Ranking Roger, lead vocalist for British ska punk band the Beat – known as the English Beat in North America – and founding member of General Public, died on Tuesday. He was 56. The news was confirmed in a statement on the Beat’s official Facebook page. The cause of death …
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Dennis Hof, the controversial brothel owner who in June won the Republican primary for a seat in the Nevada state legislature, has died at the age of 72. Hof’s campaign manager tweeted the news Tuesday afternoon. “I just confirmed with Nye County sheriff’s deputy that Dennis Hof passed away this …
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Joe Jackson, the strict patriarch who took Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 out of the Gary, Indiana ghettos and made them internationally famous, died early Wednesday morning at the age of 89. Jackson had been battling terminal cancer in a Los Angeles hospital. Brian Oxman, a close friend of …
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It was 1998, and Charles Neville and I were walking through the French Quarter on a steamy hot Orleans afternoon. Out of nowhere, a small man in a raggedy woolen overcoat approached Charles. Unhesitatingly, Charles embraced him, exclaiming, “Waterman Willie! When did you get out, brother?” “Last month.” “Well, here …
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Caleb Scofield – bassist and vocalist for metal bands Cave In, Old Man Gloom and Zozobra, which he fronted – died in a car accident on Wednesday, New England Cable Newsreports. The musician was in his truck when it collided with a toll booth in New Hampshire. He was 39. …
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