About the 2026 Inductees,  Follower wrote:
Welcome to the Every Member is Dead Club, The Ronettes.
2007 is still a very alive class-only Cowboy and Eddie Van Halen are also dead.
So far Needra Talley, Dave Mason, Bill "Bass" Nelson, Bob Weir, Perry Bamonte, Jimmy Cliff, and Steve Cropper have died since the most recent ceremony.
Living members of classes where a majority or half of the inductees are dead:
1986: All are dead.
1987: 2/26 (Smokey Robinson and Mike Stroller)
1988: 7/25 (Berry Gordy Jr., Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Bob Dylan, Al Jardine, and Mike Love)
1989: 8/28 (Dion, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Williams)
1990: 12/30 (Bob Gaudio, Frankie Vali, Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Carole King, Brian Holland, and Edward Holland Jr.)
1991: 3/21 (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, and Fred Cash)
1992: 7/30 (Booker T. Jones, Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, Eric Clapton, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page and Paul Samwell-Smith)
1994: 8/29 (Eric Burdon, Allen Price, John Steel, Elton John, Tom Constanten, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Rod Stewart)
1995: 11/25 (Al Green, Jai "Jaimoe" Johanny Johanson, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Rosalind Ashford, Betty Kelly, Lois Reeves, Martha Reeves, Annette Sterling, and Neil Young)
1996: 12/27 (Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Shirley Alton Reeves, Beverly Lee, John Cale, and Maureen Tucker.)
1997: 17/39 (Barry Gibb, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Graham Nash, Jackie Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Michael "Mickey" Hampton, Grady Thomas, Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere, and Gene Cornish)
1999: 4/22 (Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and Mavis Staples)
2000: 13/28 (Bonnie Raitt, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Johnny Graham, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Verdine White, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Steve Boone, Joe Butler, John Sebastian, and Clive Davis)
2001: 12/26 (James Burton, Everyone from Aerosmith, Paul Simon, John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor [Queen], Donald Fagan, and Chris Blackwell.)
2002: 10/20 (Brenda Lee, Marky Ramone, Everyone from Talking Heads, Ron Blair, Mike Campbell, Stan Lynch, and Benmont Tench.)
2004: 8/18 (Bob Seger, Verne Allison, Michael "Mickey" McGill, Jackson Browne, Steve Winwood, Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, and Jann S. Wenner)
2008: 6/16 (Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Kenny Gamble, and Leon Huff)
2012: 25/70 (Bobby Jones, Billy Davis, Lawson Smith, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Mike D, Ad-Rock, Donovan, Everyone from Guns 'N' Roses, Flea, John Frusciante, Jack Irons, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, Cliff Martinez, Chad Smith, Kenny Jones, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and Glyn Johns.)
2024: 22/44 (Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, Jarobi White, Cher, Carter Beauford, Jeff Coffin, Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds, Rashawn Ross, Boyd Tinsley, Arthur "Buddy" Strong, Ed Gagliardi, Lou Gramm, Al Greenwood, Mick Jones [Foreigner], Rick Wills, Robert "Kool" Bell, James "J.T." Taylor, Mary J. Blige, Peter Frampton, Suzanne de Passe, and Dionne Warwick)
Dead members of each class where a majority or half of the inductees are alive:
1993: 15/29 (Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Tom Fogerty, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, Etta James, Sherman Garnes, Frankie Lymon, Joe Negroni, Ruth Brown, Cynthia Robinson, Sly Stone, Dick Clark, Milt Gabler, and Dinah Washington.)
1998: 17/30 (Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Christine McVie, Gene Vincint, Lloyd Price, Denny Doherty, Mama Cass Elliot, John Phillips, David Brown, Allan Toussaint, and Jelly Roll Morton)
2002: 10/20 (Chet Atkins, Gene Pitney, Issac Hayes, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Howie Epstein, Tom Petty, and Jim Stewart.)
2003: 16/24 (Benny Benjamin, Floyd Cramer, Steve Douglas, Bon Scott, Malcom Young, Joe Strummer, Bobby Hatfield, and Mo Ostin)
2005: 11/17 (William Powell, Percy Sledge, Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott, Frank Barsalona, and Seymour Stein.)
2006: 15/28 (Ozzy Osbourne, Clem Burke, Miles Davis, Sid Vicious, everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd other than Artimus Pyle, and Jerry Moss)
2007: 14/19 (Cowboy, The Ronettes, and Eddie Van Halen)
2009: 14/21 (Bill Black, DJ Fontana, Bobby Womack, Jeff Beck, Tracy Lord, Cliff Burton, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell)
2010: 20/30 (Eric Haydock, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman, and Otis Blackwell.)
2011: 8/12 (Glen Buxton, Dr. John, Leon Russell, and Art Rupe)
2013: 14/18 (Albert King, Donna Summer, Neil Peart, and Quincy Jones)
2014: 19/24 (Ace Frehley, Kurt Cobain, Brian Epstein, Clarence Clemons, and Danny Federici)
2015: 15/27 (Bill Withers, Lee Crystal, Lou Reed, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Billy Davenport, Sam Lay, Stevie Ray Vaughn and everyone from The "5" Royals.)
2016: 21/25 (Terry Kath, Jon Lord, Eazy-E, and Bert Berns)
2017: 24/28 (Tupac Shakur, Richard Tandy, Alan White, and Chris Squire)
2018: 15/25 (Alec John Such, Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Graeme Edge, Denny Lane, John Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Nina Simmone, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe)
2019: 32/36 (Perry Bamonte, Steve Clark, Graham Simpson, and Paul Atkinson)
2020: 14/23 (Michael Hossack, Keith Knudson, John Hartman, Andy Fletcher, The Notorious B.I.G., Marc Bolan, Steve Currie, Mickey Finn, and Whitney Houston)
2021: 14/22 (Taylor Hawkins, Tina Turner, Billy Preston, Randy Rhodes, Florian Schneider, Gil Scott-Heron, Charlie Patton, and Clarence Avant)
2022: 23/28 (Sylvia Robinson, Les Binks, Dave Holland, Harry Belafonte, and Elizabeth Cotten)
2023: 12/21 (George Michael, Everyone from the Spinners, Don Cornelius, and Link Wray.)
2024: 22/44 (Phife Dawg, Leroi More, Ed Gagliardi, Ian McDonald, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Claydes "Charles" Smith, Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Ricky Westfield, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Buffet, everyone from MC5, Norman Whitfield, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and Big Mama Thorton)
2025: 16/23 (Boz Burrell, Mick Ralphs, Joe Cocker, Chris Cornell, Nicky Hopkins, Thom Bell, and Warren Zevon)
2026: 39/51 (Clive Burr, Paul Di'Anno, Ian Curtis, Luther Vandross, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ed Sullivan, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller, Linda Creed, Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, and Gram Parsons) |
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