Artists who died in / bands disbanded in 2002

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Waylon Jennings 1940s - 2000s Country, Country-Folk, Film Score, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Traditional Country
Run-D.M.C. 1980s - 2000s Rap, East Coast Rap, Golden Age, Hardcore Rap
Lionel Hampton 1920s - 2000s Jazz, Blues, R&B, Big Band, Swing, Early R&B, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz, Early Jazz
Rosemary Clooney 1940s - 2000s Vocal, Jazz, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Vocal Jazz, Standards, Swing, Vocal Music
Peggy Lee 1930s - 2000s Vocal, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Swing, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Show Tunes, Vocal Pop, Cast Recordings
Ray Brown 1940s - 2000s Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Ray Conniff 1930s - 2000s Easy Listening, Vocal, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Traditional Pop, Easy Pop, Vocal Pop
The Statler Brothers 1950s - 2000s Country, Religious, Country Gospel, Country-Pop, Gospel, Traditional Country
Mickey Newbury 1960s - 2000s Country, Pop/Rock, Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Singer/Songwriter
Esquivel 1950s - 1990s Easy Listening, Exotica, Lounge, Space Age Pop
Dave Van Ronk 1950s - 2000s Folk, Blues, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues
Mal Waldron 1950s - 2000s Jazz, International, Modal Music, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Modern Creative, Piano Jazz, Progressive Jazz
Siouxsie and the Banshees 1970s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, British Punk, College Rock, Goth Rock, Post-Punk, Punk, Punk/New Wave, Dance-Rock
*NSYNC 1990s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Pop, Teen Pop, Adult Contemporary, Dance-Pop, Club/Dance
Billy Ward 1950s - 1960s R&B, Pop/Rock, Early R&B, Doo Wop
Otis Blackwell 1950s - 2000s Blues, Pop/Rock, R&B, Early R&B, East Coast Blues, Regional Blues, Rock & Roll, Urban Blues
Roland Hanna 1950s - 2000s Jazz, Vocal, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Jazz, Piano Jazz, Standards, Film Score, Keyboard
Deee-Lite 1980s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Electronic, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop, House
Peter Bardens 1960s - 2000s Pop/Rock, New Age, Adult Alternative, Prog-Rock, Progressive Electronic, Keyboard/Synthesizer/New Age
Bob Berg 1960s - 2000s Jazz, Keyboard, Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Dodo Marmarosa 1940s - 1970s Jazz, Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
John Jackson 1930s - 2000s Blues, Pop/Rock, Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues, Folk-Blues
The Promise Ring 1990s - 2010s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Emo, Indie Rock, Pop Punk
Joe Strummer 1970s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Reggae, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk, Rock & Roll, Roots Rock, Roots Reggae, Punk/New Wave, Urban Folk, Dub
Stanley Black 1930s - 2000s Easy Listening, Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Jazz, Vocal, Cast Recordings, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Show Tunes, Big Band, British Dance Bands, Continental Jazz, Standards, Swing, Global Jazz, Latin Jazz
Sphere 1970s - 2000s Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop
Evgeny Svetlanov 1950s - 2000s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Opera
Harold Dejan 1940s - 1980s Jazz, Classical, Band Music, New Orleans Brass Bands, New Orleans Jazz
Wolfgang Schneiderhan 1930s - 1970s Classical, Holiday, Choral, Chamber Music, Concerto
John Entwistle 1960s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Stabbing Westward 1980s - 2020s Pop/Rock, Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Industrial, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock, Electro-Industrial
Hefner 1990s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Electronic
Samson 1970s - 2000s British Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Album Rock
Günter Wand Classical, Symphony
Eileen Farrell 1950s - 1990s Classical, Jazz, Vocal, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Opera, Vocal Music
Koerner, Ray & Glover 1960s - 2000s Blues, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Modern Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues
Little Johnny Taylor 1950s - 2000s Blues, R&B, Northern Soul, Soul, Soul-Blues, Early R&B
Mark Ermler 1960s - 1990s Classical, Opera, Orchestral, Ballet
Vlado Perlemuter 1940s - 1980s Classical, Keyboard
Kay Gardner 1970s - 2000s New Age, Classical, Orchestral, Ethnic Fusion, Experimental
Layne Staley 1980s - 2000s Pop/Rock
Slash's Snakepit 1990s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
The Flys 1990s - 2000s Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge
Little Jimmy King 1990s - 2000s Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Memphis Blues, Regional Blues, Soul-Blues
Hadda Brooks 1940s - 2000s Blues, Jazz, Piano Blues, Boogie-Woogie, Jazz Instrument, Regional Blues, West Coast Blues
Jimmie Lee Robinson 1950s - 2000s Blues, Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers 1970s - 2000s Reggae, Contemporary Reggae, Reggae-Pop
Derek Bell 1960s - 2000s International, Celtic, Irish Folk, Keyboard, Traditional Celtic, Contemporary Celtic
Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams 1940s - 1960s R&B, Blues, Jazz, Early R&B, Jump Blues
Anton Guadagno 1950s - 1990s Classical, Holiday, Opera, Vocal Music