The Best Songs Released Posthumously
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- Released Jan. 8, 1968: Redding died December 10, 1967
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Released February 10, 2023: Linkin Park's Chester Bennington died July 20, 2017.
- Released on January 11, 1971: Joplin died on October 4, 1970More Me & Bobby McGee
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- Released May 23, 1983: Marley died May 11, 1981
- Released 1965: Cline died March 5, 1963
- Released Feb. 7, 1989: Orbison died Dec. 6, 1988
- Released March 1974: Croce died Sept. 20, 1973
- Released Dec. 22, 1964: Cooke died Dec. 11, 1964
- 10Released January 12, 1981: Lennon died Dec. 8, 1980
- Released March 5, 2013: Hendrix died Sept. 18, 1970
- 12Released Oct. 13, 1998: Shakur died Sept. 13, 1996
- Released Oct. 8, 2002: Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994
- Released Nov. 6, 1995: Freddie Mercury died Nov. 24, 1991
- Released 1995: Freddie Mercury died November 24, 1991
- Released March 25, 1997: Biggie died March 9, 1997
- Released on July 30, 1996: Bradley Nowell died on May 25, 1996
- 21Released October 3, 1977. Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977.
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- Released July 1959: Holiday died July 17, 1959
- Released Feb. 11, 1997: Shakur died Sept. 13, 1996
- Released Nov. 19, 1982: John Bonham died Sept. 25, 1980
- Released June 26, 1995: Selena died March 31, 1995
- Released Oct. 10 1988: John Lennon died Dec. 8, 1980
- Released 1954: Williams died Jan.1, 1953
- Valleys of Neptune released March 9, 2010. Jimi Hendrix died September 18, 1970.
- Released Jan. 27, 1984: Lennon died Dec. 8, 1980