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Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, a co-founder of soul-funk outfit Kool & the Gang, died on Saturday, his reps confirmed to Variety. He was 70. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/dennis-dee-tee-thomas-dead-dies-kool-and-the-gang-cofounder-1235036900/

Well, this didn't age well. https://www.emissourian.com/fair/bass-guitarists-injury-won-t-stop-zz-tops-performance-at-washington-town-country-fair/article_b833faac-ef53-11eb-9e8b-37ef82d2b5ae.html

Former Derek Trucks Band percussionist Count M’Butu has died. The death of the musician born Harold L. Jones was confirmed on Sunday afternoon by the Tedeschi Trucks Band. https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/harold-l-jones-count-mbutu-obituary/?fbclid=IwAR3uVgt-2DfTdYkDxSym7hzK0gXLeAxAfOqxOUKRVEtpp4IhJQNjAfvu7X8

Palo Pandolfo, lead singer of Argentinian post punk band Don Cornelio y la Zona and a profilic solo artist, has died aged 56. https://argentina.as.com/argentina/2021/07/23/tikitakas/1627003438_937957.html

Didn't know where to put it, Peter Rehberg, the glitch / IDM musician and record-label head who was a globally respected figure in underground music, has died aged 53 of a heart attack.

Juini Booth, who plied his bass with some of the grandest figures in jazz history, has died at 73. Over his six decade career, Booth was a member of Sun Ra Arkestra and accompanied such legends as Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, and Coleman Hawkins. He passed away July 11th, according to Buffalo News, after a six-week decline in health preceded by breaking his hip in a fall at home. https://consequence.net/2021/07/juini-booth-dead/?fbclid=IwAR1B_rE9WbQ8rVclUzXxLoQ8foZCkU0-uInNwBYKyBkrD9a9yGQmVi73vrc

Pyotr Mamonov, one of the most important figures in popular culture in the late Soviet and post-Soviet era and founding member of Russian post-punk band Zvuki Mu, died on July 15 from complications of coronavirus. He was 70 years old. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/15/musician-actor-and-writer-pyotr-mamonov-is-dead-at-age-70-a74534

Seriously fuck this guy.

Drew Hays of the Brooklyn black metal band God’s Bastard has passed away recently, death cause is unknown but suicide is likely. https://www.facebook.com/alec.a.head/posts/10158530487587736

Mary Weinrib, Rush's Geddy Lee mother has died. She was 95. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_mary_weinrib_mother_of_rushs_geddy_lee_and_holocaust_survivor?utm_source=facebookpage&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fbpwall&fbclid=IwAR1ytfodl6BFYketVwZkZqkSUT92GH2UwXWWeplIhevAI1e9umqo3Aj8Kds

Bryan St. Pere, the drummer of Alternative/Space Rock band Hum, has passed away at the age of 52. The news was confirmed by his bandmates, who posted about his passing on social media. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/rip-hum-drummer-bryan-st-pere/?fbclid=IwAR3kgUDJ57RUjYg40sDEAAYXAs0adi91clL7KY7Fj7rAmbB6ACt7b1Kr6GM

David Gamble, who was one-half of late-'70s/early-'80s Athens, GA post-punk duo The Method Actors, has died after a battle with cancer. News came via Vanessa Briscoe Hay of fellow Athens, GA band Pylon, who wrote, "As some of you know, David Gamble passed away night before last. He had been fighting cancer. Sending condolences to his friends and family, as well as former bandmates. May he Rest In Peace." https://www.brooklynvegan.com/david-gamble-of-the-method-actors-has-died/

Brendan "Stu" Maguire, bassist/guitarist of punk band Reach The Sky and bass player for hardcore band Bane, has passed away. He had been battling an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer for two years and passed on the night of June 27. https://www.punknews.org/article/74992/inmemoriam-brendan-stu-maguire-of-reach-the-sky-and-bane-has-passed-away

Unconfirmed word is coming in that Burton Greene has passed away. Greene played during the 1960s on New York’s free jazz scene, gigging with well-known musicians which included Alan Silva and Marion Brown, among a host of others. With Alan Silva he formed the Free Form Improvisation Ensemble in 1963. He joined Bill Dixon’s and Cecil Taylor’s Jazz Composers Guild in 1964, and also played with a number of other artists, including Rashied Ali, Albert Ayler, Gato Barbieri, Byard Lancaster, Sam Rivers, Patty Waters, and others. During this time, he recorded two albums under his own name for ESP-Disk.

News is floating around social media that Frederic Rzewski passed away earlier today.

Gift of Gab, one half of the hip-hop duo Blackalicious, has died https://www.facebook.com/realgiftofgab/posts/324706472439530

Eddy Detroit, most notable for his collaboration with Avant-Folk greats Sun City Girls, has killed himself on June 15 by leaping from atop the 17-story Fellowship Towers, a subsidized apartment building in central Phoenix where he’d been living. He was 68. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/eddy-detroit-has-died-phoenix-punk-percussionist-11563416?fbclid=IwAR3Ga4cxctEMLi6USAdHllV_3QvpFsKcDtkhTp0iELq781WdX5NYfLx2plk

Noted Surf guitarist Takeshi Terauchi has died at a hospital in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, due to pneumonia. He was 82 years old. He was the first Japanese guitar hero and responsible for the popularization of electric guitar among Japanese youth in the 60's. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210619/k10013093571000.html

Fane Flaws, musician, artist and self-described "mark maker" passed away on Thursday after an illness. He was a member of bands including Spats and The Crocodiles. He also forged a career as a respected Napier-based artist, and in the early 1970s was a former member of Blerta, a New Zealand musical and theatrical co-operative. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/125485627/artist-and-musician-fane-flaws-has-died

Glen Peart, father of Rush's Neil Peart https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_glen_peart_father_of_rushs_neil_peart?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ExclaimCaAllArticles+(!Exclaim.ca+-+All+Articles)

Sven "Svenson" Gross, vocalist of veteran German death metal band Fleshcrawl died on Friday (6/11) following a battle with cancer. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/fleshcrawl-vocalist-sven-gross-rip/?fbclid=IwAR1l6aWcmraSTq9P7YcrlnpAYON7a1m-ndxh7AFM3pKLPK0UqlC22g97Gc4

It is reported that longtime Ben Harper bassist - Juan Nelson - has passed away a few days ago at the age of 62. https://blitz.pt/principal/update/2021-06-11-Morreu-Juan-Nelson-baixista-de-Ben-Harper-durante-quase-30-anos-6c9e91aa

Lungbutter drummer and Montreal music scene fixture Joni Sadler has died. She was 35. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/joni_sadler_lungbutter_constellation_records_obituary?fbclid=IwAR2owf5uYXGQTIgK3P2p8oNE6cLA-N1jrj7o6vEsqzTpgIfZ9ptOi2lIWX0

Laibach collaborator Ebek (real name Janko Novak), who is credited for his work with them between the years 2002-2014, has passed away recently. Confirmed by a statment from the band. https://www.facebook.com/Laibach/posts/10158157850936765

Dead https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/29/love-boat-star-gavin-macleod-dead-dies-mary-tyler-moore-show/