Sorry. Couldn't resist. It was just too easy. ;)
The Jefferson Airplane's drummer, Spencer Dryden died of cancer at the age of 66 on Tuesday, January 11, 2005. Dryden performed on the Airplane's classic album, Surrealistic Pillow. Dryden was also a member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
"But then music's an open door." - "Music Must Change" - the Who
James Griffin, songwriter, producer, guitarist, keyboardist for Bread died on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 due to complications of cancer. He was 61.
Griffin also provided vocal harmonies with lead singer David Gates and also wrote such country hits as "Who's Gonna Know" (Conway Twitty) and "You Can Depend on Me" (Restless Heart). He also won an Oscar for co-writing the song, "For All We Know" (a hit for the Carpenters) from the movie Lovers and Other Strangers.
"But then music's an open door." - "Music Must Change" - the Who
Jim Capaldi, the drummer for Traffic, died at the age of 60 on Friday, January 21, 2005 after a brief fight with stomach cancer. Capaldi also had a solo career which in '72 included a minor U.S. hit called "Eve".
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Ray Peterson, famous for his 1960 hit, "Tell Laura I Love Her" died Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at the age of 65. The cause of death was cancer.
Peterson's other hits included "The Wonder of You" (later covered by Elvis Presley) and "Corrina Corrina".
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Keith Knudsen, drummer for the Doobie Brothers has died of pneumonia on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at the age of 56. Knudsen was the drummer from 1974 to 1982. He rejoined the band in 1993.
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
The only song I ever liked from "The Doobie Brothers" was "What A Fool Believes"
Sammi Smith, famous for her version of Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" has died after "a long illness" on Saturday, February 12th, 2005 at the age of 69.
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" is not only one of my favorite country songs, it was also a childhood favorite.
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Merle Kilgore, who wrote the hit "Wolverton Mountain" and co-wrote "Ring of Fire" and was also Hank Williams Jr.'s manager has died.
John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father and the original Billy Bigelow in the New York production of "Carousel", among other Broadway musicals, has died from complications of pneumonia at the age of 88 on Sunday, February 20th, 2005. Raitt also sang with Doris Day in the movie, The Pajama Game.
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Edward Patten a member of Gladys Knight's backup singers, the Pips, from 1959-1989, died Friday, February 25, 2005 at the age of 65 from a stroke he had suffered a few days earlier. Patten was known for his high tenor voice and sung backup on such hits as "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
np - "The Chair (live)" - George Strait
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Country music singer-songwriter and one-time Rodeo Champ, Chris LeDoux has died at the age of 56 on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 following a lengthy battle with liver ailments. LeDoux was famous for such songs as "Much Too Young (To Feel This D4mn Old)" (which Garth Brooks recorded), "Cadillac Cowboy", "For Your Love" and "This Cowboy's Hat".
np - "White Lines (Don't Do It)" - Grand Master Flash
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Molly Hatchet's one time lead singer, Danny Joe Brown, has died on Thursday, March 10, 2005 of complications of pneumonia. He was 53 years old.
Brown was with the band for the first two albums (Molly Hatchet and Flirting With Disaster), before leaving in 1980.
np - "Life Is a Minestrone" - 10cc
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
R&B, Blues vocalist and former Freddie King valet, Tyrone Davis died on Wednesday, February 9th, 2005 at the age of 66. In September of 2004, Davis had suffered a stroke and taken to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale, Illinois. He never regained consciousness. Davis was famous for such tunes as "Turn Back the Hands of Time" (No, not the Cher song), "Give It Up (Turn It Loose)" and "Can I Change My Mind".
Another jazz-blues vocalist has also died - Bobby Short, "The Miniature King of Swing" died on Monday, March 21st, 2005 at the age of 80. The cause of death was leukemia. Short was famous for his impeccable style of dress as much as his vocal chops. He recorded versions of "Sophisticated Lady", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Embraceable You" and other standards.
np - "Slow Dancing (Swayin' to the Music)" - Johnny Rivers
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
An apparent suicide, the drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House, Phil Hester, was found dead in a park in Melbourne, Australia. He was last seen walking his dogs Saturday, March 26, 2005. His body was found in the park on the following Monday. He was 45.
