Photos of some of the musicians who died in 2017

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Photos: Musicians we lost in 2017

We lost some pioneering rock legends, some more recent greats and a few of country's best.

Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey , Sept. 8.

'Sister Sledge' L-R: Debbie, Kathy, Joni, Kim. Cotillion.

Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip (left) and Neil Young perform during the finale of the Canadian Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ont., Saturday, July 2, 2005. The Live 8 concerts are part of a campaign to get the world's richest nations to cancel debt, increase aid to developing countries and promote fair trade. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Aaron Harris)Aaron Harris)

Greg Trooper was a brilliant songwriter whose tunes were covered by Steve Earle, Vince Gill and Billy Bragg. He died Jan. 15, 2017, at age 61.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 05: John Wetton attends the Progressive Music Awards at Kew Gardens on September 5, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 12: Allan Holdsworth (L) and Kurt Rosenwinkel perform on stage during the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 24: Lil Peep attends the Balmain Menswear Spring/Summer 2018 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

AC/DCL-R: Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Phil Rudd, Cliff Williams

ORG XMIT: LAAB103 World renowned musician Fats Domino looks at the progress of the rebuilding of his home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans Friday, March 9, 2007.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman is shown during a Jan. 12, 2011 interview. Allman died on May 27, 2017 at the age of 69.

Col. Bruce Hampton is shown at the beginning of “Hampton 70,” the 70th birthday concert he held at the Fox Theatre on May 1, 2017. A slew of jam-rock musicians came to honor him, including Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and John Popper. Hampton collapsed on stage during the encore and died shortly afterward at a nearby hospital. MELISSA RUGGIERI / MRUGGIERI@AJC.COM

INDIO, CA - APRIL 10: Musician Walter Becker of Steely Dan performs onstage during day 1 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2015 in Indio, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Al Jarreau, shown in 2010, died Sunday in Los Angeles. CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Astrid Riecken

James Cotton (right) performs with Jimmie Vaughan at the Austin Music Awards show at the Austin Music Hall in March 2001. The blues harmonica great - who played with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and many others - died March 16, 2017, in Austin, Texas, at age 81.

Louisiana-born Chicago bluesman and guitar great Lonnie Brooks died April 1, 2017, at the age of 83.

Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell died May 17 at age 52. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Getty Images)

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of rock, hip-hop and rap, died in his home near Los Angeles at 41. Coroner spokesman Brian Elias says they are investigating Bennington's death as an apparent suicide but no additional details are available.

Rapper Albert Johnson, best known by his stage name Prodigy and as one-half of highly acclaimed rap duo Mobb Deep, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017. He was 42 years old.

FILE - In this July 27, 2011 photo, musician Glen Campbell poses for a portrait in Malibu, Calif. Campbell, the grinning, high-pitched entertainer who had such hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy" and spanned country, pop, television and movies, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. He was 81. Campbell announced in June 2011 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Tom Petty a the Heartbreakers perform to an energetic, sold-out crowd Sunday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta. The multi-Grammy winners formed in Gainesville, Fla., in 1976.

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Jessi Zazu, lead singer of Nashville's Those Darlins, died of cancer on Sept. 12, 2017. She's seen here at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Oct. 8, 2010.

Mel Tillis has his biggest success early in his career as a songwriter, but eventually became known as a performer. In 1976, he was named the CMA Entertainer of the Year. Here he performs onstage during 2011 Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival in Indio, California. Tillis died Nov. 19, 2017, at age 85. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

In this Oct. 3, 1990, photo, 2 Live Crew member Mr. Mixx (David Hobbs), second from right, speaks to reporters at the Late Show night club in Niagara Falls, N.Y., while being joined by fellow group members, J.T. Money, left, Brother Marquis, second from left; and Fresh Kid Ice, right. Christopher Wong Won, known as Fresh Kid Ice and a founding member of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew has died Thursday, July 13, 2017, at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Miami as a result of "medical conditions" he had suffered for several years, the group's manager, DJ Debo, said. He was 53. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Former Husker Du drummer Grant Hart poses for a photo in Minneapolis in 2000. Hart, 56, died Sept. 13, 2017, at a Minneapolis hospital from complications of liver cancer and hepatitis C, his wife, Brigid McGough, said in an email to Minnesota Public Radio's The Current. ( (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)

J. Geils, guitarist and leader of The J. Geils Band, was found dead in his Groton, Massachusetts, home. He was 71 years old. He's seen here at Fenway Park on August 14, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)

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Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey , Sept. 8.

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