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Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988. [64] In tribute to him, the music video for the band's second single, "End of the Line", shows a black-and-white framed photo of Orbison, and his guitar is shown, rocking in a chair, whenever his vocals are heard. [65]
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
A few weeks later, two of Orbison's three sons died in a house fire. Barbara and Orbison married on March 25, 1969, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. [3] They divided their time between Nashville, Tennessee, and Malibu, California, bringing up their two sons, Roy Kelton Orbison, Jr. (born 1970) and Alexander Orbi Orbison (born 1975). [4] [5] [6]
No cause of death was announced, although he had been ill for some time; he was 80. ... Other artists who recorded Jennings’ work or co-wrote with him include Roy Orbison, Mariah Carey, B.B ...
Roy Orbison, 52, American singer and songwriter (Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely, Crying), heart attack. [22] Charles Saxon, 68, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), heart failure. [23] Veerendra, 40, Indian film actor and director. [24]
Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter who found the most success in the early rock and roll era from 1956 [1] to 1964. He later enjoyed a resurgence in the late 1980s with chart success as a member of the Traveling Wilburys and with his Mystery Girl album, which included the posthumous hit single "You Got It". [2]
Food Network chef Carl Ruiz's cause of death has been revealed. A little less than a month after Ruiz's death at the age of 44 on September 22, a spokesperson for the Maryland Department of Health ...