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Greg Ladanyi Grammy-Winning Rock Producer Dies

September 30, 2009

Greg Ladanyi, 57, a Grammy Award-winning producer who worked with Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac and other rock bands, died Tuesday at a hospital in the Republic of Cyprus, according to his record company, Maple Jam Music Group. Ladanyi suffered severe head trauma Friday during an on-stage accident while on tour with singer Anna Vissi. ...

Alicia de Larrocha Renowned Spanish Pianist Dies

September 28, 2009

Her first record was released before she was 10; later she toured with the L.A. Philharmonic and performed regularly at New York's Lincoln Center, featured in its Mostly Mozart Festival. Alicia de Larrocha's style combined poetic interpretation, grace and subtlety with technical virtuosity and remarkable focus. Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha, who thrilled music listeners for ...

Julian Lennon Saddened over Death of Real Life Lucy

September 28, 2009

John Lennon's son Julian 'saddened' over death of the real 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' The real life woman -- Lucy Vodden -- who inspired the Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," has died after a years-long battle with lupus. Vodden died at age 46 at St. Thomas' Hospital in London. A young ...

Songwriter William Garvey Dies

September 25, 2009

Sam Carr Drummer Known for Delta Blues Dies

September 25, 2009

Sam Carr, 83, a drummer who was considered an anchor in the blues scene that continues to draw fans to the poverty-stricken Mississippi Delta region where the music form was born, died Monday of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in Clarksdale, Miss. Carr had a reputation as one of the best blues drummers in ...

Arthur Ferrante Half of the Popular Piano Duo Ferrante and Teicher Dies

September 21, 2009

Their lush orchestral recordings of 1960s movie themes propelled them to popular and commercial success. The classically trained pair met at the Juilliard School in New York. Over the course of their 40-year partnership, Arthur Ferrante and Lou Teicher recorded 150 albums, racking up 22 gold and platinum records and selling 90 million records worldwide, and ...

Leon Kirchner Pulitzer-Winning Composer Dies

September 21, 2009

In his String Quartet No. 3, Leon Kirchner “set out to produce a meaningful confrontation between the 'new' electronic sounds and those of the traditional string quartet." It marked the first time the Pulitzer Prize went to a piece using electronics. Leon Kirchner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of expressive, rigorous, atonal yet romantic music, died Thursday ...

Mary Travers Rip Peter, Paul and Mary Vocalist Dies

September 19, 2009

REMEMBERING MARY TRAVERS Mary Travers American music has lost one of its strongest, truest voices with the passing of Mary Travers on Thursday September, 17. As part of Peter, Paul And Mary, she was at the forefront of the '60s folk renaissance, inspiring millions of people to greater activism on behalf of racial equality, peace, and ...

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Passes

September 16, 2009

Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. The band's publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut today. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years. Travers joined forces with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in the early 1960s. The trio ...

Henry Gibson, Original 'Laugh-In' Cast Member, Dies at 73

September 16, 2009

Henry Gibson, the veteran character actor who came to fame in the late 1960s as the flower-holding poet on TV's landmark satirical comedy show “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," has died. He was 73. Gibson died late Monday night after a short battle with cancer at his home in Malibu, said his son, Jon. Gibson, who more ...