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Wayne Allwine Voice of Mickey Mouse Dies
Allwine got the role in 1976. He was only the third person -- Walt Disney was the first -- to voice the character. 'It's really not about me; it's about Mickey, and Mickey is Walt's,' he once said. Wayne Allwine, a Walt Disney Studios voice-over artist who was the voice of Mickey Mouse for more than ...
Alfred Appel Jr. Professor Wrote on Jazz, Literature Passes
Alfred Appel Jr., 75, a Northwestern University English professor who was a leading expert on Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov and a scholar of modern art and jazz, died of heart failure May 2 at a hospital in Evanston, Ill. As a Cornell University undergraduate, Appel studied under Nabokov and in 1970 produced one of his ...
Lee Solters Prominent Publicist for Hollywood Stars and Broadway Plays Dies
Lee Solters, 89, a longtime publicist who worked with some of the biggest names of Broadway and Hollywood, died Monday of natural causes at his home in West Hollywood, according to Jerry Digney, his partner in the public relations firm of Solters & Digney. In the 1960s, Solters was considered the top publicist on Broadway and ...
Rafael Escalona Colombian Folk Balladeer Dies
Rafael Escalona, who absorbed the ways and wisdom of wandering troubadours to become a beloved writer of ballads that became classics of Colombia folk music and inspired the novelist Gabriel Garca Mrquez, died Wednesday in Bogot. He was 81. The death was announced by the government of Colombia. Reports on the cause of death differed. Mr. ...
Philip Stein, Muralist Who Adorned Village Vanguard Jazz Club, Dies
On the back-wall mural at the Village Vanguard, the famous jazz club in Greenwich Village, a primordial man and woman burst from a kaleidoscopic background of brightly colored geometric forms. For more than 40 years musicians have gazed, perhaps with some puzzlement, at this visionary artwork, suggestive of birth, creative dynamism and human aspiration. Patrons seated ...
Atlanta Rapper Dolla is Shot Killed at Beverly Center Los Angeles
Los Angeles police investigate the scene of a shooting in which Atlanta-based rapper Dolla was killed. Publicist says rapper was shot in the head Monday afternoon in the valet area of the mall's parking structure. He flew to L.A. this morning to work on his first album, slated to be out this summer. An Atlanta rapper ...
Buddy Montgomery is Gone
We did not intend Rifftides to be an obituary service. It would be simpler to avoid its seeming like one if treasured musicians would stick around. We cannot ignore their passing. The latest loss is Buddy Montgomery, who died today at the age of 79. The youngest of the Montgomery brothers, he outlived guitarist Wes and ...
Wayman Tisdale, NBA Star & Smooth Jazz Artist Dies
Wayman Tisdale, a three-time All-American at Oklahoma, who played 12 seasons in the NBA, died after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 44. Tisdale died Friday morning at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, hospital spokeswoman Joy McGill said. Tisdale learned of a cancerous cyst below his right knee after breaking his leg in a ...
Bassist Wayman Tisdale Dies at 44
By Andrew Lienhard Smooth jazz bassist Wayman Tisdale lost his two-year battle to cancer early this morning at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 44. The celebrated musician was also a well-known NBA Power Forward who played for the Phoenix Suns until his retirement in 1997. In his twelve-year NBA career, Tisdale scored more than ...
New Orleans Modern Jazz Pioneer Mike Serpas Dies at 77
By Charles Suhor Trumpeter Mike Serpas, one of the pioneers of modern jazz in New Orleans, died on April 23 in Picayune, Mississippi. Born in Algiers, Serpas studied with the legendary Manuel “Fess” Manetta, a veteran of Buddy Bolden’s band, and played at Behrman High School under Milton Bush. He served in the U.S. Navy and ...
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