All posts tagged "RIP"

  • RIP Tina Turner: Dead at 83

    Ms. Turner passes away after an extended illness Today, the music world mourns the loss of a true icon, as Tina Turner, the indomitable Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, has passed away at the age of 83....

    • Posted May 24, 2023
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  • Elvis Presley RIP Aug 16th, 1977

    August 16th marks 43 years since the passing of Elvis Aaron Presley. Like most people alive in 1977, I remember the death of Elvis Presley, even though I was nothing but a snot-nosed kid. I was staying...

    • Posted August 16, 2020
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    Broken Hearts: Tom Petty

     TMZ is updating:  We’re told the family has a do not resuscitate order on Tom. The singer is not expected to live throughout the day, but he’s still clinging to life. Update 9:16 PST: Tom Petty’s longtime manager, Tony...

    • Posted October 2, 2017
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  • RIP Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington

    TMZ is reporting that 41-year-old Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the singer was found at a private residence in Palos Verdes Estates in L.A. County. His body was discovered Thursday just before...

    • Posted July 20, 2017
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  • Chris Cornell, Soundgarden & Audioslave Frontman, Dead at 52.

    Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave is dead after performing in Detroit Wednesday night. A spokesman for the Detroit Police Department said Cornell’s death, at age 52, is being investigated as a “possible suicide.” Director...

    • Posted May 18, 2017
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  • Legendary Comic Don Rickles Dies at 90.

    #RIP Don Rickles Dies at 90.  Don Rickles was an equal opportunity comic offender. He became famous for his politically incorrect jokes, and for insulting his audience. The New Yorker described him as a tough Jew in 2004,...

    • Posted April 6, 2017
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  • Chuck Barris Final Curtain Call RIP

    Chuck Barris, the producer and host of The Gong Show took his final curtain call this week.  Chuck Barris was born on June 3, 1929, in Philadelphia. Having previously worked as an assistant to Dick Clark, Barris...

    • Posted March 22, 2017
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  • RIP Mary Tyler Moore: 1st Feminist

    Since the invention of television, American sitcoms typically depicted a traditional family as a mother, father, and children. However, The Mary Tyler Moore Show broke away from that trend of the traditional woman that was so popular...

    • Posted January 25, 2017
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  • RIP David Bowie. Backstory: Ziggy & NASA

    David Bowie RIP. 8 January 1947 — 10 January 2016 (aged 69)  David Robert Jones, aka, David Bowie was born January 8th, 1947, in Brixton, a poor suburb of London, England. He changed his name to Bowie (after the...

    • Posted January 8, 2017
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  • George Michael, RIP

    Photo By Yves Lorson from Kapellen, Belgium – George Michael, CC BY 2.0, Link 2016 Takes Another Music Great. George Michael, RIP Wild speculation is out today regarding the cause of death of beloved George Michael, as...

    • Posted December 26, 2016
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