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Name Dates Age Cause of Death
Spencer Dryden
SPENCER DRYDEN
= AMERICAN =
= Drummer =


member of
Jefferson Airplane {mid-1966 to Feb. 1970}
New Riders of the Purple Sage {late 1970 to 1977}
Born:
7 April 1938
New York City, USA
|
Died:
11 January 2005
Petaluma, California, USA
66 Colon Cancer
(intestinal cancer which spread to his liver)
Jimmy Griffin
JIMMY GRIFFIN
= AMERICAN =
= singer, guitarist, and songwriter =


co-founder of
Bread
Born: JAMES ARTHUR GRIFFIN
10 August 1943
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
|
Died:
11 January 2005
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
61 Complications from Cancer
MIRIAM HYDE
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Composer, Pianist, Music Educator and Poet =
Born: MIRIAM BEATRICE HYDE
15 January 1913
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
|
Died:
11 January 2005
91  
Victoria_de_los_Angeles
VICTORIA DE LOS ÁNGELES
= SPANISH CATALAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born: VICTORIA DE LOS ÁNGELES LÓPEZ GARCÍA
1 November 1923
Barcelona, SPAIN
|
Died:
15 January 2005
Barcelona, SPAIN
81 Heart Failure
June Bronhill
JUNE BRONHILL
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Coloratura Soprano Opera Singer, Performer and Actress =
Born: JUNE MARY GOUGH
26 June 1929
Broken Hill, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
|
Died:
24 January 2005
Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
75  
Jim Capaldi
JIM CAPALDI
= ENGLISH =
= Drummer, Singer and Songwriter =


member of
Traffic
Born: NICOLA JAMES CAPALDI
2 August 1944
Evesham, Worcestershire, ENGLAND
|
Died:
28 January 2005
Westminster, London, ENGLAND
60 Stomach Cancer
MARTYN BENNETT
= CANADIAN-SCOTTISH =
= Musician =
Born:
17 February 1971
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CANADA
|
Died:
30 January 2005
Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
33 Cancer
Franco Mannino
FRANCO MANNINO
= ITALIAN =
= Film Composer, Pianist, Opera Director, =
= Playwright and Novelist =
Born:
25 April 1924
Palermo, ITALY
|
Died:
1 February 2005
Rome, ITALY
80  
DAVID HÖNIGSBERG
= SOUTH AFRICAN =
= Classical Composer, Conductor and Musicologist =
Born:
28 October 1959
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
|
Died:
3 February 2005
Aarau, SWITZERLAND
45  
HELMUT EDER
= AUSTRIAN =
= Composer =
Born:
26 December 1916
Linz, AUSTRIA
|
Died:
8 February 2005
Salzburg, AUSTRIA
88  
Jimmy Smith
JIMMY SMITH
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Organist =
Born: JAMES OSCAR SMITH
8 December 1925 or 1928
Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
|
Died:
8 February 2005
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
76 or 79  
Tyrone Davis
TYRONE DAVIS
= AMERICAN =
= Soul Singer =
Born: TYRONE D. FETTSON or
TYRONE D. BRANCH
4 May 1938
Greenville, Mississippi, USA
|
Died:
9 February 2005
Hinsdale, Illinois, USA
66 Complications from Stroke
Sixten Ehrling
SIXTEN EHRLING
= SWEDISH =
= Conductor =
Born:
3 April 1918
Malmö, SWEDEN
|
Died:
13 February 2005
86  
MARCELLO VIOTTI
= SWISS =
= Conductor =
Born:
29 June 1954
Vallorbe, SWITZERLAND
|
Died:
16 February 2005
Munich, GERMANY
50 Stroke
Edward Patten
EDDIE PATTEN
= AMERICAN =
= R&B/Soul Singer =


member of
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Born: EDWARD ROY PATTEN
27 August 1939
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
|
Died:
25 February 2005
Livonia, Michigan, USA
65 Stroke
Chris Curtis
CHRIS CURTIS
= ENGLISH =
= Drummer and Vocalist =


