Lord Uli died as a result of a fall on stage and Judge Dread, a/k/a Alex Hughes collapsed and died on stage. Lord Uli of The Lords died on stage. After a collapse he hit his head, fell into a coma and never awoke again. Ulli was the charismatic singer of The Lords, one of two German beat bands, that got nationwide interest in the 60s. Their greatest hit was "Over in the Gloryland". "When I die, I'd like to drop dead from the stage". And that's exactly what happened at their 40yrs anniversary gig. Lord Ulli fell from the stage and broke his skull. He died a few days later in hospital. http://elvispelvis.com/tragicaccident.htm#2 Judge Dread CANTERBURY, England (AP) -- Judge Dread, whose fusion of smutty lyrics and a reggae beat produced a pair of top 10 singles in Britain in the 1970s, has died after collapsing during a performance. http://elvispelvis.com/judgedread.htm

Darell Abbot aka "Dimebag", guitarist for the group Damageplan was murdered onstage in December 2004. www.mtv.com/news/articles/1494653/12092004/damageplan.jhtml

Les Harvey, the guitarist with the band "Stone the Crows", was electrocuted and died during a sound check prior to a performance back in the early 1970s. Watch those ground faults.

jackie wilson died on stage while performing his famous song lonely teardrop. unknown location or date.

Mark Sandman of Morphine died of a heart attack on stage in front of several thousand spectators at a music festival in Italy, 7/3/99.

Lillian Hardin Armstrong collapsed on stage in 1971 and died: http://www.riverwalk.org/proglist/showpromo/myheart.htm http://www.redhotjazz.com/lil.html (If one of the links do not work, or they take you to a different person's bio, please Google her name before you give me a low rating. Thank you.)

Two more who died on stage come to mind who haven't been mentioned yet: * Patrick Sherry died on stage while doing a stunt: http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1094715 (If the above link does not work, please cut and paste it into your browser, then remove the semicolon (;) before ArticleID, Answerbag puts it there and I have no control over that.) * Sid James died of a heart attack while performing "The Mating Season": http://www.carryonline.com/carry/sidtribute.html

Jean-Baptiste Lully, widely considered to be the first music conductor crushed his foot with his baton (a heavy wooden staff about six feet tall) during a performance and developed gangrene as a result. He didn't technically die on stage, though his death was a direct result of his performance. You can read more about Jean-Baptiste Lully at: http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/lully.html

Apparently, Tiny Tim had a heart attack on stage in 1996, and died within an hour. Does that count as 'died on stage?' http://www.tinytim.org/biography.html

Jackie Wilson dies in Mount Holley, New Jersey, after lingering in a brain-damaged state for eight years as a result of his 1975 heart attack. Apparently didn't die on the stage, but that is very sad .....:(

Dimebag Darrell from Pantera was shot and killed on stage.

# 1951: Concert pianist Simon Barere dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at Carnegie Hall while playing Grieg's A minor piano concerto. # 1954: Blues star Johnny Ace became inebriated during a break in his performance, and decided to play a game of Russian roulette. He shot himself in the head and died. [7] # 1967: Actor and singer Nelson Eddy died of a stroke while performing in Miami. [13] # 1971: David Burns died while performing in 70 Girls 70 in Philadelphia.[14] * Also that year, longevity expert Jerome Rodale was quoted as saying, "I'm going to live to be 100, unless I'm run over by a sugar-crazed taxi driver." Soon after, he was a guest on the Dick Cavett Show. After his interview was done, Pete Hamill was being interviewed by Cavett when, according to urban legend, Rodale appeared to fall asleep. Cavett quipped "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?" Cavett says this is incorrect; the initial reaction to Rodale was fellow guest Pete Hamill noticing something was wrong, and saying in a low voice to Cavett, "This looks bad." The episode was never aired. [15] # 1972: Les Harvey, lead guitarist of the Glasgow rock band Stone the Crows died after being electrocuted by his microphone while performing at Swansea's Top Rank Ballroom.[1] # Singer Onie Wheeler died of a massive heart attack while performing on the stage of theGrand Ole Opry.[21] # American R&B vocalist Philippé Wynne, former lead singer of The Spinners, suffered a massive heart attack while performing at Ivey's nightclub in Oakland, California, and died early the next morning at Providence Hospital.