Celebrity death thread 2022

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Guitar Shorty, born David Kearney, released 12 studio albums and two compilation albums between 1989 and 2019. Among his best-known songs are Go Wild, Hard Life, We The People, My Way Or The Highway, I Wonder Who's Sleeping In My Bed and How Come My Dog Don't Bark When You Come Around.

Legendary blues guitarist Guitar Shorty dies at 87

A significant figure on the blues circuit for well over 60 years, Guitar Shorty is said to have been a huge formative influence on Jimi Hendrix

www.guitarworld.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, longest-serving GOP US senator, dies at 88 | CNN Politics

Former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has died at 88, according to a press release from his foundation.

www.cnn.com

 

[Aaron]

Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, longest-serving GOP US senator, dies at 88 | CNN Politics

Former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has died at 88, according to a press release from his foundation.

www.cnn.com

Second.

 

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Woolfolk was a member of Earth Wind & Fire from 1972 to 1984 and from 1987 to 1993. He is arguably best known for his sax solo on Reasons from the 1975 album That's The Way Of The World.

R.I.P. Andrew Woolfolk of Earth Wind & Fire at age 71

Remembering Andrew Woolfolk of Earth, Wind & Fire, who passed away at 71. Stay updated with the latest music news on SoulTracks.

www.soultracks.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Woolfolk was a member of Earth Wind & Fire from 1972 to 1984 and from 1987 to 1993. He is arguably best known for his sax solo on Reasons from the 1975 album That's The Way Of The World.

R.I.P. Andrew Woolfolk of Earth Wind & Fire at age 71

Remembering Andrew Woolfolk of Earth, Wind & Fire, who passed away at 71. Stay updated with the latest music news on SoulTracks.

www.soultracks.com

So this would make him "Wind"?

 

[Channel98]

Susan Jacks and her husband Terry formed the Poppy Family in 1968. The group's third single, Which Way You Goin' Billy, went to number one in Canada in 1969 and #2 in the US in 1970. Among their other hits are Good Friends, No Good To Cry, Where Evil Grows and That's Where I Went Wrong. Terry had a number-one solo hit in 1974 with Seasons In The Sun.

Susan Jacks of the Poppy Family has died at 73 - Puget Sound Radio

Vancouver singer Susan Jacks has just passed of Kidney Disease

www.pugetsoundradio.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Susan Jacks and her husband Terry formed the Poppy Family in 1968. The group's third single, Which Way You Goin' Billy, went to number one in Canada in 1969 and #2 in the US in 1970. Among their other hits are Good Friends, No Good To Cry, Where Evil Grows and That's Where I Went Wrong. Terry had a number-one solo hit in 1974 with Seasons In The Sun.

Susan Jacks of the Poppy Family has died at 73 - Puget Sound Radio

Vancouver singer Susan Jacks has just passed of Kidney Disease

www.pugetsoundradio.com

Second. My parents had one or 2 of her 8-tracks.

 

[Channel98]

Susan Jacks released 21 solo singles in Canada between 1972 and 1988, including this 1975 version of Linda Ronstadt's Love Has No Pride. It reached #71 on the Canadian pop chart but – inexplicably – failed to make the Canadian adult contemporary chart.

 

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Autograph formed in 1983 in Pasadena.They've released eight studio albums and 11 singles. Turn Up The Radio reached #29 on the Hot 100 in March 1985. Among their other best-known songs are Send Her To Me, Loud & Clear, Dance All Night and Blondes In Black Cars.

Randy Rand, Founding Member & Bassist of ’80s Glam Metal Band Autograph, Dies

"Although beyond devastated, we find some comfort and solace knowing the last couple of years have been some of his happiest as an artist," the band said in a statement.

www.yahoo.com

 

[HecticArt]

Second.
Those guys were fun. Slightly late to the hair scene, but they had a good sound.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Second.
Those guys were fun. Slightly late to the hair scene, but they had a good sound.

Have you actually heard of the artist or just the band?

 

[HecticArt]

I have their first CD, had seen them in concert, and the guitar player has an instructional book that I bought back in the day, so I know them more than as just those guys that did that one song.

 

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Elkins appeared in 23 movies and shorts including April's Fool, Tattered Angel, The Black Dove, The Greater Good and Zombie Cult Massacre

Bob Elkins, Actor in ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ Dies at 89

His character gives a big break to Sissy Spacek's Loretta Lynn in the acclaimed biopic.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

Comic book artist Neal Adams has died. He drew some of the most iconic characters you know | CNN

Iconic comic book artist Neal Adams died on Thursday in New York at the age of 80, according to his daughter Zeea Adams Moss and daughter-in-law Saori Adams.

www.cnn.com

 

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At the risk of being labeled a geek, I second that one. I've been collecting Batman and Superman comics (and Disney comics) since I was a kid.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Geek.

 

[Channel98]

Well, I walked right into that one.

 

[kingchuck69]

Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

www.nbcnews.com

I just heard this. Sad. Second.

 

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Wow. Third. The Judds won five Grammy awards for best country vocal duo, for Mama He's Crazy, Why Not Me, Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days), Give A Little Love and Love Can Build A Bridge. In 1987, they had a top-ten hit with a version of Don't Be Cruel featuring the Jordanaires, Elvis Presley's backup singers.