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Mickey McMahan Trumpeter for Lawrence Welk Dies

June 28, 2008

Mickey McMahan, trumpet player with big-band leaders Lawrence Welk, Les Brown and others, died June 11. McManhan 77, died at his home in Van Nuys of neuropathy and an unrelated blood disease, his stepson Steve Land said. McMahan played trumpet on “The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1967 to 1982. He also played with Les Brown's Band ...

Leonard Pennario Top Selling Recording Pianist Dies

June 28, 2008

Pianist Leonard Pennario, a best-selling recording artist Pennario who made his concert debut with the Dallas Symphony at age 12 after learning Grieg's Piano Concerto in a week so he could play it from memory, died Friday at his home in La Jolla after a long illness, according to his biographer, music critic Mary Kunz Goldman. ...

Sonny Okosun Pioneer of Nigerian Pop Music Dies

June 28, 2008

Sonny Okosun, key figure in Nigerian pop music who mixed traditional African forms with Western rock elements Okosum died May 24 of colon cancer at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., according to news reports, he was 61. Born in Benin, Nigeria, in 1947 to musician parents, Okosun taught himself to play the guitar. He began ...

Bassist Dave Carpenter, Nov. 4, 1959 ~ June 24, 2008

June 26, 2008

Dave Carpenter Respected Bassist Dies at 48 Bassist Dave Carpenter appeared on over two hundred recordings, and had dozens of television, film theme and soundtracks to his recording credit. He worked with major artists including Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Mike Stern, Allan Holdsworth, Sadao Watanabe, Alan Pasqua and Herbie Hancock. He appeared ...

FM Stereo Developer Carl G. Eilers Dies

June 26, 2008

Carl G. Eilers, 83; Zenith engineer led team that developed FM stereo broadcasting Eilers, an electrical engineer who helped develop production of high-fidelity stereo sound over the airwaves, died Friday at his home in River Forest, Ill., apparently of a heart attack. He was 83. A 50-year employee of Zenith Electronics, Eilers led the team that ...

Kermit Love Big Bird CO-Creator Dies

June 26, 2008

Kermit Love, 91; helped create memorable 'Sesame Street' characters The Jim Henson Company Long before creating Big Bird for “Sesame Street" and his involvement in children's television, Kermit Love had collaborated with some of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century: George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Robert Joffrey, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. His design work ...

Carlin a Fine Troublemaker

June 24, 2008

George Carlin Tested Limits of Speech and Society. The comedian liked to cause a fuss with his observations -- and we liked him for it. It was always comforting to know that George Carlin was out there making trouble. Like Richard Pryor, he straddled the great cultural divide that was the 1960s, coming in as a ...

George Carlin Collision of Comedy and Politics Dies

June 23, 2008

George Carlin, 71; comedian tested limits of speech and society He gained notoriety for his 'seven dirty words,' but his incisive commentaries were as clever as they were vulgar. By Rich Connell and Jason Song, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers June 23, 2008 George Carlin, the acerbic, Grammy-winning comedian whose career spanned more than 50 years, ...

Condolence Registry for Recently Deceased Pianst Esbjorn Svensson

June 21, 2008

Danny Davis Country Artist Dies

June 20, 2008

Country music artist Danny Davis dies at 83 Grammy winner pioneered use of horns in genre Grammy award winner Danny Davis, who pioneered the use of horns in country music, has died aged 83, his publicist Betty Hofer said Friday. Davis died of a heart attack at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital, she said. The ...