We’ll Miss the Stars that Fell This Year

2017 was an exciting year for music. We were amazed by the depth of talent that hit the charts in 2017, from James Arthur to SZA, The Script to HAIM. We were also taken by the sudden loss of a few of our favorite stars. Here’s a look back at a few of the people that left us in 2017…

Lil Peep died of a suspected drug overdose at the age of 21, Tom Petty, the legendary rocker and poet, died of a heart attack at 69, while Chester Bennington died at the tender age of 41. Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell passed away at 52.

Walter Becker, founding member of Steely Dan died of cancer at the age of 67 just a few months ago, while two of music’s founding members Chuck Berry (90) and Fats Domino died in New Orleans passed at 89.

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