Monday, February 25, 2008

Music Immortals

September 28, 2008

in memoriam
death


3/9/1706 johann
pachelbel
52
7/28/1741 antonio
vivaldi
63 internal infection
7/29/1750 johann
sebastian bach
65 eye surgery
7/23/1757 domenico
scarlatti
71
4/14/1759 george frideric
handel
74 cancer
12/5/1791 wolfgang amadeas
mozart
34 rheumatic fever
5/31/1809 joseph
haydn
77 artillery bombardment
3/26/1827 ludwig van
beethoven
56 lead poisoning
11/29/1828 franz
schubert
31 mercury treatment for syphilis/
typhiod fever?
5/27/1840 niccolò
paganini
57 mercury treatment for syphilis/
throat cancer
1/11/1843 francis scott
key
63 pleurisy
11/4/1847 felix
mendelssohn
38 strokes
10/17/1849 frédéric
chopin
39 long illness
1/13/1864 stephen
foster
37 fever/ fell/ cut/
loss of blood
6/3/1875 georges
bizet
36 heart attack
2/13/1883 richard
wagner
69 heart attack
7/31/1886 franz
liszt
74 pneumonia
11/6/1893 pyotr ilyich
tchaikovsky
53 cholera
4/3/1897 johannes
brahms
63 cancer
6/3/1899 johann
strauss II
73 pneumonia
1/27/1901 giuseppe
verdi
87 stroke
5/1/1904 antonín
dvořák
62 after a short illness
6/8/1908 nikolai
rimsky-korsakov
64 heart failure
5/18/1911 gustav
mahler
50 failing health
9/1/1912 samuel
coleridge-taylor
37 pneumonia
4/1/1917 scott
joplin
49 syphilis
3/25/1918 claude
debussy
55 colorectal cancer
2/8/1921 george
formby sr.
45 bronchitis
tuberculosis
8/2/1921 enrico
caruso
48 pleurisy
12/16/1921 camille
saint-saëns
86 pneumonia
7/27/1924 ferruccio
busoni
58 kidney disease
11/29/1924 giacomo
puccini
67 throat cancer/
radiation/
heart attack
12/12/1929 blind lemon
jefferson
35 heart attack or murder
and/or froze to death
8/6/1931 bix
beiderbecke
28 alcoholism/
delirium tremens/
seizure
3/6/1932 john phillip
sousa
77 died in his sleep
5/26/1933 jimmie
rodgers
35 tuberculosis
12/24/1935 alban
berg
50
7/11/1937 george
gershwin
38 brain tumor
9/26/1937 bessie
smith
43 car crash
12/28/1937 maurice
ravel
62 taxi crash/head injury/
experimental
brain surgery
8/16/1938 robert
johnson
27 murder/strychnine
2/18/1940 rudy
wiedoeft
47 cirrhosis
6/29/1941 ignaz
paderewski
80 pneumonia
3/2/1942 charlie
christian
25 tuberculosis
3/28/1943 sergei
rachmaninoff
69 melanoma
11/22/1943 lorenz
hart
48 pneumonia
12/15/1943 fats
waller
39 pneumonia
12/15/1944 glenn
miller
40 aircraft lost
9/26/1945 béla
bartók
64 leukemia
6/1/1948 sonny boy
williamson
34 mugged
12/6/1949 lead
belly
61 amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis
10/23/1950 al
jolson
64 heart attack
2/3/1951 ed
haley
65 heart attack
7/13/1951 arnold
schoenberg
76 triskaidekaphobia
1/1/1953 hank
williams
29 morphine
3/5/1953 sergei
prokofiev
61 stroke
5/16/1953 django
reinhardt
43 brain hemorrhage
12/25/1954 johnny
ace
25 pcp/
shot himself
3/12/1955 charlie
parker
35 pneumonia/
bleeding ulcer
5/4/1955 george
enescu
63
8/5/1955 carmen
miranda
46 toxemia/
heart failure
11/5/1956 art
tatum
47 kidney failure
11/26/1956 tommy
dorsey
51 sleeping pills/
asphyxiation
1/16/1957 arturo
toscanini
89 stroke
2/15/1958 little
walter
37 alcoholism/
fight injuries/
died in his sleep
8/14/1958 big bill
broonzy
60 throat cancer
2/3/1959 ritchie
valens
17 plane crash
2/3/1959 buddy
holly
22 plane crash
2/3/1959 the
big bopper
28 plane crash
7/17/1959 billie
holiday
44 cirrhosis
10/17/1959 mario
lanza
38 pulmonary embolism
4/21/1960 eddie
cochran
21 taxi accident
8/23/1960 oscar
hammerstein II
65 stomach cancer
11/5/1960 johnny
horton
35 car crash
3/6/1961 george
fromby jr.
56 heart attack
4/29/1961 cisco
houston
42 stomach cancer
4/10/1962 stuart
sutcliffe
21 fight injuries/
cerebral paralysis
