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John Lawton Dies: Former Uriah Heep Vocalist Was 74

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John Lawton, the vocalist for the long-running Uriah Heep during one of the British rock bands most popular eras, died June 29 of undisclosed causes.His death was announced last night by the band.“It is with deep regret that we share the devastating and tragic news of the sudden and totally unexpected passing of John Lawton on 29 June 2021,” the band wrote on its official Twitter page. “John will be greatly missed.”Named after a character from the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, the London band Uriah Heep, formed in 1969, had already found success with vocalist David Byron (including the 1972 hit “Easy Livin'” and 1973’s “Stealin'”) when Lawton replaced the original singer in 1976.

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