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Soft Machine bassist dies of leukaemia

June 7, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

Hugh Colin Hopper (64)
*1945.04.29 @ Canterbury, Kent, England
+2009.06.07 @ London, England (leukaemia)

bassist

Daevid Allen Trio, The Wilde Flowers (no records released), Soft Machine, Stomu Yamashta’s East Wind, Isotope, Gilgamesh, Hopper Dean Tippett Gallivan, Keith Tippett’s Ark, Soft Head, Soft Heap, In Cahoots, SoftWorks, Soft Bounds, Pip Pyle’s Equip Out, Soft Machine Legacy, Hugh Hopper Franglo-Dutch Band

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Hugh Colin Hopper (64)
*1945.04.29 @ Canterbury, Kent, Inglaterra
+2009.06.07 @ Londres, Inglaterra (leucemia)

bajista

Daevid Allen Trio, The Wilde Flowers (sin discos), Soft Machine, Stomu Yamashta’s East Wind, Isotope, Gilgamesh, Hopper Dean Tippett Gallivan, Keith Tippett’s Ark, Soft Head, Soft Heap, In Cahoots, SoftWorks, Soft Bounds, Pip Pyle’s Equip Out, Soft Machine Legacy, Hugh Hopper Franglo-Dutch Band

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Nacha Pop’s singer/songwriter dies at 51

May 12, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

Antonio Vega Tallés (51)
*1957.12.16 @ Madrid, España
+2009.05.12 @ Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, España (cáncer de pulmón, tras ser internado por una neumonía)

guitar, harmonica, voice

Nacha Pop, solo

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Antonio Vega Tallés (51)
*1957.12.16 @ Madrid, Spain
+2009.05.12 @ Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain (lung cancer thru a pneumonia)

guitar, harmonica, voice

Nacha Pop, solo

[Official website]

[Wikipedia entry]

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Lynyrd Synyrd bassist dies at 48

May 6, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

Donald “Ean” Evans (48)

*1960 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
+2009.05.06 Columbus, Mississippi, USA (cancer)

bassist

Oulaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Donald “Ean” Evans (48)

*1960 Atlanta, Georgia, Estados Univods
+2009.05.06 Columbus, Mississippi, Estados Unidos  (cáncer)

bajista

Oulaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Mexican ethno-music innovator Jorge Reyes dies

February 7, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | 1 comment

 Jorge Reyes (56)

*1952.12. @ Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
+2009.02.07 @ home Mexico City, Mexico (heart failure)

flutist, guitarrist, percussionist

Chac Mool, solo

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Jorge Reyes (56)

*1952.12. @ Uruapan, Michoacán, México
+2009.02.07 @ casa México, D.F., Mexico (paro cardíaco mientras dormía en su estudio)

flautista, guitarrista, percusionista

Chac Mool, solo

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Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist dies at 56

January 28, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

William Norris “Billy” Powell (56)
*1952.06.03 @ Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
*2009.01.28 @ home Orange Park, Florida, USA (heart attack suspected after paramedics responded a 911 call and found him dead still holding the phone)

keyboardist

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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William Norris “Billy” Powell (56)
*1952.06.03 @ Corpus Christi, Texas, Estados Unidos
*2009.01.28 @ casa Orange Park, Florida, Estados Unidos (ataque cardíaco es la causa más probable. Los paramédicos lo encontraron muerto todavía sosteniendo el teléfono después de recibir una llamada al 911)

tecladista

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Telefon Tel Aviv half passed away

January 22, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

Charles “Charlie” Wesley Cooper, III (31)
*1977.04.12 @ New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
+2009.01.22 @ Chicago, Illinois, USA

electronic music composer/perfomer

Telefon Tel Aviv

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Charles “Charlie” Wesley Cooper, III (31)
*1977.04.12 @ New Orleans, Louisiana, EUA
+2009.01.22 @ Chicago, Illinois, EUA

compositor/ejecutor de música electrónica

Telefon Tel Aviv

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Stooges’ Ron Asheton found dead

