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Famed Rapper Guru Dies at 43
GANG STARR RAPPER PASSES AWAY AFTER BATTLING CANCER Guru Famed rapper Guru, one half of the seminal hip hop duo Gang Starr along with DJ Premier, passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 43 years old. Originally born Keith Elam, Guru achieved notoriety as a member of Gang Starr, appearing on classic ...
Rapper Guru Attained Fame with Gang Starr, Jazzmatazz Dies
Rapper Guru, who attained fame with his conscious, jazz-inflected brand of hip-hop in the groups Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 43. The rap performer had been hospitalized in February after suffering cardiac arrest and falling into a coma. Born Keith Elam and raised in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, ...
Celebration of Jake Hanna's Life
Celebration of Jake Hanna's life Sunday A celebration of Jake Hanna's life was held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday April 17th at Catalina Bar and Grill, 6725 W. Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. Hanna, known for his unerring sense of time, was at home playing with big bands and small groups. He performed with Woody ...
Dede Allen Editor Revolutionized Imagery, Sound and Pace in U.S. Films
Dede Allen, the film editor whose seminal work on Robert Rossen's “The Hustler" in 1961 and especially on Arthur Penn's “Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 brought a startling new approach to imagery, sound and pace in American movies, died Saturday. She was 86. Allen, who was nominated for Academy Awards for “Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), “Reds" ...
Steve Reid: 1944-2010
On Monday night, drumming great Steve Reid died at the age of sixty-six after a battle with cancer. He leaves behind a legacy that's explicitly known by few but surely felt by many. A couple of years ago we profiled what is sadly now his last record released in his lifetime, the superb Daxaar, the result ...
RIP Steve Reid
“Devastated by the news that my friend drummer Steve Reid passed away last night in New York--a true inspiration who will be greatly missed." --Gilles Peterson 4/13/2010 We were lucky enough to have Steve Reid, the legendary drummer at a classic Giant Step 2005 event in NYC: Gilles Peterson Presents 'The BBC Sessions Live'. The night ...
R.I.P.: Jazz Drummer Steve Reid Dies at 66
Domino Records announced today that percussionist Steve Reid, who performed with artists as varied as Martha Reeves, Miles Davis and Four Tet's Kieran Hebden, died in his sleep Monday after a fight with cancer. Perhaps most heard on Martha & the Vandellas' “Dancing in the Street," he also had a brief stint backing James Brown (that's ...
Graciela Perez Grillo Afro-Cuban Musician Dies
Graciela Perez Grillo, an Afro-Cuban music pioneer who was known as the First Lady of Latin Jazz, has died. She was 94. Graciela, as she was known professionally, died April 6 of natural causes at the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, where she had been hospitalized for some time, according to her representative, Richie ...
Hollywood Mourns Passing of the Oldest Munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz"
Hollywood said goodbye on Saturday to Meinhardt Raabe, one of the original Munchkins in the “Wizard of Oz." Flowers were placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for the Munchkins, according to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Raabe, 94, was considered the oldest living Munchkin and died Friday in Florida. Raabe was on hand with ...
'Designing Women' Actress Dixie Carter Dies at 70
Dixie Carter, best known for her role on “Designing Women" died Saturday at 70. Publicist Steve Rohr, who represented Carter as well as her husband actor Hal Halbrook, would not disclose where she died or the cause of death. “This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement. “We would ...