member of
The Searchers {1960-1966}
Roundabout {1968-1969}
Born: CHRISTOPHER CRUMMEY
26 August 1941
Oldham, Lancashire, ENGLAND
|
Died:
28 February 2005
Liverpool, ENGLAND
63  
UNA HALE
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Operatic Soprano =
Born:
18 November 1922
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
|
Died:
4 March 2005
Bath, ENGLAND
82  
Tommy Vance
TOMMY VANCE
= ENGLISH =
= Radio Broadcaster =
Born: RICHARD ANTHONY CRISPIAN FRANCIS PREW HOPE-WESTON
11 July 1940
Eynsham, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND
|
Died:
6 March 2005
Dartford, Kent, ENGLAND
63 Stroke
Chris LeDoux
CHRIS LeDOUX
= AMERICAN =
= Country Music Singer-Songwriter, Bronze Sculptor, =
= and Hall of Fame Rodeo Champion =
Born:
2 October 1948
Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
|
Died:
9 March 2005
Casper, Wyoming, USA
56 Cholangiocarcinoma
(bile duct cancer)
KATHIE KAY
= BRITISH =
= Big Band Singer =
Born: KATHLEEN THORNHILL
20 November 1918
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, ENGLAND
|
Died:
9 March 2005
Largs, Ayrshire, SCOTLAND
86 Alzheimer's disease
DANNY JOE BROWN
= AMERICAN =
= Musician =


former lead singer of
Molly Hatchet
Born:
24 August 1951
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
|
Died:
10 March 2005
Davie, Florida, USA
53 Kidney Failure
Bobby Short
BOBBY SHORT
= AMERICAN =
= Cabaret Singer and Pianist =
Born: ROBERT WALTRIP SHORT
15 September 1924
Danville, Illinois, USA
|
Died:
21 March 2005
New York City, New York, USA
80 Leukemia
Rod Price
ROD PRICE
= ENGLISH =
= Guitarist =


member of
Foghat
Born: RODERICK MICHAEL PRICE
22 November 1947
Willesden, North London, ENGLAND
|
Died:
22 March 2005
Wilton, New Hampshire, USA
57 Fell down a flight of stairs when suffering a Heart Attack
Paul Hester
PAUL HESTER
= AUSTRALIAN =
= Musician and Television Personality =


drummer for
Split Enz
Crowded House
Born: PAUL NEWELL HESTER
8 January 1959
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
|
Died:
26 March 2005
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
46 Suicide by
hanging himself in Elsternwick Park near his home
Grant Johannesen
GRANT JOHANNESEN
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist =
Born:
30 July 1921
Salt Lake City, USA
|
Died:
27 March 2005
Berlin, GERMANY
83  
Statue of Rigo Tovar
RIGO TOVAR
= MEXICAN =
= Singer and Composer =
Born: RIGOBERTO TOVAR GARCÍA
29 March 1946
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
|
Died:
27 March 2005
Mexico City, MEXICO
58 Diabetic Complications leading to Cardio-Respiratory Failure
Dame Moura Lympany
MOURA LYMPANY
= ENGLISH =
= Concert Pianist =
Born: MARY GERTRUDE JOHNSTONE
18 August 1916
Saltash, Cornwall, ENGLAND
|
Died:
28 March 2005
Gorbio near Menton, FRANCE
88  
Derrick Plourde
DERRICK PLOURDE
= AMERICAN =
= Drummer, Musician and Artist =


