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Anita Pointer, founding members of The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday, December 31, 2023. Her sisters June died in 2006, and Bonnie died in 2020. Only Ruth Pointer is the eldest and last surviving member of the original Pointer Sisters.
If you grew up in the 70s and 80s, you remembered the sisters. They had so many hits, including the two Grammys for “Automatic” and “Jump (For My Life)”… as well as “Fire”, “He’s So Shy”, “I’m So Excited”, and “Neutron Dance”. Just hearing those titles conjure up those melodies and lyrics.
The other big death on December 31st was Jeremiah Green, the drummer for Modest Mouse. This is a new-ish band, so it was shocking to see a death in the band. Green was only 45. According to Consequence, he died after a brief battle with cancer.
This is so sudden.
In fact, we just saw the band in Dec 2022 and said, “Modest Mouse is out touring by celebrating the album that launched their career 25 years ago, The Lonesome Crowded West, a seminal album that has received high praise and a lofty perch. Pitchfork ranks it #29 of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990’s. Spin has it at #59 of the 200 Greatest Albums from 1985-2005. And for a night the band’s base was given a rare treat of hearing the album played in its entirety live at the Palace Theatre.”
Update: Fred White, the drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire also passed away at the age of 67 on January 1, 2023. No cause of death was given.
Read more Musicians who died in 2022
If you grew up in the 70s and 80s, you remembered the sisters. They had so many hits, including the two Grammys for “Automatic” and “Jump (For My Life)”… as well as “Fire”, “He’s So Shy”, “I’m So Excited”, and “Neutron Dance”. Just hearing those titles conjure up those melodies and lyrics.
The other big death on December 31st was Jeremiah Green, the drummer for Modest Mouse. This is a new-ish band, so it was shocking to see a death in the band. Green was only 45. According to Consequence, he died after a brief battle with cancer.
This is so sudden.
In fact, we just saw the band in Dec 2022 and said, “Modest Mouse is out touring by celebrating the album that launched their career 25 years ago, The Lonesome Crowded West, a seminal album that has received high praise and a lofty perch. Pitchfork ranks it #29 of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1990’s. Spin has it at #59 of the 200 Greatest Albums from 1985-2005. And for a night the band’s base was given a rare treat of hearing the album played in its entirety live at the Palace Theatre.”
Update: Fred White, the drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire also passed away at the age of 67 on January 1, 2023. No cause of death was given.
Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White has died, the band and White’s brother, Verdine, announced yesterday (January 1). No cause of death was given. Fred White was 67.
… via pitchfork.com
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Memphis rapper and Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo died on Sunday, January 1, 2023.
Lola Mitchell, 43, otherwise known as “Gangsta Boo” was found dead at approximately 4 p.m.
… via fox13memphis.com
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Havana, Jan 1 (Prensa Latina) The prominent Cuban musician Lázaro Valdés Espinosa died on Sunday at the age of 83, according to the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM, in Spanish).
… via plenglish.com
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Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the Pointer Sisters, died Saturday, her family announced. She was 74.
… via cbsnews.com
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The death has been communicated of Pietro Spada, a highly regarded performer of classical masters who fell off the posterity rankings.
… via slippedisc.com
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Modest Mouse co-founding member and drummer Jeremiah Green has died at the age of 45 following a brief battle with cancer.
… via consequence.net
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Artemiev wrote music for many Soviet and Russian films, including Tarkovsky's films Solaris and Stalker, as well as the films Burnt by the Sun, The Citadel, and others. He died amid complications due to pneumonia
… via rbc.ru
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The family of the late Canadian country legend Ian Tyson, CM AOE, has confirmed the singer-songwriter died from on-going health complications on December 29th, 2022 at his ranch in southern Alberta, Canada at age 89.
… via lacombeonline.com
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Founding Asteroid B-612 bass player Scott Nash has passed away after a protracted illness.
His partner Sarah posted the following on Facebook earlier today:
With no fuss and a little bit of pain relief, the one-and-only Scotty Nash took his final bow last night.
… via i94bar.com
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Leroy Calliste aka the Black Stalin has died.
The 81-year-old bard passed away this morning at his home in San Fernando.
… via loopnews.com
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Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lança had been transferred to hospital on Wednesday "for respiratory failure" and was "positive for Covid-19". In her career, she has sold millions of records, mainly in France.
… via lemonde.fr
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