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Brian Barney aka Lane Klozier playing drums for Guido's Racecar out of Milwaukee

Brian Barney aka Lane Klozier playing drums for Guido's Racecar out of Milwaukee

Rockstar Death Notice - December 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Brian Barney (aka Lane Klozier), Art D’Lugoff, Ben Jack, Ted Ledbetter, Vic Davies,and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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Soupy Sales on the Match Game in the 1970's

Soupy Sales on the Match Game in the 1970's

Rock Star Death Notices - November 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Brian Redman, Amy Farris, Mike Alexander, Soupy Sales, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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Steely Johnson

Steely Johnson

Rock Star Death Notices - Rökktober 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Eddie Higgins, Steely Johnson, Jake Brockman,  Patrick Swayze, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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Les Paul holding a copy of Maximum Ink at 92 years old - photo by Sarah Grant

Les Paul holding a copy of Maximum Ink at 92 years old
photo by Sarah Grant

Rock Star Death Notices - September 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Les Paul, Jon Petersen, Mike Seeger, Fred Lawrence, Allen Shellenberger, DJ AM, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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John Dawson of New Riders of the Purple Sage - RIP

John Dawson of New Riders of the Purple Sage - RIP

Rock Star Death Notices - August 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: John Dawson, Karl Malden, George Fullerton, Danny McBride, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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Michael Jackson RIP

Michael Jackson RIP

Rock Star Death Notices - July 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Michael Jackson, Paul Kopecky, Joan Kobin, David Carradine, Jeff Hanson, Ola Hudson, Ed McMahon, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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ex-Wilco Jay Bennett

ex-Wilco Jay Bennett

Rock Star Death Notices - June 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Jay Benett, Mark McLean, Al Truszkowski, Johnny Panic, John Glenn, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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Marilyn Chambers on the cover of the Ivory Snow Box

Marilyn Chambers on the cover of the Ivory Snow Box

Rock Star Death Notices - May 2009
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RIP This Month:

Included this month: Marilyn Chambers, Monte Hale, Maurice Jarre, Bea Arthur, and many other talented artists who will be missed.

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Greg Six aka Grey Six

Greg Six aka Grey Six

Rock Star Death Notices - April 2009
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RIP This Month:

RIP This Month: Greg Six (Grey Six), Grisha Sologub, Uncle Al, Charles Sekyanzi, Fred Masagazi, Romona Garcia Coronado, Jef Roberts, Tony Osborne, Muriel Havenstein, Anthony Levy (Dollar Bill), Ernie Ashworth, Herbie Duncan, Richard Pegue, David Halcrow, John Cephas, Mark Kuhn, Irby Mandrell, Johnithin Christ, Zubir Ali, Francis Magalona, George McKelvey, David Williams, Jimmy Boyd, Hank Locklin, Willie King, George Kaufman, Johnny Dynamo, Ralph Mercado, Virgil Lay, Marcus Russell, Freddy Frogs, Mary Swan, Rudy Laitkep, Tony Cooper, Quintin Cabrera, Bill Minor, Harvey Geller, Alan Livingstone, Anne Brown, Victor Vega, Alain Bashung, Richard Shulberg, Louis Machacek, Edmund Hockridge, Jack Lawrence, Darnell Brittingham, Larry Plover, Connie Zimet, Lester Davenport, Ramkumar Chattopadhyay, Kent Henry, Moultrie Patten, Eddie Bo, Ed Dye, Ion Dolanescu, Mel Brown, Carl DePoy, Vladimir Savcic, Ted Jarrett, Johnny Cox, Rusti Love, Scoobie Santino, Uriel Jones, Aubrey Mayhew, Dan Seals, Sonny Munro, Alexander Lepak, Manny Oquendo, Arne Bendiksen…

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Lux Interior pictured with wife and guitarist Poison Ivy

Lux Interior pictured with wife and guitarist Poison Ivy

Rock Star Death Notices - March 2009
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RIP This Month:

RIP This Month: Lux Interior, Hank Crawford, Chuck Bennet, Mike Francis, Christine Gentry, Dewey Martin, Lance McCollum, Cornelius Johnson, Ralph Ortiz, Buster B Jones, Kurt Demmler, Max Neuhaus, Tom Brumley, Harry Hammond, Steve Dullaghan, Danny Young, Piney Brown, Blossom Dearie, Jorge Reyes, Molly Bee, Greg Woods, Cachaito Lopez, Vic Lewis, Howard Kanovitz, Scott Turner, David Godbey, Gary Butler, Franco Hodobo, Pavel Novak, Estelle Bennet, Gerry Niewood, Coleman Mellett, Susan Wehle, Clay Yarber, Edward Vanek, Al Kirkcaldy, Jeff Spencer, Mat Mathews, Louie Bellson,
Ciro Sebastianelli, John McGlinn, Buck Griffin, Jaime Daly, Warren Hastings, Joe Cuba, Eric Blau, Snooks Eaglin, Lee Gordon, Anna Watt, Miika Tenkula, Kelly Groucutt, Harrison Ridley Jr., Fats Sadi, Dr. Euclid M. Hanbury Jr., Sebastian Hackert, Paul Skelton, Kim Risburg, Vince Bilardo, Rizal Dondi Ledesma, Lyman Woodard, Ian Carr, Randy Bewley, Mark Sallings, Wendy Richard, Philani Mkhanyawo, Kasa Jahn

