Blues Timeline: 1970-79
1970
- [Approx. Decade]: Death of Irene Scruggs (aka Chocolate Brown) in Germany
- [Uncertain Year]: Death of Bill Gaither (aka Leroy's Buddy). Also see 1950
- [Approx. Date]: Death of Walter Roland in Alabama
1970 February
- 12: Death of Ishman Bracey in Jackson, Mississippi
1970 June
- 16: Death of Lonnie Johnson (real name: Alonzo Johnson) in Toronto, Canada
1972
- [Approx. Date]: Death of James "Stump" Johnson (real names: James Johnson)
- Death of Rubin "Rube" Lacy
1972 May
- 05: Death of Reverend Gary Davis in Hammonton, New Jersey
1972 November
- 07: Death of Black Ace (real name: Babe Kyro Lemon Turner; a.k.a. Babe Turner, Buck Turner, Black Ace Turner, B. K. Turner) in Fort Worth, Texas
1973
1973 January
- 02: Death of Speckled Red (real name: Rufus C. Perryman) in St. Louis, Missouri
1973 August
- 06: Death of Memphis Minnie (real name: Lizzie Douglas) in Memphis, Tennessee
1973 October
- 15: Death of Hannah Sylvester (a.k.a. Genevia Scott) in New York
1974
1974 May
- 17: Death of Romeo Nelson in Chicago, Illinois
1975
1975 March
- 16: Death of T-Bone Walker (real name Aaron Thibeaux Walker; a.k.a. Oak Cliff T-Bone) in Los Angeles, California
1975 April
- 22: Death of Walter Vinson (a.k.a. Walter Vincson, Walter Vincent) in Chicago, Illinois
1976
1976 March
- 28: Death of Arthur Crudup (aka "Big Boy" Crudup, "Pop" Crudup) in Nassawadox, Virginia
1976 October
- 03: Death of Victoria Spivey in New York
1977
1977 June
- 05: Death of Sleepy John Estes (full name: John Adam Estes) in Durhamville, Tennessee
1977 February
- 26: Death of Bukka White (real name: Booker T. Washington White) in Memphis, Tennessee
1977 September
- 01: Death of Ethel Waters in Chatsworth, California
1977 December
- 30: Death of St. Louis Jimmy Oden (real name: James Burke Oden) in Chicago, Illinois
1978
1978 July
- 20: Death of Teddy Bunn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1978 December
- 16: Death of Blanche Dorothea Calloway in Baltimore, Maryland
1979
1979 May
- 10: Death of Carl Martin in Pontiac, Michigan
1979 October
- 15: Death of Gus Cannon (aka Banjo Joe) in Memphis, Tennessee