Blues Timeline: 1960-69
1960
- [Uncertain Decade]: Death of Henry Thomas (a.k.a. "Ragtime Texas"). See 1930
- [Approx. Decade]: Death of in Detroit, Michigan
- Death of Jack Kelly in Memphis, Tennessee
- Death of Tommy McClennan in Chicago, Illinois
1960 April
- 04: Death of Sylvester Weaver in Louisville, Kentucky
1960 May
- 01: Death of Smokey Hogg (real name: Andrew Hogg) in McKinney, Texas
1960 September
- 20: Death of Curley Weaver (real name: James Weaver) in Almon, Georgia
1961
- Death of "Blind" Simmie Dooley
1961 February
- 07: Death of Noah Lewis in Ripley, Tennessee
1961 November
- 14: Death of Little Son Joe (real name: Ernest Lawlers) in Memphis, Tennessee
1962
1962 October
- 07: Death of Scrapper Blackwell (full name: Francis Blackwell) in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 21: Death of Jaydee Short (aka: Jelly Jaw Short, J.D. Short) in St. Louis, Missouri
1963
- Death of Susie Edwards (nee Susie Hawthorn)
- Death of Charley Lincoln (aka: Laughing Charley; real name: Charley Hicks)
1963 March
- 17: Death of Lizzie Miles (real name: Elizabeth Mary Landreaux) in New Orleans, Louisiana
1963 October
- 22: Death of Walter Davis, probably in St. Louis, Missouri
1963 November
- 01: Death of Daddy Stove (real name: Johnny Watson; aka Daddy Stovepipe, Jimmy Watson, Sunny Jim and Reverend Alfred Pitts) in Chicago, Illinois
1963 December
- 21: Death of Clifford Gibson (aka Grandpappy Gibson) in St. Louis, Missouri
1964
1964 September
- 21: Death of Bo Chatmon (full name: Armenter Chatmon; aka Bo Carter) in Memphis, Tennessee
1965
1965 December
- 20: Death of Charlie Burse (aka Charlie "Uke" Burse) in Memphis, Tennessee
1966
- Death of Ed Bell (real name: Edward Bell; may be the same as "Barefoot Bill" and "Sluefoot Joe")
1966 March
- 29: Death of Jazz Gillum (full name: William McKinley Gillum) in Chicago, Illinois
1966 August
- 11: Death of Peg Leg Howell (real name: Joshua Barnes Howell) in Atlanta, Georgia
1966 September
- 18: Death of Will Shade (aka Son Brimmer) in Memphis, Tennessee
1966 November
- 02: Death of Mississippi John Hurt in Grenada, Mississippi
- 13: Death of Washboard Sam (real name: Robert Brown; aka Ham Grevy) in Chicago, Illinois
1967
1967 October
- 28: Death of Joe Edwards (or Jody Edwards)
1967 November
- 05: Death of Robert Nighthawk (real name: Robert Lee McCoy) in Helena, Arkansas
- 10: Death of Ida Cox (full name: Ida Prather) in Knoxville, Tennessee
1968
1968 March
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10: Death of Blind Joe Reynolds (real name: Joe Sheppard; aka: Blind Willie Reynolds) in Monroe, Louisiana
1968 April
- 06: Death of Rosa Henderson (born Rosa Deschamps, Slim Henderson's wife) in New York
1968 June
- 08: Death of Bumble Bee Slim (full name: Amos Easton) in Los Angeles, California
1968 November
- 08: Death of Kokomo Arnold (full name: James Arnold) in Chicago, Illinois
- 22: Death of Johnnie "Geechie" Temple in Jackson, Mississippi
1969
- Death of Joe Callicott in Mississippi, Mississippi
1969 September
- 05: Death of Josh White (real name: Joshua Daniel White) in Manhasset, New York
1969 October
- 03: Death of Skip James (real name: Nehemiah James) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
