Today's
death - January 16
Death Year | Name | Full name | Bio | |
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1972 | David Seville | Rosdom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian | Armenian-American actor, pianist, singer and songwriter, "Witch Doctor" (#1, 1958), creator of novelty pop Alvin & The Chip... | |
2007 | "Pookie" Hudson | James Hudson | Frontman and lead vocals for pioneer R&B/doo wop The Spaniels, "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" (R&B #5, 195... | |
2012 | Jimmy Castor | James Walter Castor | Pop and funk saxophonist and singer, briefly replaced Frankie Lymon in The Teenagers, then fronted no... | |
2018 | Matt Dike | Matthew William Dike | Los Angeles night club owner, D.J. and co-founder of the hip hop record label Delicious Vinyl, whose early hits - incl... | |
2019 | Lorna Doom | Teresa Marie Ryan | High school chum of Belinda Carlisle (who would go on to lead vocals for the Go-Gos), together answer... |