Split Enz was famous for such songs as "I Got You", "One Step Ahead" and "Six Months In a Leaky Boat". Crowded House's most popular songs include "Chocolate Cake", "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong".
np - The Dr. Demento Show ("It's Funny Five Time!") (No. 1 this week is "Dead Puppies" by Ogden Edsl. A true demented classic!)
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Two things Benn-
PAUL Hester
..and I don't know if suicide is established yet.
It's a really sad day for Australian music. Paul's work in Crowded House was brilliant (he only played in Split Enz during their death throes in the mid-eighties), but since then he has done a lot to promote Australian music both in and out of Australia.
My abiding memory was seeing him play for Midnight Oil at a moment's notice when their usual drummer fell ill. On that tour, th band spun a giant wheel and played whatever song came up- poor Paul only knew a handful of them, but the band took it all in their stride and had a great time.
He will be sorely missed.
Sorry, correction. It WAS suicide. I hadn't heard about that- this morning all the news said was that police ruled out "suspicious circumstances".
Rod Price, guitarist and founding member of Foghat has died at the age of 57 on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005 after suffering a massive coronary after he fell down a flight of stairs.
Price was with Foghat on such hits as "Fool For the City" and "Slow Ride". He also worked with such musicians as Champion Jack Dupree, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Eddie Kirkland.
np - "Morris the Moose" - Lorne Elliot
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Two things Benn-
PAUL Hester - Rodney Hrvatin
(Annoyed grunt) You're right, of course. What's makes that error all the worse is that I had the CNN.com article right in front of me as I wrote that post. To quote Lou Costello, "I'm a baaad boy!" CNN.com is where I got the suicide info, too.
np - "Sanford and Son Theme" - Quincy Jones
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Chuck Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson dead.
John Fred Gourrier, better known as John Fred, the leader of John Fred and His Playboy Band, famous for their '60s hit, "Lucy In Disguise (With Glasses)" has died on Friday, April 15, 2005 at the Tulane Hospital in New Orleans, following months of illness. He was 63.
"Judy In Disguise" was a parody of the Beatles hit, "Lucy In the Sky With Diamond" and John Fred's biggest hit. He did have a couple of minor hits prior to that, "Agnes English" being one of them. "Lucy" featured the Fats Domino band as the Playboy Band.
np - "The Air That I Breathe" - the Hollies
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Soul Asylum's founding member and bass player, Karl Mueller has died of throat cancer on Friday, June 17, 2005. He was 41 years old. Soul Asylum, the Minneapolis band that found success with its 1992 album, Grave Dancers Union, featuring such hits as "Black Gold" and "Runaway Train", had just recently recorded a new album (with Mueller). The band has been in negotiations with a major label to release the record.
np - Rockin' Into the Night - .38 Special
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Ronald Winan, of the Gospel act, the Winans, has died at the age of 48 of heart complications as a result of a heart attack suffered Friday, June 23, 2005.
The Winans were a GrammyTM award winning act, discovered by Gospel star, Andre Crouch. The Winans consisted of brothers Ronald, Carvin, Marvin and Michael. Their other siblings, CeCe and BeBe were also successful as both a duo and solo acts. The Winans' first album, Introducing the Winans was released in 1981.
np - "We'll Sing In the Sunshine" - Gale Garnet (Inappropriate, I realize. But still...)
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Luther Vandross, the R&B artist behind such hits as "Give Me the Reason", "Stop to Love", "There's Nothing Better Than Love" (with Gregory Hines) and "Here and Now" (a song that has become a wedding standard) has died at the age of 54 today as the result of a stroke he suffered back in April of 2003.
