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Steve Sostak, the saxophonist and vocalist for Chicago-based indie/experimental projects such as Sweep The Leg Johnny, Check Engine, and ZZZZ, has died. He was 49. https://www.stereogum.com/2213119/steve-sostak-sweep-the-leg-johnny-zzzz-dead/

The grim reaper took the wrong Bibi.

It is now being reported that Shevah Weiss died aged 87.

I keep forgetting that he was an actual guy, and not just a brand like Mr Clean or Uncle Ben.

why's 2023 gotta start like this?

Dave Navarro is still missing out shows while struggling with post-covid symptoms. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/dave-navarro-sitting-out-more-janes-addiction-dates-josh-klinghoffer-to-replace-him

Jay Leno was involved in a motorcycle accident last week, broke several bones. https://news.yahoo.com/jay-leno-reportedly-suffers-broken-120551552.html

Jeff Blackburn, a member of Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape, and the short-lived group the Ducks with Neil Young in 1977, has passed away aged 77.

Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, the founder and core member of orchestral-pop group Choir of Young Believers, has died late last month. He was 39. https://www.stereogum.com/2209613/choir-of-young-believers-jannis-noya-makrigiannis-dead-at-39/news/

With the death of Anita Pointer, the entire original lineup of The Pointer Sisters is now gone.

Nice choice, but it makes me wonder how marshall allen never got a place in the list.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32)  1990: Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (4/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, George Lineker (3/56) 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: Liza Minnelli (1/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: (0/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: (0/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Henry Kissinger (1/50)  2014: Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (2/50)   2015: Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (2/50)  2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Sandy Gall, Paul Gascoigne (6/50)  2017: Jimmy Carter, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Emperor Akihito (4/50)  2018: Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (12/50)  2019: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (12/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (19/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Jacques Delors, Ali Khamenei, David Crosby, Prunella Scales, Tony Bennett, Rosalynn Carter, Dick Cheney, Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Pope Benedict XVI, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Betty Boothroyd, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Vanessa Redgrave, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (29/50)  Updated for Benny the 16th

Patrick Briggs passed away on December 27th. He was the singer for glam-punk band Psychotica. https://blabbermouth.net/news/psychotica-frontman-patrick-briggs-dies

Can we say that she's the farrah fawcett for pele's michael jackson?

If he suddenly recovers I'm going to scream.

While this may be true, I don't think that this random guy knows more than we do.

Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green is battling stage four cancer. Radio DJ Marco Collins said Green is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment. https://www.facebook.com/carol.namatame/posts/10226988268125160 https://www.facebook.com/732755451/posts/10160788601885452/

Hardly, fella has had so many close calls and it really lost it's impact at that point tbh. I can think of a few sadder deaths than his

Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 2020, but is now cancer-free. He revealed his cancer battle last year in an inconspicuous interview with the University of Miami’s School of Medicine that has just been picked up by Blabbermouth. https://physician-news.umiamihealth.org/after-successful-surgery-iron-maidens-drummer-sends-message-not-to-ignore-persistent-vocal-problems/

Kristofer Elemyr, who played bass in Ereb Altor (and few other Swedish bands) for 8 years and parted ways this past April, has passed away. Another band where he played, Farsoth, shared news regarding his passing via their Facebook page. https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=48100

Benjamin Bossi, the saxophonist for San Francisco new wave act Romeo Void, died Tuesday, Dec. 13. He was 69. The cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to the band’s bassist and founding member Frank Zincavage. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/benjamin-bossi-saxophonist-for-romeo-void-dies-at-59

Dino Danelli, the drummer for the Young Rascals, later known simply as The Rascals, died today. His death at age 78 was announced on his Facebook page. https://bestclassicbands.com/dino-danelli-rascals-obituary-12-15-22/

Kim Simmonds, who has led the blues rock band, Savoy Brown, since it was formed in the mid-’60s, has died. His death, on Dec. 13, 2022, just eight days after he turned 75. https://bestclassicbands.com/kim-simmonds-savoy-brown-obituary-12-15-22/

Few another shows cancelled, another heart attack, still not pop. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-exploited-cancel-shows-after-wattie-buchan-collapses-onstage-from-suspected-heart-attack

A mystery really, sometimes I can see him living for a few more years - sometimes it feels like he will drop dead by tomorrow.