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* "What a Wonderful World" by LouisArmstrong and [-KennyG-], which Pat Metheny [[http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm really didn't care for]].

* Anita Cochran did a very strange one in 2004 when she recorded "I Wanna Hear a Cheatin' Song". She wanted to include the voice of Music/ConwayTwitty, who died in 1993. Cochran and producer Jim Ed Norman, who had previously worked with Twitty, achieved this feat by splicing his part together from various other recordings of his.

* ''Free as a Bird'' and ''Real Love'' by JohnLennon [-and the rest of Music/TheBeatles-]

* ''Brainwashed'' by George [-and Dhani-] Harrison [-and Jeff Lynne-]

* ''Psychoshop'' by Creator/AlfredBester [-and RogerZelazny-]
* ''Donnerjack'' and ''Lord Demon'' by Roger Zelazny [-and JaneLindskold-]

->...if [George R. R. Martin] dies early, Hollywood will pay somebody a lot of money to finish the books from his notes. Probably Brandon Sanderson or Kevin Anderson or someone whose name rhymes with either of them. If you’re a fantasy writer looking to make it in the big leagues finishing other peoples’ work, you could do worse than to change your name to “Ganderson.”
--> '''[[http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2011/04/05/we-have-to-wait-a-couple-years-to-see-jon-snow-stab-a-bitch/ Mighty God King]]'''

* MichaelJackson's segments from "We Are The World" were re-used on the 2010 remake for Haiti, given his then-recent death and his heavy involvement in the original. Janet Jackson even sang along with her late brother in the remake.

* Japanese R&B singer KenHirai has a "duet" on his CoverSong album ''Ken's Bar'' with noted Japanese pop singer KyuSakamoto[[hottip:*:famous in Japan for a nearly 30-year-long career but mainly known internationally for his 1961 song "Ue wo Muite Aruko", called "Sukiyaki" in English (because no one thought English speakers of the time could handle the original title)]], who died about 20 years before the album was recorded, covering Sakamoto's song "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi wo".
* In 1969, BobDylan and JohnnyCash recorded a version of the former's "One Too Many Mornings", which was often bootlegged, but never really saw official release. The 2012 Bob Dylan [[CoverAlbum tribute album]] ''Chimes Of Freedom'' took this recording and added some additional vocals by The Avett Brothers. Kind of an odd example, as the song wasn't "unfinished" to begin with.
* Six months after the death of rapper Lisa "Lefteye" Lopes, {{TLC}}'s fourth album ''3D'' was completed by the remaining two members with posthumous vocals by Lopes on four of the songs.

* ''Nico'' by Shannon Hoon [-and the rest of Blind Melon-].

* ''Free as a Bird'' and ''Real Love'' by John Lennon [-and the rest of Music/TheBeatles-]

* ''Slogans'' by Bob Marley And The Wailers [-with guitar solo by Eric Clapton-]. This song was just a solo home demo by Bob but was overdubbed to make it sound like he was playing it with a full band.

* The ''Mermaid Avenue'' albums by Billy Bragg and Music/{{Wilco}}, which set old unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music.

* The ''Mermaid Avenue'' albums by [-Billy Bragg and Wilco-], which set old unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music.

* ''[[ACanticleForLeibowitz Saint Leibowitz]] and the Wild Horse Woman'' by Walter M. Miller, Jr [-and TerryBisson-]

* ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime The Gathering Storm, Towers Of Midnight and A Memory Of Light]]'' by RobertJordan [-and BrandonSanderson-]

* ''Free as a Bird'' and ''Real Love'' by John Lennon [-and the rest of TheBeatles-]

* ''The Family'', a novel about [[strike: The Corleones]] TheBorgias, by Mario Puzo, was completed after his death by his girlfriend Carol Gini. Notably, the last chapter features a woman mourning the death of her lover[[spoiler: though in the novel, her lover is also her brother.]]

** Dropkick Murphys also set unpublished Guthrie lyrics to new music, first with "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight", then with their SignatureSong "Shippin' Off To Boston".

* ''[[WheelOfTime The Gathering Storm, Towers Of Midnight and A Memory Of Light]]'' by RobertJordan [-and BrandonSanderson-]

* "The Shuttered Room" and certain other fragmentary stories were completed after HPLovecraft's death by [-AugustDerleth-].

* ''AfterTheRain'' was written by AkiraKurosawa, who was planning on directing it; after his death Koizumi Takashi took over.

* ''Poodle Springs'' by RaymondChandler [-and [[{{Spenser}} Robert B. Parker]]-]

* ''AIArtificialIntelligence'' was started by StanleyKubrick and finished by StevenSpielberg.

* ''Variable Star'' by RobertHeinlein [-and SpiderRobinson, working from copious notes-]

* ''Garden Of Shadows'' and ''Fallen Hearts'' by [[VCAndrews V.C. Andrews]] [-and Andrew Neiderman-]
* ''Antagonist'' by [[GordonRDickson Gordon R. Dickson]] [-and David W. Wixon-]

* ''Nekht Semerkeht'' by [[RobertEHoward Robert E. Howard]] [-and Andrew J. Offutt-]

* ''Psychoshop'' by AlfredBester [-and RogerZelazny-]

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* ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'' and ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', by [[JRRTolkien J.R.R.]] [-and Christopher-] Tolkien

** Dropkick Murphys also set unpublished Guthrie lyrics to new music, first with "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight", then with their SignatureSong "Shippin' Off To Boston".

* Music/HankWilliamsJr did this twice with his father [[Music/HankWilliams Hank Williams Sr]]. One time, he corralled his son Music/HankWilliamsIII into doing an album called ''Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts'', which combined previously recorded vocals by Hank Sr. and newly recorded vocals by Hank Jr. and Hank III. Hank III doesn't even acknowledge this album's existence, because perhaps he agreed with a [[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r241113 reviewer]] who deemed it morbid and unnecessary. Hank Jr. also did a song called "There's a Tear in My Beer", which incorporated a vocal track recorded by his father. The video digitally inserted Hank Jr. into a performance of Sr.'s.

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* ''[=~A.I.: Artificial Intelligence~=]'' was started by StanleyKubrick and finished by StevenSpielberg.

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* ''Made In Heaven'' by {{Queen}} was this on purpose, as Freddie Mercury didn't think he had enough time left to create whole songs; so he just did his parts and let the rest of the band finish them after he died.