Female:

• Neko Case
• Nancy Wilson (of Heart)
• Merilee Rush
• Amy Lee (of Evanescence)
• Chrissie Hynde
• Patty Smith
• Patsy Cline
• Jessi Colter
• June Carter-Cash
• Crystal Gayle
• Amy Millan
• Annie DeFranco
• Gillian Welch
• Poe
• Pink
• Lady Gaga
• Courtney Love

Male (Which would probably force me to extend the limits of my acting ability.):

• John Lennon
• Townes Van Zandt
• Tom Waits
• Waylon Jennings
• Chris Cornell
• Marylin Manson

I chose some of these people solely because I like their music...most of them in fact. Some of them, though, seem like they must have

a very interesting life. Of course, most of the ones I chose are still living (some of them not much older and one younger than me), and I think only one of them actually committed suicide (Townes Van Zandt). The others who are no longer with us were murdered (John Lennon), died in a plane crash (Patsy Cline) and/or had some complication of illness that ended their life (June Carter-Cash and Waylon Jennings).