Pop & Contemporary History
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Françoise Cactus (Françoise van Hove, *1964)
French musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and author, moved to (West-)Berlin in 1985 and founded there the bands Lolitas and Stereo Total
~ breast cancer
youtu.be/KkviZFys2HU
Françoise Cactus (Françoise van Hove, *1964)
French musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and author, moved to (West-)Berlin in 1985 and founded there the bands Lolitas and Stereo Total
~ breast cancer
youtu.be/KkviZFys2HU
Bob Casale (Robert Edward Pizzute Jr., *1952)
US-American musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer and audio engineer, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of Devo
~ heart failure
youtu.be/j_QLzthSkfM
Bob Casale (Robert Edward Pizzute Jr., *1952)
US-American musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer and audio engineer, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of Devo
~ heart failure
youtu.be/j_QLzthSkfM
Lesley Gore (Lesley Sue Goldstein, *1946)
US-American singer, songwriter and actress ("It's My Party", "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"); hosted several editions of the PBS television series "In the Life", which focused on LGBT issues
~ lung cancer
youtu.be/ft_QfY16CxU
Lesley Gore (Lesley Sue Goldstein, *1946)
US-American singer, songwriter and actress ("It's My Party", "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"); hosted several editions of the PBS television series "In the Life", which focused on LGBT issues
~ lung cancer
youtu.be/ft_QfY16CxU
Kralle Krawinkel (Gert Franz Krawinkel, *1947)
German musician and actor, mostly known as guitarist for TRIO, entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest equestrian trek from Seville to Hamburg in 1998
~ bronchial carcinoma
youtu.be/jqk0jwNs2Ew
Kralle Krawinkel (Gert Franz Krawinkel, *1947)
German musician and actor, mostly known as guitarist for TRIO, entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest equestrian trek from Seville to Hamburg in 1998
~ bronchial carcinoma
youtu.be/jqk0jwNs2Ew
Nat King Cole (Nathaniel A. Coles, *1919)
US-American singer, jazz pianist, and actor; active in the civil rights movement; "The Nat King Cole Show" became the first nationally broadcast tv-show hosted by an African American
~ lung cancer
youtu.be/FOx8QBcIS8Y
Nat King Cole (Nathaniel A. Coles, *1919)
US-American singer, jazz pianist, and actor; active in the civil rights movement; "The Nat King Cole Show" became the first nationally broadcast tv-show hosted by an African American
~ lung cancer
youtu.be/FOx8QBcIS8Y
Mick Tucker (*1947)
English musician, drummer and backing vocalist of The Sweet
~ leukemia
youtu.be/zRgWvvkSvfk
Mick Tucker (*1947)
English musician, drummer and backing vocalist of The Sweet
~ leukemia
youtu.be/zRgWvvkSvfk
Tony Holiday (Rolf Peter Knigge, *1951)
German textile merchant and Schlager singer
~ AIDS
youtu.be/0FdUgPSLD8M
Tony Holiday (Rolf Peter Knigge, *1951)
German textile merchant and Schlager singer
~ AIDS
youtu.be/0FdUgPSLD8M
Cäpt'n Suurbier (Michael Wahler, *1963)
German musician, singer and guitarist of Berlin fun punk band Die Suurbiers
~ suicide, jumped in front of a train
youtu.be/HV-W8mPsZwE
Cäpt'n Suurbier (Michael Wahler, *1963)
German musician, singer and guitarist of Berlin fun punk band Die Suurbiers
~ suicide, jumped in front of a train
youtu.be/HV-W8mPsZwE
Manuela (Doris Inge Wegener, *1943)
German schlager singer and actress ("Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova", 1963)
~ oral cancer
youtu.be/ccYG2IPuAKI
Manuela (Doris Inge Wegener, *1943)
German schlager singer and actress ("Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova", 1963)
~ oral cancer
youtu.be/ccYG2IPuAKI
Viola Beach
Kris Leonard (vocals, guitar), River Reeves (guitar), Tomas Lowe (bass), Jack Dakin (drums) an Craig Tarry (manager)
~ killed during their first overseas tour when their car fell from a bridge in the Swedish city of Södertälje
youtu.be/LrhRlCf_NJM
Viola Beach
Kris Leonard (vocals, guitar), River Reeves (guitar), Tomas Lowe (bass), Jack Dakin (drums) an Craig Tarry (manager)
~ killed during their first overseas tour when their car fell from a bridge in the Swedish city of Södertälje
youtu.be/LrhRlCf_NJM
Michael Tachie Menson (*1967)
British musician, part of the dance producer trio Double Trouble
~ set on fire in a racist attack and died two weeks later
youtu.be/r-41ODAh6No
Michael Tachie Menson (*1967)
British musician, part of the dance producer trio Double Trouble
~ set on fire in a racist attack and died two weeks later
youtu.be/r-41ODAh6No
Steve Strange (Steven John Harrington, *1959)
Welsh nightclub host (The Blitz), promoter, singer of new wave project Visage and posterboy of the New Romantic movement
~ heart attack
youtu.be/nVsrcmW3Yc8
Steve Strange (Steven John Harrington, *1959)
Welsh nightclub host (The Blitz), promoter, singer of new wave project Visage and posterboy of the New Romantic movement
~ heart attack
youtu.be/nVsrcmW3Yc8
Screamin Jay Hawkins (Jalacy J. Hawkins, *1929)
US-American boxer, blues musician and pioneer of shock-rock
~ died after emergency surgery from an aneurysm
youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc
Screamin Jay Hawkins (Jalacy J. Hawkins, *1929)
US-American boxer, blues musician and pioneer of shock-rock
~ died after emergency surgery from an aneurysm
youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc
Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur, *1968)
US-American rapper, one third of the hip hop group De La Soul; co-wrote the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc."
