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Music industry obituaries for June 2012

June 28, 2012 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Farewell to guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, guitarist Pete Cosey, BMI president Frances Williams Preston, The Platters’ Herb Reed, folk musician Arthel ‘Doc’ Watson, polka great Eddie Blazonczyk and saxophonist Andrew Love. ►

Music industry obituaries for April 2012

April 28, 2012 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Obituaries for drummer and singer Levon Helm of The Band, Men At Work’s Greg Ham, TV host and entrepreneur Dick Clark and amplifier designer Jim Marshall. ►

Breaking News: Monkees’ Davy Jones dies at age 66

February 29, 2012 | Susan Sliwicki | 2

Pop musician Davy Jones, perhaps best known as one of The Monkees, has died of an apparent heart attack. ►

Obituaries for Rob Grill, Amy Winehouse, Jerry Ragovoy and more

August 4, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Farewell to musicians and industry innovators including Jerry Ragovoy, Rob Grill, Theodore Roszak, Manuel Galban, Amy Winehouse, Billy Blanco, Facundo Cabral and Jane Scott. ►

Obituaries for Clarence Clemons, Faye Treadwell, Andrew Gold and more

July 20, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Clemons, 69, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen’s life and music through four decades, died June 18, 2011, after suffering a stroke. … ►

Obituary: Blues Brother Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin

June 10, 2011 | princep | 0

Original Blues Brothers Band trumpet player Alan Rubin has passed away in New York City on Wednesday, June 8. ►

Former Allman Brothers Band drummer passes away at 59

June 6, 2011 | princep | 1

David “Frankie” Toler passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011, at 2:00 PM in hospice care in Bradenton, Florida, after a prolonged illness. ►

Obituaries for Gil Scott-Heron, Bob Flanigan, Dolores Fuller and more

June 4, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Farewell to musicians and industry innovators including Farewell to Gil Scott-Heron, Bob Flanigan, Dolores Fuller, Norlo Ohga, Orrin Tucker, Rolando Valdes-Blain, John Walker, Cornell Dupree Jr., Peter Lieberson, Ted Prior, Lloyd Knibb and Bernard Greenhouse ►

Obituaries June 2011

June 1, 2011 | princep | 1

Our farewells to the artists and friends who passed away recently ►

Obituaries for Phoebe Snow, Gil Robbins, Poly Styrene and more

May 4, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Farewell to musicians and industry innovators including John Cossette, Phoebe Snow, Poly Styrene, Huey P. Meaux, Hazel Dickens, roy Edward Burris, Randy Wood, Sidney Harman, Charles Laufer, Gerard Smith, Gene Shefrin and Gil Robbins ►