Joe Strummer’s Death – Cause and Date

The punk singer Joe Strummer, real name John Graham Mellor, died at the age of 50. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

English musician best known as the lead singer and founding member of punk rock band The Clash. With The Clash, he recorded such hits as “London Calling,” “Rock the Casbah,” and “Train in Vain.” He also had a lesser-known side project called The Mescaleros.

He had several relationships, including a green card marriage to Pamela Moolman, a South African citizen attempting to obtain British citizenship. He was married to Lucinda Tait from 1995 until his death.

How did Joe Strummer die?

Strummer died suddenly on 22 December 2002 in his home at Broomfield in Somerset. It was an undiagnosed congenital heart defect that caused his unexpected death.

His estate was valued at just under £1 million when he died, and he left all the money to his wife Lucinda.

Strummer was cremated, and his ashes were given to his family.

Quotes

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“What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you’re not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you’re singing and I really enjoy that!” (Joe Strummer)

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“I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, ’cause I’ve got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one… now a British one. I think it’d be pretty good to have an American phrase book.” (Joe Strummer)

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“All hippies around now just represent complete apathy.” (Joe Strummer)

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“If you ain’t thinkin’ about man and God and law, then you ain’t thinkin’ about nothin’.” (Joe Strummer)

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“When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don’t learn nothing, cause hey, it’s not your fault, it’s his fault, over there.” (Joe Strummer)