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Cherie Decastro of Singing Trio the Decastro Sisters
Cherie DeCastro, the last surviving member of the DeCastro Sisters, the Latin singing trio that was a part of television history in Los Angeles, has died. She was 87. DeCastro died March 14 of pneumonia at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, said Alan Eichler, who was the DeCastro's manager. The sisters -- Peggy, Babette ...
Correspondence: Jamil Nasser's Memorial
There was a memorial service Sunday night in New York for the bassist Jamil Nasser, who died last month. Among those in attendance was pianist, composer and writer Jill McManus, who sent Rifftides a report. There was a sizable crowd at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan on the evening of March 21st to honor and remember ...
Wolfgang Wagner, Who Led Bayreuth Festival, Dies
Wolfgang Wagner, the grandson of composer Richard Wagner and the leader of the Bayreuth opera festival for more than half a century, died Sunday. He was 90. Wolfgang Wagner dedicated his whole life to the legacy of his grandfather, the festival said, adding that his long service as the events leader means that he goes into ...
Jerry Adler, Harmonica Virtuoso, Dies at 91
Jerry Adler, a harmonica virtuoso whose pure, open sound can be heard on the soundtracks to Shane, High Noon, Mary Poppins and other films, but who labored in the shadow of his more famous harmonica-playing older brother, Larry, died on March 13 in Ellenton, Fla. He was 91 and lived in Sarasota. Mr. Adler got off ...
The Voice of the Hollywood Bowl
Mark Ferber dies at 60; longtime production supervisor at the Hollywood Bowl. To thousands of concert-goers, Mark Ferber's voice was comfortingly familiar as he announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Hollywood Bowl." As a child, he bicycled to the Bowl to do his homework in the picnic areas he found so peaceful. He was hired ...
Fearless to the End: Remembering Margaret Moth
CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth covered conflicts spanning continents, and said she lived her life to the fullest. Her guts, skill and humor made her one to remember, dies of cancer at 59, after surviving wars. Given her jet-black hair, thick black eyeliner, black clothes and combat boots (which she often slept in while on assignment), people ...
King of the Wild Frontier Has Died
Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday. He was 85. Parker, who played another pioneer American hero on television's “Daniel Boone" in the 1960s before becoming a successful Santa ...
Herb Cohen Label Operator Introduced Mothers of Invention, Tom Waits
Herb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the '60s and '70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif. He was 77. After beginning his professional career as an L.A. club booker and operator, Cohen branched into management in the mid-'60s. ...
Fess Parker, Who Played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone Dies
Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday. He was 85. Parker, who played another pioneer American hero on television's “Daniel Boone" in the 1960s before retiring from acting a ...
World Music DJ Charlie Gillett Dies
Pioneering DJ Charlie Gillett has died aged 68 after battling a long illness, it emerged today. Best known as the discoverer of rockers Dire Straits and as a champion of world music, the broadcaster died in a London hospital yesterday, his family said. He contracted a disease of the autoimmune system, and suffered a heart attack ...
