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Deaths Of Musicians From January 2015.

Sadley we lost some  great musicians throughout January 2015. Here is a list of just a few great guitarists, singers, keyboard players and musical links. May they all Rest In Peace.

Margot Moir, 55, Scottish-born Australian singer (The Moir Sisters), complications from diabetes.

Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer (“Forever and Ever”).

Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer.

Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor.

Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.

Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism.

Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher.

Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).

A$AP Yams, 26, American rapper.

Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.

Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).

Michael Gehrke, 58, German music impresario and tour manager (Scorpions).

Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter (“It Was a Very Good Year”, “I Believe”, “Good Morning Heartache”), bladder cancer.

Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.

Trevor Ward-Davies, 70, British bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), cancer.

Clifford Adams, 62, American trombonist (Kool & the Gang), liver cancer.

Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer.

A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer.

Bill Thompson, 70, American band manager (Jefferson Airplane), heart attack.

Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).

George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor.

Popsy Dixon, 72, American musician (The Holmes Brothers), bladder cancer.

Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer.

Patsy Garrett, 93, American singer and actress (Benji, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222).

Curtis Lee, 75, American singer (“Pretty Little Angel Eyes”), cancer.

Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).

King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.

Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.

Lance Diamond, 72, American singer.

Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer (“May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”), cardiac arrest.

Matthew Cogley, 30, British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).

Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.


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