Obituarium

our weeping corner in cyberspace…

Leader of The Cars, dead at 75

Richard Theodore Otcasek a.k.a. Ric Ocasek [75]
*1944.03.23 @ Baltimore, MD, United States
+2019.09.15 @ New York City, NY, United States (found at home by wife after surgery recovery, declared dead by natural causes)

vocalist, guitar

The Cars, solo

Richard Theodore Otcasek a.k.a. Ric Ocasek [75]
*1944.03.23 @ Baltimore, MD, Estados Unidos
+2019.09.15 @ Nueva York, NY, Estados Unidos (encontrado muerto por su esposa en casa mientras se recuperaba de una cirugía, declarado muerto por causas naturales)

vocalista, guitarrista

The Cars, solo

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]