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[Ojai Sam]

Texas Radio's ‘Midnight Cowboy,' Country Songwriter Bill Mack Dies of COVID-19, Family Says

Longtime North Texas radio DJ and award-winning country music songwriter Bill Mack has died of COVID-19, according to his son.

www.nbcdfw.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Texas Radio's ‘Midnight Cowboy,' Country Songwriter Bill Mack Dies of COVID-19, Family Says

Longtime North Texas radio DJ and award-winning country music songwriter Bill Mack has died of COVID-19, according to his son.

www.nbcdfw.com

He was great in "Love Actually".

 

[Nickyboy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1292435630534860801

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Singer and Dirty Dozen Member Trini Lopez dead at 83

Trini Lopez, 'If I Had a Hammer' Singer and Actor, Dead at 83 From Coronavirus

Frank Sinatra-signed artist, whose 1960s hits included “Lemon Tree,” also acted in The Dirty Dozen

www.rollingstone.com

Another Covid-19 casualty

 

[axolotl]

Jack Sherman, former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, has died at 64

"He was a unique dude and we thank him for all times good, bad and in between," the band said in a statement.

www.cbsnews.com

No cause of death has been specified.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Justin Townes Earle, Americana Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 38

Justin Townes Earle, the Americana singer-songwriter and son of Steve Earle, has died at 38.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Ojai Sam]

Justin Townes Earle, Americana Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 38

Justin Townes Earle, the Americana singer-songwriter and son of Steve Earle, has died at 38.

www.rollingstone.com

This is really devastating news. No cause of death given.

 

[axolotl]

This is really devastating news. No cause of death given.

We lose far too many that way, but maybe I'm just inferring what really isn't the cause at all.

 

[Nickyboy]

Bay City Rollers' bassist Ian Mitchell, dead at 62.

Bay City Rollers bassist Ian Mitchell dead at 62

He joined the band in 1976 at the height of “Rollermania.”

nypost.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Nicky Hopkins died on this date in 1994. He had a much larger discography than I was aware of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Silver Apples’ Simeon Coxe Dead at 82

The electronic music pioneer disbanded the group in the ’60s and returned with new albums decades later

pitchfork.com

 

[axolotl]

Kool & the Gang cofounder Ronald 'Khalis' Bell dies at 68

Bell wrote and composed some of the group’s biggest hits, including 'Celebration,' 'Cherish,' 'Jungle Boogie' and 'Summer Madness.'

www.latimes.com

 

[JazzyRandy]

Kool & the Gang cofounder Ronald 'Khalis' Bell dies at 68

Bell wrote and composed some of the group’s biggest hits, including 'Celebration,' 'Cherish,' 'Jungle Boogie' and 'Summer Madness.'

www.latimes.com

That hits hard. I think Thursday is going to be a second era Kool & The Gang listening session.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Reggae legend “Toots” Hibbert of Toots & the Maytals has died

'Toots' Hibbert, Jamaican reggae legend, dies aged 77

Jamaican reggae legend Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died aged 77, his band Toots and The Maytals said in a statement early Saturday.

www.cnn.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Sterling Magee, blues man known as ‘Satan,' dies in Gulfport

As half of duo Satan and Adam, Magee’s winding career was subject of documentary on Netflix.

www.tampabay.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

R.I.P. Helen Reddy, 70s singer dies at 78

'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy dies at 78 in Los Angeles

Helen Reddy shot to stardom with the feminist anthem “I Am Woman" and had other hits including "Ain’t No Way To Treat a Lady" and “Delta Dawn."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Mac Davis, Singer, Actor and TV Variety Show Host, Dies at 78

Mac Davis, the singer-songwriter who parlayed pop and country hits into a network TV variety show and acting career, has died. He was 78. His manager of nearly four decades, Jim Morey, announced Davis' death on Facebook Tuesday night. "He was a music legend but his most important work was that...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Damn. Two at once! Others 70s icons should be careful.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Damn. Two at once! Others 70s icons should be careful.

I put on an extra pair of socks this morning. We icons can never be too careful.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65 from Cancer

Eddie Van Halen has died at age 65.

www.tmz.com