He died on 27th September 1986- he was killed when Metallica's tour bus crashed during the second leg of their Damage Inc.tour in Southern Sweden. They were travelling through Sweden's Ljungby Municipality near the town of Dorap, when the bus skidded late at night and ended up on it's side on a grass verge. Burton was lying in his bunk at the time- he was thrown through the window and the vehicle landed on top of him, crushing him instantly. He was 24 years old. The cause of the accident was never established- it was initially put down to black ice on the road, though some people suspected that the bus driver may have been drunk. Cliff Burton's body was flown back to the USA, and he was buried in San Francisco.
Cliff Lumsdon was born in 1931.
John Lumsdon was born on 1956-07-20.
Chris Lumsdon was born on 1979-12-15.
Cliff Carlisle died in 1983.
Cliff Gallup died in 1988.
Cliff May died in 1989.
Cliff Woodbury died in 1984.
Cliff Turney died in 2005.
Cliff Keen died in 1991.
Cliff Shaw died in 1991.
Cliff Manahan died in 1970.
Cliff Malone died in 2008.