Poet, musician, and author Jim Carroll passed away late last week as a result of a heart attack. In addition to fronting the Jim Carroll Band, Carroll collaborated with numerous musicians across a wide spectrum of styles: Lou Reed, Pearl Jam, Rancid, and Blue Öyster Cult, among others. Carroll is perhaps most well-known for his memoir The Basketball Diaries, which eventually was translated to film and starred Leonardo DiCaprio. He was sixty years old.
Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger passed away yesterday after a battle with a brain tumour. Shellenberger was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour early last year. He was 39 years old. Read more
Jazz drummer Rashied Ali passed away this week at the age of 74. Ali had collaborated with John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, and Carlos Santana, among others, over the course of his career. Read more
Inventor, guitarist, and innovator of the rock and roll sound - Les Paul - passed away yesterday as a result of complications from pneumonia. He was 94 years old. Read more
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Broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite has passed away at the age of 92. Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy Magazine. - Cronkite Read more
Michael Jackson, the self-dubbed "King of Pop," has died after suffering cardiac arrest earlier today. Jackson was fifty years old. Read more
Sky Saxon, the lead singer and bassist of the 60s rock band The Seeds, has died at the age of sixty-three. Saxon passed away today in an Austin, Texas hospital. He had been in the ICU with an undisclosed illness since Monday. Read more
Jay Bennett, a former member of Wilco and solo recording artist, passed away over the weekend; Bennet was forty-five. Cause of death has yet to be revealed. Former Wilco cohort Jeff Tweedy made the following statement concerning the death of Bennett: We are all deeply saddened by this tragedy. We … Read more
Jon Blank, bassist for Washington D.C. rock/metal outfit Rezin and studio/touring musician for Wino, passed away over the weekend. Blank was thirty-five years old. A statement from Blank's sister has been posted here. Our condolences go out to his friends and family. Read more
Lux Interior, lead singer of the legendary punk group The Cramps, passed away this morning. Click "read more" for the offical press release from his management. Read more The official press release from his management: For Immediate Release: February 4, 2009 Lux Interior, lead singer of The Cramps, passed away … Read more
Charlie Cooper, one-half of eletronic duo Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away last last week at the age of thirty-one. No cause of death has been revealed yet. Cooper's bandmate Joshua Eustis had this to say of his passing: It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my … Read more
Andrew Martinez of Nekromantix passed away over the weekend as a result of a car accident in in Fullerton, CA. Martinez's bandmates commented on the tragic event: My thoughts and Condolences go out to his Family and Everybody that knew Andrew. There is no words to describe the shock...... Andrew … Read more
Freddie Hubbard, a Grammy-winning jazz musician who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and Sonny Rollins, died Monday at the age of 70. Hubbard had been hospitalized since suffering the heart attack a day before Thanksgiving. Read more
Dominic Mallary, vocalist for Massachusetts hardcore outfit Last Lights, passed away over the weekend after inadvertently being injured during one of the band's performances. Mallary was just twenty-four years old. The band is currently planning to set up a series of benefit shows for his family. This is a shocking … Read more
Over the weekend Jimmy Carl Black (born James Inkanish Jr.) - drummer for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention - passed away of cancer at the age of seventy in Siegsdof, Germany. Read more
Frank Navetta, founding member of the Descendents, passed away over the weekend. Navetta's former bandmates made the following announcement in regards to his passing: We're very sorry to announce that founding member of The Descendents, and close friend Frank Navetta passed away on October 31, 2008 after becoming ill over … Read more
Former The Plot to Blow Up The Eiffel Tower bassist Willy Graves passed away earlier this week. Graves was twenty-eight years old. His former bandmates issued the following statement: As I'm sure many of you have already heard, our dear friend Willy Graves passed away Sunday, September 14th. During our … Read more
Founding member of Pink Floyd Richard Wright passed away today after a short struggle with cancer. Wright was sixty-five years old. Source: David Gilmour Read more
Producer Jerry Finn passed away yesterday at the age of 39. Finn had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage last month and was taken off life support on August 9th. Source: Billboard Read more
On May 25th musical collaborator Tero "Camu Tao" Smith passed away in his home town of Columbus, OH. The rapper/producer had been quietly fighting for his life for the last year and a half after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Smith was 30 years old. Our thoughts and prayers go … Read more
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