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Jerry Moss, who helped run hit-making music label, dies at 88

Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records with musician Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, died Aug. 16 at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. He was 88.His family announced the death but did not provide a cause.For more than 25 years, Alpert and Mr. Moss […]

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Clarence Avant, ‘Black Godfather’ of music, and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies aged 92

Clarence Avant attends the world premiere of the documentary 'The Black Godfather' on June 3, 2019, in Los Angeles. MARK VON HOLDEN / MARK VON HOLDEN/INVISION/AP Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the "Black Godfather" of music and beyond, has died. He was 92. Avant, inducted […]

todayAugust 14, 2023 4

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Tom Jones, Lyricist for Long-Running Musical ‘The Fantasticks,’ Dies at 95

Entertainment Tom Jones, the acclaimed lyricist and writer of the hit musical “The Fantasticks,” passed away on Friday at the age of 95. The news of his death was confirmed by his son, Michael, who stated that the cause was cancer. Jones, along with his frequent collaborator Harvey Schmidt, achieved tremendous success with “The Fantasticks,” which ran for an impressive 42 years since its opening in 1960. Before their groundbreaking […]

todayAugust 13, 2023 11

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Musician Robbie Robertson dies at 80

Open this photo in gallery:Robbie Robertson in 2020.Don DixonRobbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” mined and helped reshape American music, has died at 80.Robertson died surrounded by family, a statement from his manager said.From their years as Bob Dylan’s masterful backing group to their own stardom as embodiments of […]

todayAugust 9, 2023 9

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Thai man dies in mysterious circumstances at Tomorrowland music festival in Belgium

Photo by Global Stomping via Wikipedia A Thai man lost consciousness at the Tomorrowland music festival in the Belgium town of Boom and later died in hospital on Friday night, July 28. The cause of death is under investigation. Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen reported to the media that festival officers provided CPR to a Thai man aged about 30 years old in the VIP area. The partygoer was rushed to […]

todayJuly 31, 2023 2

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Clemson student dies after attending Miami music festival

A 23-year-old Clemson University student died Sunday after attending the Rolling Loud hip-hop music festival in Miami on Saturday.While the Miami-Dade Police Department did not share much information about Jordan Petrocchi's death, authorities did confirm that he had "no signs of trauma." Police are awaiting toxicology results.Authorities transported Petrocchi from the music festival to the hospital on Saturday, and he died the next day, according to police.A GoFundMe for Petrocchi's […]

todayJuly 26, 2023

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Clemson student dies while attending Florida music festival

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA/WSPA) — A Clemson University student attending the Rolling Loud music festival died at a south Florida hospital on Saturday. Rolling Loud music festival organizers confirmed a man was transported to the hospital, where he later died, according to NBC affiliate WTVJ. The concertgoer arrived at the hospital at around midnight, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. Police gave few details about the man, but said he showed […]

todayJuly 25, 2023 4

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Vince Hill, whose with Sound of Music cover Edelweiss reached no 2, dies at 89 | Pop and rock

British pop singer Vince Hill, who reached No 2 in the UK charts in 1967 with a cover of The Sound of Music song Edelweiss, has died at the age of 89.Hill died peacefully at home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on Saturday, according to a statement on his website. He had worked with leading lights from the world of entertainment including Dame Barbara Windsor, Dame Vera Lynn, Tony Christie and Cilla […]

todayJuly 23, 2023 4

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