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Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson of The Selecter has died. Lead vocalist from 1979-1982, 1991-2006 and again from 2010-2024.

 

Obituaries: The SunBBC

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2 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Arthur Gaps Hendrickson of The Selecter has died.

 

That's pissed me off. Big fan of The Selecter.

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21 minutes ago, TQR said:

That's pissed me off. Big fan of The Selecter.

 

Me too.  :(

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Don Omar, the "King of Reggaeton", announces that he has cancer but doesn't specify which type.

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3 minutes ago, wannamaker said:

Don Omar, the "King of Reggaeton", announces that he has cancer but doesn't specify which type.

Half of Danza Kuduro, so huge name.

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Just had notification of death of Graham Dowdall - aka (retro-futurist Gagarin)

 

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Reports coming in that Dario G aka Paul Spencer has died. 

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38 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

Confirmed:

https://crewe.nub.news/news/local-news/famous-crewe-musician-paul-spencer-dies-aged-53-232619

 

This briefly came up on BBC local news but suspect a QO will follow.

A QO has followed for Paul Spencer

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25 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

On BBC but if I'm right, this doesn't count?

 

Mind you, is it any different from Yahoo feeds of local news?

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Moot point as the BBC has done a proper report, but I don't think that link to the Crewe local news would count unless the BBC quotes the report as well (but i might be wrong). 

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Rectal cancer??.. legend?

 

Haven't heard of the geezer since the millennium. 

 

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Cedric A Napoleon, bassist and songwriter notable for his formation and membership of US soul/jazz fusion band Pieces Of A Dream, reportedly dead: https://www.soultracks.com/story-cedric-napoleon-dies

 

I cannot tie him to the mid/late eighties UK chart entries (they peaked at #84 in 1988), but they were better known Stateside. Here he is lead singing on Fo Fi Fo from 1983:

 

 

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On 17/06/2024 at 16:00, maryportfuncity said:

Just had notification of death of Graham Dowdall - aka (retro-futurist Gagarin)

 

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Wanted to share this but it has already been mentioned. Didn't expect David Thomas to outlive him, and didn't know Gagarin was almost 70..


Here's a tribute by Keith Moliné: https://2uaz8.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/mk/mr/sh/OycXxlTDIzvGTZOmo4WLa2rZ/gT0IU5zvjUF6

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The LA County Medical Office has just declared Seth Binzer, also known as Shifty Shellshock, the lead singer of Crazy Town known for their hugely popular hit "Butterfly," dead. We are obviously waiting for reports from outlets like TMZ, but it likely won't happen until tomorrow. He battled substance abuse issues for years.

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8 hours ago, RetroGamer47 said:

The LA County Medical Office has just declared Seth Binzer, also known as Shifty Shellshock, the lead singer of Crazy Town known for their hugely popular hit "Butterfly," dead. We are obviously waiting for reports from outlets like TMZ, but it likely won't happen until tomorrow. He battled substance abuse issues for years.

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tmz has it

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Laurie Lindeen lead vocalist for Zuzu's Petels died on Monday of a brain aneurism at the age of 62.

She was married to Paul Westerberg of The Replacements from 2003-2014

Also, apparently Paul Westerberg's mother,, Mary Louise Westerberg passed away yesterday.  

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8 minutes ago, Phantom said:

Laurie Lindeen lead vocalist for Zuzu's Petels died on Monday of a brain aneurism at the age of 62.

She was married to Paul Westerberg of The Replacements from 2003-2014

Also, apparently Paul Westerberg's mother,, Mary Louise Westerberg passed away yesterday.  

 

Already reported over here though.

22 hours ago, lilham said:

Laurie Lindeen of Minneapolis band Zuzu's Petals likely passed away suddenly today. Tributes are being posted, but nothing official yet.

She's the ex-wife of Paul Westerberg.

 

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Joe Egan, founding member of Stealers Wheel, with smash hit “Stuck in the Middle With You”, dead at 77.

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On 12/06/2023 at 21:15, ObakeFilter said:

Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme has revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. While he didn’t get into specifics, the Queens of the Stone Age frontman says he underwent successful surgery to remover the cancer, and is still in the process of healing.

 

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/josh-homme-queens-stone-age-return

Emergency surgery for Josh Homme, European leg of the tour cancelled. Curious.

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/queens-of-the-stone-age-sagen-konzerte-in-europa-ab-josh-homme-muss-operiert-werden-a-d4c27874-e816-4f3f-a0a7-c607da4dc7ca

English source: https://pitchfork.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-ages-josh-homme-to-undergo-emergency-surgery-band-cancels-european-tour/

 

Edit: The Internet suggests that it's a hernia that Homme tried to "play out". Looking even deeper, the touring schedule is killing him. He had lost weight after cancer and seemed healthy in 2023. But he's drinking like crazy and seems to have been in ill health for a couple of months now.

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On 10/07/2024 at 10:49, gcreptile said:

Emergency surgery for Josh Homme, European leg of the tour cancelled. Curious.

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/queens-of-the-stone-age-sagen-konzerte-in-europa-ab-josh-homme-muss-operiert-werden-a-d4c27874-e816-4f3f-a0a7-c607da4dc7ca

English source: https://pitchfork.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-ages-josh-homme-to-undergo-emergency-surgery-band-cancels-european-tour/

 

Edit: The Internet suggests that it's a hernia that Homme tried to "play out". Looking even deeper, the touring schedule is killing him. He had lost weight after cancer and seemed healthy in 2023. But he's drinking like crazy and seems to have been in ill health for a couple of months now.

They only cancelled half of the tour, I know that because I'm suppose to see them for the first time in Oslo one month from now. I really hope he recoveres by then.

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