Inez Foxx obituary | Pop and rock
The US singer Inez Foxx helped popularise soul music in the UK and, from the mid-1960s to early 70s, was a regular performer in Britain. Inez, who has died aged 84, sang in a duo […]
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Coolio obituary | Rap | The Guardian
Coolio, who has died suddenly aged 59, was an accessible star of the US west coast hip-hop scene whose 1995 single Gangsta’s Paradise became one of the most successful rap songs of all time, topping […]
Robert Cormier dead at 33: Heartland actor’s cause of death is unknown as beloved star is mourned by family in obituary
HEARTLAND actor Robert Cormier has died at age 33, his family announced. Cormier was well-known for playing Finn Cotter on the long-running series, which began airing in 2007. 1 Cormier was 33 years oldCredit: Instagram […]
Darius Campbell Danesh obituary | Pop and rock
The Scottish singer Darius Campbell Danesh, who has died suddenly aged 41, burst into the early world of reality television when he appeared on the talent show Popstars, the first of its kind, in 2001. […]
Dame Olivia Newton-John obituary | Musicals
The singer and actor Olivia Newton-John, who has died aged 73 after suffering from cancer, had a ready riposte for anyone who called her “Miss Goody Two-Shoes from Australia”. Despite her Melbourne accent, she had […]
Mo Ostin obituary | Pop and rock
It is usually the artists who are the household names in the music business, but there have been a handful of executives who became well known in their own right, such as Clive Davis at […]
Jim Seals obituary | Pop and rock
Jim Seals, who has died aged 79, was half of the duo Seals and Crofts, whose cluster of hits in the first half of the 1970s included the breakthrough single Summer Breeze. Arriving in the […]
Régine Zylberberg obituary | France
In 1950s Paris, Régine Zylberberg, a barmaid, cloakroom assistant and occasional seller of bras in the local market, had an idea that would transform the city’s nightlife and make her the darling of the international […]
Radu Lupu obituary | Classical music
The Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, who has died at the age of 76, shot to prominence in the UK when he won the Leeds Piano Competition in 1969, giving an acclaimed Wigmore Hall recital in […]
Art Rupe obituary | Pop and rock
As the rock’n’roll era took shape in the late 1940s, emerging from a raucous new blend of blues and jazz played for dancers in the night clubs of black America, the executives at major record […]
Mira Calix obituary | Electronic music
Mira Calix, who has died unexpectedly aged 52, was a composer, electronic musician and installation artist who started out working for indie record labels and organising club nights in the experimental hinterland of the 1990s […]
Douglas Trumbull obituary | Movies – Culture | The Guardian
Shared from Culture | The Guardian Asked in 1978 to describe his job, the visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull said: “I’m in the area of creating experiences that are beyond the realm of physical reality.” […]