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Gary Kurfirst Record Executive Music Manager Dies
Gary Kurfirst, 61, a pop music manager, promoter and record executive who played a key role in the success of the bands Talking Heads, Blondie and the Ramones, died Jan. 13 while on vacation in the Bahamas. A figure in pop music for more than four decades, Kurfirst opened the Village Theater in Manhattan in 1967. ...
Jazz Giant David "Fathead" Newman Has Died
Jazz legend David “Fathead" Newman transcended peacefully at a hospital near his home in upstate New York on January 20, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. David, as he preferred to be called, attained international stardom over a long career. Born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933 and graduating from Lincoln High School in ...
David Fathead Newman, 1933-2009
Gentle, soulful David Newman is gone. He died on Monday. “Fathead" was a nickname that became a promotional tag, but those close to him knew him as David. They seemed always to say the name with affection whether they were speaking to or about him. He once told the story of his nickname. I was ...
David Fathead Newman Has Gone
Saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman, whose blend of jazz and inimitable Lone Star soul made him an integral part of Ray Charles' orchestra and served him through dozens of impressive leader dates, passed away from pancreatic cancer yesterday. The news came as a surprise to many jazz fans, as Newman had been highly productive in recent years, ...
David "Fathead" Newman Dies
David “Fathead” Newman succumbed to pancreatic cancer yesterday, Tuesday January 20, 2009. He was 75. We'll post additional news when we receive it. 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 ...
AAJ Contributor Michael P. Gladstone Passes Away on January 3, 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 ...
Journalist and All About Jazz Contributor Donald True Van Deusen Dies at 79
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 ...
Andrew Wyeth American Artist Dies at 91
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 ...
Patrick McGoohan TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner' Passes
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 ...
Jackie Rebora L.A. Nightclub Owner, Hotel Executive and Restaurateur
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 ...
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