3/5/1963 patsy
cline
30 plane crash
5/24/1963 elmore
james
45 heart attack
12/14/1963 dinah
washington
39 accidental overdose
of prescription
sleeping medication
7/31/1964 jim
reeves
40 plane crash
8/14/1964 johnny
burnette
30 drowned
10/1/1964 ernst
toch
76 stomach cancer
10/15/1964 cole
porter
73 kidney failure
12/11/1964 sam
cooke
33 shot
2/15/1965 nat king
cole
45 lung cancer
10/27/1965 peter
lafarge
34 stroke or
overdose/or suicide
by bleeding
11/6/1965 edgard
varèse
81 intestinal surgery
4/30/1966 richard
fariña
29 motorcycle accident
7/18/1966 bobby
fuller
23 "suicide"/murder
7/31/1966 bud
powell
41 tuberculosis
7/17/1967 john
coltrane
40 liver cancer
10/3/1967 woody
guthrie
35 huntington's disease
12/10/1967 otis
redding
26 plane crash
2/27/1968 frankie
lymon
25 heroin
6/22/1969 judy
garland
47 seconal
7/3/1969 brian
jones
27 drowning/drugs/
murder?
9/5/1969 josh
white
55 failed heart
valve surgery
3/16/1970 tammi
terrell
24 malignant brain tumor
9/3/1970 alan "blind owl"
wilson
27 barbiturate
overdose
9/18/1970 jimi
hendrix
27 vesperax/
asphyxiation
10/4/1970 janis
joplin
27 heroin
4/6/1971 igor
stravinsky
88
7/3/1971 jim
morrison
27 heroin
7/6/1971 louis
armstrong
69 heart attack
7/17/1971 cliff
"ukelele ike"
edwards
76 cardiac arrest/
arterioscleosis
8/31/1971 king
curtis
37 stabbed
10/12/1971 gene
vincent
36 ruptured
stomach ulcer
10/29/1971 duane
allman
24 motorcycle crash
12/28/1971 max
steiner
83 congestive
heart failure
1/16/1972 david
seville
52 heart attack
1/27/1972 mahalia
jackson
60 diabetes/
heart failure
6/13/1972 cylde
mcphatter
39 alcohol: heart/liver/
kidney disease
11/6/1972 billy
murcia
21 choked to death
11/18/1972 danny
whitten
29 heroin
3/8/1973 ron "pigpen"
mckernan
27 alcohol/ gastrointestinal
hemorrhage
7/14/1973 clarence
white
29 hit by drunken driver
8/17/1973 paul
williams
34 shot/believed
to be suicide
9/19/1973 gram
parsons
26 morphine/alcohol
9/20/1973 jim
croce
30 plane crash
10/16/1973 gene
krupa
64 leukemia and
heart failure
10/22/1973 pablo
casals
96 brief illness
12/20/1973 bobby
darin
37 prosthetic heart
valve clot
7/29/1974 mama
cass
32 died in her sleep/
heart attack
10/24/1974 david
oistrakh
66 heart attack
2/4/1975 louis
jordan
66 heart attack
4/12/1975 joséphine
baker
69 natural causes
4/27/1947 peter
ham
27 suicide by hanging
5/13/1975 bob
wills
70 strokes
11/25/1974 nick
drake
26 amitriptyline
5/24/1975 duke
ellington
75 lung cancer/
pneumonia
8/9/1975 dmitri
shostakovich
68 lung cancer
12/17/1975 hound dog
taylor
60 cancer
1/10/1976 howlin'
wolf
65 kidney failure
1/23/1976 paul
robeson
77 stroke
2/22/1976 florence
ballard
32 coronary thrombosis
9/14/1976 paul
kossoff
25 drug-related
heart problems
4/9/1976 phil
ochs
35 suicide by hanging
5/14/1976 keith
relf
33 electrocuted
by guitar
6/25/1976 johnny
mercer
66 surgery to remove
brain tumor/
complications
8/29/1976 jimmy
reed
50 alcoholism/epilepsy
7/24/1977 utah
carl
57 carcinoma of lung
8/16/1977 elvis
presley
42 drugs/
enlarged heart/
heart attack
9/16/1977 maria
callas
53 heart attack
9/16/1977 marc
bolan
29 car crash
10/14/1977 bing
crosby
74 heart attack
10/20/1977 ronnie
van zant
29 air crash
10/20/1977 steve gaines 28 air crash
4/21/1978 sandy
denny
31 cerebral hemorrhage
5/1/1978 aram
khachaturian
74
8/4/1978 frank
fontaine
58 heart attack
8/24/1978 louis
prima
67 brain tumor
9/1/1978 keith
moon
32 clomethiazole
1/5/1979 charles
mingus
56 amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis
1/13/1979 donny
hathaway
33 suicide/leapt to his death
2/2/1979 sid
vicious
21 heroin
5/11/1979 lester
