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James Dennis Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which inspired a 1995 film of the same title that starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll, and his 1980 song "People Who Died" with the Jim Carroll Band.
In addition to seven original songs, the album included three covers: "Lilac Wine", based on the version by Nina Simone [48] and made famous by Elkie Brooks; "Corpus Christi Carol", from Benjamin Britten's A Boy was Born, Op.3, a composition that Buckley was introduced to in high school, based on a 15th-century hymn; [68] and "Hallelujah" [69 ...
Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues.
Fitness guru Richard Simmons was found dead in his Los Angeles home, believed to have passed away from natural causes one day after his 76th birthday, whereas actress Shannen Doherty died over the ...
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2021.
French free diver and subject of the movie The Big Blue, hanging [316] John McAfee: 2021: British-American businessman and computer programmer, hanging. He died by suicide after facing tax evasion charges. His death generated conspiracy theories, and his wife claimed it was staged. [317] Allyson McConnell: 2013
Art Evans, a film and television actor known for his roles in “Die Hard 2” and “Fright Night,” died Dec. 21. He was 82. Evans’ death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Erica Huntzinger.
Seven days later, Marta (who was an earwitness to the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989) died from cancer in Los Angeles, on January 11, 2024. She was 78 years old. She was 78 years old ...