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Songwriter Alan Gordon Dies
Songwriter Alan Gordon, who co-wrote the Turtles' hit song “Happy Together," died of cancer Nov. 22 in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 64. Gordon also wrote chart-toppers “She'd Rather Be With Me," “You Know What I Mean," “She's My Girl" and “Three Dog Night's “Celebrate" with long time writing partner Garry Bonner, and “My Heart Belongs To ...
Bill Drake 'Boss Radio' Inventor Spread Less-Talk Format Across Country
Bill Drakes “Boss Radio" format turned KHJ-AM into Los Angeles top station in the 1960s and had similar success nationwide. He slashed commercial time, picked deejays with strong personalities, aired songs during competing stations news breaks and made sure the hits would keep on coming. Bill Drake, the legendary radio programmer who revamped Top 40 radio ...
Coroner: Jazz Pianist Died from Blunt Force Trauma in Swedish Hip Hop Artist Assault Case
A jazz pianist who was killed in what police say was an episode of road rage in a Hollywood crosswalk died from “blunt trauma”, according to the coroner’s office. A Swedish hip-hop artist is facing assault and battery charges in the Nov. 23 death of John Osnes, 55. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has ...
Jorn Utzon Danish Architect of Sydney Opera House Dies
Jorn Utzon, in 1957 at age 38, received word at his home in Denmark that he won an international competition to build the opera house, beating out 232 other competitors. The project whose overrun budget and delays sparked controversy was a mixed blessing, giving the architect fame but also heartache. Utzon, the Danish architect whose eye-catching, ...
Mitchell Lurie World-Renowned Clarinetist Taught at USC
Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 86. Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia Monday at his home in West Los Angeles, said his son, Dr. Alan ...
Roberta Zito Backup Singer with Nat King Cole
Roberta Zito, mother of pitcher for Giants a former backup singer with Nat King Cole's Merry Young Souls and the wife of Cole's orchestra conductor and arranger Joe Zito, died Nov. 13 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, she was 65. The cause of death was pneumonia and cardiopulmonary arrest. She had received a liver ...
Guy Peellaert Belgian Pop Artist Worked with Rock Stars Dies
Belgian painter, graphic designer, photographer and pop artist Guy Peellaert, whose surreal pictures for the 1972 cult book Rock Dreams brought him worldwide attention and led him to design album covers for the Rolling Stones and David Bowie, died at 74 Monday in Paris after a long illness. Rock Dreams was a fantasy tribute to rock ...
Charlie O's Charles Ottaviano Famed Nightclub Owner Passes
Charles Ottaviano, 66, whose intimate Van Nuys nightclub Charlie Os developed a loyal following of jazz enthusiasts, died of a heart attack Monday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, said his wife of 26 years, Jo-Ann. He lived in Granada Hills. I always wanted to have a jazz room, ever since I moved out here from Buffalo ...
Remembering Artist Henri Matisse
November 4, 1954 Art World Mourns Henri Matisse, Dead at Home in Nice at Age of 84 PARIS, Nov. 4--The world of art today mourned Henri Matisse, one of France's greatest painters, who died in his apartment in Nice yesterday afternoon of a heart attack. He was 84 years old. Death came swiftly to ...
Michele Rosewoman's Tribute to Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios
Legendary Cuban percussionist and vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios passed away August 12, 2008. Along with several tribute concerts to him taking place in the coming months, Puntilla's former student and colleague, pianist Michele Rosewoman, paid tribute to him with the below article. Born in Havana, Cuba, percussionist/vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios is revered ...
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