Which musician retired too soon?


There are a number of people who used to record and who people enjoyed that are no longer out there for one reason or another. People like Syd Barret or Cat Stevens come to mind.

I know there are a lot of people that I wish had retired, but who would you like to have seen continue in the music industry, that left already?
128x128nrchy
Yes, Peter did get a wonderful tone from his guitar and amp, didn't he? If you think about, a lot of the rock performers we've loved simply created a great great tone such as Jorma Karkaroun (sp?), Jerry Garcia, etc. Much of their doodlings were not interesting in and of themselves but sounded so nice and after a while, comfortable.
Blacmore's Night has done some incredible music. Candace Night is the best singer he's had since Ronnie James Dio. They still do Rainbow material in concert.
Gram Parsons
Jim Croce
Mike Bloomfield
I know they didn't "retire", but I wonder what they could've done under ideal conditions.