2015 - Madonna
Madonna said she suffered whiplash as a result of her nightmare accident at the 2015 Brit Awards. The 56-year-old was pulled backwards off stage by a cape, which was supposed to fall from her shoulders causing the singer to fall down a flight of steps.

2007 - Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown was sentenced to 30 days in jail over $19,000 (£9,670) in unpaid child support. An arrest warrant was issued in October 2006 after he failed to show up at a hearing on overdue child support for Kim Ward, the mother of two of his children.

1993 - The Orlons
Marlena Davis of The Orlons lost a battle with lung cancer aged 48. The Orlons who formed in the late 1950s had five US Top 20 hits in the Sixties including ‘The Wah Watusi’, ‘Dont Hang Up’ and ‘South Street’. The Orlons provided back-up vocals on Dee Dee Sharps 1962 hit ‘Mashed Potato Time’ and Dee Dee Sharps second hit, ‘Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)’.

1968 - Frankie Lymon
25 year old Frankie Lymon, lead singer of The Teenagers, died of a heroin overdose in his grandmothers New York home. Lymon was on leave from a Georgia Army post at the time and was scheduled to record for Roulette Records the next day. He first hit the national charts in 1956 when he was just 13 with Why Do Fools Fall in Love.