Gospel & Christian Music

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American gospel singer Calvin Newton (Wiki) dead at 93

 

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Christian music songwriter and performer Jimmy Owens reportedly has gone to meet his maker aged 93: https://protestia.com/2023/12/01/chrstian-music-pioneer-jimmy-owens-has-passed-away/

 

He and his wife Carol were nominated for a Grammy for their Christmas children's album Ants'hillvania in 1981.

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On 19/09/2022 at 01:05, arghton said:

Old (85+)/ill celeb birthdays for form spotting etc pt. 3 a bit early so that I won't forget , especially October (1st, 16th,)seems to have a lot of interesting birthdays. 

 

13 October: Terry Gibbs, 98, Nana Mouskouri, 88, Etterlene DeBarge, 87, Bruce Morrow, 80-something

 

Etterlene DeBarge, matriarch of the DeBarge music family and gospel singer in her own right, reportedly dead: 

 

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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.

[YoungWillz 19,022]

Etterlene DeBarge was not ever picked for the DDP. Shame that, because: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13093719/Etterlene-DeBarge-dead-88-gospel-singer-sleep-dementia-battle.html

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American gospel singer Bob Shaw (Wiki) dead at 95

 

He was a two time inductee into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, as well as the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame.

 

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Michael Knott, singer-songwriter and frontman for various bands, died Tuesday. Knott's cause of death is currently unknown. He was 61.

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/14/1238503679/michael-knott-christian-rock-pioneer-obit

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Andrae Crouch's twin sister Sandra Crouch, who co-wrote Jesus Is The Answer for Andrae Crouch And The Disciples and played tambourine on many Motown hits including I Want You Back and ABC for the Jackson 5, reportedly dead: 

 

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Gospel and contemporary Christian singer Mandisa, who finished in ninth place in the fifth season of American Idol, died at 47 years:

https://www.chvnradio.com/articles/overcomer-singer-mandisa-dead-at-47

Her album Overcomer won a Grammy Award in 2014.

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5 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Gospel and contemporary Christian singer Mandisa, who finished in ninth place in the fifth season of American Idol, died at 47 years:

https://www.chvnradio.com/articles/overcomer-singer-mandisa-dead-at-47

Her album Overcomer won a Grammy Award in 2014.

WOW! Major surprise death!