Notable death

Spinal Tap drummer Ric Parnell dies aged 70

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/02/ric-parnell-spinal-tap-drummer-dies

Dennis Waterman -aka 'Minder', 74. King wounded😒🚬

@chris-guffogg said
Dennis Waterman -aka 'Minder', 74. King wounded😒🚬

That’s sad to read.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/08/dennis-waterman-a-streetwise-natural-in-three-great-british-tv-series

Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch author.

Yuri Averbakh, Russian GM aged 100.

...I was surprised he was still living (not much celebration for his 100th birthday in February)

British-born former Australian Test cricketer Andrew Symonds killed in Queensland car crash at the age of 46.

@fmf said
British-born former Australian Test cricketer Andrew Symonds killed in Queensland car crash at the age of 46.

Career: 26 Tests, 41 innings, 5 not outs, 1,462 runs, highest score 162 n.o. [], average 40.61, 2,256 balls faced, 64.80 strike rate, 2 tons, 10 fifties, 154 fours, 28 sixes, 22 catches. He also took 24 wickets at an average of 37.33.

Mient Jan Faber. Famous, and occasionally infamous, Dutch activist against nuclear weapons in the 1980s.

Maggie Peterson Mancuso passed away yesterday 5/15/22
Maggie was born and raised in Greeley Colorado. She was an actress and singer best known for playing Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show.

The “death” of the resistance at the steel mill in Mariupol.😢

@ponderable said
Yuri Averbakh, Russian GM aged 100.

...I was surprised he was still living (not much celebration for his 100th birthday in February)

👍🚬

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/19/vangelis-greek-composer-chariots-of-fire-blade-runner-dies

Bob Neuwirth, the folk singer-songwriter and painter who influenced or impacted on a wide range of artists, including Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, and Janis Joplin, died Wednesday at age 82 in Santa Monica, California, according to his partner, Paula Batson, who confirmed the death to Rolling Stone.

“On Wednesday evening in Santa Monica, Bob Neuwirth’s big heart gave out,” Neuwirth’s family said in a statement. “Bob was an artist throughout every cell of his body and he loved to encourage others to make art themselves. He was a painter, songwriter, producer and recording artist whose body of work is loved and respected. For over 60 years, Bob was at the epicenter of cultural moments from Woodstock, to Paris, Don’t Look Back to Monterey Pop, Rolling Thunder to Nashville and Havana. He was a generous instigator who often produced and made things happen anonymously. The art is what mattered to him, not the credit. He was an artist, a mentor and a supporter to many. He will be missed by all who love him.”

A great loss to the world of music.

Rick Price, British bass player for Roy Wood & Wizzard in their early-late 70s heyday. People who were conceived during WW2 are well and truly starting to pass away.

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou aka “Vangelis”

29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022