The coauthor of three editions of the Rough Guide to Rock, Jeremy Simmonds here tracks down the bitter (and sometimes not-so-bitter) ends of some of pop music's most famous and lamented talents, providing the hard facts that variously dispel or reinforce the storied ends of such legends as Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Sid Vicious, Biggie Smalls, and Tupac Shak