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Jack Lee—frontman of the 1970s power-pop trio the Nerves and the writer of Blondie’s colossal 1978 hit “Hanging on the Telephone”—died in Santa Monica, California, on May 26. https://pitchfork.com/news/the-nerves-jack-lee-who-penned-hanging-on-the-telephone-dies-at-71/

Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness has been diagnosed with stage-one tonsil cancer and is currently recovering from surgery. As a result, Social Distortional has postponed its upcoming summer tour and halted the recording of its eighth studio album. https://consequence.net/2023/06/social-distortions-mike-ness-diagnosed-tonsil-cancer/

Confirmed by the band. https://www.facebook.com/TheGroundhogs/posts/pfbid02mrf5X7WJ2JV83Suo5qf5JKMGykeiNsni8vYvhDt6GrP61vmYPMWVa7DCR2LHwpHFl

Pianist George Winston died on Sunday, June 4 after a decade-long battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. The news was shared via his website in a long note to fans, noting "Throughout his cancer treatments, George continued to write and record new music, and he stayed true to his greatest passion: performing for live audiences while raising funds for Feeding America to help fight the national hunger crisis along with donating proceeds from each of his concerts to local food banks." https://www.georgewinston.com/about/

Maybe it's a VeggieTales spinoff show?

Lon Hackett. better known as Spoth, bassist of the grindcore band Sulaco, has passed away yesterday. https://www.facebook.com/sulacoband/posts/pfbid02sA5cdjy4fkkneNd4zwrkNN5CB5FbJdimmANgDKjgkCzX8LxpmX6dDmifG7YDG7vzl

https://www.facebook.com/theangelicprocessband/posts/pfbid02LvpZesp6nGyUJTMACbaWVoXuMxfnFxWraQd9KczkX8zzqQXF9E8tus4svTQCcJMrl Monica Cosper Henson (MDragonfly) of the incredibly special band The Angelic Process has apparently passed away in April 1 (which happens to be her birthday), roughly 16 years after the second band membmer and husband Kris Angylus commited suicide.

Isaac “Redd” Holt, the jazz fusion pioneer and founding member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio, died Tuesday (May 23). https://pitchfork.com/news/isaac-redd-holt-percussionist-and-jazz-fusion-pioneer-dies-at-91/

Didn't Richey Edwards play rhythm guitar though?

Do we include state officials here as well or there's a different thread for this? Petr Kucherenko, which seems to be the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia or something, "became ill" on a plane on which the Russian delegation was returning from a business trip to Cuba, he died some time afterwards. https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2023/05/21/20482622.shtml https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-person/6039/

bro wasn't kidding when he said final interview

Jimmy Buffett has postponed his upcoming concert in Charleston, South Carolina after being hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue. https://www.facebook.com/jimmybuffett/posts/pfbid02yXRPSvy3JXWZBKWVqNMtGKkhW3Q1AhhCTsxrn1cdCs4Eu5vfF9wtDQ1Gsd9pr6cul

John Albert, who co-founded Christian Death and drummed in Bad Religion, has died of a heart attack May 3. He was 58. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-09/john-albert-bad-religion-christian-death-author-the-wrecking-crew

Mars Williams, jazz and rock saxophonist who has played with The Waitresses and The Psychedelic Furs and many more, was diagnosed with ampullary cancer and in March began a six-month course of chemotherapy. https://www.facebook.com/zimpelwaclaw/posts/pfbid024AqZe5Uu7BWU73ojkC7HCZjJTNZhe3vtwztL9APj16NRShQRKf1StkWgtG9KUa4wl

Oh well.