January 6, 2009 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

Ron Asheton (60)
*1948.07.17 @ Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
+2009.01.01 @ home Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (found at home on 2001.01.06, presumably dead days before, cause of dead not yet disclosed, heart attack sugested) 

guitarist, bassist

The Stooges, The New Order, New Race, Destroy All Monsters, Dark Carnival

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Ron Asheton (60)
*1948.07.17 @ Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
+2009.01.01 @ casa Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (fue encontrado el 2009.01.06 por la policía en un sillón de su casa después de que su agente no lo localizase durante días, se presume un ataque cardíaco días antes) 

guitarrista, bajista

The Stooges, The New Order, New Race, Destroy All Monsters, Dark Carnival

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Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell found dead

November 13, 2008 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

John “Mitch” Mitchell (61)
*1947.06.09 @ Ealing, Midlesex, England
+2008.11.12 @ Portland, Oregon, USA (found dead of natural causes at Benson Hotel, 3:00 AM)

drummer

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Coronets, Johnny Harris and the Shades, The Pretty Things, Georgie Fame, The Riot Squad, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Gypsy Sun Experience, The Dirty Mac, Ramatam

John “Mitch” Mitchell (61)
*1947.06.09 @ Ealing, Midlesex, Inglaterra
+2008.11.12 @ Portland, Oregon, Estados Unidos (fué encontrado muerto en su habitación en el Benson Hotel a las 3:00 AM)

baterista

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Coronets, Johnny Harris and the Shades, The Pretty Things, Georgie Fame, The Riot Squad, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Gypsy Sun Experience, The Dirty Mac, Ramatam

[Wikipedia entry]

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Icon Southafrican singer dies of heart attack

November 9, 2008 in obituarium by Ciro | No comments

Zensile “Miriam” Makeba (76)
*1932.03.04 @ Johannesburg, South Africa
+2008.11.09 @ Castel Volturno, Italy (2nd heart attack after performing hit Pata-Pata in an anti-Camorra concert once taken to Pineta Grande Hospital)

singer

Zensile “Miriam” Makeba (76)
*1932.03.04 @ Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica
+2008.11.09 @ Castel Volturno, Italia (después de un segundo ataque cardiaco en el Hospital Pineta Grande al tomar un poco de cognac. Fué llevada al hospital al sufrir un primer ataque cardíaco en un concierto en contra de la Camorra italiana, al terminar de cantar su éxito Pata Pata)

cantante

[Official website]

[Wikipedia entry]

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Merl Saunders, Keyboardist for the Grateful Dead passed away

October 27, 2008 in obituarium by grillo | No comments

Merl Saunders (74)
*1934.02.14 @ San Mateo, California, United States
+2008.10.24 @ San Francisco, California, United States (complications of a stroke)

piano , keyboards

Tom Fogerty, Jerry García, John Kahn, Bill Vitt, Aunt Monk, Eddie Moore, Grateful Dead, Dany Cox, Taj Mahal, Betty Davis, Brenda Patterson, Geoff Muldaur, David Soul, Jerry Garcia Band, Robert Hunter, Dinosaurs, Brian Melvin, Palomino Duck, Jerry Miller, DAVA And The Peace Army, Mike Lawson, Norton Buffalo and The Knockouts, Paul Pena, Tommy Guerrero and Gadget, Jim Weider Band, Five Point Plan, David Soul

Merl Saunders (74)
*1934.02.14 @ San Mateo, California, Estados Unidos
+2008.10.24 @ San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos (complicaciones por ataque cardíaco)

piano, teclados

Tom Fogerty, Jerry García, John Kahn, Bill Vitt, Aunt Monk, Eddie Moore, Grateful Dead, Dany Cox, Taj Mahal, Betty Davis, Brenda Patterson, Geoff Muldaur, David Soul, Jerry Garcia Band, Robert Hunter, Dinosaurs, Brian Melvin, Palomino Duck, Jerry Miller, DAVA And The Peace Army, Mike Lawson, Norton Buffalo and The Knockouts, Paul Pena, Tommy Guerrero and Gadget, Jim Weider Band, Five Point Plan, David Soul

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