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If you live in Los Angeles, you probably heard him on KROQ, which he started in 1985 as an intern, and eventually became their music director in 1989.
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I didn’t follow his career after MTV, but apparently he was the senior vice president of A&R at Island Def Jam Records… where he signed Sum 41 and Andrew WK, among others.
Fellow 120 Minutes host, Matt Pinfield wrote on Twitter:
Rest in peace, Lewis Largent.
Read more Musicians who died in 2023
- [10 Mar 2023] Tongo (Peruvian singer and comedian), 65, kidney failure
- [10 Mar 2023] Napoleon XIV (American singer), 84
- [09 Mar 2023] Robin Lumley (British jazz keyboardist for Brand X), 74, heart failure
- [08 Mar 2023] Josua Madsen (Danish drummer for Artillery), 45, traffic collision
- [08 Mar 2023] Jim Durkin (American thrash metal guitarist for Dark Angel), 58
- [08 Mar 2023] Marcel Amont (French singer), 93
- [07 Mar 2023] Serghei Ciuhrii (Сергей Чухрий) (Moldovan conductor, composer and teacher), 84
- [06 Mar 2023] Eric Alan Livingston (American musician for Mamaleek), 38
- [05 Mar 2023] Mighty Ha (American rapper for Cru)
- [05 Mar 2023] Sharifa Fadel (Egyptian singer and actress), 84
- [05 Mar 2023] Gary Rossington (American Hall of Fame guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd), 71
The singer José Abelardo Gutiérrez, better known as Tongo, died last Friday night after he had been hospitalized since last December.
… via rpp.pe
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Jerry Samuels, who as “Napoleon XIV” wrote and recorded one of pop music’s most unusual hit singles, 1966’s “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!,” died today (March 10, 2023).
… via bestclassicbands.com
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"It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Robin Lumley, songwriter, master keyboardist, friend, and founding member of Brand X."
… via rockaxis.com
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Longtime ARTILLERY drummer Josua Madsen, who played on the band's last four albums, has died at the age of 45.
… via blabbermouth
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DARK ANGEL guitarist Jim Durkin has died at the age of 58.
Jim's passing was confirmed by his wife Annie on his Facebook
… via blabbermouth
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French singer Marcel Amont, a music-hall star known for hits such as "Bleu, blanc, blond", died on Wednesday at the age of 93, his family said.
The whimsical showman, who had a 75-year career, died at his home in Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris, according to a statement from his family.
… via barrons
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The well-known conductor, composer and teacher Serghei Ciuhrii has passed away. He died today at the age of 84. The announcement was announced by his daughter-in-law, the singer Nătălița Munteanu, on social networks, writes MOLDPRES.
… via realitatea.md
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Eric Alan Livingston, a member of the experimental metal group Mamaleek, has died, the band wrote on social media yesterday. The multi-instrumentalist had played with the group since 2015 and joined as a full-time member in 2019. The musician’s cause of death has not been announced. Livingston was 38 years old.
… via realitatea.md
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We are sad to say Mighty Ha from the group Cru has passed away over the weekend. Everyone at Boom Bap Nation sends our deepest condolences to all of Mighty Ha’s family and friends.
… via boombapnation.com
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At the age of 85, the family of the Egyptian actress Sharifa Fadel said that she died today, Sunday, after a struggle with illness.
… via al-ain.com
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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Original Member, Dead at 71.
The founding member and guitarist, who provided the seagull-like slide guitar leads to Skynyrd’s signature “Free Bird,” survived the band’s infamous 1977 plane crash
… via rollingstone.com
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