flatt
64 heart failure
6/29/1979 lowell
george
34 heart attack
7/12/1979 minnie
riperton
31 breast cancer
12/30/1979 richards
rodgers
77 survived
cancer of the jaw/
heart attack/
laryngectomy, then …
1/7/1980 larry
williams
44 shot/
maybe not a suicide
1/29/1980 jimmy
durante
86 stroke/ pneumonia
1/30/1980 professor
longhair
61 died in his sleep
2/19/1980 bon
scott
33 alcohol poisoning
3/29/1980 annuzio
mantovani
74
9/25/1980 john
bonham
32 alcohol/
asphyxiation
12/8/1980 john
lennon
40 shot
12/29/1980 tim
hardin
39 heroin/morphine
2/15/1981 mike
bloomfield
37 heroin
5/11/1981 bob
marley
36 melanoma
7/16/1981 harry
chapin
38 car crash
12/27/1981 hoagy
carmichael
82 heart failure
1/30/1982 lightnin'
hopkins
69 esophageal cancer/
pneumonia
2/17/1982 thelonious
monk
64 stroke
6/16/1982 james
honeyman-scott
25 cocaine
10/4/1982 glenn
gould
50 stroke
12/8/1982 marty
robbins
57 heart surgery complications
2/4/1983 karen
carpenter
32 anorexia nervosa
2/12/1983 eubie
blake
96
4/17/1983 felix
pappalardi
43 shot
4/30/1983 muddy
waters
70 died in his sleep
7/5/1983 harry
james
67 lymphatic cancer
8/17/1983 ira
gershwin
86 died in his sleep/
heart disease
11/19/1983 tom
evans
36 suicide by hanging
12/28/1983 dennis
wilson
39 alcohol-related
drowning
1/21/1984 jackie
wilson
49 heart attack
2/15/1984 ethel
merman
76 brain tumor/
found dead/
natural causes
4/1/1984 marvin
gaye
44 shot
4/26/1984 count
basie
79 pancreatic cancer
7/4/1984 jimmie
spheeris
36 motorcycle crash
7/25/1984 big mama
thorton
57 alcohol abuse/
liver and heart complications
9/6/1984 ernest
tubb
70 emphysema
9/20/1984 steve
goodman
36 leukemia
3/29/1985 the singing
nun
51 suicide/barbiturates
and alcohol
10/12/1985 ricky
wilson
32 aids
11/24/1985 big joe
turner
74 heart attack
12/12/1985 ian
stewart
47 respiratory problems/
heart attack
12/31/1985 ricky
nelson
45 air crash
3/4/1986 richard
manuel
42 suicide by hanging
3/11/1986 sonny
terry
74
6/13/1986 benny
goodman
77 heart attack
6/17/1986 kate
smith
79 diabetes
7/3/1986 rudy
vallée
84 cancer
12/2/1986 desi
arnaz
69 lung cancer
2/4/1987 liberace 67 aids
3/21/1987 dino
martin
35 air crash
4/2/1987 buddy
rich
69 heart failure
following surgery for
malignant brain tumor
4/17/1987 carlton
barret
36 murder/shot
5/4/1987 paul
butterfield
44 alcohol/drug abuse/heart attack
6/2/1987 andrés
segovia
94 heart attack
12/10/1987 jascha
heifetz
86
12/12/1987 clifton
chenier
62 diabetes-related
kidney disease
3/5/1988 andy
gibb
30 cocaine/
myocarditis
4/28/1988 b.w.
stevenson
38 heart valve
surgery
5/13/1988 chet
baker
58 heroin/cocaine/
head wounds
6/22/1988 jesse ed
davis
43 drug overdose
9/14/1988 roy
buchanan
48 suicide by hanging
10/19/1988 son
house
86 cancer of the larynx
12/6/1988 roy
orbison
52 heart attack
2/1/1989 blaze
foley
39 shot
5/7/1989 ron
wilson
43 brain aneurysm
9/22/1989 irving
berlin
101 heart attack
11/5/1989 vladimir
horowitz
86 stroke
2/8/1990 del
shannon
55 suicide/shot
4/3/1990 sarah
vaughan
66 lung cancer
5/16/1990 sammy
davis jr
64 throat cancer
6/2/1990 stiv
bators
40 hit by taxi/
died in his sleep from untreated injuries
8/27/1990 stevie ray
vaughn
35 helicopter crash
10/14/1990 leonard
bernstein
72 tobacco
10/16/1990 art
blakey
71 lung cancer
4/20/1991 steve
marriott
44 fire
4/23/1991 johnny
thunders
38 drug-related causes/
possible foul play
5/24/1991 gene
clark
46 alcohol/
bleeding ulcer
6/1/1991 david
ruffin
50 cocaine
6/6/1991 stan
getz
64 liver cancer
9/4/1991 dottie
west
58 car crash
9/18/1991 robin
tyner
46 heart attack
9/28/1991 miles
davis
65 stroke/pneumonia/
