Obituary News

Allen Klein Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones Manager Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 4, 2009

Former music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died.

A publicist for Klein's company, ABKCO Music & Records, says Klein died today at his New York City home of Alzheimer's disease. He was 77.

Klein became one of the most powerful figures in music world in the 1960s. Known for his tenacity in tracking down royalties and getting better record deals, he garnered ...

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Lyudmila Zykina Soviet Union’S Best-Loved Folk Singers, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2009

Lyudmila Zykina, who rose to stardom from the factory floor to become one of the Soviet Union’s best-loved folk singers, died Wednesday in Moscow. She was 80.

Her doctor, Vladimir Konstantinov, told the Itar-Tass news agency that she had died in hospital on Wednesday morning. A statement on 1tv.ru, the Web site of Channel One television in Russia, said she had had a heart attack a few days before her death.

Born in Moscow in 1929 into a family ...

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Jackson Funeral Set for Tuesday in L.A.

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

On Tuesday morning a motorcade will go from Forest Lawn Mortuary in L.A. to the Staples Center complex in downtown Los Angeles where the public memorial will be held.

Michael Jackson's public memorial service will take place at LA's Staples Center on July 7th. NBC's Michael Okwu reports preparations at the site are already underway.

[Updated at 6:15 p.m.: Few details were immediately available. But in a statement, Sunshine said that 11,000 tickets will be distributed to the ...

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5 Questions About Michael Jacksons Funeral

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

He lived in the spotlight from the age of 10, and he died in it as well, with the nation glued to their TV sets. Now Michael Jackson's fans are waiting to publicly mourn him.

His funeral, to be held Tuesday at Los Angeles's Staples Center, according to news reports, could be huge. It's possible that it will eclipse Elvis's (75,000 fans congregated in Memphis, Tenn.) and rival Princess Diana's (250,000 people in Hyde Park), according to the Daily Telegraph. ...

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Vibe Magazine, Showcase for Hip-Hop and R&B, Dies at 16

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2009

On Tuesday an independent magazine backed by private equity owners succumbed to the punishing ad market and announced it would cease publication immediately. It was, as things go in publishing these days, a fairly routine story.

Quincy Jones, who founded Vibe, said he was trying to buy it. Routine except the magazine had an 800,000 circulation, was founded by the music impresario Quincy Jones and had an alluring name that came to be synonymous with hip-hop and R&B: Vibe.

Plenty ...

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Fred Travalena Open Celebration of Life

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2009

You are invited to a Celebration of the Life of FRED TRAVALENA

Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Time: 1:00pm Place: The Church on The Way The Living Room 14300 Sherman Way Van Nuys, CA 91405 (Southeast Corner of Sherman Way and Lennox)

This is open to the public; please feel free to pass this information on. In lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted in Memory of Fred ...

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Harve Presnell Commanding Baritone in Broadway Musicals Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

Best known for his stage roles in 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' and 'Annie,' he also appeared on television shows and in films.

Harve Presnell, the commanding baritone who starred in such Broadway musicals as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and “Annie," died of pancreatic cancer Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, according to his agent, Gregg Klein. The actor was 75.

Although best known for his roles in musical theater, Presnell also appeared on television, including a three-year ...

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Michael Jackson Will Not Be Buried at Neverland Ranch

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2009

Funeral arrangements for Michael Jackson are still in flux, but one thing is clear: The pop icon will not be buried at Neverland Ranch.

Jacksons family wanted him interred at the Santa Barbara County estate, the site of some of the happiest and saddest times in his life, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had agreed to help clear any state bureaucratic hurdles, a source close to the situation told The Times.

But in the end, the source said, county officials could ...

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