Vandross appeared on Sesame Street back in 1969. He also sang backup on David Bowie's Young Americans. Other notable recordings include duets with Mariah Carey ("Endless Love") and Janet Jackson ("The Best Things In Life Are Free").
np - The Other Side of Round Midnight - Dexter Gordon
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
From CNN
At the risk of MarkN posting another link, I'll go ahead and post this:
Renaldo "Obie" Benson, one of the founding members of the Four Tops has died of cancer discovered after having a leg amputated several weeks ago. He was 69 years old when he died on Friday, July 1, 2005. (July 1st was not a good day for R&B, was it?)
The Four Tops, of which there are only founding members now remain, had such hits as "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honeybunch)", "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got)", "Bernadette", "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "Reach Out (I'll Be There)".
np - The Dr. Demento Show for this weekend. Right now, "I Heart New York" by Sudden Death is playing. It's part of the good Doctor's Fourth of July show.
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Denis D'Amour, aka Piggy, the lead guitarist for the punk band the Voidoids has died at the age of 45 of colon cancer on Friday, August 26, 2005.
np - Gangsta Paradise - Coolio
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Blues great, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown may have escaped Hurricane Katrina, but he did not escape his death. Gatemouth died at the age of 81 in his hometown of Orange, Texas (I lived there in the early '80s) at the age of 81 on Saturday, September 19, 2005. In recent years, Gatemouth had been battling lung cancer and heart disease.
Brown was not only a guitarist, but he was also a fiddle player. In the '90s, I remember him opening a bar in Dallas' Deep Ellum section. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to go there before it closed. Gatemouth was one of the greats. While he was labelled a blues artist, his music was known to cross genres. He'll be missed.
np - "New Rubbin' On That Darn Old Thing" - Oscar's Chicago Swingers (part of the Copulation Blues CD. It's a hilarious album.)
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Benn, your amazing gift of precognition is also somewhat flawed because Sept 19, 2005 is actually on a Monday!
Sorry. Couldn't resist. It was just too easy. ;)
Mr. Benn...please report to the Department of Temporal Investigations. They wish to question you on how you obtained knowledge on an event on a date that hasn't arrived yet.
No! I don't wanna go! I don't wanna go! I'm not gonna report! HELPPPP! (Is dragged away by two Starfleet security guards.)
No! I don't wanna go! I don't wanna go! I'm not gonna report! HELPPPP! (Is dragged away by two Starfleet security guards.)
Don't worry -- you know how easy it is to overpower those guys...
Myron Floren...accordianist and assistant conductor for "The Lawrence Welk Show", polka'd to Heaven on July 23, 2005.
I dunno if this has been posted before elsewhere or not but Barry Cowsill, of the Cowsills singing group, was found dead on a wharf in New Orleans after disappearing during Hurricane Katrina.
Singer Lou Rawls, of cancer, 6 Jan 2006.
Had the pleasure of catching his show in Vegas over 20 years ago. Had a front row seat, too!
You're just a tad too late, Scotty me boy! Someone else has already posted about Lou Rawls.
Anyway, I wonder if this means that we won't get to see his Colonial Penn commercials anymore, darn the luck (and of course I mean that in all my most sincerest sarcastic way).
Not on this board. Maybe on the RIP board in the Kitchen Sink, but not here! Nyah, nyah, nyah!
Wilson Pickett, known for such hits as Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour, has died of a heart attack. He was 64.
Another Cowsill has died. Last year, Barry Cowsill, the band's bassist, was found dead sometime after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans. Now William Cowsill, the band's lead singer, has died from complications from osteoporosis, emphysema and other ailments on Friday, February 17, 2006. He was 58.
The Cowsills were famous for such hits as "Hair" and "Indian Lake". They were also the inspiration for the TV series, The Patridge Family
Hee Haw co-host Buck Owens has died at his home today at the age of 76. Owens had such hits as "Tiger By the Tail", "The Streets of Bakersfield" and of course, "Act Naturally". Cause of death was not immediately known.
"Music is forever." - Paul Simon
Gene Pitney died on April 5 during his UK concert tour.