respiratory failure
11/24/1991 freddie
mercury
45 aids caused
bronchial pneumonia
1/14/1992 jerry
nolan
45 meningitis
pneumonia
stroke
1/29/1992 willie
dixon
76 heart failure
5/17/1992 lawrence
welk
92 pneumonia
8/12/1992 john
cage
79 stroke
10/25/1992 roger
miller
56 lung and throat cancer
1/6/1993 dizzy
gillespie
75 pancreatic cancer
3/8/1993 billy
eckstine
78
4/8/1993 marian
anderson
96 heart failure
11/24/1993 albert
collins
61 lung cancer
12/4/1993 frank
zappa
52 prostate cancer
12/19/1993 michael
clarke
47 alcohol/
liver failure
1/15/1994 harry
nilsson
52 heart failure
2/22/1994 papa john
creach
76 heart attack/
pneumonia
2/24/1994 dinah
shore
77 ovarian cancer
4/5/1994 kurt
cobain
27 suicide/shot
6/14/1994 henry
mancini
70 pancreatic cancer
9/6/1994 nicky
hopkins
50 intestinal surgery
10/4/1994 danny
gatton
49 suicide/shot
11/10/1994 carmen
mcrae
74 empheysema/
stroke
11/19/1994 cab
calloway
86 stroke
11/23/1994 tommy
boyce
55 suicide/shot
2/18/1995 bob
stinson
35 alcohol and
drug abuse
3/31/1995 selina 23 murder/shot
8/9/1995 jerry
garcia
53 heart attack
10/21/1995 shannon
hoon
28 cocaine
11/23/1995 junior
walker
64 cancer
12/25/1995 dean
martin
78 lung cancer
2/16/1996 brownie
mcghee
80 stomach cancer
5/11/1996 walter
hyatt
46 air crash
6/15/1996 ella
fitzgerald
79 diabetes
7/17/1996 chas
chandler
57 heart condition
9/9/1996 bill
monroe
84 stroke
9/13/1996 tupac
shakur
25 shot
11/2/1996 eva
cassidy
33 melanoma
11/30/1996 tiny
tim
64 heart attack
12/10/1996 faron
young
64 suicide/shot
1/1/1997 townes
van zandt
52 post-surgical pulmonary
embolism
1/2/1997 randy
california
45 drowned
3/9/1997 notorious
b.i.g.
24 shot
3/10/1997 lavern
baker
67 coronary complications
4/8/1997 laura
nyro
49 ovarian cancer
5/9/1997 georg
solti
84 sudden death
5/29/1997 jeff
buckley
30 drowned
6/4/1997 ronnie
lane
51 multiple sclerosis/
pneumonia
6/26/1997 iz
kamakawiwo'ole
38 weight-related
respiratory illness
8/1/1997 sviatoslav
richter
82 heart attack
10/12/1997 john
denver
53 plane crash
11/22/1997 michael
hutchence
37 suicide by hanging
or
autoerotic asphyxiation
12/1/1997 stéphane
grapelli
89 complications from
hernia surgery
1/19/1998 carl
perkins
65 strokes/
throat cancer
2/6/1998 carl
wilson
51 tobacco/lung and brain cancer
4/6/1998 wendy o.
williams
48 suicide/shot
4/17/1998 linda
mccartney
56 breast cancer
5/14/1998 frank
sinatra
82 heart attack
7/6/1998 roy
rogers
86 congestive
heart failure
9/26/1998 betty
carter
69 pancreatic cancer
10/2/1998 gene
autry
91 colon cancer
11/22/1998 irving
berlin
101 heart attack
3/2/1999 dusty
springfield
59 breast cancer
3/12/1999 yehudi
menuhin
82 bronchitis
6/5/1999 mel
tormé
73 stroke
6/16/1999 screamin' lord
sutch
58 suicide by hanging
10/9/1999 milt
jackson
76 liver cancer
10/16/1999 bruce
cameron
43 murder/suicide?
10/26/1999 hoyt
axton
61 strokes/
heart attack
11/18/1999 doug
sahm
58 died in his sleep/
heart attack
12/10/1999 rick
danko
56 died in his sleep/
heart failure
12/26/1999 curtis
mayfield
57 diabetes
2/12/2000 screamin' jay
hawkins
70 after surgery for aneurysm
5/31/2000 tito
puente
77 failed to recover
from heart surgery
8/25/2000 jack
nitzsche
63 recurring bronchial infection/cardiac arrest
10/18/2000 julie
london
74 stroke
12/31/2ooo eddy
shaver
38 heroin
3/18/2001 john
phillips
65 heart failure
4/15/2001 joey
ramone
49 lymphoma
5/12/2001 perry
como
88 died in his sleep
6/4/2001 john
hartford
63 non-hodgkin's
lymphoma
6/21/2001 john lee
hooker
83 died in his sleep
6/30/2001 chet
atkins
77 colon cancer
7/27/2001 leon
wilkeson
49 liver and lung disease
