Death happens every day but when it’s someone famous, especially a beloved artist, it makes us all stop and think about our own mortality. From Jazz to Hip Hop and Pop to Heavy Metal, this is a selection of songs from artists across many genres that had passed at or before the age of 30:

• Amy Winehouse, Age 27
• The Notorious B.I.G, Age 24
• Buddy Holly, Age 22
• Charlie Christian, Age 25
• Eddie Cochran, Age 21
• Ritchie Valens, Age 17
• Otis Redding, Age 26
• Jimi Hendrix, Age 27
• Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones), Age 27
• Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Age 27
• Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Age 29
• Randy Rhodes (Ozzy Osbourne), Age 25
• Dave Williams (Drowning Pool), Age 30
• Jim Morrison (The Doors), Age 27
• Janis Joplin, Age 27
• Alan Wilson (Canned Heat), Age 27
• Gram Parsons, Age 26
• Chris Bell (Big Star), Age 26
• Clifford Brown, Age 25
• Bradley Nowell (Sublime), Age 28
• Chuck Wagon (The Dickies), Age 24
• Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols), Age 21
• Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Age 26
• Richard Hoon (Blind Melon), Age 28
• Ian Curtis (Joy Division), Age 24
• Nick Drake, Age 26
• Pete Ham (Badfinger), Age 27
• Darby Crash (The Germs), Age 22
• Jeff Buckley, Age 30
• Hand Williams, Age 29
• Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band), Age 24
• Christopher Rios (Big Punisher), Age 28
• Selena, Age 23
• Lisa Lopes (TLC), Age 30
• Rocco LaFaro (Bill Evans Trio), Age 25
• Matt Sanders (Avenged Sevenfold), Age 29
• Kristen Pfaff (Hole), Age 27
• Casey Calvert (Hawthorne Heights), Age 26
• Tupac Shakur, Age 25