Musical Deaths 2025

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my fav

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MICK RALPHS  

aged:  81

cause:  stroke

article:  Bad Company star Mick Ralphs dies aged 81

Wiki:  Mick Ralphs - Wikipedia

guitarist/songwriter and founding member of both Mott The Hoople and Bad Company playing on all albums by both bands

i guess he died with the knowledge that Bad Company will be inducted into the R&R HoF later this year

one of the best songs he wrote/co-wrote as a tribute:

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and now one from my generation of musicians.....

JAMES PRINE

aged:  64

cause:  cancer

founding member, keyboardist, songwriter for Scottish pop band Deacon Blue
he appeared on every single album of theirs including their latest release from earlier this year (which i was unaware of).
i only own their first three albums and a compilation, all of which are good.

as a tribute, the track that gave them their huge worldwide hit in 1988:

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BOBBY SHERMAN

aged:  81

cause:  cancer

article:  Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and '70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81

Wiki:  Bobby Sherman - Wikipedia

teeny-bop idol in the 60s and early 70s
had at least thirty US charting singles over that time
had no idea he was still alive

as a tribute, my favourite:

[Ruby]

^^Not a good month! R.I.P. to all the above.
The great gig in the sky is getting awful busy. 

[Ruby]

How sadly serendipitous. I have recently been wracking my brains trying to recall the name of this band because I wanted to hear the album again. I remembered the cover artwork just fine (unsurprisingly!), and that the title was French, as was the singing, but for the life of me, could NOT arrive at the name of the band, which is Harmonium (they were from Quebec), and which I have only now found out due to the passing of one of the members Serge Fiori - R.I.P. Mr Fiori was 73 and had been ill for some time. From what I can tell he was something of a character and will be sorely missed. 

They only released three albums, in the 70's, (although he went on to do some solo work which I might have to look up) and of those, Les cinq saisons is considered a prog folk classic.  

[Ruby]

Super sad to learn that Dave Cousins passed away today. He was 85 and had not been very well for some time - struggled with various health issues. A rare talent and of an era when real skill was used to create magical offerings - an astonishing command of English, vast imagination and musicality beyond reproach - there was a majesty about this band in their heyday - I honestly believe that some of their pieces can sit alongside famous classical works, in terms of the likelihood of their longevity. R.I.P. Mr Cousins - my own life would be very much poorer without your music. 

It simply has to be this ...   

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nice tribute song Ruby.

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CONNIE FRANCIS  

aged:  87

cause: complications from broken pelvis

article:  Legendary singer Connie Francis dies aged 87

Wiki:  Connie Francis - Wikipedia

one of the early country crossover artists

my tribute:

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^^
yup,
that would have been my second choice along with "stupid cupid"