Entries tagged with: RIP
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Ricardo Montalban, RIP
goodbye boss... Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán Merino (November 25, 1920 - January 14, 2009) was a Mexican television, theatre, and film actor. He had a career spanning decades and multiple notable roles. During the late 1970s, he was the spokesperson...
Posted on January 14, 2009 7:16 PM
What's going on Tuesday?
DOWNLOAD: Arms - Kids Aflame (MP3) Eartha Kitt today in NYC * Arms @ Pianos * Pogo in Togo party @ Cake Shop * Okkervil River @ The Bell House * Thunderant, Max Silvestri & others @ MoMA * Jason...
Posted on January 6, 2009 12:40 PM
Ron Asheton, RIP (the Stooges)
Ron Asheton (the Stooges) @ Baltimore Virgin Fest 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) Famed rock-and-roll guitarist and longtime Ann Arbor resident Ronald "Ron" Asheton was found dead in his home on the city's west side this morning, police said. Asheton,...
Posted on January 6, 2009 10:15 AM
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, RIP ("first lady of Star Trek")
"Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the woman dubbed "the First Lady of Star Trek," has passed at the age of 76. According to her representative, the cause of death was leukemia. According to her website, "Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning,...
Posted on December 18, 2008 10:10 PM
Bettie Page, RIP
Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles, California, hospital Thursday, a week after suffering a heart attack, according to her agent. "She captured the imagination of a generation of men...
Posted on December 12, 2008 9:20 AM
Munetaka Higuchi, RIP (drummer of Loudness)
Munetaka Higuchi, the drummer and co-founder of the Japanese heavy metal band Loudness, passed away on Sunday [November 30th] at about 10:00 a.m. in a hospital in Osaka, Japan. He was 49. Akira Takasaki, the guitarist who met Higuchi during...
Posted on December 7, 2008 9:11 PM
Odetta, RIP
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the 1950s,...
Posted on December 3, 2008 7:30 PM
What's going on Thursday? (Mitch Mitchell, RIP)
Mitch Mitchell (right) today in NYC * AC/DC @ MSG * The Budos Band @ SOB's * Hank IV & Los Llamarada @ Maxwell's * Butch Walker & Jesse Malin @ Gramercy Theatre * Jolie Holland & Herman Dune @...
Posted on November 13, 2008 1:22 PM
Miriam Makeba, RIP
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who became a world famous symbol of the anti-apartheid movement, died this morning, apparently of a heart attack after performing at an anti Mafia concert in southern Italy. The 76-year-old singer died after being...
Posted on November 10, 2008 11:04 AM
Jimmy Carl Black, RIP (Mothers of Invention)
Jimmy Carl Black (wanna watch a dental hygiene movie?) Jimmy Carl Black (born James Inkanish, Jr., February 1, 1938 - November 1, 2008) was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention....Black was diagnosed with lung cancer in August...
Posted on November 4, 2008 2:49 PM
Def Jam exec Shakir Stewart commits suicide
Shakir Stewart, executive vice president of Def Jam and one of the most powerful figures in hip-hop, died this weekend in an apparent suicide. Police reported that the man who signed Beyoncé was found in his bathroom at around 4pm...
Posted on November 3, 2008 8:34 AM
Paul Newman, RIP
Louis Armstrong & Paul Newman Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in...
Posted on September 27, 2008 12:50 PM
Blink-182's Travis Barker & Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein critically injured, four killed in South Carolina plane crash
"Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein were in critical condition with extensive burns Saturday after a jet crash the night before that killed four people, authorities said. Lexington County Coroner Harry O. Harman said...
Posted on September 20, 2008 1:46 PM
Richard Wright (Pink Floyd), RIP
Richard Wright, a founder member of Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 65 after battling cancer, his spokesman said. Wright played the keyboard with the legendary band and wrote music in classic albums such as Dark Side Of...
Posted on September 15, 2008 1:33 PM
Steve Foley, final drummer for the Replacements, dead at 49
by CD Sad news - Steve Foley, who played drums with the Replacements and with Tommy Stinson's post-Replacements project Bash & Pop, has passed away at the age of 49. According to reports in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul,...
Posted on August 27, 2008 7:32 PM
Jerry Wexler, RIP
During his time as an editor, reporter, and writer for Billboard Magazine, Wexler coined the term "rhythm and blues."He became a partner in Atlantic Records in 1953. There followed classic recordings with Ray Charles, the Drifters and Ruth Brown. With...
Posted on August 17, 2008 8:50 PM
Isaac Hayes, RIP
Isaac Hayes @ Celebrate Brooklyn - June 12, 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Soul legend Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy and Academy awards for the theme to the 1971 film ``Shaft'' and voiced the character ``Chef'' in the hit...
Posted on August 11, 2008 12:45 AM
Estelle Getty, RIP
Actress Estelle Getty, best known as sarcastic Sicilian octogenarian Sophia Petrillo in US sitcom The Golden Girls, had died at the age of 84. The star, who had advanced dementia, died on Tuesday morning at her Hollywood Boulevard home. Her...
Posted on July 22, 2008 2:41 PM
Arthur Weinstein, RIP
Art passed yesterday, after a courageous fight with cancer. Known to everyone with clout in the nightclub industry, Art was a familiar face for a few decades. He owned and operated some of the best clubs in history. The World,...
Posted on July 10, 2008 12:44 PM
Natasha Shneider, RIP (Eleven, Desert Sessions, QOTSA)
Natasha Shneider (May 22, 1956 - July 2, 2008) was a musician, born in Moscow, Russia. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, and was the partner of bandmate Alain Johannes. She also played...
Posted on July 7, 2008 9:56 AM
Noel Sayre, RIP (Black Swans, Pretty Mighty Mighty)
Noel Sayre passed away early this morning after being in critcal condition after almost drowning in a community swimming pool. Very sad. RIP....
Posted on July 3, 2008 2:56 PM
George Carlin, RIP
Comedian-actor George Carlin, known for his raunchy but insightful humor, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 71. Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest...
Posted on June 23, 2008 7:14 AM
Esbjorn Svensson, RIP
Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson, who helped break genre boundaries and attracted a young audience outside the traditional jazz scene, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, his manager said. Burkhard Hopper, manager of the Esbjorn Svensson...
Posted on June 16, 2008 5:34 PM
THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED: A Tribute to Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls (2008 Tour Dates)
Charles Gocher (1952-2007) (photo by Kerry Kugelman) This current tour features Alan Bishop and Richard Bishop as an acoustic guitar duet. They will be performing Sun City Girls songs including many penned by Gocher. Most dates will feature an opening...
Posted on June 4, 2008 2:26 PM
Bo Diddley, RIP
One of the fathers of rock 'n' roll died Monday at the age of 79. Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates in Mississippi and grew up in Chicago, where he played guitar on street corners before being discovered by Chess...
Posted on June 2, 2008 12:38 PM
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