R.I.P. Merle Haggard
Country music legend Merle Haggard has passed away on his 79th birthday to double pneumonia, according to various news agencies. Prior to his death at his home near Redding, California, Haggard spent nearly two weeks in a Riverside hospital.
We previously mentioned his latest (and last) album Working in Tennessee (Vanguard Records) in August 2011.
Below are more deaths for the month of April – for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
April (9)
- [06 Apr 2016] Dennis Davis (David Bowie), ?, cancer
- [06 Apr 2016] Merle Haggard, 79, pneumonia
- [06 Apr 2016] Leon Haywood, 74, unknown
- [04 Apr 2016] Irma Bule, 29, cobra bite
- [04 Apr 2016] Getatchew Mekurya (the Ex), 81, not known
- [03 Apr 2016] Jeff McLaren (Flat Out Refusal), 19, murder
- [03 Apr 2016] Bill Henderson, 90, natural causes
- [03 Apr 2016] Lola Novaković, 81, not known
- [02 Apr 2016] Gato Barbieri, 83, pneumonia