member of
Lagwagon {1990-1996}
Bad Astronaut {2000-2005}
Jaws
The Ataris {1996-1997}
Mad Caddies
Rich Kids on LSD {2000-2002}
=
Born: DERRICK WILLIAM PLOURDE
17 October 1971
Goleta, California, USA
|
Died:
30 March 2005
Goleta, California, USA
33 Suicide,
self-inflicted gunshot wound
ALEXANDER BROTT
= CANADIAN =
= Conductor, Composer, Violinist and Music Teacher =
Born: JOËL BROD
14 March 1915
Montreal, CANADA
|
Died:
1 April 2005
Montreal, CANADA
90  
GRIGORIS BITHIKOTSIS
= GREEK =
= Folk Singer/Songwriter =
Born:
11 December 1922
Peristeri, Athens, GREECE
|
Died:
7 April 2005
Athens, GREECE
82  
Norbert Brainin
NORBERT BRAININ
= AUSTRIAN =
= Violinist =
Born:
12 March 1923
Vienna, AUSTRIA
|
Died:
10 April 2005
London, ENGLAND
82  
Ehud Manor
EHUD MANOR
= ISRAELI =
= Songwriter, Translator, and Radio and TV Personality =
Born: EHUD WEINER
13 July 1941
Binyamina, MANDATORY PALESTINE
(now ISRAEL)
|
Died:
12 April 2005
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
63 Cardiac Arrest
Johnnie Johnson
JOHNNIE JOHNSON
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist =
Born: JOHNNIE CLYDE JOHNSON
8 July 1924
Fairmont, West Virginia, USA
|
Died:
13 April 2005
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
80 A kidney ailment and pneumonia
John Fred
JOHN FRED
= AMERICAN =
= Pop Singer =
Born: JOHN FRED GOURRIER
8 May 1941
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
|
Died:
14 April 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
63 Complications after receiving
a Kidney Transplant
KENNETH SCHERMERHORN
= AMERICAN =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born: KENNETH DEWITT SCHERMERHORN
20 November 1929
Schenectady, New York, USA
|
Died:
18 April 2005
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
75 After a brief battle with
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Bryan Ottoson
BRYAN OTTOSON
= AMERICAN =
= Guitarist =


member of
American Head Charge
Born:
1978

|
Died:
19 April 2005
Jessup, Maryland, USA
27 Accidental overdose
of prescription drugs
NHOP
NHØP
= DANISH =
= Jazz Bassist =
Born: NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN
27 May 1946
Osted, Zealand, DENMARK
|
Died:
19 April 2005
Copenhagen, DENMARK
58 Heart Failure
Robert Farnon
ROBERT FARNON
= CANADIAN-born =
= Composer, Conductor, Musical Arranger and Trumpet Player =
Born: ROBERT JOSEPH FARNON
24 July 1917
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
|
Died:
23 April 2005
Guernsey, ENGLAND
87  
Hasil Adkins
HASIL ADKINS
= AMERICAN =
= Singer-Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist =
Born: HASIL RAYMOND ADKINS
29 April 1937
Boone County, West Virginia, USA
|
Died:
26 April 2005
Boone County, West Virginia, USA
67  
Percy Heath
PERCY HEATH
= AMERICAN =
= Jazz Musician =
Born:
30 April 1923
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
|
Died:
28 April 2005
Southampton, New York, USA
81 After a second bout with Bone Cancer
NASRAT PARSA
= AFGHAN =
= Singer =
Born: MOHIB FAEQ
22 February 1968
Kabul, AFGHANISTAN
|
Died:
8 May 2005
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
36 Murdered
DAVID WAYNE
= AMERICAN =
= Musician, Songwriter =


singer for
Metal Church
Reverend
Wayne
Born: DAVID WAYNE CARNELL
1 January 1958
Renton, Washington, USA
|
Died:
10 May 2005
Tacoma, Washington, USA
47 Injuries resulting from car crash
Jimmy Martin
JIMMY MARTIN
= AMERICAN =
= Bluegrass Musician =
Born: JAMES HENRY MARTIN
10 August 1927
Sneedville, Tennessee, USA
|
Died:
14 May 2005
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
77 After having been diagnosed with
Bladder Cancer more than a year earlier
Wayne Perry
WAYNE PERRY
= AMERICAN =
= Country Music Singer and Songwriter =
Born: DARRELL "WAYNE" PERRY
1950

|
Died:
15 May 2005
Ohio, USA
55 Throat Cancer
Thurl Ravenscroft
THURL RAVENSCROFT
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Voice Actor =
Born: THURL ARTHUR RAVENSCROFT
6 February 1914
Norfolk, Nebraska, USA
|
Died:
22 May 2005
Fullerton, California, USA
91 Prostate Cancer
Ruth Laredo
RUTH LAREDO
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist =
Born: RUTH MECKLER
20 November 1937
Detroit, Michigan, USA
|
Died:
25 May 2005
Manhattan, New York, USA
67 Ovarian Cancer
DOMENIC TROIANO
= CANADIAN =
= Rock Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter =


