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* Almafuerte's "En este viaje" was written about Ricardo Iorio's deceased wife.

* [[Helloween|Michael Kiske]] wrote "Always", in his first album ''Instant Clarity'', about Ingo Schwichtenberg, his deceased ex-comrade of Helloween.

* "Angel's Son" by [[Sevendust]], dedicated to the lead singer of Snot.

* The [[Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead's]] "Bird Song" was written about Janis Joplin after her death, and "Cassidy" is partly about the death of Neal Cassady (its spelling derives from its also being about the ''birth'' of staff member Eileen Law's baby Cassidy). "He's Gone" was originally a trope subversion: a slow dirge about erstwhile manager Lenny Hart, who hadn't died yet; he had merely drained the band's bank accounts and vanished. However, after the death of original keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, the song quickly reverted to a straightforward example of this trope in the minds of fans and the band alike.