The veteran television show host Larry King died at 87
Larry King is dead at 87 years. The cause of his death is not yet known. However, in early January, King was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19.
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Opry legend Jean Shepard laid to rest
Family, friends and fellow Grand Ole Opry members gathered to bid her farewell. Shepard, who died on Sunday at the age of 82, was a pioneer for women in country music. She was the first female country singer to celebrate…
Jimmy Cliff: Jamaican Reggae Pioneer Dead at 81.
The world of reggae is mourning the loss of one of its true architects. Jimmy Cliff – born James Chambers in rural Jamaica and later celebrated as a singer, songwriter, actor, and cultural ambassador – passed away on November 24,…
Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84
Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes died Dec. 1 in Tampa, Florida, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, said Maurice Sconiers of the Sconiers Funeral Home in Columbus, Georgia. Her daughter, Delethia Ridley Malmsten, said the cause was old…
Jerry Lee Lewis, a flamboyant rock & roll pioneer, dead at 87
Lewis Lee Lewis suffered a minor stroke in 2019. He was the last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers, including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Lewis died at home in Memphis, Tenn. Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-living,…
Ramsey Lewis Renowned Jazz Pianist Dead age 87
CHICAGO (AP) — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was…
Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86
AP: Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. On Saturday, Gilley died in Branson, Missouri; he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre.…
Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dead at 76
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on Saturday in a statement provided to The…
Bobbie Nelson, sister of Willie Nelson dead at 91
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bobbie Nelson, the older sister of country music legend Willie Nelson and longtime pianist in his band, has died, her family said. She was 91. An original member of the Willie Nelson and Family Band, Bobbie…
British musician Tony Lewis is Dead at age 62
The British musician Tony Lewis, who enjoyed chart success with the British rock band “The Outfield” with their 1980s hit “Your Love,” died suddenly at age 62. Tony’s publicist revealed he passed away ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’ near his home in London on…
96-year-old Helen Jones Woods, member of an all-female jazz group is dead
Helen Jones Woods was an African-American jazz musician who toured the country in the 1930s and ’40s, including in the Jim Crow South. This touring could be the start of a familiar story of racism on the road. But Woods’…
Bonnie Pointer founding of the Pointer Sisters and 1974 Grammy Award winner dead at 69
Bonnie Pointer, the experience American R&B singer in the 70s and ’80s and founding member of the group Pointer Sisters, died on Monday, June 8, 2020, died at 69. She is a Grammy-winning artist, her sister and former bandmate, Anita, told…