member of
The James Gang
The Guess Who
Ronnie Hawkins
Bush
Mandala
Born: DOMENIC MICHELE ANTONIO TROIANO
17 January 1946
Modugno, ITALY
|
Died:
25 May 2005
59 Prostate Cancer
GEORGE ROCHBERG
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
5 July 1918
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
|
Died:
29 May 2005
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
86  
David Diamond
DAVID DIAMOND
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born: DAVID LEO DIAMOND
9 July 1915
Rochester, New York, USA
|
Died:
13 June 2005
Brighton, Monroe County, New York, USA
89 Heart Failure
Carlo Maria Giulini
CARLO MARIA GIULINI
= ITALIAN =
= Conductor =
Born:
9 May 1914
Barletta, KINGDOM OF ITALY
|
Died:
14 June 2005
Brescia, ITALY
91  
KARL MUELLER
= AMERICAN =
= Rock Musician =


bass guitarist and a founding member of
Soul Asylum
Born:
27 July 1963
Minneapolis, USA
|
Died:
17 June 2005
Minneapolis, USA
41 Cancer
CLANCY ECCLES
= JAMAICAN =
= Ska and Reggae Singer, Songwriter, Arranger, =
= Promoter, Record Producer and Talent Scout =
Born:
9 December 1940
Dean Pen, St. Mary, JAMAICA
|
Died:
30 June 2005
Spanish Town, JAMAICA
64 Complications after Heart Attack
Luther Vandross
LUTHER VANDROSS
= AMERICAN =
= Singer, Songwriter and Record Producer =
Born: LUTHER RONZONI VANDROSS, Jr.
20 April 1951
New York City, New York, USA
|
Died:
1 July 2005
Edison, New Jersey, USA
54 Stroke
Obie Benson
OBIE BENSON
= AMERICAN =
= R&B/Soul Singer and Songwriter =


member of
The Four Tops
Born: RENALDO BENSON
14 June 1936
Detroit, Michigan, USA
|
Died:
1 July 2005
Detroit, Michigan, USA
69 Lung Cancer
Frances Langford
FRANCES LANGFORD
= AMERICAN =
= Singer and Entertainer =
Born: JULIA FRANCES LANGFORD
4 April 1913
Lakeland, Florida, USA
|
Died:
11 July 2005
Jensen Beach, Florida, USA
92 Congestive Heart Failure
Laurel Aitken
LAUREL AITKEN
= CUBAN-born JAMAICAN & ENGLISH =
= Ska Singer =
Born: LORENZO AITKEN
22 April 1927
Santiago de Cuba, CUBA
|
Died:
17 July 2005
Leicester, ENGLAND
78 Heart Attack
JOHN HERALD
= AMERICAN =
= Folk and Bluegrass Songwriter, Solo and Studio Musician =


member of
The Greenbriar Boys
Born:
6 September 1939
Manhattan, New York, USA
|
Died:
18 July 2005
West Hurley, New York, USA
65 Suspected Suicide
Long John Baldry
LONG JOHN BALDRY
= ENGLISH =
= R&B Singer and Voice Actor =
Born: JOHN WILLIAM BALDRY
12 January 1941
East Haddon, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND
|
Died:
21 July 2005
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
64 Severe Chest Infection
Myron Floren
MYRON FLOREN
= AMERICAN =
= Accordionist =
Born:
5 November 1919
Roslyn, South Dakota, USA
|
Died:
23 July 2005
Rolling Hills Estates, California, USA
85  
ROBERT WRIGHT
= AMERICAN =
= Composer-Lyricist =
Born: ROBERT CRAIG WRIGHT
25 September 1914
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
|
Died:
27 July 2005
Miami, Florida, USA
90  
Hildegarde
HILDEGARDE
= AMERICAN =
= Singer =
Born: HILDEGARDE LORETTA SELL
1 February 1906
Adell, Wisconsin, USA
|
Died:
29 July 2005
New York, New York, USA
99  
Little Milton
LITTLE MILTON
= AMERICAN =
= Blues Singer and Guitarist =
Born: JAMES MILTON CAMPBELL, Jr.
7 September 1934
Inverness, Mississippi, USA
|
Died:
4 August 2005
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
70 Complications following a Stroke
CARLO LITTLE
= BRITISH =
= Studio Musician, Drummer =


