Obituaries

Bunny Wailer, The Last Founding Member Of The Wailers, Dead At 73

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - March 3, 2021

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CelebrityAccess) — Neville O’Riley Livingston, known professionally as Bunny Wailer, and the last founding member of the legendary reggae group The  ...

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Australian Music Industry Legend Michael Gudinski, Dead At 68

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - March 1, 2021

MELBOURNE, Victoria (CelebrityAccess) — Australian music industry legend Michael Solomon Gudinski, founder of The Mushroom Group and co-founder of Australian concert promoter Frontier,  ...

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James Burke Of The Five Stairsteps Dead At 70

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 23, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — James Burke, one of the five siblings who formed the Chicago-based soul group The Five Stairsteps, died on February 19th. He  ...

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Reggae And Toasting Pioneer U-Roy Dead At 78

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 19, 2021

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CelebrityAccess) — Ewart “U-Roy” Beckford, the Jamaican reggae vocalist, known for his impeccable sense of timing and who helped to popularize  ...

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Controversial Conservative Talk Radio Icon Rush Limbaugh Dead At 70

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 17, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Rush Limbaugh, the controversial conservative radio host and political activist, died on Wednesday. He was 70. Limbaugh’s passing was announced by  ...

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Salsa Legend And Fania Records Co-Founder Johnny Pacheco Dead At 65

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 16, 2021

TEANECK, NJ (CelebrityAccess) — Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican musician who co-founded Fania Records, and who helped bring the Salsa sound to the world  ...

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Audio Pioneer Rupert Neve Dead At 94

Posted by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers - February 15, 2021

WIMBERLY, TX (CelebrityAccess) — Rupert Neve, a pioneering designer of audio recording equipment, whose creations play a fundamental role in the modern recorded  ...

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Jazz Legend Chick Corea, Dead At 79

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 11, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Chick Corea, an influential jazz pianist who performed with the likes of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, and who helped to  ...

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Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt Dead At 78

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 11, 2021

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — Larry Claxton Flynt Jr., a club owner, publisher, founder of “Hustler” magazine, and an outspoken proponent of First Amendment  ...

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Mary Wilson, Founding Member Of The Supremes, Dead At 76

Posted by Ian Courtney - February 9, 2021

(CelebrityAccess) — Mary Wilson, a founding member of the iconic vocal group the Supremes which helped to define the Motown sound, died on  ...

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