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Colin Vearncombe (26 May 1962 – 26 January 2016), [3] [4] known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He emerged from the punk rock music scene and achieved mainstream pop success in the late 1980s, most notably with the 1986 single " Wonderful Life ", which was an international hit the next year.
His wife reportedly collected just half of Ross's fee because he had failed to do a full show. [29] 1983: Musician Rebop Kwaku Baah died of a cerebral haemorrhage while performing in Stockholm, Sweden. 1984: Pianist and singer Tuts Washington died while performing at the World's Fair in New Orleans on 5 August 1984. [30]
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) [1] [2] was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. [3] His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues [4] and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. [5]
Vanessa Lynn Williams [1] (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
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Grammy-award winning gospel singer Mandisa died of complications of class III obesity, according to her autopsy.. The star who rose to fame on season five of “American Idol” was found dead in ...
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...
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