8/25/2001 aaliyah 22 plane crash
9/22/2001 isaac
stern
81 congestive heart failure
11/3/2001 champ
hood
49 lung cancer
11/29/2001 george
harrison
58 lung cancer
12/15/2001 rufus
thomas
84 heart failure
123/16/2001 stuart
adamson
43 self-strangulation
1/21/2002 peggy
lee
81 diabetes and
heart attack
2/10/2002 dave
van ronk
65 colon cancer
6/5/2002 dee dee
ramone
49 heroin
6/27/2002 john
entwistle
57 cocaine induced
heart attack
6/29/2002 rosemary
cloney
74 lung cancer
8/31/2002 lionel
hampton
94 congestive
heart failure
12/13/2002 zal
yanovsky
57 congestive
heart failure
12/22/2002 joe
strummer
50 congenital
heart defect
1/12/2003 maurice
gibb
53 twisted intestine
1/23/2003 nell
carter
54 diabetes/obesity
heart disease
3/2/2003 hank
ballard
76 throat cancer
4/10/2003 little
eva
59 cervical cancer
4/21/2003 nina
simone
70 breast cancer/
died in her sleep
5/11/2003 noel
redding
57 found dead/
no cause given
6/15/2003 june carter
cash
73 heart valve
replacement surgery
complications
7/4/2003 barry
white
58 renal failure
7/16/2003 celia
cruz
77 cancerous brain tumor
8/9/2003 gregory
hines
57 liver cancer
9/7/2003 warren
zevon
56 mesothelioma
9/12/2003 johnny
cash
71 diabetes/
autonomic neuropathy
9/16/2003 sheb
wooley
82 leukemia
9/26/2003 robert
palmer
54 heart attack
11/5/2003 bobby
hatfield
63 cocaine
2/3/1004 cornelius
bumpus
58 heart attack
3/26/2004 jan
berry
62 seizure/stroke
3/30/2004 timi
yuro
63 cancer of the thoat
4/1/2004 paul
atkinson
58 liver and kidney disease
5/31/2004 robert
quine
61 heroin/grief
6/10/2004 ray
charles
73 liver cancer
7/13/2004 arthur
"killer" kane
55 leukemia
8/6/2004 rick
james
56 drug abuse/
diabetes/pulmonary and cardiac failures
8/26/2004 laura
branigan
47 brain aneurysm
9/15/2004 johnny
ramone
55 prostate cancer
9/19/2004 skeeter
davis
72 breast cancer
2/6/2005 merle
kilgore
70 lung cancer/
congestive heart failure
3/26/2005 paul
hester
46 depression/
suicide by hanging
7/1/2005 luther
vandross
54 diabetes/
hypertension/
stroke
7/21/2005 long john
baldry
64 severe
chest infection
8/13/2005 allen
damron
66 pneumonia
complications
11/1/2005 skitch
henderson
87 natrural causes
11/5/2005 link
wray
76 no cause given
1/19/2006 wilson
pickett
64 heart attack
3/7/2006 jesse
taylor
55 hepatitis c
and cirrhosis
4/5/2006 gene
pitney
66 found dead/
natural causes
6/6/2006 billy
preston
59 kidney disease/
malignant hypertension
7/7/2006 syd
barrett
60 diabetes/
pancreatic cancer
9/20/2006 don
walser
72 diabetes
9/21/2006 boz
burrell
60 heart attack
10/14/2006 freddy
fender
69 lung cancer
12/25/2006 james
brown
73 congestive heart failure/
pneumonia
2/2/2007 eric
von schmidt
75 throat cancer/
stroke
3/9/2007 brad
delp
55 suicide/
carbon monoxide
4/27/2007 mstislav
rostropovich
80 intestinal cancer
4/28/2007 tommy
newsom
78 cancer
7/2/2007 beverly
sills
78 lung cancer
7/3/2007 boots
randolf
80 brain hemorrhage
9/6/2007 luciano
pavarotti
71 pancreatic cancer
10/28/2007 porter
waggoner
80 lung cancer
10/30/2007 robert
goulet
73 idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis
12/12/2007 ike
turner
76 cardiovascular disease/
emphysema/
cocaine overdose
12/16/2007 dan
fogelberg
56 prostate cancer
12/23/2007 oscar
peterson
82 renal failure
1/19/2008 john
stewart
68 stroke or aneurysm
2/26/2008 buddy
miles
60 congestive
heart failure
4/17/2008 danny
federici
58 melanoma
4/17/2008 chris
gaffney
57 liver cancer
5/8/2008 eddy
arnold
89 lengthy illness
5/23/2008 utah
phillips
73 complications from
heart disease
6/2/2008 bo
diddley
79 heart attack/
stroke/
heart failure
8/10/2008 isaac
hayes
65 stroke



