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| Name | Claim to Fame | Dates | Age | Cause of Demise |
| Bangs, Lester | Music Critic | 1948 - April 30, 1982 | 34 | Overdose |
| Benny, Jack | Actor | February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974 | 39 | Pancreatic Cancer |
| Biko, Stephen | Civil Rights Leader | December 18, 1946 - September 22 1977 | 30 | Brain Hemorrhage |
| Bizet, Georges | Composer | October 25, 1838 - June 3, 1875 | 36 | Heart Failure |
| Bode, Vaughn | Cartoonist | July 22, 1941 - July 18, 1975 | 34 | Accidental Strangulation |
Two things of note on this page. For everyone who says you can't learn from Rock Music, I will explain why I knew who Stephen Biko was when I was in high school. Peter Gabriel's third album, the uncreatively titled Peter Gabriel, featured the song "Biko." I looked up who he was, and learned a little about South Africa in the process.
Next, I used to read Lester Bangs in Creem when I was a teenager. I wanted to write like that. Unfortunately, instead of turning into Cameron Crowe, (who's writing style I also admired), I became a teacher and web master...
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