founding member of
Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages
Born: CARL O'NEIL LITTLE
17 December 1938
London, ENGLAND
|
Died:
6 August 2005
Cleadon, Tyne and Wear, ENGLAND
66 Lung Cancer
ARNOLD COOKE
= BRITISH =
= Composer =
Born: ARNOLD ATKINSON COOKE
4 November 1906
Gomersal, West Yorkshire, ENGLAND
|
Died:
13 August 2005
Five Oak Green, near Tonbridge, Kent, ENGLAND
98  
Bob Moog
BOB MOOG
= AMERICAN =
= Electronic Music Pioneer, =
= Inventor of The Moog Synthesizer =
Born: ROBERT ARTHUR MOOG
23 May 1934
New York City, New York, USA
|
Died:
21 August 2005
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
71 Glioblastoma Multiforme Brain Tumor
Luc Ferrari
LUC FERRARI
= FRENCH of ITALIAN heritage =
= Composer =
Born: LUCIEN FERRARI
5 February 1929
Paris, FRANCE
|
Died:
22 August 2005
Arezzo, ITALY
76  
Denis D'Amour
DENIS D'AMOUR
= CANADIAN =
= Guitarist =


member of
Voivod
Born:
24 September 1959
CANADA
|
Died:
26 August 2005
Montreal, CANADA
45 Colon Cancer
Barry Cowsill
BARRY COWSILL
= AMERICAN =
= Musician =


member of
The Cowsills
Born: BARRY STEVEN COWSILL
14 September 1954
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
|
Died:
c. 29 August 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
50 Drowned
R L Burnside
R. L. BURNSIDE
= AMERICAN =
= Blues Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist =
Born: ROBERT LEE BURNSIDE
23 November 1926
Harmontown, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
|
Died:
1 September 2005
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
78  
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN
= AMERICAN =
= Blues Musician =
Born: CLARENCE BROWN Jr.
18 April 1924
Vinton, Louisiana, USA
|
Died:
10 September 2005
Orange, Texas, USA
81  
JERONIMAS KACINSKAS
= LITHUANIAN-born AMERICAN =
= Composer and Conductor =
Born:
17 April 1907
Viduklė, LITHUANIA
(then Kovno Governorate, RUSSIAN EMPIRE)
|
Died:
15 September 2005
98  
Sidney Luft
SIDNEY LUFT
= AMERICAN =
= ex-husband of Judy Garland, father of Lorna Luft, =
= and producer of 'A Star Is Born' =
Born: MICHAEL SIDNEY LUFT
2 November 1915
New York City, USA
|
Died:
15 September 2005
Santa Monica, California, USA
89 Heart Attack
Alfred Reed
ALFRED REED
= AMERICAN =
= Composer of Concert Band Music =
Born:
25 January 1921
New York City, New York, USA
|
Died:
17 September 2005
Miami, Florida, USA
84  
CHAS SMIT
= SOUTH AFRICAN =
= Musician =


original vocalist and guitarist of
Plush
Born:


|
Died:
18 September 2005
Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
23 Knocked over and killed by a drunk driver
Joel Hirschhorn
JOEL HIRSCHHORN
= AMERICAN =
= Songwriter =
Born:
18 December 1937
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
|
Died:
18 September 2005
Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
66 Heart Attack
WILLIAM VACCHIANO
= AMERICAN =
= Trumpet Player =
Born:
23 May 1912
Portland, Maine, USA
|
Died:
19 September 2005
93  
MARSHALL ROHNER
= AMERICAN =
= Guitarist =