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6/30/1917 lena horne 90

5/2/1919 pete seeger 88

4/7/1920 ravi shankar 87

12/6/1920 dave brubeck 87

12/29/1921 johnny otis 86

12/22/1922 jean ritchie 85

1/6/1924 earl scruggs 84

1/20/1924 slim whitman 84

9/16/1925 b.b. king 82

1/12/1926 ray price 82

10/18/1926 chuck berry 81

1/17/1927 eartha kitt 81

2/10/1927 leontyne price 81

3/1/1927 harry belafonte 81

11/11/1927 mose allison 80

2/26/1928 fats domino 79

8/10/1928 jimmy dean 79

12/30/1928 bo diddley 79 r.i.p. 6/2/2008 ride on
Gun Slinger
3/9/1930 ornette coleman 78

9/7/1930 sonny rollins 77

12/31/1930 odetta 77

9/12/1931 george jones 76

12/5/1932 little richard 75

3/14/1933 quincy jones 75

4/30/1933 willie nelson 74

4/12/1934 van cliburn 73

9/29/1935 jerry lee lewis 72

9/30/1935 johnny mathis 72

1/24/1936 doug kershaw 72

10/24/1936 bill wyman 71

4/6/1937 merl haggard 70

3/18/1938 charlie pride 70

3/11/1939 flaco jiménez 69

3/25/1942 aretha franklin 66

12/18/1943 keith richards 65



September 28, 2008

2 comments:

  1. Good to see your mention of Steve Goodman. He often doesn't get his due. You might be interested in my new 800-page biography, "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music."

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  2. steve goodman means a lot to me.
    i saw him play three times here in austin:
    once
    at Hogg Auditorium on UT campus;
    once
    at the Armadillo Headquarters, opening for Jimmy Buffett;
    then,
    after i had heard he'd been hospitalized for leukemia in new york,
    i saw him play for the last time at Soap Creek on South Congress Avenue.

    i wanted to offer my encouragement in his fight against leukemia, as a cancer survivor.

    he signed my album, "STAY WELL!"

    i have, pretty much.
    he died about six months later.

    it wasn't until i began making this list, so i could remember my musical legends and heroes, that i read in wikipedia that steve had had leukemia throughout his whole career.

    i had only known about the last few years.

    i miss him very much; i sing his songs all the time.
    i have been playing his Easter Tapes a lot lately.
    it was a different world then.


    be careful out there.
    we are stardust.
    shine on

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