Category: Obituaries

  Demis Roussos, former progressive rock group Aphrodite’s Child and solo singer, died January 25, 2015. Mr. Roussos died at Ygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece.…

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German electronic music pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Edgar Froese passed away January 20, 2015 in Vienna, Austria. Froese was the founder of the legendary German electronic…

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  Spanish progressive rock keyboardist Marcos Mantero passed away on December 7, 2014. He was 63 years old. Marcos Mantero de Aspe was a musician…

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  Renowned British bassist Jack Bruce, who achieved international recognition as a member of trailblazing trio Cream, passed away October 25, 2014. John Symon Asher…

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  American keyboard player and composer Joe Sample passed away on September 12, 2014. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders,…

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  Glenn Cornick, bass player with pioneering progressive rock band Jethro Tull from the band’s creation in 1968 until 1970, passed away at his home…

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  Pier Niccolò “Bambi” Fossati, guitarist, singer and composer for trailblazing Italian progressive rock band Garybaldi died in Genoa on June 7, 2014. He had…

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British artist, painter and sculptor Patrick Woodroffe died on May 10, 2014 due to a short illness according to family and friends. Known throughout the…

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Canadian multi-instrumentalist Jeff Plewman, better known as Nash the Slash, died today. He was 66. Jeff Plewman was born in March 26, 1948. He played…

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