Celebrity Death
Widely referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, Tina Turner has passed away at the age of 83. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, before launching a successful 60-year career as a solo performer. The legendary singer died Wednesday, May 24 after a long…
NEW YORK (AP) — Robbie Bachman, the drummer for the Canadian hard rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive that was known for such 1970s hits as “Takin’ Care of Business” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” has died at age 69. His death was announced on social media Thursday by his brother and bandmate, Randy Bachman, who…
By KRISTIN M. HALL and HILLEL ITALIE AP Entertainment Writers Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. She was 54. Her death in a Los Angeles hospital was confirmed by her mother, Priscilla, a few hours…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremiah Green, the founding drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse, has died just days after the band announced he had been diagnosed with cancer. He was 45. “Today we lost our dear friend Jeremiah. He laid down to rest and simply faded out,” according to a statement posted Saturday on…
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer The untamable and often outrageous rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87. Spokesperson Zach Farnum said Lewis died Friday morning at his Mississippi home near Memphis. Of all the greats to emerge in the 1950s after Elvis Presley, no one personified every parent’s fear of…
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