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Maori singer Bunny Walters has died today (December 14th in New Zealand’s time zone) at the Waikato Hospital after a short illness, according to nzherald.co.nz. Walters was 63.
Bunny Walters was best known in New Zealand for his hit singles ‘Brandy’, ‘Nearest Thing to Heaven’ and ‘Take the Money and Run’.
Also, Chicago’s Barrelhouse Chuck has died at the age of 58 to prostate cancer. The Chicago Tribute reports: “Barrelhouse Chuck was one of the last links to a majestic lineage of Chicago blues, and his death Monday afternoon, at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, ends one of the more remarkable stories in the city's blues culture. He was 58 and died of complications from prostate cancer, said Betsy Goering, his wife.”
Below are more deaths for the month of December - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
December (22)
[14 Dec 2016] Bunny Walters (New Zealand singer), 63
[13 Dec 2016] Ahuva Ozeri (Israeli singer), 68, cancer
[12 Dec 2016] Lucila Campos (Peruvian singer), 78
[12 Dec 2016] Jim Lowe (American singer-songwriter), 93
[12 Dec 2016] Barrelhouse Chuck (American blues musician), 58, prostate cancer
[11 Dec 2016] Bob Krasnow (Elektra Records), 81
[11 Dec 2016] Joe Ligon (Mighty Clouds of Joy), 80
[11 Dec 2016] Esma Redžepova (Eurovision), 73
[10 Dec 2016] Damião Experiença (Brazilian singer and musician), 81
[07 Dec 2016] Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 69, cancer
[07 Dec 2016] Elliott Schwartz (composer), 80
[07 Dec 2016] Mohamed Tahar Fergani (Algerian singer), 88
[07 Dec 2016] Junaid Jamshed (musician, television personality and preacher), 52, plane crash
[05 Dec 2016] Big Syke, 48, rapper
[05 Dec 2016] Mona Maraachli, 58, singer, heart attack
[05 Dec 2016] Adam Sagan (Circle II Circle), 35, lymphoma
[04 Dec 2016] Wayne Duncan (Daddy Cool), 72, stroke
[04 Dec 2016] Radim Hladík (Blue Effect), 69, pulmonary fibrosis
[02 Dec 2016] Allan Zavod (Frank Zappa), 71, brain cancer
[02 Dec 2016] Mark Gray, 64, country singer
[02 Dec 2016] Gisela May, 92, German actress and singer
[01 Dec 2016] Micky Fitz (The Business), 60?, cancer
Bunny Walters was best known in New Zealand for his hit singles ‘Brandy’, ‘Nearest Thing to Heaven’ and ‘Take the Money and Run’.
Also, Chicago’s Barrelhouse Chuck has died at the age of 58 to prostate cancer. The Chicago Tribute reports: “Barrelhouse Chuck was one of the last links to a majestic lineage of Chicago blues, and his death Monday afternoon, at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, ends one of the more remarkable stories in the city's blues culture. He was 58 and died of complications from prostate cancer, said Betsy Goering, his wife.”
Below are more deaths for the month of December - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
December (22)
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