Johnny Wilder, Jr. the lead singer of the 70s R&B/disco act, Heatwave, died Saturday, May 13th at the age of 56. No cause of death has been announced at this time. Wilder sang lead on Heatwave's hit "Always and Forever". (His brother, Keith Wilder did the lead vocal honors for Heatwave's most famous song, "Boogie Nights".)
"Always and Forever" was Mrs. ScottN's and my first dance at our wedding.
One of the fifth Beatles has died.
Billy Preston, who performed keyboards on the Beatles' Let It Be album has died today at the age of 59 after being in a coma since last November. Prior to that, Preston had suffered from chronic kidney failure.
In addition to the work he did on the Let It Be album (that's Billy on "Get Back"), he played on the Rolling Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" and wrote the Joe Cocker standard, "You Are So Beautiful". He also had a successful solo career that included such hits as "Outa Space", "Nothing From Nothing" and "Will It Go 'Round In Circles". His last hit was in the '80s with a duet he did with the late Syreeta (Wright), "With You I'm Born Again".
"Every song is somebody's favorite song."
np - "Will It Go 'Round In Circles" - Billy Preston
Kool and the Gang's co-founder and lead guitarist, Clyde Charles Smith died on Tuesday, June 19th, 2006 at the age of 57 after "a long illness". Smith wrote Kool's hits "Joanna" and "Take My Heart" as well as co-wrote such tunes as "Jungle Boogie", "Celebration", "Get Down On It", "Ladies Night" and "Too Hot". (My personal favorite of the Kool and the Gang repertoire.)
"Every song is somebody's favorite song."
np - "The Pleasure Principle" - Janet Jackson
Shine on you Crazy Diamond.
Pink Floyd founder and acid casualty, Syd Barrett has died at the age of 60 due to symptoms related to diabetes on July 7th. Syd only appeared on the band's first two albums, The Piper At the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets. He was, of course, celebrated and honored on the Floyd's Wish You Were Here album, particularly the title cut and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
So long, Syd.
np - "I Go to Pieces" - Rachel Sweet
"Every song is somebody's favorite song."
Milan B. Williams, an original member of the Commodores has also died. Williams, the band's original keyboardist, wrote their first hit, "Machine Gun". Williams was 58 when he died on Sunday, July 9th, 2006 of cancer.
np - "Suspended Animation" - Rachel Sweet
"Every song is somebody's favorite."
Danny Flores, saxophonist who shouted "Tequila!" in the famous hit song of the same name, died Sept 22 at age 77.
A different kind of death, but Tower Records is officially kaput. It's been dying for a while, but its assets have finally been sold to Great American Liquidators.
Responses on music collector boards range from 'Good riddance!' to sweet recollcations. Tower was a different animal from location to location (and how many chains can say that these days?), sometimes staffed by extremely knowledgeable people and sometimes by complete idiots. Although I've spent most of life in a city with a great range of music stores, both franchise and independents, the removal of the Tower stores will still leave two craters on the collectors' map.
I hate to see it go. If I still had every dollar I've given them, I'd be far richer than I am today, but far less enriched.
Wow - I loved Tower records. Their site is still up, does this mean you can't order stuff from them anymore?
I ca't believe it, I thought the retail record mart was dominated by Tower.
Tex-Mex Country Music star, Freddy Fender has died of cancer today at the age of 69. Fender was famous for such hits as "Before the Next Tear Drop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights".
Legendary Punk club, CBGB's is closing tonight. The club, which has been suffering from a tenant/landlord dispute for the last several months, opened in 1973 and was the place where such acts as the Ramones, Patti Smith Group, Blondie, Television and Talking Heads got their starts.
I'm currently watching a livestream of the final show. If you go here and click on "CBGB-OMFUG", you can watch the show. This is, unfortunately, the closest I'll get to being their. A Ramones medley is now being performed.
"This ain't no Mud Clubb/Or CBGB's"
I should mention that CBGB's will be reopening in Las Vegas, probably sometime next year. But you know, it just won't be the same.
