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News of Mac Miller’s death hit the internet hard at noon on Friday, and celebrities, sport stars, and fans across the country were paying tribute to the rapper. It was unexpected, because Mac Miller was only 26 and in the prime of his career. TMZ reported that it was an apparent overdose. His death came after We Came As Romans’s singer Kyle Pavone (age 28) also died of a drug overdose on August 31.
We caught Mac Miller in October 2016, as part of his The Divine Feminine tour, and said, “Mac Miller only needed a microphone to do his magic. The audience sang back all the popular songs. It’s unlike anything you’ll ever see, over one thousand fans singing and dancing in tune with Miller.”
Below are more recent deaths - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
September (10)
[07 Sep 2018] Mac Miller (American rapper, singer and record producer), 26, drug overdose
[06 Sep 2018] Philippe Eidel (French music producer, writer and film music composer), 61
[06 Sep 2018] Claudio Scimone (Italian conductor), 83
[05 Sep 2018] Richard Bateman (American bass player for Nasty Savage)
[04 Sep 2018] Roman Mayboroda (Ukrainian opera singer), 75
[04 Sep 2018] Elisa Serna (Spanish protest singer-songwriter), 75
[03 Sep 2018] Katyna Ranieri (Italian singer and actress on Captain Phantom), 93
[02 Sep 2018] Conway Savage (Australian rock keyboardist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), 58, brain tumour
[01 Sep 2018] Kenneth Bowen (Welsh operatic tenor singer), 86
[01 Sep 2018] Randy Weston (American jazz pianist and composer), 92
We caught Mac Miller in October 2016, as part of his The Divine Feminine tour, and said, “Mac Miller only needed a microphone to do his magic. The audience sang back all the popular songs. It’s unlike anything you’ll ever see, over one thousand fans singing and dancing in tune with Miller.”
Below are more recent deaths - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
September (10)
