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It’s widely reported that R&B singer and pianist Fats Domino is dead at the age of 89.
Domino had more than 30 top 40 hits to his name, with his signature song ‘Blueberry Hill’ being his most well-known song.
With over 65 million singles sold, Fats Domino is only second to Elvis Presley as far as popular music sold in that time period of 1955-1960.
Below are more deaths for the month of October - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
October (27)
[24 Oct 2017] Fats Domino (American Hall of Fame pianist and singer-songwriter), 89
[24 Oct 2017] Robert Guillaume (American actor and singer), 89, prostate cancer
[24 Oct 2017] Larry Ray (American rock guitarist for Outrageous Cherry), 63, lung cancer
[22 Oct 2017] Al Hurricane (American singer and songwriter), 81, prostate cancer
[22 Oct 2017] Scott Putesky, aka Daisy Berkowitz, (American guitarist for Marilyn Manson), 49, colon cancer
[21 Oct 2017] Martin Eric Ain (American-born Swiss bassist for Hellhammer, Celtic Frost), 50, heart attack
[20 Oct 2017] Boris Lindqvist (Swedish rock singer), 76
[18 Oct 2017] Eamonn Campbell (Irish musician for The Dubliners), 70
[17 Oct 2017] Harshita Dahiya (Indian singer), 22, murdered
[17 Oct 2017] Gord Downie (Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Tragically Hip), 53, glioblastoma
[17 Oct 2017] Ingvar Lidholm (Swedish composer), 96
[17 Oct 2017] Howard Carroll (American guitarist for The Dixie Hummingbirds), 92
[16 Oct 2017] Iain Shedden (Scottish-Australian musician for The Saints), 60
[15 Oct 2017] Dave Bry (American music journalist and editor Vibe, Spin), 47, cancer
[14 Oct 2017] Richard Adam (Czech swing singer), 86
[08 Oct 2017] Coriún Aharonián (Uruguayan electroacoustic music composer and musicologist), 77
[08 Oct 2017] László Aradszky (Hungarian pop singer), 82
[08 Oct 2017] Grady Tate (American jazz drummer and singer on Schoolhouse Rock!), 85
[07 Oct 2017] Jimmy Beaumont (American singer for The Skyliners), 76
[07 Oct 2017] Jan Arvid Johansen (Norwegian musician), 70, cancer
[06 Oct 2017] Bunny Sigler (American songwriter and record producer for The O'Jays, The Roots), 76, heart attack
[06 Oct 2017] Monojit Datta (Indian musician), 54
[05 Oct 2017] Alvin DeGuzman (American guitarist for The Icarus Line), cancer
[05 Oct 2017] Borislav Oslovčan (Serbian bassist for Pekinška Patka), 57
[02 Oct 2017] Tom Petty (American singer/songwriter Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Traveling Wilburys), 66, cardiac arrest
[02 Oct 2017] Evangelina Elizondo (Mexican actress and singer), 88
[02 Oct 2017] Klaus Huber (Swiss composer), 92
[02 Oct 2017] Azra Kolaković (Bosnian pop singer), 40, cancer
Domino had more than 30 top 40 hits to his name, with his signature song ‘Blueberry Hill’ being his most well-known song.
With over 65 million singles sold, Fats Domino is only second to Elvis Presley as far as popular music sold in that time period of 1955-1960.
Below are more deaths for the month of October - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
October (27)
