Sharon Jones, singer of
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, has died after a battle with cancer.
The official press statement:
SHARON LAFAYE JONES
May 4, 1956 - November 18, 2016
We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones has passed away after a heroic battle against pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her loved ones, including the Dap-Kings.
Thank you for your prayers and thoughts during this difficult time.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the following organizations:
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The Lustgarten Foundation
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James Brown Family Foundation
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Little Kids Rock
Additional memorial details will follow soon.
The cancer thing came up in 2014, when we heard that Jones was taking a break from touring and re-emerged with a hairless head from radiation treatment. Seeing her doing so many promo appearance, we wrote in
January 2014 that “I can tell you that the disease has not slowed down this power-house soul singer.”
We caught Jones on tour for their last album
Give The People What They Want (Daptone Records), at the
State Theatre and noted her heroic fight: “There is perhaps no greater recent testament to the healing power of music, than the plight and eventual triumph of the Queen of Nu-Soul, Sharon Jones... Last June’s diagnosis of Stage II pancreatic cancer and subsequent surgeries to remove a gall bladder and other organs, followed by preventative chemotherapy would have understandably sidelined most, but not Jones. With current album, Give The People What They Want (Daptone Records) already in the can, the scrappy 57 year-old
[now 60] admirably fought her way back, appearing on a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day float, before finishing chemo on New Year’s Eve, then returning to the stage regularly, soon after.”
Below are more deaths for the month of November - for the full death list:
Musicians who died in 2016.
November (25)
[18 Nov 2016] Sharon Jones (Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings), 60, pancreatic cancer
[16 Nov 2016] Mentor Williams, 70
[15 Nov 2016] Mose Allison, 89
[15 Nov 2016] Cliff Barrows (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association), 93
[15 Nov 2016] Holly Dunn, 59, ovarian cancer
[15 Nov 2016] Jules Eskin (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 85
[15 Nov 2016] Milt Okun, 92
[14 Nov 2016] David Mancuso (The Loft), 72
[13 Nov 2016] Leon Russell, 74
[13 Nov 2016] Mohammad Ebrahim Sharifzadeh, 100
[12 Nov 2016] Jacques Werup, 71, cancer
[11 Nov 2016] Victor Bailey (Lady Gaga), 56
[11 Nov 2016] Lily, 64, lung cancer
[11 Nov 2016] A. Nayyar, 66
[09 Nov 2016] Al Caiola, 96
[07 Nov 2016] Leonard Cohen, 82
[07 Nov 2016] Biser Kirov, 74
[06 Nov 2016] Zoltán Kocsis, 64
[05 Nov 2016] Laurent Pardo, 55
[04 Nov 2016] Eddie Harsch (The Black Crowes), 59
[03 Nov 2016] Kay Starr, 94, Alzheimer's disease
[02 Nov 2016] Bob Cranshaw (Blue Note Records), 83, cancer
[01 Nov 2016] Jean-Michel Damian, 69
[01 Nov 2016] Bap Kennedy, 54, pancreatic and bowel cancer
[01 Nov 2016] Pocho La Pantera, 65, kidney cancer
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