have loved to hear everything he might have made.

Mitch Hedberg. Comedy isn't the same without him. he would be bigger than Dane Cook right now if he was alive, sadly we aren't that lucky.

Lennon for sure. McCartney is still around, and has been making albums for decades. He and Lennon would have made some beautiful records over the past 40 years. That prospect, and being deprived of it, just made me really sad.

And Boo, Keith Moon would be dead by now anyway. No matter how many times you saved him from OD-ing, he'd still do it again the next night. Guys like that were meant to live hard and die young.

Chris Farley would be making great stuff if he was still alive. I mean he was so productive in his few years in the business, by now he would have made 50 movies, at least 3 of them good. Although I can't shake the feeling that he would have tried to make an ill-advised foray into serious movies to try to legitimize his career. Might have been trouble.

[Jangler]

Ron McKernan

[GritsRgreat]

Jfk

[tattoorhino]

Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison

[j2sgam]

Shannon Hoon, singer of the most under-reated band ever.. IMHO...

[bleys]

Wow, no mention of Heath Ledger? He was a future Oscar winner, if not multiple Oscar winner. Great Batman sequels, and a slew of big budget blockbusters that would have followed in the wake of his Dark Knight success. That's a crusher.

Mitch Hedberg. Comedy isn't the same without him. he would be bigger than Dane Cook right now if he was alive, sadly we aren't that lucky.

2 people that should have been mentioned.. Great call.. especially Hedberg, he is one of few comedians to keep me rolling throughout an entire standup.. Heath Ledger was a great actor.. ashame we won't get to see more of his movies..

[GritsRgreat]

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

[Wanderlai]

Steve Irwin- greatest animal advocate ever the guy had so much passion for wildlife.

Bon Scott- AC/DC that guy was a wildman. Wonder what Brian Johnson would have done?

Wendy O' Williams- crazy woman. Did alot of crazy stunts in her videos.

John Candy

[Kitten Diver]

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