April 17

On this day in 1998, Linda McCartney died after a long battle against cancer

On this day in 1960, 21-year-old Eddie Cochran was killed in England when the taxi he was travelling in crashed into a lamppost

Today in 1983, Felix Pappalardi, producer and bass player for Mountain 

was shot dead by his wife Gail Collins

Today in 2008, Danny Federici (The E Street Band) died of cancer at the age of 58

Jan Hammer was born on this day in 1948,