Too Many Singers and Musicians Died Last Month

Sadly we lost these talented people from the music world recently including Lynsey de Paul – English singer-songwriter (“Won’t Somebody Dance with Me”), brain haemorrhage. Aged 64, Paul Revere – American musician (Paul Revere & the Raiders), cancer. Aged 76, Style Scott – Jamaican reggae drummer. Aged 58, Rita Shane – American operatic soprano, pancreatic and liver cancer. Aged 78, Brian Lemon – British jazz pianist. Aged 77, Mark Bell – British musician and house music producer (LFO), complications from surgery. Aged 43, Isaiah “Ikey” Owens – American keyboardist, heart attack. Aged 38, Clive Beer-Jones – British musician (Black Widow), cancer. Aged 65, Tim Hauser – American musician (The Manhattan Transfer), cardiac arrest. Aged 72, Joanne Borgella – American singer (American Idol) and model (Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance), endometrial cancer. Aged 32 ,Mick Burt – British drummer (Chas & Dave), Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Aged 76, John Holt – Jamaican singer (The Paragons) and songwriter (“The Tide Is High”). Aged 67, Jack Bruce – Scottish bassist (Cream, Manfred Mann) and composer, liver disease. Aged 71 ,Renato Sellani – Italian jazz pianist and composer. Aged 88, Alvin Stardust – English singer (“My Coo Ca Choo”). Aged 72.