#otd 11 May 2003: #NoelRedding (*1945)
English musician, bassist for #JimiHendrix (#JimiHendrixExperience), singer and guitarist for #FatMattress
~ shock haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis of the liver
#otd 11 May 2016: #PeterBehrens (*1947)
German musician, actor, clown and drummer of #Trio
~ multiple organ failure
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#otd 11 May 1981: #BobMarley (*1945)
Jamaican musician, singer and songwriter, considered one of the pioneers of reggae, Rastafari icon
~ cancer
#otd 6 May 1992: #MarleneDietrich (*1901)
German born American singer and actress, helped Jews and dissidents escape from Germany in the 1930s, performed for Allied troops in Europe in WWII (Medal of Freedom)
~ official: kidney failure; unofficial: suicide by sleeping pills overdose
#otd 6 May 1968: #DonDrummond (*1934)
Jamaican ska trombonist and composer, one of the original members of #TheSkatalites
Was convicted of murdering his 23-year-old lover, Anita "Marguerita" Mahfood in 1966
~ possibly heart failure caused by improper medication
#otd 6 May 2015: #ErrolBrown (*1943)
British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, frontman of #HotChocolate
In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II named Brown a Member of the Order of the British Empire
~ liver cancer
#otd 4 May 2012: #AdamYauch (*1964), aka MCA
US-American rapper, bass player, filmmaker and founding member of the #BeastieBoys
~ parotid cancer
#otd 30 April 1966: #RichardFarina (*1937)
US-American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist; brother-in-law of #JoanBaez and close friend of #ThomasPynchon
~ motorcycle accident
#otd 30 April 2009: #SteingrimTorson (*1983)
Norwegian musician, singer of the black metal band #CelestialBloodshed
~ shot by his supposed best friend, who claimed it was an accident and that he had no idea why the gun went off
#otd 30 April 1982: #LesterBangs (*1948)
US-American music journalist, critic, author, and musician; wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines; fired from Rolling Stone for "disrespecting musicians"
conducted the legendary interview with #Kraftwerk for Creem and New Musical Express in 1975 that further shaped the group's image and reception outside Germany: https://pophistory.hypotheses.org/3378
~ accidentally overdosed self-medication for a severe case of flu
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