"This ain't no Mudd Club/Or CBGB's"
Patti's show is over now. Ms. Smith is handing picks out to the audience. I caught like an hour and twenty minutes of the concert. Among the songs performed were "My Generation", "For Your Love" (the Yardbirds' hit), a Ramones medley (excellent!), "Babelogue/Rock and Roll N****r", "Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (De)" and "Gloria". The set ended with Patti reading a role call of those were have died and had a connection to CBGB's. Among those named were Johnny Thunder, Lester Bangs, Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee, Stiv Bator and Joe Strummer. I really wish I could have been there at the show. But at least I got to do the next best thing possible. I can at least feel I had some connection with the moment. Tenuous though it is.
So long, CBGB-OMFUG. You will be missed.
A shame for sure, despite not really being my style. I know one of the bouncers there and he's pretty sad to see the icon go.
Denny Doherty, one of the Papas of the 60s folkie band, The Mamas and the Papas has died at the age of 66, on Friday, January 19th, 2007. Cause of death is an unspecified "short illness".
The Mamas and the Papas were famous for such hits as "Monady, Monday", "California Dreaming" (my personal favorite), "Creque Alley" and "Dedicated to the One I Love".
np - "Catholic School Girls Rule" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
That only leaves one of the originals alive now doesn't it Benn?
Yes, Rodney. Only Michelle Phillips is still living.
Now that the music board is functioning, I'd like to add James Brown to this list.
The year 2006 was a really hard year for blues listeners. We lost Robert Lockwood Jr (step-son of Robert Johnson), Ruth Brown, Floyd Dixon, Jay McShann (former employer of Charlie Parker but an excellent musician in his own right), Homesick James (Elmore's cousin), Snooky Pryor, and Henry Townsend (who cut his first record in 1929).
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards is now the only living link to Robert Johnson. If you get a chance to see him, by all means do. Lord only knows how much longer we'll have him with us.
Frankie Laine has died. He was 93.
Billy Thorpe, famous here in the U.S. for his hit, "Children of the Sun", died on February 28th, 2007 (my birthday) of a heart attack in his native Australia. That's a shame. "Children of the Sun" is one of my all-time favorite songs. I'm sorry to hear he's died.
His biggest hit in Australia was probably "Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy)"
He also did a fabulous version of "Over The Rainbow" with his band The Aztecs. I would also highly recommend his summer anthem "It's almost summer", a much more mellow number than he usually did.
Brad Delp, Boston's original lead singer, (he left the band after their Third Stage album and returned for the Corporate America disc), has been found dead at the age of 55 today. The cause of death is currently unknown, but there is no sign of foul play according to police. More info here.
np - "Kid In First Class" - Flying Like Wilma
Benn ...
I LOVE YOU, MAN!!!
(I somehow lost the ability to post under DERF, so accept my adulations as seen)
I meant to post here for Frankie Laine's death, but since John A. Lang beat me to it ...
The latest report on Brad Delp's death is that he committed suicide. 
One-time KISS guitarist, Mark St. John, has died on Thursday, April 5th, 2007, of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 51. St. John, who replaced Vinnie Vincent (Ace Frehley's replacement), played on only one KISS album - 1984's Animalize. He was in turn replaced by Bruce Kulick for the Animalize tour and subsequent albums. St John had to leave the band due to having a form of arthritis called Reiter's Syndrome, which left him unable to play guitar. More info here.
RIP Don Ho, dead from heart failure at age 76.
The low-point of Don's career was his appearance on "The Brady Bunch" during the "Hawaii Episode"
In light of recent events pertaining to language used on the radio, I think all media stations should be very careful right now when they wish to talk about "the death of a Ho."
I thought "Don Ho" was the name of the radio shock jock who was just fired by CBS and MSNBC?
Bobby "Boris" Pickett died of leukemia on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at the age of 69. For those of you who do not recognize who Bobby "Boris" Pickett is, well, you hear his biggest hit every Halloween - "The Monster Mash". Bobby also had a novelty nit (well, on the Dr. Demento Show, anyway) with his STAR TREK parody, "Star Drek".
Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most successful tenors of the 20th century, has died aged 71.
