Robertson kicked off a solo career in 1987, with his self-titled album. His mother's family is Mohawk, and a member of the Six Nations, so Robertson often referenced Native American music in his solo projects. The song “The Weight” was used in a number of films over the years, inclu...
and singer-songwriter lisa marie presley, who suffered cardiac arrest and died on jan. 12 at age 54. since then, the world has lost musical greats including tina turner, tony bennett, gordon lightfoot, david crosby and more. while their loved ones and fans around the globe mourn the loss ...
Singer, songwriter, dubbed “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” — died after a long illness (she had intestinal cancer, a stroke in 2013, and a kidney transplant in 2017), 5/24/23 Anna Mae Bullock, later known as Tina Turner, got her start with Ike Turner when she brazenly poached a ...
Throat cancer has taken the lives of many illustrious figures, serving as a stark reminder that it does not discriminate between the famous and the ...
Her family also issued a statement that read, “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model.” ...
Famous People Who Died on the Titanic Titanic Watertight Compartments Opened Titanic Mummy Curse Titanic Sunk by German U-Boat How Did the Titanic Sink? An iceberg it hit on the starboard side caused breaches in the hull below the waterline, flooding five of its watertight compartments. Ev...
groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier, who played roles with such dignity that it helped change the way Black people are portrayed on screen. Poitier, who died in January, became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film “Lilies of the ...
22 – Wayne Swinny (59): Founding member of the band Saliva – Died at the age of 59. Just a few hours before his death, it was announced that the guitarist had been hospitalized after suffering a brain hemorrhage – age 59. 23 – Steve Mackey (56):Notable as Pulp’s bassist, contr...
Both his parents and a sister died in the camps, but Wiesel was among the prisoners freed by Allied forces in April 1945 - and with his rescue came a moral burden, as he described years later in a CBS interview: “In the beginning the question was, ‘Why did I survive? Why?’ Every...
Both his parents and a sister died in the camps, but Wiesel was among the prisoners freed by Allied forces in April 1945 - and with his rescue came a moral burden, as he described years later in a CBS interview: “In the beginning the question was, ‘Why did I survive? Why?’ Every...