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MELANIE APPLEBY = ENGLISH = = Singer = = half of = = Mel and Kim = |
Born: MELANIE SUSAN APPLEBY 11 July 1966 Hackney, London, ENGLAND | Died: 18 January 1990 Westminster, London, ENGLAND |
23 | Pneumonia following treatment for Metastatic Paraganglioma |
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SEMPRINI = ENGLISH of ITALIAN ancestry = = Pianist, Composer and Conductor = |
Born: ALBERTO FERNANDO RICCARDO SEMPRINI 27 March 1908 Bath, Somerset, ENGLAND | Died: 19 January 1990 Brixham, Devon, ENGLAND |
81 | |
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ALLEN COLLINS = AMERICAN = = Guitarist = = founding member of = = Lynyrd Skynyrd = |
Born: LARKIN ALLEN COLLINS, Jr. 19 July 1952 Jacksonville, Florida, USA | Died: 23 January 1990 Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
37 | Complications from Pneumonia |
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PETER RACINE FRICKER = ENGLISH = = Composer = |
Born: 5 September 1920 London, ENGLAND | Died: 1 February 1990 Santa Barbara, California, USA |
69 | |
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JIMMY VAN HEUSEN = AMERICAN = = Composer and Songwriter = |
Born: EDWARD CHESTER BABCOCK 26 January 1913 Syracuse, New York, USA | Died: 6 February 1990 Rancho Mirage, California, USA |
77 | |
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DEL SHANNON = AMERICAN = = Rock and Roll and Country Musician, and Singer-Songwriter = |
Born: CHARLES WEEDON WESTOVER 30 December 1934 Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | Died: 8 February 1990 Santa Clarita, California, USA |
55 | Suicide by Shotgun |
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TONY HOLIDAY = GERMAN = = Pop Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: ROLF PETER KNIGGE 24 February 1951 Hamburg, GERMANY | Died: 14 February 1990 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND |
38 | AIDS-Related Illness |
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JOHNNIE RAY = AMERICAN = = Singer, Songwriter, and Pianist = |
Born: JOHN ALVIN RAY 10 January 1927 Hopewell, Oregon, USA | Died: 24 February 1990 Los Angeles, USA |
63 | Liver Failure |
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MALA = PAKISTANI = = Singer = |
Born: NASEEM NAZLI 9 November 1939 Lyallpur, BRITISH INDIA (now Faisalabad, PAKISTAN) | Died: 6 March 1990 Lahore, PAKISTAN |
50 | |
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MURIEL DICKSON = SCOTTISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: CONSTANCE MURIEL DICKSON 12 July 1903 Edinburgh, SCOTLAND | Died: 11 March 1990 Glasgow, SCOTLAND |
86 | |
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ANDREW WOOD = AMERICAN = = Singer = = member of = = Mother Love Bone = |
Born: ANDREW PATRICK WOOD 8 January 1966 Columbus, Mississippi, USA | Died: 16 March 1990 Seattle, Washington, USA |
24 | Heroin Overdose |
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RIC GRECH = BRITISH = = Bassist = = member of = = Family = = Blind Faith = |
Born: RICHARD ROMAN GRECHKO 1 November 1946 Bordeaux, FRANCE | Died: 17 March 1990 Leicester, ENGLAND |
43 | Renal Failure as a result of Alcoholism |
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SARAH VAUGHAN = AMERICAN = = Jazz Singer = |
Born: SARAH LOIS VAUGHAN 27 March 1924 Newark, New Jersey, USA | Died: 3 April 1990 Hidden Hills, California, USA |
66 | Lung Cancer |
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LUIGI NONO = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 29 January 1924 Venice, ITALY | Died: 8 May 1990 Venice, ITALY |
66 | |
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SAMMY DAVIS, Jr. = AMERICAN = = All-Round Entertainer = |
Born: SAMUEL GEORGE DAVIS Jr. 8 December 1925 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA | Died: 16 May 1990 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
64 | Throat Cancer |
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JOE LOSS = ENGLISH = = Bandleader, Musician, Arranger and Composer = |
Born: JOSHUA ALEXANDER LOSS 22 June 1909 Spitalfields, London, ENGLAND | Died: 6 June 1990 London, ENGLAND |
80 | |
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ERNA BERGER = GERMAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 19 October 1900 Dresden, GERMANY | Died: 14 June 1990 Essen, GERMANY |
89 | |
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Dame EVA TURNER = ENGLISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 10 March 1892 Werneth, Oldham, ENGLAND | Died: 16 June 1990 |
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JUNE CHRISTY = AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: SHIRLEY LUSTER 20 November 1925 Springfield, Illinois, USA | Died: 21 June 1990 Sherman Oaks, California, USA |
64 | Renal Failure |
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ELIZABETH HARWOOD = ENGLISH = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 27 May 1938 Barton Seagrave, a suburb of Kettering, ENGLAND | Died: 21 June 1990 Fryerning, Essex, ENGLAND |
52 | Cancer |
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PEGGY GLANVILLE-HICKS = AUSTRALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: PEGGY WINSOME GLANVILLE HICKS 29 December 1912 Melbourne, AUSTRALIA | Died: 25 June 1990 Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
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CAZUZA = BRAZILIAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: AGENOR DE MIRANDA ARAÚJO NETO 4 April 1958 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | Died: 7 July 1990 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
32 | AIDS-Related |
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TROUBLE T ROY = AMERICAN = = Hip-Hop Dancer = |
