Category: Obituaries

Saharawi guitarist and composer Baba Salama Said died in Pamplona, August 24 of 2005, at dawn. Baba was suffering from leukemia in a very advanced…

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Orange (Texas), USA – Award-winning guitarist, fiddler and singer Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown died Saturday, September 10, in his hometown of Orange (Texas). Gatemouth Brown was…

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Valledupar, Colombia – Vallenato singer-songwriter Kaleth Moral Troya died August 24 in a car crash. The death of the popular musician caused consternation in Colombia…

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Memphis (Tennessee), USA – Blues master R.L. Burnside died September 1st in his hospital room at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He was…

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Ashville (North Carolina), USA – Synthesizer inventor Robert Moog died August 21 at his home in Asheville, North Carolina. He was 71. Bob was diagnosed…

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Nashville (Tennessee), USA – Veteran fiddler, Vassar Clements, died at his home August 16th at 8:25 am (Central time), according to his daughter Midge. Clements…

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Havana, Cuba – Guitarist and composer Noel Nicola died of cancer in Havana on Sunday, August 7. He was 58. In a week when many…

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Havana, Cuba – Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died yesterday, August 6, at CIMEQ hospital in Havana (Cuba). He was 78. Ferrer was admired for his…

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Memphis (Tennessee), USA – Veteran bluesman Little Milton Campbell died Thursday, August 4. He was 70. Little Milton died at Delta Medical Center in Memphis.…

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