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interested in musicians' deaths
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Zum Todestag von Rob Pilatus und als Einblick in mein Forschungsprojekt zur Geschichte der Gruppe Milli Vanilli: drei Aspekte, die dabei oft übersehen werden.

Ein kurzer 🧵 zur Macht des Produzenten, positiven Rassismus und den zeitgenössischen Trend zu Fake-Sänger:innen [1/9]
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#otd 23 November 2000
Aljoscha Rompe (Arthur Alexander Rompe, *1947)

Swiss-German musician, singer of GDR punk band Feeling B (together with Paul Landers and Flake of Rammstein)

~ choked on asthma attack

youtu.be/nJurLzR5HZU
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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#otd 23 November 2013
Wayne Mills (*1969)

US-American country musician

~ shot in the head by a bar owner for lighting up a cigarette in a nonsmoking area

youtu.be/_8SaOZnSgT8
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#otd 23 November 2013
Wayne Mills (*1969)

US-American country musician

~ shot in the head by a bar owner for lighting up a cigarette in a nonsmoking area

youtu.be/_8SaOZnSgT8
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#otd 23 November 2000
Aljoscha Rompe (Arthur Alexander Rompe, *1947)

Swiss-German musician, singer of GDR punk band Feeling B (together with Paul Landers and Flake of Rammstein)

~ choked on asthma attack

youtu.be/nJurLzR5HZU
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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#otd 22 November 1997
Michael Hutchence (*1960)

Australian musician, songwriter and actor, singer of INXS

~ suicide by hanging

youtu.be/w-rv2BQa2OU
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#otd 22 November 1997
Michael Hutchence (*1960)

Australian musician, songwriter and actor, singer of INXS

~ suicide by hanging

youtu.be/w-rv2BQa2OU
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Nach einer Studie des Münchener Instituts für Zeitgeschichte (IfZ) zur NS-Vergangenheit wird 14 Filmgrößen die Ehrenmedaille der Spio (Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft) entzogen. Unter ihnen sind Leni Riefenstahl und Heinz Rühmann.

web.de/magazine/unt...
Riefenstahl und Rühmann wird Ehrenmedaille entzogen
Nach einer Studie zur NS-Vergangenheit wird 14 Filmgrößen eine Ehrenmedaille entzogen. Unter ihnen sind Leni Riefenstahl und Heinz Rühmann.
web.de
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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#otd 20 November 2021
Ted Herold (Harald Walter Bernhard Schubring, *1942)

German rock and roll singer ("German Elvis") and actor

~ died along with his wife in a house fire

youtu.be/-ZoA2ZixpGQ
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Nach einer Studie des Münchener Instituts für Zeitgeschichte (IfZ) zur NS-Vergangenheit wird 14 Filmgrößen die Ehrenmedaille der Spio (Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft) entzogen. Unter ihnen sind Leni Riefenstahl und Heinz Rühmann.

web.de/magazine/unt...
Riefenstahl und Rühmann wird Ehrenmedaille entzogen
Nach einer Studie zur NS-Vergangenheit wird 14 Filmgrößen eine Ehrenmedaille entzogen. Unter ihnen sind Leni Riefenstahl und Heinz Rühmann.
web.de
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#otd 20 November 2021
Ted Herold (Harald Walter Bernhard Schubring, *1942)

German rock and roll singer ("German Elvis") and actor

~ died along with his wife in a house fire

youtu.be/-ZoA2ZixpGQ
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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#otd 19 November 2021
Hank Von Helvete (Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, *1972)

Norwegian musician and actor, lead vocalist of Turbonegro (1993-2010) and solo artist

~ was found dead in a park in Oslo (his manager: "his body had finally given in" after a long life of drug abuse)

youtu.be/hH9WY3YtV4g
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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#otd 19 November 2007
Kevin DuBrow (*1955)

US-American singer and photographer, lead vocalist of Quiet Riot

~ overdose by a combination of cocaine, sleeping pill Zolpidem, painkillers, and alcohol

youtu.be/O_1ruZWJigo
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#otd 19 November 2007
Kevin DuBrow (*1955)

US-American singer and photographer, lead vocalist of Quiet Riot

~ overdose by a combination of cocaine, sleeping pill Zolpidem, painkillers, and alcohol

youtu.be/O_1ruZWJigo
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#otd 19 November 2021
Hank Von Helvete (Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, *1972)

Norwegian musician and actor, lead vocalist of Turbonegro (1993-2010) and solo artist

~ was found dead in a park in Oslo (his manager: "his body had finally given in" after a long life of drug abuse)

youtu.be/hH9WY3YtV4g
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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#otd 17 November 2014
Jimmy Ruffin (*1936)

US-American soul singer; older brother of David Ruffin (Temptations); had several hit records between the 60s and 80s, most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)"

~ illness

youtu.be/2vf3ZE7CLg0
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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#otd 17 November 2001
Michael Karoli (*1948)

German musician and composer, guitarist for Krautrock group Can (1968-1978)

~ cancer

youtu.be/NTFFhcEus5o
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
#otd 17 November 2014
Jimmy Ruffin (*1936)

US-American soul singer; older brother of David Ruffin (Temptations); had several hit records between the 60s and 80s, most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)"

~ illness

youtu.be/2vf3ZE7CLg0
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#otd 17 November 2001
Michael Karoli (*1948)

German musician and composer, guitarist for Krautrock group Can (1968-1978)

~ cancer

youtu.be/NTFFhcEus5o
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
#otd 13 November 2004
John Balance (Geoffrey Laurence Rushton, *1962)

English musician, artist, poet and occultist, co-founder of Coil

~ lost his balance and fell from a balcony at his home

youtu.be/ZGYTk8OOiXk
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#otd 13 November 2004
Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Tyrone Jones, *1968)

US-American rapper, founding member of Wu-Tang Clan

~ drug overdose

youtu.be/h2zgB93KANE
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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#otd 12 November 2008
Mitch Mitchell (*1946)

English drummer and child actor, best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience; was ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" (2016)

~ died in his sleep (natural causes)

youtu.be/7B9bj-_Bauo
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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#otd 12 November 1982
Patrick Cowley (*1950)

US-American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester; pioneer of electronic dance music

~ AIDS

youtu.be/gD6cPE2BHic
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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#otd 12 November 2007
Peter Steiner (*1917)

Swiss commercial actor and musician, became famous in early 90s as "Cool Man" after a commercial for Milka and following remixes

~ fainting and fall

youtu.be/QL7-yqFrkWY
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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#otd 12 November 1994

Louis Hendrik Potgieter (*1951)

South-African singer and dancer, played the Dschinghis Khan in Ralph Siegel's self named band (Eurovision Song Contest)

~ AIDS

youtu.be/1AXlVZRpweI
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
#otd 12 November 1994

Louis Hendrik Potgieter (*1951)

South-African singer and dancer, played the Dschinghis Khan in Ralph Siegel's self named band (Eurovision Song Contest)

~ AIDS

youtu.be/1AXlVZRpweI
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM