#otd 20 May 2013 Ray Manzarek (*1939) US-American musician, singer, producer, film director and author, keyboardist of The Doors ~ bile duct cancer youtu.be/s2lo5ZpOqFQ

#otd 20 May 2012 Robin Gibb (*1949) British singer, songwriter & record producer, member of the Bee Gees & solo artist, Commander of the Order of the British Empire & honorary doctor of music (University of Manchester) ~ liver and kidney failure (cancer) youtu.be/D3k3y7dykx0

#otd 19 May 2023 Andy Rourke (Andrew Michael Rourke, *1964) English musician, bassist of The Smiths; recorded with Sinéad O'Connor and the Pretenders in the early 1990s; organised the Versus Cancer concerts from 2006 to 2009 ~ pancreatic cancer youtu.be/pfiH1HmWcm4

Es gibt sie noch, die guten Nachrichten

#otd 18 May 1980 Ian Curtis (*1956) English singer-songwriter and musician, lead singer of Joy Division ~ suicide, hanged himself with kitchen's washing line youtu.be/6dBt3mJtgJc

#otd 18 May 2017 Chris Cornell (*1964) US-American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave ~ suicide by hanging youtu.be/Ts7dTQhg0RY

Es gibt sie noch, die guten Nachrichten

#otd 18 May 2017 Chris Cornell (*1964) US-American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave ~ suicide by hanging youtu.be/Ts7dTQhg0RY

#otd 17 May 2012 Donna Summer (LaDonna Adrian Gaines, *1948) US-American singer, songwriter and actress, worked in Germany with the music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte and became the "Queen of Disco" ~ lung cancer youtu.be/9ZqqvrWCs3Q

#otd 16 May 2010 Ronnie James Dio (Ronald James Padavona, *1942) US-American singer for Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven And Hell, known for popularizing the "Metal Horns" hand gesture in metal culture ~ stomach cancer youtu.be/rVXy1OhaERY

#otd 16 May 1990 Sammy Davis Jr. (*1925) US-American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director; lost his left eye in a car accident; publicly supported Richard Nixon in 1972; closely associated with the Church of Satan ~ throat cancer youtu.be/xKSA049xkiU

#otd 15 May 2016 Marlene Marder (Marlene Marti, *1954) Swiss musician; singer and guitarist of punk band Kleenex / LiLiPUT ~ cancer youtu.be/cp8NYBUBnss

#otd 15 May 2003 June Carter Cash (Valerie June Carter, *1929) US-American singer, songwriter & dancer five-time Grammy award-winner, member of the Carter Family & second wife of singer Johnny Cash ~ complications following heart-valve replacement surgery youtu.be/m67eqm0mNCQ

#otd 14 May 1998 Frank Sinatra (Francis Albert Sinatra, *1915) US-American singer, actor and producer, part of the Rat Pack and one of the best-selling music artists of all time ~ heart attacks youtu.be/SLC5AGGHLz0

#otd 14 May 2015 B. B. King (Riley B. King, *1925) American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer; nicknamed "The King of the Blues" ~ died in his sleep from vascular dementia caused by a series of small strokes as a consequence of his type 2 diabetes youtu.be/4fk2prKnYnI

#otd 13 May 1988 Chet Baker (Chesney Henry Baker Jr., *1929) US-American jazz trumpeter and vocalist ~ fell from the window of an Amsterdam hotel (maybe: locked himself out of his room and fell while attempting to cross from the balcony of the vacant room adjacent to his own) youtu.be/0ybMVHeJZ7w

Der Band enthält auch einen ersten Beitrag von mir zum Fall Milli Vanilli. Ich freu mich sehr. Einen kleinen Einblick in das Thema gibt's hier drunter ⬇️

Der Band enthält auch einen ersten Beitrag von mir zum Fall Milli Vanilli. Ich freu mich sehr. Einen kleinen Einblick in das Thema gibt's hier drunter ⬇️

#otd 12 May 1976 Keith Relf (*1943) English musician, lead vocalist and harmonica player for the Yardbirds; then formed the band Renaissance ~ died from electrocution while playing an ungrounded electric guitar youtu.be/HU5zqidlxMQ

#otd 12 May 2006 Konrad Kittner (married Konrad Carls, *1962) German punk musician, singer, guitarist and drummer of Abstürzende Brieftauben, son of cabaret artist Dietrich Kittner ~ heart failure, collapsed during a walk and did not wake up again youtu.be/tkzO8110RWw

12 May 2014 H.R. Giger (Hans-Rudolf Giger, *1940) Swiss artist, created the album covers for bands like Emerson Lake and Palmer, Celtic Frost, Dead Kennedys and Debbie Harry, Academy Award for his design for the Alien (Ridley Scott) ~ died after suffering injuries from a fall

#otd 12 May 2001 Perry Como (Pierino Ronald Como, *1912) US-American singer, actor, and television personality ~ died in his sleep, suffered from symptoms of Alzheimer's disease youtu.be/t9rII4yidEo

#otd 11 May 2003 Noel Redding (*1945) English musician, bassist for Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience), singer and guitarist for Fat Mattress ~ shock haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis of the liver youtu.be/zSsjtiky9xI

#otd 11 May 2016 Peter Behrens (*1947) German musician, actor, clown and drummer of Trio ~ multiple organ failure youtu.be/xqTBlft8gQA

#otd 11 May 1981 Bob Marley (*1945) Jamaican musician, singer and songwriter, considered one of the pioneers of reggae, Rastafari icon ~ cancer youtu.be/RhJ0q7X3DLM

Das ist ja wohl'n Hammer: Da hat der @bocksbruder.bsky.social 2023 ein wirklich großartiges Buch zu #Kältepop veröffentlicht und keine drei Jahre später klaut ihm wer einfach mal seine Idee und sein Thema 😡 Wie unanständig ist das denn bitte?

