Tag Archives: Obituary
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Insert Foot: The world needs more like Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett performs at La Cigale n Paris, France, on Sept. 26, 2014. Photo by David Wolff-Patrick/Redferns. I’m not a huge fan of Jimmy Buffett’s music. I mean, I don’t hate it. Finding a Jimmy Buffett song is like finding a raisin in a cookie. It’s fine, it’s not…
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Obituary: Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor dead at 56
Sinéad O’Connor photographed in October 1988. Photo by Kevin Cummins/Getty Images. Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor died Tuesday at 56. No cause of death was immediately announced for O’Connor, who was as known for her voice and her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” as for her feud with…
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Obituary: Crooner and icon Tony Bennett passes away at 96
Tony Bennett. Photo by Virginia Sherwood/NBCUniversal. Singer Tony Bennett died Friday at the age of 96. The legendary crooner’s 85-year career garnered worldwide acclaim and 18 Grammy awards. Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on Aug. 3, 1926 in Queens, New York, Bennett has been a household name for more than…
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Obituary: Soul, rock and roll icon Tina Turner dead at 83
Tina Turner performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Nov. 4, 1990. Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns. Superstar Tina Turner, an icon for both showmanship and resilience, has died at 83 after a long illness, near Zurich, Switzerland, her home for the last years of her life. Turner sang on iconic recordings…
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Obituary: Andy Rourke of the Smiths dead at 59 after cancer battle
Andy Rourke photographed outside Salford Lads Club in Salford, Manchester, England in March 2007. Photo by Stephen Wright/Getty Images. With a post on Twitter, Johnny Marr shared the news that Andy Rourke, his childhood friend and bass player for The Smiths has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Rourke…
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Obituary: Legendary folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84
Gordon Lightfoot in Toronto in 1975. Jeff Goode/Toronto Star via Getty Images. Gordon Lightfoot, legendary Canadian folk singer behind hits like “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died Monday of natural causes at age 84. “I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing yesterday of Gordon…
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Appreciation: Jazz great and innovator Wayne Shorter dead at 89
Wayne Shorter performs at the Park West in Chicago on Nov. 15, 1978. Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images. Famed saxophonist Wayne Shorter died Thursday at the age of 89. Shorter was a jazz giant who not only witnessed jazz history but had a huge role in shaping it. From…
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OBITUARY: Tom Verlaine of hugely influential band Television dead at 73
Tom Verlaine of Television performs at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on April 16, 1978. Photo by Gus Stewart/Redferns. Tom Verlaine, singer, guitarist and founding member of hugely influential post-rock band Television, has died at 73. Verlaine, born Thomas Miller in New Jersey, was a fixture in the scene…
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OBITUARY: David Crosby, melodious heart of the Byrds and CSNY, dead at 81
David Crosby, courtesy Anna Webber. Iconic ’60s singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby has died, his family announced Thursday. The cofounder of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was 81. A cause of death was not announced. “It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our…
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Obituary: Lisa Marie Presley dead after cardiac arrest at 54
Lisa Marie Presley performs at the Avalon in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2003. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images. Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a musician and songwriter in her own right, died Thursday in a hospital near her Calabasas, Calif. home, west of…