Hell yes they are!!!

True, but you forgot George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, Brian Epstein, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Selena Quintanilla, Whitney Houston, Chester Bennington, Johnny Cash, Edith Piaf, John Denver, Mac Miller, Avicii, Lil Peep, Elliot Smith, Marvin Gaye, Brian Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Chris Cornell, Bob Marley, Patsy Cline, Karen Carpenter, Hank Williams, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Aaliyah, Lisa (Left Eye) Lopes, Jeff Buckley, Tommy Bolin, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Linda McCartney, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few :)

AND STAN "MOTHER FUCKIN" LEE