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German Jazz Player Peter Herbolzheimer Dies at 74
Peter Herbolzheimer, a musician and big band leader who helped promote jazz in Germany, has died at 74. The head of the German Music Council, Peter Ortmann, told the ddp news agency that Herbolzheimer died Saturday in Cologne following a long illness. Herbolzheimer was born in 1935 in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to Germany in 1951. ...
Peter Gowland Innovative Glamour Photographer
Peter Gowland, whose exuberant, sun-drenched swimsuit photos and self-designed large-format cameras helped define glamour photography for six decades, has died. He was 93. Gowland died March 17 at his Pacific Palisades home of complications from surgery for a broken hip, said his wife of 68 years, Alice. The son of actors Gibson Gowland and Sylvia Andrew, ...
Drummer-Actor Bernard 'Bunchy' Johnson Dies
Drummer and actor Bernard “Bunchy" Johnson, died of a heart attack March 21. He was 58. Johnson, a native of New Orleans, had just finished filming scenes for David Simon's new HBO series, “Treme," which was shot in his childhood neighborhood. Nicknamed “Bunchy" because of his size, Johnson's feature acting credits included “Monster's Ball," “Bad Lieutenant: ...
John Ciambotti Bass Player for Rock Band Clover Dies
John Ciambotti, bass player for the 1970s Bay Area rock band Clover, which backed Elvis Costello on his debut album, and a session musician for acclaimed folk-rockers including Lucinda Williams, John Prine and Carlene Carter, died Wednesday in Glendale. He was 67. Ciambotti, who became a chiropractor specializing in musicians' injuries, apparently died from an abdominal ...
Canadian Jazz Legend Eugene Amaro Passes
RIP: Eugene Amaro (tenor saxophonist, alto saxophonist, flutist) passed away on Tuesday, march 23 in his 74th year. The popular jazz musician was leader of his own Eugene Amaro Quartet, and long-time member of Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass. He also co-led the Sam Noto/Eugene Amaro Quintet, and performed with the Ron Rully Sextet and ...
Dorothy Thompson, Force Behind Noted Hula Festival in Hawaii, Dies
Dorothy “Auntie Dottie" Thompson, who helped found and direct the Merrie Monarch Festival, Hawaii's most prestigious showcase for hula, died March 19 in Hilo after a long illness. She was 88. Thompson and George Na'ope cofounded the festival in 1964 with the intention of boosting tourism and cultural pride. Na'ope died in October at 81. The ...
Singer Johnny Maestro Dies in Fla., Battled Cancer
Singer Johnny Maestro of the rock 'n' roll and doo-wop band The Brooklyn Bridge has died. Original band member Les Cauchi says Maestro died late Wednesday in Florida. Maestro was 70 and had been battling cancer. His last residence was in Cape Coral, Fla. Maestro begin his career in the 1950s with The Crests, whose ...
Legendary Rock Photographer Jim Marshall Dies at 74
Legendary Rock Photographer Jim Marshall Dies at 74 Legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall passed away in his sleep last night (March 23, 2010) in a New York hotel room. He was 74 years old. Marshall is one of the most famous and most talented photographers to have documented rock & roll. His photos include Jimi Hendrix ...
Photographer Jim Marshall Dies
Rock and jazz photographer Jim Marshall died in his sleep Tuesday. Cause of death was unknown. He was 74. The stocky, pugnacious Marshall was best known for his iconic pictures of such rockers as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Rolling Stones. Probably his most famous single shot was of Johnny Cash ...
Actor Robert Culp Dies After Falling at His Hollywood Home
Actor Robert Culp, best known for his role as an international tennis star and globe-trotting secret agent in the hit 1960s television series “I Spy," died Wednesday morning after a fall at his Hollywood home. The 79-year-old actor was rushed to Queen of Angels hospital shortly after 11 a.m. after hitting his head while taking a ...
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