~ cause of death undisclosed, but was diagnosed with congestive heart failure
youtu.be/zR9AlcgL6_0
Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur, *1968)
US-American rapper, one third of the hip hop group De La Soul; co-wrote the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc."
~ cause of death undisclosed, but was diagnosed with congestive heart failure
youtu.be/zR9AlcgL6_0
Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur, *1968)
US-American rapper, one third of the hip hop group De La Soul; co-wrote the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc."
~ cause of death undisclosed, but was diagnosed with congestive heart failure
youtu.be/zR9AlcgL6_0
Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur, *1968)
US-American rapper, one third of the hip hop group De La Soul; co-wrote the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc."
~ cause of death undisclosed, but was diagnosed with congestive heart failure
youtu.be/zR9AlcgL6_0
Whitney Houston (*1963)
US-American singer, actress, film producer, and model; commonly referred to as "the Voice"; one of the most awarded performers of all time
~ drowning in the bathtub (together with atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use)
youtu.be/kxZD0VQvfqU
Whitney Houston (*1963)
US-American singer, actress, film producer, and model; commonly referred to as "the Voice"; one of the most awarded performers of all time
~ drowning in the bathtub (together with atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use)
youtu.be/kxZD0VQvfqU
Whitney Houston (*1963)
US-American singer, actress, film producer, and model; commonly referred to as "the Voice"; one of the most awarded performers of all time
~ drowning in the bathtub (together with atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use)
youtu.be/kxZD0VQvfqU
Whitney Houston (*1963)
US-American singer, actress, film producer, and model; commonly referred to as "the Voice"; one of the most awarded performers of all time
~ drowning in the bathtub (together with atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use)
youtu.be/kxZD0VQvfqU
Brian Connolly (*1945)
Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, lead singer of The Sweet
~ kidney failure, liver failure and repeated heart attacks
youtu.be/7lTwA5xMeTM
Brian Connolly (*1945)
Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, lead singer of The Sweet
~ kidney failure, liver failure and repeated heart attacks
youtu.be/7lTwA5xMeTM
Damo Suzuki (Kenji Suzuki / 鈴木健次, *1950)
Japanese musician best known as the vocalist for the German Krautrock group Can between 1970 and 1973
~ cause of death unknown (maybe colon cancer)
youtu.be/JXsd5W8ofDw
Damo Suzuki (Kenji Suzuki / 鈴木健次, *1950)
Japanese musician best known as the vocalist for the German Krautrock group Can between 1970 and 1973
~ cause of death unknown (maybe colon cancer)
youtu.be/JXsd5W8ofDw
Betty Davis (Betty Gray Mabry, *1944)
American singer, songwriter, and model; second wife of Miles Davis
~ cancer
youtu.be/fxKBnR_8LIM
Betty Davis (Betty Gray Mabry, *1944)
American singer, songwriter, and model; second wife of Miles Davis
~ cancer
youtu.be/fxKBnR_8LIM
Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley, *1925)
US-American rock and roll musician; credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s
~ heart attack (maybe brain tumor)
youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw
Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley, *1925)
US-American rock and roll musician; credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s
~ heart attack (maybe brain tumor)
youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw
Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover, *1934)
US-American musician, singer & songwriter ("Runaway", 1961)
~ suicide (shooting himself); his widow blamed the antidepressant Prozac, which he had started taking two weeks earlier
youtu.be/H56qRqHfSRQ
Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover, *1934)
US-American musician, singer & songwriter ("Runaway", 1961)
~ suicide (shooting himself); his widow blamed the antidepressant Prozac, which he had started taking two weeks earlier
youtu.be/H56qRqHfSRQ
Cem Karaca (*1945)
Turkish rock musician (Moğollar, Dervişan, Edirdahan), one of the most important figures in the Anadolu rock movement, left Turkey in 1979 for West Germany, founded there the group Die Kanaken in 1984
~ heart failure
youtu.be/ALg5xRtIzWU
Cem Karaca (*1945)
Turkish rock musician (Moğollar, Dervişan, Edirdahan), one of the most important figures in the Anadolu rock movement, left Turkey in 1979 for West Germany, founded there the group Die Kanaken in 1984
~ heart failure
youtu.be/ALg5xRtIzWU
Big Pun / Big Punisher (Christopher Lee Rios, *1971)
US-American rapper and songwriter, initially discovered by Fat Joe, became later a member of Terror Squad
~ heart attack and respiratory failure due to obesity (698 pounds / 317 kg)
youtu.be/7Xue-dOOLiY
Big Pun / Big Punisher (Christopher Lee Rios, *1971)
US-American rapper and songwriter, initially discovered by Fat Joe, became later a member of Terror Squad
~ heart attack and respiratory failure due to obesity (698 pounds / 317 kg)
youtu.be/7Xue-dOOLiY
Fabio Fritelli (*1966)
Italian model and singer of Eurodance project Mo-Do ("Eins, zwei, Polizei")
~ suicide
youtu.be/dSy2DcATYUo
Fabio Fritelli (*1966)
Italian model and singer of Eurodance project Mo-Do ("Eins, zwei, Polizei")
~ suicide
youtu.be/dSy2DcATYUo