Archive for the ‘Obituaries’ Category
Alvin Stardust dies aged 72
Written by admin on October 23, 2014 – 7:08 pm -Alvin Stardust has sadly passed away after recently being diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. The 72-year-old died today (Oct 23) at his home in West Sussex.
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Elvis photographer, Alfred Wertheimer, dies
Written by admin on October 21, 2014 – 9:13 am -Alfred Wertheimer, the photographer responsible for some of the most memorable images ever taken of the young Elvis Presley, has died of natural causes at his New York apartment.
Wertheimer was born in Germany in 1929 and emigrated to Brooklyn as a young boy. He graduated Cooper Union in 1951 and, after serving as an Army Signal Corp photographer, began working as a freelance photographer in the early 1950s.
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Johnny Winter dies aged 70
Written by admin on July 17, 2014 – 9:18 pm -American blues musician Johnny Winter died on Wednesday 16 July in his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland. The legendary singer-guitarist was 70 years old.
Winter’s representative, Lori Haynes, said:
His wife, family and bandmates are all saddened by the loss of their loved one and one of the world’s finest guitarists.
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Gerry Goffin: 1939-2014
Written by admin on June 19, 2014 – 10:22 pm -Legendary lyricist, Gerry Goffin, died Thursday morning (June 19) in Los Angeles at the age of 75. With his then wife, Carole King, Goffin penned some of the finest pop songs of the 1960s, including the Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, Little Eva’s “Loco-Motion” and Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”.
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Radio legend Casey Kasem dies aged 82
Written by admin on June 15, 2014 – 7:40 pm -American radio and television legend Casey Kasem died on Sunday (June 15) at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington. He was 82.
Kasem was best known as the host of the “American Top 40” radio show which saw him count down the nation’s hits for nearly 35 years.
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