Obituary News

David "Fathead" Newman Dies

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2009

David “Fathead” Newman succumbed to pancreatic cancer yesterday, Tuesday January 20, 2009. He was 75.

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About David “Fathead" Newman

David “Fathead" Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933. His family soon moved to Dallas, where they settled and David stayed through graduating Lincoln High School. After school, David found gigs in local bands. He received a scholarship to Jarvis Christian College where he studied theology and music. ...

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AAJ Contributor Michael P. Gladstone Passes Away on January 3, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2009

All About Jazz is deeply saddened to report the news that one of its long-time contributors, Michael P. Gladstone, passed away on January 3, 2009 following a long battle with cancer. He was only 66. In the six years that Mike devoted to AAJ, he covered artists ranging from established names including John Abercrombie, Herbie Hancock and Maria Schneider to up-and-comers like David Binney, Edward Simon, Leonia Ardizzone and Nordic Connect.

Mike was as passionate about the music as they ...

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Journalist and All About Jazz Contributor Donald True Van Deusen Dies at 79

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2009

The self-described “cheerful curmudgeon," Donald True Van Deusen (born January 19, 1929), passed away in Philadelphia on January 13, 2009, six days shy of his 80th birthday. Van Deusen's wry, yet elegant, views were eagerly awaited by Philadelphia area newspaper readers for more than 20 years. His social commentary, music and arts columns poignantly enriched the Weekly Press, Philadelphia Enquirer, Daily News, Metro, and the Welcomat among others. He also wrote about jazz, the music he loved, for the website ...

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Andrew Wyeth American Artist Dies at 91

Source: Michael Ricci
January 16, 2009

Wyeth's watercolor and tempera landscapes and portraits made him one of America's best loved artists. He remained a figurative painter who prospered even in times when the genre was deemed passe.

Andrew Wyeth, whose durable and realistic paintings of rural Pennsylvania and Maine made him one of America's best loved artists, and made his paintings some of the priciest in the world, died today. He was 91. Wyeth, who divided his time between Chadds Ford, Pa., and Cushing, Maine, died ...

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Patrick McGoohan TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner' Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series Secret Agent and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series The Prisoner, has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career involved stage, screen and TV, died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

It was the height ...

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Jackie Rebora L.A. Nightclub Owner, Hotel Executive and Restaurateur

Source: Michael Ricci
January 15, 2009

Jackie Rebora, a longtime Los Angeles nightclub owner, hotel executive and restaurateur, died of complications from pneumonia and heart failure Jan. 5 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She was 77 and lived in Beverly Hills.

Jackie Rebora operated nightclubs in Los Angeles and Hollywood in the late 1950s and early 1960s before switching to hotel event management in the late '60s. She was banquet coordinator at the Sportsmens Lodge in Studio City before moving on in the early ...

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Ricardo Montalban 'Fantasy Island' Actor Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2009

Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on TV's Fantasy Island, has died. He was 88.

Montalban died Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications related to old age, said his son-in-law, Gilbert Smith.

Within the entertainment industry, Montalban was widely respected for his efforts to create opportunities for Latinos, although he and others ...

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Richard Sudhalter: A Brief Remembrance

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
January 12, 2009

Jazz historian Richard Sudhalter passed away last year at the age of 69, having spent the last several years of his life fighting significant health challenges. This Monday evening there will be a memorial concert in his honor at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City, with an all-star lineup of musicians and spoken tributes from jazz writers Dan Morgenstern, Terry Teachout, and others. Sudhalter left behind three important biographies and studies: Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contributions ...

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