yo iiholly, the bassist from red hot chili peppers didnt die. his name is flea by the way. the original guitarist died though. his name was hillel slovak, who was alos a cool guitarist, then they picked up john frusciante, who rules, then dave navarro, from janes addiction, and then they brought back frusciante.

Okay so heres my short list.

flea - red hot chili peppers
john entwistle - the who
les claypool - primus

okay thats all i can think of on the spot. i dont know a lot of bassists.

jesse sutton (canada kicks ass)