More: Bradley Nowell – the frontman of Sublime – who tragically died in May 1996 of a heroin overdose while the band was on tour. Which musician’s death hit you the hardest when you were young? Here’s a good post from https://reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/1sabci1/bradley_nowell_the_frontman_of_sublime_who/: Continue here: Bradley Nowell – the frontman of Sublime – who tragically died in May 1996 of a heroin overdose while the band was on tour. Which musician’s death hit you the hardest when you were young?