Dead Pop Stars

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Judy Collins is 81 today. 

Still very active from what I can tell and looking good. Wouldn't be surprised if she lived into her 90s.

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Also, Rita Coolidge turns 75.

One of those singers that the Americans make a big fuss over and bestow lots of awards on, but for anyone across the Pond we just know her for singing a mediocre Bond theme.

 

 

Yeah, so those two get to appear in the last ever documentary and say "That Joni, she might have written a good song or two but she was a bitch!"

[waynet 9]

Bobby Lewis

 

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/04/30/ken-foote-remembers-singer-bobby-lewis-who-passed-away-at-95/

[Ulitzer95 12,610]

Frankie Valli is 86 today. 
 

Napoleon XIV is 82. 
 

Mary Hopkin is 70. 

[Toast 16,140]

12 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Frankie Valli is 86 today. 
 

Napoleon XIV is 82. 
 

Mary Hopkin is 70. 

 

Are any of them dead though?

[Ulitzer95 12,610]

17 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Are any of them dead though?

Not as dead as this forum is without ppl posting something vaguely relevant to ageing/deaths when there's a dry spell.

[CaptainChorizo 1,982]

5 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

 

Napoleon XIV is 82. 
 

 

Has yet to Surrender   Retire his current job as a booking agent. The Covid Pandemic has put it on hiatus though

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

1 hour ago, CaptainChorizo said:

Has yet to Surrender   Retire his current job as a booking agent. The Covid Pandemic has put it on hiatus though

Are you saying that they're coming to take him away, ha-haa? 

[The Dead Cow 620]

The Stranglers Facebook page has announced the death of keyboardist Dave Greenfield at the age of 71. He'd been hospitalised with heart problems and contracted COVID-19.

 

 

Very sad about this, The Stranglers were the first band I ever saw live, and his Ray Manzarek-esque keyboard playing was a big factor in my enjoyment of them.

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Oh shit, no.  That's terrible news.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Agreed, Dead Cow.
This song in particular was some fine keyboards I would always sit at the piano and do a poor imitation.
 

https://youtu.be/4TF4ZVSkF14

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Well, Dave Greenfield goes before Jet Black? Who would have thought it?

 

He is unsurprisingly a miss for my TOTP theme team. Guess I had better place their 1984 #15 hit Skin Deep up to flagellate myself over it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqd9oWSqWIE

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Well, Dave Greenfield goes before Jet Black? Who would have thought it?

 

He is unsurprisingly a miss for my TOTP theme team. Guess I had better place their 1984 #15 hit Skin Deep up to flagellate myself over it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqd9oWSqWIE

 

 

I definitely wouldn't have thought it - really sad. Saw them quite a few times - early on and recently, always a good gig

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32 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

I definitely wouldn't have thought it - really sad. Saw them quite a few times - early on and recently, always a good gig

 

And me.  We could always depend on being able to go and see The Stranglers once a year somewhere not too far away. 

They'd already cut down on the number of dates for future tours, but now, who knows. 

[YoungWillz 21,044]

Some silly rumours that Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk has died.

 

Let's see if that firms up to an actual report.....

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Just recording the death of Millie Small here for completeness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52557332

[gcreptile 10,971]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Some silly rumours that Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk has died.

 

Let's see if that firms up to an actual report.....

That would make me immensely sad..... 

 

a twitter research shows this 2020 picture of him ... and honestly, he looks (looked?) terminally ill:

 

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

This is the origin of the rumours, Facebook post from the founder/boss of the MFS record label, which is probably as legit as you can get..

 

[time 8,599]

15 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

This is the origin of the rumours, Facebook post from the founder/boss of the MFS record label, which is probably as legit as you can get..

 

Seems strange he's not quoted a source, nor followed it up with further post(s), nor mentioned it n his Twitter feed.

Still, if it is true, RIP Florian

 

[TQR 14,395]

3 minutes ago, time said:

Seems strange he's not quoted a source, nor followed it up with further post(s), nor mentioned it n his Twitter feed.

Still, if it is true, RIP Florian

 

Thanks for that, one of my favourite bits of Bill Bailey genius!

[time 8,599]

2 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Thanks for that, one of my favourite bits of Bill Bailey genius!

Any excuse to watch/post that gratefully accepted!

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Now there’s a tweet saying he’s alive. 

Hm... 

[gcreptile 10,971]

That Facebook post seems deleted to me now.... was it... premature?

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Seems to be confirmed now: 

 

[Joey Russ 7,227]

30 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Seems to be confirmed now: 

 

And if that doesn’t confirm, then Billboard does

[The Old Crem 3,602]

11 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

And if that doesn’t confirm, then Billboard does

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-florian-schneider-dead-kraftwerk-21984653

And now the Mirror.