Rust in Peace, Nick Menza (Megadeth)

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Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza passed away at the age of 51 to heart failure, while drumming with his band Ohm at the Baked Potato in Los Angeles (as reported by Megadeth guitarist’s Dave Mustaine).

Menza drummed on four of Megadeth's albums: Rust in Peace (1990), Countdown to Extinction (1992), Youthanasia (1994) and Cryptic Writings (1997).

Below are more deaths for the month of May - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.

May (28)

[21 May 2016] Nick Menza (Megadeth), 51, heart failure

[19 May 2016] Guo Song, 85, unknown

[19 May 2016] John Berry (Beastie Boys), 52, frontal lobe dementia

[17 May 2016] Marlene Marder (LiLiPUT), 61, unknown

[17 May 2016] Vinjamuri Seetha Devi, 80s, not known

[17 May 2016] Guy Clark, 74, cancer

[16 May 2016] Emilio Navaira, 53, hear attack

[16 May 2016] Fredrik Norén (Gyllene Cirkeln), 75, not given

[15 May 2016] Jane Little (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), 87, collapsed on stage

[15 May 2016] Cauby Peixoto, 85, pneumonia

[14 May 2016] Tony Barrow (press officer for The Beatles), 80, unknown

[14 May 2016] Lasse Mårtenson (Eurovision - Finland), 81, cerebral hemorrhage

[14 May 2016] Paul Smoker, 75, unknown

[13 May 2016] Bill Backer, 89, unknown

[13 May 2016] Buster Cooper, 87, prostate cancer

[12 May 2016] Julius La Rosa, 86, unknown

[11 May 2016] Joe Temperley (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), 86, unknown

[09 May 2016] Riki Sorsa (Eurovision), 63, cancer

[07 May 2016] John Stabb (Government Issue), 54, stomach cancer

[06 May 2016] Hannes Bauer (Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet), 61, not given

[06 May 2016] Paul Brown, ?, not known

[06 May 2016] Dick Estell (The Radio Reader), 90, natural causes

[06 May 2016] Candye Kane, 54, pancreatic cancer

[06 May 2016] Rickey Smith (American Idol), 36, traffic accident

[05 May 2016] Romalı Perihan, 74, diabetes

[04 May 2016] Olle Ljungström, 54, physical and mental ailment

[03 May 2016] Jadranka Stojaković, 65,motor neuron disease

[02 May 2016] Doug Raney, 59, not given

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