member of
T.S.O.L.
Dino's Revenge
The Cruzados
Jimmy and The Mustangs
Kenny Brown
Born: MARSHALL LAMBERT ROHNER
20 December 1963
Iowa, USA
|
Died:
18 October 2005
Yucca Valley, California, USA
42 AIDS-related causes
FRANKY GEE
= CUBAN AMERICAN =
= Soldier, Rapper and Singer =


frontman for the German Europop group
Captain Jack
=
Born: FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ
19 February 1962
Havana, CUBA
|
Died:
22 October 2005
Palma, Balearic Islands, SPAIN
43 Cerebral Haemorrhage
John Holohan
JOHN "BEATZ" HOLOHAN
= AMERICAN =
= Drummer =


member of
Bayside
Born:
1974

|
Died:
31 October 2005
Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
31 Tour Bus Crash
MANA "CHINA" NISHIURA
= CHINESE =
= Drummer =


member of
Shonen Knife
DMBQ
Born: NISHIURA MANA
11 October 1971
Hiroshima, JAPAN
|
Died:
4 November 2005
New Jersey, USA
34 Car Accident
Minako Honda
MINAKO HONDA
= JAPANESE =
= Singer =
Born: MINAKO KUDŌ
31 July 1967
Itabashi, JAPAN
|
Died:
6 November 2005
Minato, Tokyo, JAPAN
38 Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Gardner Read
GARDNER READ
= AMERICAN =
= Composer =
Born:
2 January 1913
Evanston, Illinois, USA
|
Died:
10 November 2005
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, USA
92  
Chris Whitley
CHRIS WHITLEY
= AMERICAN =
= Blues/Rock Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist =
Born: CHRISTOPHER BECKER WHITLEY
31 August 1960
Houston, Texas, USA
|
Died:
20 November 2005
Houston, Texas, USA
45 Lung Cancer
Mark Craney
MARK CRANEY
= AMERICAN =
= Drummer =


member of
Jean-Luc Ponty {January 1976 to September 1976}
Jethro Tull {June 1980 to May 1981}
Born:
26 August 1952
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
|
Died:
26 November 2005
Sherman Oaks, California, USA
53 Pneumonia
JOE JONES
= AMERICAN =
= R&B Singer, Songwriter and Arranger =
Born: JOSEPH CHARLES JONES
12 August 1926
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
|
Died:
27 November 2005
Los Angeles, California, USA
79 Complications from quadruple bypass surgery
Tony Meehan
TONY MEEHAN
= BRITISH =
= Drummer =


founder member of =
The Shadows
Born: DANIEL JOSEPH ANTHONY MEEHAN
2 March 1943
New End, Hampstead, North London
ENGLAND
|
Died:
28 November 2005
Paddington, West London,
ENGLAND
62 Head injuries, following a fall down the main staircase
DEON VAN DER WALT
= SOUTH AFRICAN =
= Tenor =
Born:
28 July 1958
SOUTH AFRICA
|
Died:
29 November 2005
SOUTH AFRICA
47 Shot twice in the chest by his own father
Danny Williams
DANNY WILLIAMS
= SOUTH AFRICAN =
= Pop Singer =
Born: DANNY WILLIAMS
7 January 1942
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
|
Died:
6 December 2005
63 Lung Cancer
Constance Keene
CONSTANCE KEENE
= AMERICAN =
= Pianist =
Born:
9 February 1921
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
|
Died:
24 December 2005
New York City, New York, USA
84  
Derek Bailey
DEREK BAILEY
= ENGLISH =
= Guitarist =
Born:
29 January 1930
Sheffield, ENGLAND
|
Died:
25 December 2005
London, ENGLAND
75 He had been suffering from Motor Neurone Disease
Birgit Nilsson
BIRGIT NILSSON
= SWEDISH =
= Soprano =
Born: MÄRTA BIRGIT SVENSSON
17 May 1918
Västra Karup in Skåne
(100 km/60 miles north of Malmö)
SWEDEN
|
Died:
25 December 2005
Bjärlöv, a small village near Kristianstad in Skåne,
SWEDEN
87  
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