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Thanks to Bernie for passing along the news that former
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan is dead at the age of 68. According to CNN, Kirwan died in London.
Mick Fleetwood, one of the band’s founder, wrote, “Danny was a huge force in our early years. His love for the Blues led him to being asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, where he made his musical home for many years.”
Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
June (16)
[10 Jun 2018] Ras Kimono (Nigerian reggae musician), 60
[09 Jun 2018] Lorraine Gordon (American jazz club owner for Village Vanguard), 95, stroke
[08 Jun 2018] Danny Kirwan (British Hall of Fame guitarist for Fleetwood Mac), 68
[08 Jun 2018] Gino Santercole (Italian singer and songwriter), 77, heart attack
[07 Jun 2018] Stefan Weber (Austrian singer), 71
[06 Jun 2018] Jimmy Gonzalez (American Tejano singer for Mazz), 67, diabetes
[06 Jun 2018] Teddy Johnson (English singer for Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson), 97
[06 Jun 2018] Ralph Santolla (American metal guitarist for Deicide), 51, heart attack
[05 Jun 2018] Brian Browne (Canadian jazz pianist), 81, lung and tracheal cancer
[04 Jun 2018] Norman Edge (American jazz musician), 84
[04 Jun 2018] Jalal Mansur Nuriddin (American singer-songwriter for The Last Poets), 73, cancer
[04 Jun 2018] Marc Ogeret (French singer), 86
[03 Jun 2018] Robert Brylewski (Polish singer-songwriter for Armia), 57
[03 Jun 2018] Clarence Fountain (American gospel musician for The Blind Boys of Alabama), 88, diabetes
[01 Jun 2018] Eddy Clearwater (American blues singer and guitarist), 83, heart failure
[01 Jun 2018] Sinan Sakić (Serbian turbo-folk singer),61
Mick Fleetwood, one of the band’s founder, wrote, “Danny was a huge force in our early years. His love for the Blues led him to being asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, where he made his musical home for many years.”
Below are more deaths for the month of June - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.
June (16)
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