Born: TROY DIXON 19 October 1967 Mount Vernon, New York, USA | Died: 15 July 1990 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
22 | Fall from Stage |
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SIDNEY TORCH = BRITISH = = Pianist, Cinema Organist, Conductor, Orchestral Arranger and Composer = |
Born: SIDNEY TORCHINSKY 5 June 1908 London, ENGLAND | Died: 16 July 1990 Eastbourne, Sussex, ENGLAND |
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LAFAYETTE LEAKE = AMERICAN = = Blues and Jazz Ppianist, Organist, Vocalist and Composer = |
Born: 1 June 1919 Winona, Missouri, USA | Died: 14 August 1990 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
71 | Diabetic Coma |
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VIKTOR TSOI = RUSSIAN = = Musician, Singer, and Songwriter = = leader of = = Kino = |
Born: VIKTOR ROBERTOVICH TSOI 21 June 1962 Leningrad, SOVIET UNION | Died: 15 August 1990 Tukums, Latvian SSR, SOVIET UNION |
28 | Car Accident |
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PEARL BAILEY = AMERICAN = = Actress and Singer = |
Born: PEARL MAE BAILEY 29 March 1918 Southampton County, Virginia, USA | Died: 17 August 1990 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
72 | Arteriosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease |
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STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN = AMERICAN = = Musician, Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer = |
Born: STEPHEN RAY VAUGHAN 3 October 1954 Dallas, Texas, USA | Died: 27 August 1990 East Troy, Wisconsin, USA |
35 | Helicopter Crash |
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SARI BIRO = HUNGARIAN = = Pianist = |
Born: 24 March 1912 Bistrița Năsăudt, ROMANIA | Died: 2 September 1990 San Francisco, California, USA |
78 | |
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TOM FOGERTY = AMERICAN = = Musician = = rhythm guitarist for = = Creedence Clearwater Revival = |
Born: THOMAS RICHARD FOGERTY 9 November 1941 Berkeley, California, USA | Died: 6 September 1990 Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
48 | AIDS Related |
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PHIL NAPOLEON = AMERICAN = = Jazz Trumpeter = |
Born: FILIPPO NAPOLI 2 September 1901 Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 1 October 1990 Miami, Florida, USA |
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ELEANOR STEBER = AMERICAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: 17 July 1914 Wheeling, West Virginia, USA | Died: 3 October 1990 Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA |
76 | |
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RAY STEPHENS = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actor = = onetime member of = = The Village People {1985 = 'Sex Over the Phone'} = |
Born: 14 December 1954 | Died: 4 October 1990 |
35 | |
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ASSER FAGERSTRÖM = FINNISH = = Pianist, Composer and Actor = |
Born: 27 July 1912 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of FINLAND | Died: 6 October 1990 Helsinki, FINLAND |
78 | |
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B. J. WILSON = ENGLISH = = Drummer = = member of = = The Paramounts {1959-1966} = = Procol Harum {1967-1977} = |
Born: BARRIE JAMES WILSON 18 March 1947 Edmonton, London, ENGLAND | Died: 8 October 1990 Eugene, Oregon, USA |
43 | Pneumonia |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN = AMERICAN = = Composer, Conductor, Author, Lecturer, Pianist = |
Born: LOUIS BERNSTEIN 25 August 1918 Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 14 October 1990 New York City, New York, USA |
72 | Pneumonia and a Pleural Tumor |
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ART BLAKEY = AMERICAN = = Jazz Drummer and Bandleader = |
Born: ARTHUR BLAKEY 11 October 1919 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Died: 16 October 1990 New York City, New York, USA |
71 | |
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JORGE BOLET = CUBAN-born AMERICAN = = Pianist and Teacher = |
Born: 15 November 1914 Havana, CUBA | Died: 16 October 1990 Mountain View, California, USA |
75 | Heart Failure possibly complications from AIDS |
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XAVIER CUGAT = SPANISH-AMERICAN = = Violinist, Bandleader and Arranger = |
Born: FRANCISCO DE ASÍS JAVIER CUGAT MINGALL DE BRU Y DEULOFEU 1 January 1900 Girona, Catalonia, SPAIN | Died: 27 October 1990 Barcelona, Catalonia, SPAIN |
90 | |
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MARY MARTIN = AMERICAN = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: MARY VIRGINIA MARTIN 1 December 1913 Weatherford, Texas, USA | Died: 3 November 1990 Rancho Mirage, California USA |
76 | Colorectal Cancer |
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RONNIE DYSON = AMERICAN = = Soul Singer and Actor = |
Born: RONALD DYSON 5 June 1950 Washington, D.C., USA | Died: 10 November 1990 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
40 | Heart Failure |
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AARON COPLAND = AMERICAN = = Composer = |
Born: 14 November 1900 Brooklyn, New York, USA | Died: 2 December 1990 Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA |
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DEE CLARK = AMERICAN = = Soul Singer = |
Born: DELECTUS CLARK 7 November 1938 Blytheville, Arkansas, USA | Died: 7 December 1990 Smyrna, Georgia, USA |
52 | Heart Attack |
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PAUL TORTELIER = FRENCH = = Cellist and Composer = |
Born: 21 March 1914 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 18 December 1990 Chaussy, Val-d'Oise, FRANCE |
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