Obituarium

our weeping corner in cyberspace…

Keith Emerson passes at 71

Keith Noel Emerson (71)
*1944.11.02 @ Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
+2016.03.10 @ Santa Monica, CA, United States (found at apartment with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head)

keyboardist

The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Keith Emerson Band, solo

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Keith Noel Emerson (71)
*1944.11.02 @ Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, Inglaterra
+2016.03.10 @ Santa Monica, CA, Estados Unidos (encontrado en su apartamento con un tiro en la cabeza)

tecladista

The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Keith Emerson Band, solo

In His Life… George Martin Passed at 90

George Henry Martin (90)

*1926.01.03 @ London, England, UK
+2016.02.21 @ Wiltshire, England, UK

producer, arranger, composer

The Beatles, solo

George Henry Martin (90)

*1926.01.03 @ Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
+2016.02.21 @ Wiltshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido

productor, arreglista, compositor

The Beatles, solo

Riverside’s Piotr Grudzinski passes away

Piotr Grudziński (40)

*1975.03.15 @ Warszawa, Poland
+2016.02.21 @ Warszawa, Poland (cardiac arrest)

guitarist

Riverside

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Piotr Grudziński (40)

*1975.03.15 @ Varsovia, Polonia
+2016.02.21 @ Varsovia, Polonia (paro cardíaco)

guitarrista

Riverside

[Official Riverside Website]

The thin white duke, Ziggy Stardust passed at 69

David Robert Jones a.k.a. David Bowie (69)
*1947.01.08 Brixton, London, England, UK
+2016.01.10 Manhattan, NY, US (liver cancer)

vocalist, guitarist, saxophonist, keyboardist, performer

solo

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David Robert Jones a.k.a. David Bowie (69)
*1947.01.08 Brixton, Londres, Inglaterra, RU/GB
+2016.01.10 Manhattan, NY, US (cáncer hepático)

vocalista, guitarrista, saxofonista, tecladista, intérprete

solo

[Wikipedia entry]

[Official Website]

 

 

Sheffield Soul Shouter died at 70

John Robert “Joe” Cocker (70)
*1944.05.20 @ Sheffield, England, UK
+2014.12.22 @ Crawford, Colorado, US (lung cancer)

vocalist

The Grease Band, solo

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John Robert “Joe” Cocker (70)
*1944.05.20 @ Sheffield, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
+2014.12.22 @ Crawford, Colorado, Estados Unidos (cáncer de pulmón)

vocalista

The Grease Band, solo

[Wikipedia Entry]

[Official Site]

Soda Stereo Leader passes away

Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark (55)
*1959.08.11 @ Buenos Aires, Argentina
+2014.09.04 @ ALCLA Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina (respiratory arrest after 4 years in coma from a stroke after performance in Caracas, Venezuela)

guitarist, keyboardist (synth), vocalist

solo, Soda Stereo, Plan V, Ocio, Rokken

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Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark (55)
*1959.08.11 @ Buenos Aires, Argentina
+2014.09.04 @ Clìnica ALCLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (paro respiratorio tras 4 años de coma a raíz de un ataque cerebrovascular después de una presentación en Caracas, Venezuela)

guitarrista, tecladista, vocalista

solo, Soda Stereo, Plan V, Ocio, Rokken

[Wikipedia Entry]

[Official Site]

[Soda Stereo Site]

Blues Rock legend passed away

John Dawson “Johnny” Winter [70]
* 1944.02.23 @ Beaumnot, Texas, US
+ 2014.07.16 @ Zurich, Switzerland (unknown cause, on tour)

guitarist, mandolinist, harmonica player, vocalist

solo, Johnny Winter And, Edgar Winter

Johnny Winter, 03/06/70 San Francisco, CA

John Dawson “Johnny” Winter [70]
* 1944.02.23 @ Beaumnot, Texas, US
+ 2014.07.16 @ Zurich, Suiza (causa desconocida, de gira)

guitarrista, mandolinista, harmónica, vocalista

solo, Johnny Winter And, Edgar Winter

[Official Website]

[Wikipedia Entry]