#otd 9 May 2020 Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman, *1932) US-American singer, pianist, and songwriter; described as the "Architect of Rock and Roll" ~ bone cancer youtu.be/jqxNSvFMkag

#otd 9 May 2004 Brenda Fassie (*1964) South-African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist, aka Ma Brrr, aka "Queen of African Pop, aka" Madonna of The Townships" ~ cocaine overdose youtu.be/JB-OGtSEc64

#otd 7 May 2009 Monti Lüftner (Egmont Lüftner, *1931) Austrian music manager, founder of the record company Ariola and key figure in the career of musicians like Udo Jürgens, Heintje and Peter Alexander ~ was run over by a truck while taking out rubbish at the recycling centre

#otd 6 May 2015 Errol Brown (*1943) British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, frontman of Hot Chocolate In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II named Brown a Member of the Order of the British Empire ~ liver cancer youtu.be/epOtBesq18s

#otd 6 May 1992 Marlene Dietrich (*1901) German born American singer and actress, helped Jews and dissidents escape from Germany in the 1930s, performed for Allied troops in Europe in WWII (Medal of Freedom) ~ official: kidney failure; unofficial: suicide by sleeping pills overdose

#otd 4 May 2021 Nick Kamen (Ivor Neville Kamen, *1962) British singer, songwriter and model of mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch and French descent ~ bone marrow cancer youtu.be/xpq5kSxw0ns

#otd 4 May 2012 Adam Yauch (*1964) aka MCA US-American rapper, bass player, filmmaker and founding member of the Beastie Boys ~ parotid cancer youtu.be/qORYO0atB6g

#otd 3 May 1987 Dalida (Yolanda Christina Gigliotti, *1933) French-Egyptian singer and actress ~ overdose barbiturates ("La vie m'est insupportable. Pardonnez-moi.") youtu.be/ZEoft6dypiQ

#otd 3 May 1972 Leslie Harvey (*1944) Scottish musician, guitarist of Stone the Crows ~ was electrocuted in front of a live audience when he touched a microphone that was not earthed while the fingers of his other hand were holding the strings of his guitar youtu.be/XfI447LdwnY

#otd 3 May 1972 Leslie Harvey (*1944) Scottish musician, guitarist of Stone the Crows ~ was electrocuted in front of a live audience when he touched a microphone that was not earthed while the fingers of his other hand were holding the strings of his guitar youtu.be/XfI447LdwnY

#otd 2 May 1998 Hide (Hideto Matsumoto, *1964) Japanese Visual Kei artist and J-Rock musician (X-Japan, Saber Tiger, Hide, Zilch) ~ was found hanged by a towel tied to a doorhandle (unclear if suicide or accident), three teenage fans died in copycat suicides youtu.be/-qoVeoG8XuU

#otd 2 May 2013 Jeff Hanneman (Jeffrey John Hanneman, *1964) US-American musician, founding member, songwriter and rhythm/lead guitarist of Slayer ~ liver failure (alcohol-related cirrhosis) youtu.be/443t5ahxC-w

#otd 1 May 2023 Gordon Lightfoot (*1938) Canadian singer-songwriter; widely considered Canada's greatest songwriter, whose songs have been covered by many artists ~ died of natural causes youtu.be/ywUFkWiHznw

#otd 1 May 2013 Chris Kelly (*1978), aka Mac Daddy US-American rapper and one part of hip hop duo Kris Kross ~ overdose, cocktail of drugs, including heroin and cocaine youtu.be/010KyIQjkTk

#otd 30 April 1966 Richard Farina (*1937) US-American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist; brother-in-law of Joan Baez and close friend of Thomas Pynchon ~ motorcycle accident youtu.be/8wY-JJs9n78

#otd 30 April 2009 Steingrim Torson (*1983) Norwegian musician, singer of the black metal band Celestial Bloodshed ~ shot by his supposed best friend, who claimed it was an accident and that he had no idea why the gun went off youtu.be/XxoIUhIuBQo

#otd 30 April 1982 Lester Bangs (*1948) US-American music journalist, critic, author, and musician; wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines; fired from Rolling Stone for "disrespecting musicians" ~ accidentally overdosed self-medication a severe case of flu

Dieser bescheuerte Wortwitz war die Sonderanfertigung absolut wert!

#otd 26 April 2007 Eff Jot Krüger (Frank Jürgen Krüger, *1948) German guitarist for Ideal, Alphaville, Ash Ra Tempel and Lassie Singers ~ cancer youtu.be/JHiU7KkeYyY

#otd 26 April 2002 Left Eye (Lisa Lopes, *1971) US-American singer, rapper and member of TLC ~ car accident youtu.be/LlZydtG3xqI

Dieser bescheuerte Wortwitz war die Sonderanfertigung absolut wert!

#otd 26 April 1984 Count Basie (William Allen Basie, *1904) US-American jazz pianist, organist, composer and bandleader of the Count Basie Orchestra ~ pancreatic cancer youtu.be/hHMYhajNtNg

#otd 26 April 2022 Klaus Schulze (*1947), aka Richard Wahnfried German musician, composer and electronic music pioneer; member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career ~ long illness youtu.be/Kgt-D3tFMaQ

#otd 25 April 1992 Yutaka Ozaki (*1965) Japanese pop singer and teenie idol ~ was found naked, drunk and unconscious in a Tokyo alleyway, the cause of death was reported as pulmonary edema, although some suspect murder youtu.be/XrOvHNIi2rg