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W♥M278: Musicians Who Died in 2018

W♥M278: Musicians Who Died in 2018 (18 mins) Read More Aretha Franklin We’ve heard the rumors about Aretha Franklin on her deathbed, but when it was announced today that the Queen of Soul has died, it was still hard to take. ...

Vu and John take a look back at the year in death.

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Below are some big names who died last year:

France Gall (07 Jan 2018)

Dolores O'Riordan/The Cranberries (15 Jan 2018)

Mark E Smith/The Fall (24 Jan 2018)

Avicii (20 Apr 2018) (age 28)

Scott Hutchison/Frightened Rabbit (10 May 2018)

XXXTentacion (18 Jun 2018)

Aretha Franklin (16 Aug 2018)

Kyle Pavone/We Came As Romans (25 Aug 2018) (age 28)

Burt Reynolds (06 Sep 2018)

Mac Miller (07 Sep 2018) (age 26)

Tom Sullivan/400 Bar (11 Sep 2018)

Stan Lee (12 Nov 2018)

Roy Clark (15 Nov 2018)

Pete Shelley/Buzzcocks (06 Dec 2018)

Nancy Wilson (13 Dec 2018)

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R.I.P. Burt Reynolds

Read More Burt Reynolds I might fall from a tall building so Burt Reynolds don't get hurt, I might leap a mighty canyon so he can kiss and flirt. While that smooth talker's kissin' my girl I'm just kissin' dirt, Yes, I'm the lonely stuntman that made a lover out of Burt …

I wasn’t going to mention the death of Burt Reynolds, that is until reader Russell Lichter pointed out that Reynolds actually had a music recording career.

In 1973, Reynolds released the album called Ask Me What I Am. And what’s even funnier is in the review for Jeff Bridges, we wrote in Sep 2011: “Did you know that Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds and Kevin Costner have all released country albums? (Neither did I.)”

I guess when Eastwood or Costner die, we’ll add them to our growing musician death.

Reynolds died on September 6, 2018, to a heart attack. He was 82.

Below are more recent deaths - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.

September (14)

[07 Sep 2018] Mac Miller (American rapper, singer and record producer), 26, drug overdose

[07 Sep 2018] Donald McGuire (American singer for The Hilltoppers), 86

[07 Sep 2018] Sheng Zhongguo (Chinese violinist), 77, heart attack

[06 Sep 2018] Burt Reynolds (American actor and musician), 82, heart attack

[06 Sep 2018] Wilson Moreira (Brazilian sambista, singer and songwriter), 81

[06 Sep 2018] Philippe Eidel (French music producer, writer and film music composer), 61

[06 Sep 2018] Claudio Scimone (Italian conductor), 83

[05 Sep 2018] Richard Bateman (American bass player for Nasty Savage)

[04 Sep 2018] Roman Mayboroda (Ukrainian opera singer), 75

[04 Sep 2018] Elisa Serna (Spanish protest singer-songwriter), 75

[03 Sep 2018] Katyna Ranieri (Italian singer and actress on Captain Phantom), 93

[02 Sep 2018] Conway Savage (Australian rock keyboardist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), 58, brain tumour

[01 Sep 2018] Kenneth Bowen (Welsh operatic tenor singer), 86

[01 Sep 2018] Randy Weston (American jazz pianist and composer), 92

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