A montage of some of the musicians who died in 2024. For a more complete list, visit NPR Music's article on musicians we lost this year.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I'LL BE THERE") CISSY HOUSTON: (Singing ... FADEL: Bassist Phil Lesh was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, and he wrote one of their signature songs, "Box Of Rain." ...

Cissy Houston had Alzheimer's disease ... As one of the founding members of The Grateful Dead, Lesh was instrumental in defining rock music for a generation. As the group's bassist, Lesh brought ...

Cissy Houston had Alzheimer's disease ... As one of the founding members of The Grateful Dead, Lesh was instrumental in defining rock music for a generation. As the group's bassist, Lesh brought a ...

Cissy Houston was known as an accomplished gospel ... Jon Pareles wrote in a beautiful appraisal of the Grateful Dead’s singular bassist, Phil Lesh, “almost as if he were thinking aloud.” ...

We remember those we lost in December, including producer Richard Perry, followed by our tributes from the prior months of ...

Cissy Houston, 91, two-time Grammy-winning singer ... Kaizer Chiefs and was called up to play for Bafana Bafana, was shot dead in a hijacking. Died 3 April. Maggie Smith, 89, British actress ...