Riley Gale, vocalist for Power Trip, has passed away.
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On the front lines of the bloody campaign to end Jim Crow laws, with blows to his body and a fractured skull to prove it, Mr. Lewis was a valiant stalwart of the civil rights movement and the last surviving speaker from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
More than a half-century later, after the killing in May of George Floyd, a Black man in police custody in Minneapolis, Mr. Lewis welcomed the resulting global demonstrations against police killings of Black people and, more broadly, against systemic racism in many corners of society. He saw those protests as a continuation of his life’s work, though his illness had left him to watch from the sidelines.
Ennio Morricone Passes Away
Legendary composer Ennio Morricone has passed away. He was 91.
Little Richard Passes Away
Little Richard has passed away. He was 87.
John Prine Passes Away
John Prine has passed away. He was 73.
Adam Schlesinger Passes Away
Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne has passed away.
Adam Schlesinger, a musician and songwriter highly regarded for his work as a member of Fountains of Wayne and an Emmy-winning songwriter for TV’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has died as a result of coronavirus complications, Variety has confirmed. He was 52.
Kenny Rogers Passes Away
Kenny Rogers has passed away. He was 81.
Rush Drummer Neil Peart Passes Away
Neil Peart, the drummer for Rush, has passed away. He was 67.
Juice WRLD Passes Away
Juice WRLD, who was born Jarad Anthony Higgins, has passed away at the age of 21 after suffering a seizure in a Chicago airport.
Ric Ocasek Passes Away
Ric Ocasek, the frontman for The Cars, passed away over the weekend.
Ric Ocasek, the songwriter, rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the Cars, was found dead on Sunday afternoon at his townhouse in Manhattan.
The New York Police Department confirmed the death but did not give a cause. Sources have differed on Mr. Ocasek’s age — some saying he was 70 — but a few public records and previous articles about him suggest that he was 75.
Somos Guitarist Passes Away
Toni Morrison Passes Away
Margalit Fox, writing at The New York Times:
Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel laureate in literature, whose acclaimed, best-selling work explored black identity in America and in particular the experience of black women, died on Monday in the Bronx. She was 88.
Her death, at Montefiore Medical Center, was announced by her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. A spokeswoman said the cause was complications of pneumonia. Ms. Morrison lived in Grand View-on-Hudson, N.Y.
I think about this quote from Song of Solomon all the time:
Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boil down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
R.I.P
Nipsey Hussle Shot in LA
Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in Los Angeles yesterday. He was 33.
Frormer Have Mercy Drummer Passes Away
Aaron Alt, the former drummer of Have Mercy, has passed away. He was 29.
Keith Flint of The Prodigy Passes Away
The Prodigy’s vocalist Keith Flint has passed away. He was 49.