Alive or Dead? Alive would probably be Robert Fripp,Les Claypool,Lee Dorman,John McLaughlin (the musician,not the curmudgeon),David Letterman,Zoot Horn Rollo,Stanley Clark, Paul McCartney, John McEnroe,Little Steven Van Zant..........Dead,John Lennon,Frank Zappa,Kurt Vonnegut Jr.,Randy California,Charles Mingus,Miles Davis.....the list goes on FOREVER!