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Helix drummer Greg ‘Fritz’ Hinz has died at the age of 68. Hinz joined the Canadian hard rock band in 1982 and remained until 1996, then returned in 2009. He’d been diagnosed with cancer in 2023. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/greg-hinz-dead-helix/

Etterlene DeBarge, gospel singer and matriarch of the DeBarge family has passed away peacefully in her sleep at Berkley Post-Acute in Woodland Hills Friday morning. https://www.tmz.com/2024/02/16/etterlene-debarge-matriarch-family-dead-dies/ EDIT: The post above didn't come up in my search for some reason, sorry.

UK trombonist and improvisor Alan Tomlinson, who was a member of The Ferals, Kahondo Style, London Improvisers Orchestra, London Jazz Composers' Orchestra and the Spontaneous Music Orchestra, has died 3 days ago aged 76. https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/alan-tomlinson-70661

It was filmed back in October.

Report in English https://www.clashmusic.com/news/cans-damo-suzuki-has-died/

This leaves Dennis Thompson as the only living member of their classic lineup

Isn't Betty Weiss still alive though?

Elisabeth Moss' father, Ron Moss, has passed away Thursday night in Clearwater, FL after a brief battle with an infection. https://www.tmz.com/2024/01/19/elisabeth-moss-father-dad-ron-dead-dies/

Legendary band, such a sad loss.

Amnon Rubinstein has died for real this time, aged 92.

Jason Patric's brother was struck and killed by a bus this week in New Jersey https://www.tmz.com/2024/01/12/jason-patric-brother-jordan-miller-killed-bus-new-jersey-dies/

South African DJ, record producer and songwriter Black Coffee is currently recovering after being involved in a serious travel accident while on his way to Mar del Plata in Argentina. The incident occurred on Sunday, January 7, 2024, and resulted in unexpected complications and injuries. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/black-coffee-injured-sever-travel-accident-argentina-1235579429/

Iasos, a Greek-born American musician and composer who is considered a pioneer of new-age music, has died 3 days shy of his 78 birthday. https://pitchfork.com/news/iasos-pioneer-of-new-age-music-has-died/

March 3

Phill Niblock, Indiana born artist whose fifty-year career spans minimalist and experimental music, film and photography - has reportedly died aged 91. https://www.facebook.com/carlmichael.vonhausswolff.3/posts/pfbid022Hf2zVTnC5T8tYsNLYayP9NHYBve3QBw9vDKeNFh2mw2WX78X2XMDRtBxpaY1qznl

Nuts

He joined the band 2 years after they were formed. Wrong, Angus MacLise was their original drummer, she joined afterwards. He joined the band 2 years after they started. Damo Suzuki was not an original member. Malcolm Mooney joined the band after it was originally formed with the initial lineup of David C. Johnson, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay The Byrds started as a trio of Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby.

Christian Oliver, a German-born actor who played roles in Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Speed Racer, and Hunters, was killed in a plane crash on Thursday (January 4th). https://consequence.net/2024/01/christian-oliver-dead-plane-crash/

Do we have a compiled list anywhere that can help us track last surviving original members of their respective bands? I once have written the following one but I'm not quite sure that it covers all major bands. Iggy Pop - The Stooges Mike Pinder - The Moody Blues Duke Fakir - Four Tops Carl Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Diana Ross - The Supremes Barry Gibb - Bee Gees Haruomi Hosono - Yellow Magic Orchestra Paul McCartney - The Beatles John Cale - The Velvet Underground Sly Stone - Sly and the Family Stone Roger McGuinn - The Byrds Eric Clapton - Cream Irmin Schmidt - Can Micky Dolenz - The Monkees N. D. Smart - Mountain Jody Stephens - Big Star Ziska Baum - Gong David Johansen - New York Dolls

Can't say I saw any of them sadly but I just saw Embryo playing a few months ago and they were pretty great!

Jaimz Asmundson of Winnipeg's Synth-pop duo Ghost Twin has been reported dead, no official confirmation so far but many tributes are being posted on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/odonisodonis/posts/pfbid0auwNGhBCbzTFjC5gMJdF4JAdqjJJ8joxu6ahXdZfeGJtPDz29mbh1JSJxnVAYappl

There's usually a press conference around 6:30pm UTC for that kind of stuff.

Chris Karrer, co-founder of the Amon Düül commune and a member of the related and much more commercially successful project Amon Düül II, is reported dead in a Facebook post. https://www.facebook.com/luud.noma/posts/pfbid02p38ZWq964w5YpGSJ4SrBFTuVf6YSyqHzAPLcC51geeP6bued2xGtTJNZ5qGwZAGwl

I mean there's Mohammed Deif, Saleh al-Arouri, Abu Obaida, Marwan Issa, Ismail Haniyeh, Khaled Mashal, Rawhi Mushtaha, Khalil al-Hayya, Essam al-Da'alis, Sameh al-Siraj, Ezz al-Din al-Haddad, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Fatima Sharab, Ghazi Hamad, Mohammed Sinwar, Raafa Salameh... you can complete this list with a few minor ones and you're good.

About an hour ago. Mine has Yahya Sinwar.