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Billy Powell, keybordist/pianist for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rosington Collins Band

Billy Powell, keybordist/pianist for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rosington Collins Band

Rock Star Death Notices - February 2009
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RIP This Month:

Terry Frank, Ron Asheton, Billy Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Jack Rather, Valentina Giovagnini, Charles Camilleri, Tonderai Phiri, Tommy Ellison, Greg Pineda, Chuck Leaton, Olga San Juan, Ray Topping, Kriston Docker, Sam Taylor, 29-E, Rusty Jones, Jiri Sindelar, Willa Mae Dorsey, Jim Willis, Claude Jeter, Maria Dimitriadi, Manny Castillo, Pev Pevitt, Alex van Heerden, Al Westcott, Steve Edgson, Cornelia Wallace, Rob Geraghty, Bonakele Nomkonwana, Irving Bush, Andrew Travis, Dave Dee, Jon Hager, Lewis M. Brumberg Sr., Robbie Johns, Anabel Bosch, Billy Brown, Ahmed El Ghrabaoui, Butch Baldassari, Mick Lahaza, Gary Craddock, Chad Percy, Peter Basoa, Bob Meyers, Konrad Heidkamp, Freddie Mack, Andy DeMize, Tom O’Horgan, Donnie McCormick, Victor Leon, Alejandro Sokol, Macavine Hayes, Mansour Rahbani, David Hill, Gary Kurfirst, Billy Romans, Donald True Van Deusen, Don Truesdail, Angela Morley, Kelvin Pope, Kenny Bye, Lisa Flaxman, Gabes Amunyela, Rene Coll, Leroy Cooper, Leroy Smith, Jean Adebambo, Whitey Mitchell, Susanna Foster, Raju Ananthaswamy, Danai Stratigopoulou, Enrique Dumas, Ron McClelland, Joao Aguardela, Joaquim Antonio Candeias Junior, Chalky Virgil, Ramon de Algeciras, David “Fathead” Newman, Herman Wilburn, Mickey Gee, Charlie Cooper, Linda Cohen, Hiroshi Oguchi, Zhang Lu, Gerard Blanc, Iyabo Alake, Kokoro, Cookie Mariano, Corey Daum, Gerry Merito, Mino Reitano, John McCarthy, Nicholas Carter-Leedham, David Yancey, John Martyn, Hank Crawford, Mike Francis, Francisco Aguabella, Ralph Ortiz,

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EArtha Kitt, played Batman's Catwoman among many of her triumphs

EArtha Kitt, played Batman's Catwoman among many of her triumphs

Rock Star Death Notices - January 2009
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RIP This Month:

RIP This month: Walter Haynes, Mike Mancini, H. Sridhar, Sabu Rex, Nina Creque, Odetta, Everett Reece, Elmer Valentine, Derek Wadsworth, Lala Abbasova, Chico Banks, Bokonggo, Steve Roharyn, David Ezrin, Omar Clay, Frances Lynne, Party Arty, Anca Parghel, Runar Juliusson, Dom Mallary, Vincent Brecknell, George Strawser, Bobbye King, Wally Sontag, Troy Dixon, Douglas Parker, Minoru Endo, Les Kaczamerek, Mervin Perera, Dennis Yost, Gerardo Luongo, Colin Michael Campbell, Jimmy Gourley, Vernon McNeill, Will Coles, Pete Carter, Steve Isham, Didith Reyes, Dorothy Porter, Brillo Roberts, Lenny Hutter, Brillo Roberts, Bill Ashford, Bob Winesett, Lowe Murray, Jeff Chance, Big Man Greg Lawrence, Ramon Barce, John Kelley, James Payton, Jack Quigley, Davey Graham, Loyd Howell, Clyde “Kindy” Sproat, John Bowman, Dr. Charles Borne, Harold Gramatges, Texas Pete Mayes, Cyril Knowles, Nasir P. Ramlee, Amy Golden Uleis, John Byrne, Benjamin Simpson, Freddy Breck, Feliciano Vierra Tavares Sr., Turgun Alimatoy, Louie Bashell, Rob Brumfiel, Buddy Charles, Kenn Cox, Page Cavanaugh, Adrian Mitchell, Rik Taylor, Graham Green, Paul Strausman, John Gooch, Steve Hacker, Bud Prager, Kofi Ghanaba, Alf Robertson, Rick Damell, Dickie Jobson, Heath Sammons, Ertha Kitt, Robert Ward Sr., Vinnie Naccarato, Delaney Bramlett, Joseph Lombardi, Lars Hollmer, Vincent Ford, Freddie Hubbard, Ernest Allen Jr., Bob Boatright, Harold Rollenhagen, Nicky Capezuto

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