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No reason for you to keep trying to decide what's good or not for this board, but it doesn't seem to stop you for a moment.

Jazz bassist Mario Pavone, who recorded with the likes of Bill Dixon & Anthony Braxton has died, he was 80 years old. https://www.wnpr.org/post/jazz-legend-connecticut-native-mario-pavone-dies-80-0

Lars-Gunnar Bodin (1935-2021) died on May 10, at his home in Gnesta, Sweden. He was the most well-known Swedish composer of electronic (electro-acoustic) music and also a poet and visual artist. https://www.facebook.com/jon.appleton.12/posts/2238192476312121

Southern California veteran musician Rob Farr, best known as the bass player for WARRIOR, has passed away at 58. Farr died peacefully in his sleep and was found dead on Sunday, May 9, after last playing a gig with his cover band Radio 80’s two nights earlier at The Kraken in Cardiff-by-the-Sea CA on Friday, May 7. https://fullinbloom.com/farewell-rob-farr-warrior-bassist-dies-58-2021/

Jack Terricloth, who has led Brooklyn's World/Inferno Friendship Society for 25 years, has died at age 50. Born Pietro Ventantonio in 1970, he was first a member of Bridgewater, NJ punk band Sticks and Stones in the late '80s and early '90s before forming World/Inferno F.S. The band's first album was 1997's The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League and they'd go on to release six more albums, the most recent of which was 2020's All Borders Are Porous to Cats. Jack was the sole constant in the group, which saw over 40 members pass through over the years. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/rest-in-peace-jack-terricloth-of-worldinferno-friendship-society/

Phil Naro, best known as the singer in Billy Sheehan's early band Talas, has died at age 62 following an extended battle with tongue cancer. https://www.facebook.com/bruce.pilato/posts/10159473819743383

Will Mecum, lead guitarist for the stoner metal band Karma To Burn, has passed away, as reported on numerous Facebook written tributes. https://www.facebook.com/StonerHiVe/posts/3955621134486154

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Alma Wahlberg, the matriarch of the Wahlberg family who was prominently featured on the reality show “Wahlburgers,” has died. She was 78. Various members of the Wahlberg family, including Mark and Donnie, made the announcement on Sunday morning via social media. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/alma-wahlberg-dead-dies-wahlburgers-1234954288/

Rusty Young, a founding member of country rock vets Poco, died on Wednesday of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri. He was 75. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/poco-cofounder-rusty-young-rip/?fbclid=IwAR2dS3iLv2K2sonyuIIDbGXrZmINlJB4K0bXv3vM7niKcjGuzETr4f1Uzio

Tom Hunting, the drummer for thrash band Exodus, is being treated for cancer. He was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in the stomach back in February, news he shared in a statement from the band on Facebook. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/exodus-drummer-tom-hunting-fighting-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR37F0YHf2Yk7ucPriB6uIHvzcEEhkSPzZoMflUcB6b9Pt6J1E-dFy8BCfI

Joseph Siravo, who is best known for playing Johnny Boy Soprano in The Sopranos, has reportedly died aged 64. No official confirmation as of yet.

Bob Petric, guitarist of Garage Punk band Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, has passed away recently according to their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/thomasjeffersonslaveapts/posts/122902979821807

^ Anyone understands what this guy wants from me?

Alto-sax player Sonny Simmons, best known for his several collaborations w/ Prince Lasha during the 60's, has passed away earlier this week

Dead or so it seems https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dmx-rapper-dead-175779/

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56)  1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50) 1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50) 2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (4/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Prince Philip, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (2/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Prince Philip, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (4/50)  2015: Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (4/50)  2016: Prince Phillip, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (11/50)  2017: Prince Phillip, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (10/50)  2018: Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Louis Farrakhan, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (19/50)  2019: Prince Philip, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (22/50) 2020: Prince Philip, Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Dole, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Desmond Tutu, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Lester Piggott, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Tom Smith, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (27/50) Updated for Phil the Greek.

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I think that Larry King & Phil Spector are bigger names.

Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and designer of the world’s largest analog synthesizer, has died, according to the Bob Moog Foundation. He was a member of The Jazz Couriers during the 50's. https://pitchfork.com/news/malcolm-cecil-synth-pioneer-and-stevie-wonder-producer-has-died/

Doing my best.

Flat Earth Society (the Belgian band, not the internet weirdos) have revealed that percussionist Tom Wouters has passed away, no details are known at this point. https://www.facebook.com/FlatEarthSoc/posts/10157687323351993

According to numerous sources, Wes Weaver, composer and guitarist for Imprecation, Blaspherian, and Infernal Dominion, has passed away from multiple heart attacks earlier today. https://www.facebook.com/immolation/posts/10159439312573628

Kaleb Stewart, former bassist for Gainesville punk vets As Friends Rust, died on Thursday (3/25) due to "health complications." https://www.brooklynvegan.com/as-friends-rust-bassist-kaleb-stewart-rip/

Craig “Mums” Grant, an actor and poet who appeared in all six seasons on HBO’s prison drama Oz among dozens of film, TV and stage credits, died Thursday. https://deadline.com/2021/03/craig-mums-grant-dead-oz-hightown-slam-poetry-1234721763/