Johnny Vaughn of the Johnny Vaughn Band Has Passed. Our vice-president Dr. Annette Cannon posted on Facebook that Johnny Vaughn of the Johnny Vaughn Band has passed away. Johnny played all over the Metro Area, mountains and beyond. Incredible guitarist, actually amazing! I think he must have played with every musician known in the area. He will be sorely missed by the music community.
At this time, this is the only info we have:
From Johnny Vaughn, posted January 9th: I’m in my last third of my life on this earth, I have learned that dying is inevitable. No one can stop it. We have one life to live. The material things we invest in are left behind. Memories, therefore, are important. So, I’m going to start a “Reunion of Friends”. The idea is to see who reads a post without a picture. If no one reads my post, this will be a very short experiment. But if you are reading this message, make a comment using a single word about how we met. After that COPY this message on your wall and I will also leave you a word. Please, don’t leave a word and then not bother doing the second thing. Let’s go!
Friends and family are important ❤ ….Just for fun!!!
17 responses as of Jan. 20, 2026.
https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyVaughanBand
OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
Warning Signs of Suicide – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or if you want to discuss, call the old numbers at 800-273-TALK or 800-273-8255 for English and 888-628-9454 for Spanish. Learn the signs of someone who may be contemplating suicide.
Posting for my Veteran/singer/songwriter/musician friend Troy Hoss: Heavy on my heart so here goes: This is a very real problem … 22 Veterans a day surrender to their demons. #SuicideAwareness | Call Veteran’s Hotline: 988 #1 or 844-647-1354
From Care2 via Jock Bartley on Facebook: Trump shut down our LGBTQ+ suicide and mental health hotline, but CANADA opened a US toll-free number to theirs… so our citizens can get help anytime, at no cost: 1-877-330-6366
Kindness & empathy have no borders.
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
January 2026
20: Rob Hirst, 70, Australian musician (Midnight Oil, Ghostwriters) and songwriter (“Forgotten Years”), pancreatic cancer; Yaw Sarpong, Ghanaian gospel musician and songwriter.
19: Mojmír Maděrič, 70, Czech actor, musician and host; Billy Parker, 88, American country music singer and DJ.
18: Stephen “Cat” Coore, 69, Jamaican guitarist and cellist (Third World); Anders Möller, 63, Swedish musician (Black Ingvars, Swedish Erotica), cancer; Jaan Ross, 68, Estonian musicologist and psychologist; Ralph Towner, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist.
17: Marikena Monti, 82, Argentine actress and singer; Tucker Zimmerman, 84, American singer-songwriter, smoke inhalation.
16: Tony Dallara, 89, Italian singer (“Come Prima”, “Romantica”), respiratory illness; Osvaldo Díaz, 76, Chilean singer; Joxean Llorente, 63, Spanish choral conductor, composer and musicologist; Marcel Osztas, 37, Slovak radio presenter and music concert host; Guillermo Rendón García, 90, Colombian composer and organist.
15: Raju Bandara, 65, Sri Lankan singer, kidney disease; Kenny Morris, 68, English drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees); Rubén Patagonia, 69, Argentine singer.
14: Melania Pérez, 76, Argentine singer; Quemil Yambay, 87, Paraguayan musician and composer.
13: Seán Ó Sé, 89, Irish tenor singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026
Photo: Johnny Vaughn