His contribution to the world of opera will never be forgotten. He was one of the people who brought opera to the masses.
The opera world won't be the same again.
Country music legend, Porter Wagoner has died of lung cancer at the age of 80 on Sunday, October 28, 2007. Wagoner was famous for his TV show of the '60 and '70s and, of course, discovering Dolly Parton, who was his partner on The Porter Wagoner Show. Among his biggest hits were "The Green, Green Grass of Home", "Carrol County Accident", "A Satisfied Mind" and "Misery Loves Company".
"The Mouth That Roared", Quiet Riot's lead singer, Kevin DuBrow has been found dead in Las Vegas home. DuBrow was 52. For more details, click here.
np - "Look Through Any Doorway" - the Kinks
Looks like we won't be able to come on and feel the noise any more.
>Looks like we won't be able to come on and feel the noise any >more.
Not necessarily, we still have Noddy Holder with us.
And doesn't your computer have a spellchecker Scott? That's CUM on feel the NOIZE.
Yeah, but it's been a while since I checked the lyrics or the title.
Sue me 
Ike Turner (ex-husband of Tina Turner) died today.
Turner was an important artist in his own right. For one thing, it was his band, backing Jackie Brenston, that recorded the historic song, "Rocket 88", generally regarded as one of, if not the first rock and roll songs. And with Tina, Ike Turner scored a number of hits in the '60s, including "Proud Mary".
"The Leader of the Band", Dan Fogelberg, who was also famous for his other hit, "Longer", "Same Old Lang Syne" and "Run For the Roses" died on Sunday, December 16th, 2007 at the age of 56. The cause of death was prostate cancer.
np - "Candyman" - Christina Aguilera
John Stewart, who had a hit in 1979 with the song, "Gold" and had greater fame as the author of the Monkees' hit, "Daydream Believer", has died at the age of 68 of a massive stroke or brain aneurysm on Saturday, January 19th, 2008. Stewart was also a member of the Kingston Trio, replacing David Guard in the folk band.
np - "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson, being played on Barry Scott's "Lost 45s" radio show.
Sean Levert of the R&B trio, Levert has died in jail at the age of 39 on Sunday, March 29th, 2008. Levert (the band) was famous for such hits as "Baby, I'm Ready" and "Casanova". Sean was preceded in death by his brother Gerald in 2005.
It hasn't been mentioned here yet, but it should also be noted that Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys drummer, Buddy Miles, died at the age of 60 on February 26th, 2008.
E Street Band keyboardist/organist Danny Federici has died at the age of 58 on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 after battling melanoma. Federici's work can be heard in the organ on "Born to Run" and the piano on "Born In the U.S.A." to give two prominent examples. For more, here's the news from Bruce Springsteen's official website.
np - "You Don't Believe" - the Alan Parsons Project
Da da da da da da da da HEFTI!!!!
Neal Hefti, composer of the '60s Batman TV theme, dead at 85.
The theme won a grammy in 1966.
It's unfortunate that someone as talented as he was is only remembered for a camp superhero tv show and the Odd Couple theme. He did so much great music, particularly with Basie.
Singer Teddy Pendergrass has passed away at the age of 59. More here.
That's sad. He was a great R&B/Soul singer.
His voice was strong and powerful, the ladies loved him, they would throw their underwear up on the stage at his concerts!
I remember Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump in 1996's "The Nutty Professor" singing "Close The Door" during one scene. He was pretty good!
Teddy was paralyzed in 1982 from the waist down, after a car accident, I believe. On top of that, he had colon cancer, and that is what he died of. He will be missed!
I was just listening to bad Company live in Albuquerque 1976 and discovered that original bassist Boz Burrell had died in 2006. He was also a member of King Crimson before joining Bad Company.
Singer/songwriter Andrew Gold, best known for his '70s hit "Lonely Boy", has died at the age of 59. He wrote the song "Thank You For Being A Friend;" a cover version of the song became the theme of the TV series The Golden Girls. More on Mr. Gold here.
Why did you post that here on part three and not on part four?