Includes musicians, writers, scenesters, and actors who made the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s special to me in NYC.
I keep this list because I can’t keep all the dead I want to remember in my head.
Billy Murcia 1951-1972
Sid Vicious 1957-1979
Jessy Blue d. 1980?
George Scott 1953-1980
Bobby Battery d. 1981?
Lester Bangs 1948-1982
Klaus Nomi 1944-1983
Ricky Wilson 1953-1985
Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988
Nico 1938-1988
Ondine 1937-1989
Stiv Bators 1949-1990
Richard Sohl 1953-1990
Bradley Field d. 1990?
Johnny Thunders 1952-1991
Jerry Nolan 1946-1992
Ron Vawter 1948-1994
Sterling Morrison 1942-1995
Alan Betrock 1950-2000
Bryan Gregory 1951-2001
Lance Loud 1951-2001
Joey Ramone 1951-2001
Rockets Redglare 1949-2001
Dee Dee Ramone 1951-2002
Johnny Ramone 1948-2004
Arthur Kane 1949-2004
Bob Quine 1942-2004
Spalding Gray 1941-2004
Terry Ork 1943-2004
Hilly Kristal 1931-2007
Willy DeVille 1950-2009
Lux Interior 1946-2009
Alex Chilton 1950-2010
Lou Reed 1942-2013
Stephen Saban 1945-2018
Cynthia Heimel 1947-2018
“Bleecker” Bob Plotnik 1943-2018
Ivan Kral 1948-2020
Sylvain Sylvain 1951-2021
Dee Pop 1956?-2021
Greg Tate 1957-2021
Annie Flanders 1939-2022
Robert Gordon 1947-2022
Tom Verlaine 1949-2023