Dead Pop Stars

[ObakeFilter 909]

11 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

The article says he’s fine.  Since it isn’t a disease, there was literally no reason to post the story on our boards.

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.

[ajlposh 548]

On 23/03/2021 at 19:27, ajlposh said:

BJ Thomas has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer

Dead

[YoungWillz 21,066]

36 minutes ago, ajlposh said:

Dead

BJ Thomas QO: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/30/bj-thomas-dead-raindrops-keep-fallin-on-my-head-singer-dies-aged-78-14675662/

 

I'm sad, bad losses in the past coupla days. RIP.

 

Edit: Not picked in the DDP? I thought he had been...maybe in the past?

[The Unknown Man 587]

33 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

BJ Thomas QO: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/30/bj-thomas-dead-raindrops-keep-fallin-on-my-head-singer-dies-aged-78-14675662/

 

I'm sad, bad losses in the past coupla days. RIP.

 

Edit: Not picked in the DDP? I thought he had been...maybe in the past?

If he was, then definitely one for the LOTM.

[Dead Wait 1,148]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

BJ Thomas QO: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/30/bj-thomas-dead-raindrops-keep-fallin-on-my-head-singer-dies-aged-78-14675662/

 

I'm sad, bad losses in the past coupla days. RIP.

 

Edit: Not picked in the DDP? I thought he had been...maybe in the past?

I’m sad too, no more BJ

[alt obits guy 3,371]

David Cutler Lewis, keyboardist for the band Ambrosia who played on their 1980 pop hit 'Biggest Part of Me', has died.

 

https://bestclassicbands.com/david-cutler-lewis-obituary-ambrosia-6-9-21/

[ObakeFilter 909]

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

[ObakeFilter 909]

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

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

According to Tiny Global Productions, who've released his latter-day solo stuff, former Glitter Band member John Rossall is terminally ill. He's still got some live shows planned though.

[ObakeFilter 909]

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

[gcreptile 10,979]

Wes "Wes" Madiko, known outside of Africa as a one-hit wonder for the summer hit of 1998 "Alané", dead at 57:

https://newsclic.info/necrologie-wes-madiko-est-decede/

 

I kind of wondered if he was destined for an early death after the deaths of Manu Dibango and Mory Kanté last year.

[Book 3,559]

5 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Wes "Wes" Madiko, known outside of Africa as a one-hit wonder for the summer hit of 1998 "Alané", dead at 57:

https://newsclic.info/necrologie-wes-madiko-est-decede/

 

 

Oh, how I hate this song! 

[arghton 6,762]

Any news on Kat "dying of stage four liver failure" Bjelland? If she doesn't die she will take the "six people six months" pool for a third round.

Everything I could find is some reddit user saying that she has "beaten" it:

 

[Phantom 2,535]

23 hours ago, arghton said:

Any news on Kat "dying of stage four liver failure" Bjelland? If she doesn't die she will take the "six people six months" pool for a third round.

Everything I could find is some reddit user saying that she has "beaten" it:

 

Apparently she is doing better, but would still like people to respect her privacy.

[Spade_Cooley 9,538]

On 04/08/2020 at 12:11, YoungWillz said:

While we were all looking at Brian Travers, UB40's Duncan Campbell suffers stroke: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8591433/UB40-singer-Duncan-Campbell-62-hospitalised-suffering-stroke.html

 

Duncan Campbell steps down from UB40 due to health issues

[Whitehouse 872]

If anyone is interested in Neil Peart's legacy, you can now make an offer on any of his cars. Mind you, it won't be cheap.

[ObakeFilter 909]

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

[Phantom 2,535]

Don Hill, saxophonist with The Treniers died last Friday at the age of 99

[time 8,620]

Rafaella Carra, who had a UK hot with Do it, Do it Again, has reportedly died age 78.

 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Leo van de Ketterij (wiki), guitarist for Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, dead at 70.

Didn't play on either of their UK hits, i.e. Venus or Mighty Joe, but his death means just one of the five principal members of the group is still alive. That being Robbie van Leeuwen (wiki), who is 77 in October.

[Whitehouse 872]

4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Leo van de Ketterij (wiki), guitarist for Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, dead at 70.

Didn't play on either of their UK hits, i.e. Venus or Mighty Joe, but his death means just one of the five principal members of the group is still alive. That being Robbie van Leeuwen (wiki), who is 77 in October.

Also the most significant one as the principale write of the hits.

 

Edit;

I was talking about Van Leeuwen. I read the links. He succeeded Van Leeuwen in the line up. 

[maryportfuncity 10,657]

4 minutes ago, Whitehouse said:

Also the most significant one as the principale write of the hits.

 

 

Nah, "the most significant one" is the other guitarist, sitarist, mandolin player - this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_van_Leeuwen

 

And, he's still breathing

 

The cooling corpse is the additional guitarist drafted in for their third album

[Whitehouse 872]

I didn't post it clear enough, granted. See the edit.

[time 8,620]

Kansas founding member, vocalist & violinist Robby Steinhardt has died aged 71.

[YoungWillz 21,066]

3 minutes ago, time said:

Kansas founding member, vocalist & violinist Robby Steinhardt has died aged 71.

Played on their only UK Chart hit Carry On Wayward Son, which reached #51 in July 1978.