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John "Chuck" O'Connor, performer in vaudeville and father of actor Donald O'Connor, died of a heart attack while dancing onstage in their family act. Nakamura Jakuemon III, Japanese live performer, died on stage while playing the role of Princess Michitose in the live stage drama Honzo Shimoyashiki in the Nakaza in Osaka, Japan.
The Hazelton Brothers piano company honored Burger just after the turn of the century when they began offering an "Anthony Burger Signature" model. Then in late 2005, Steinway & Sons announced that Burger was being added to their exclusive roster of endorsing artists, making him the first Southern Gospel pianist to ever hold that honor.
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 2024.
Huey “Piano” Smith, the R&B pianist and composer whose 1950s hits “Don’t You Just Know It” and “Rockin’ Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu” added New Orleans spice to the early rock ...
Mark Russell, the political satirist who delivered his wisecracks to the tunes of his piano on PBS specials for nearly 30 years, died today of prostate cancer at his home in Washington, D.C. He ...
In other words, if a performer had a heart attack on stage, collapsed, and was taken off stage, dying shortly thereafter, then they should be in this category. However, if a performer died off stage shortly after performing, but showed no evidence of illness or injury during the performance, they probably shouldn't be listed.
George Winston, one of the bestselling instrumental pianists in the world during his heyday in the 1980s and ’90s, died Sunday at age 73. The announcement came through his social media and ...
Died of undisclosed illness [107] Steve Priest The Sweet: 72: June 4, 2020: Died of undisclosed cause, after health failure [108] Rupert Hine Record producer from Thinkman, Quantum Jump: 72: June 4, 2020: Wiltshire, England: Undisclosed cause, although he had renal cancer and arrhythmia [109] Frank Bey: 74: June 7, 2020: Glenolden, Pennsylvania ...