Musicians and singers who died in November 2020

The Leipzig musicologist Hella Bock is dead. The great educator and researcher, to whom Leipzig owes the Grieg meeting place, died at the blessed age of 101 in Dippoldiswalde as a result of an infection with the Covid19 virus.
… via lvz.de

Anne Sylvestre was funny, we had almost forgotten her, she was moaning so much. Yet often she giggled, with a huge smile, her eyes green and mischievous. She laughed at herself in the first place, humorously lashed out at a world populated by “shelves that think they are people / Everything in the head.”
… via lemonde.fr

The citizens of Antigua and Barbuda are mourning the death of cultural icon Joseph ‘Calypso Joe’ Hunte.
Calypso Joe died on Saturday, however, the cause of death has not been revealed.
… via caribbeannationalweekly.com

The bassist of the rock group Riblja Čorba (Fish Soup), Miroslav Miša Aleksić, passed away at the age of 67. The famous musician lost the battle with the coronavirus. Miša Aleksić was treated at the Clinical Hospital Center “Bežanijska kosa”, and his condition worsened and he was transferred to a respirator.
… via rts.rs

She was on stage for over nine decades. The dancer and singer Othella Dallas passed away at the weekend.
“If I stop dancing, I’ll be dead,” said Othella Dallas three years ago in an interview with the “Tageswoche”.
… via aargauerzeitung.ch

OPM icon April Boy Regino has passed away, his family said Sunday. He was 59.
Dennis Regino Magdaraog in real life, April Boy is known for his trademark caps as he popularized jukebox hits “Di Ko Kayang Tanggapin,” “Paano Ang Puso Ko”, and “Umiiyak Ang Puso” in the 1990s.
… via abs-cbn.com

“Very sad news reached us. Piotr Strojnowski, one of the greatest legends of Polish reggae music, is dead. He co-founded such bands as DAAB and Strojnowy. He was the author of the song “Ogrodu heart “. He also performed with Tribute to. Alibabki. He was a guest at the ORF several times. He was a good friend and an inspiration.”
… via interia.pl

In the Star In the Star he sang with them for the last time: Dr. BRS and Olivér Berkes also say goodbye to Balazs Feco.
The country was mourned over the death of Balázs Fecó, and now Olivér Berkes and Dr BRS also said goodbye, with whom the legend last worked.
… via blikk.hu

Maria Cecilia Fusco, opera singer, died on Thursday, at the age of 87, in hospital in Latisana where she was hospitalized for the worsening of an illness that had struck her for some years. She was tested positive for Covid.
… via gelocal.it

VLADIMIR “Jamir” Garcia, vocalist of Filipino heavy metal band Slapshock died on Thursday afternoon. He was 42.
Quezon City Police District confirmed they received a report that Garcia was found lifeless in an apparent suicide by hanging at his residence in Barangay Sangandaan.
… via manilatimes.net

Memphis Jazz and Blues icon Dr. Herman Green passed away at his home on Thanksgiving, according to a Facebook post made by Freeworld bandmate Richard Cushing.
The 90-year-old saxophonist died peacefully surrounded by his family, the post states.
… via wmcactionnews5.com

Bulgarian opera tenor Kamen Chanev, who strode stages across Europe and in many other parts of the world, has died of Covid-19 at the age of 56.
… via sofiaglobe.com

This Wednesday, November 25, the Mexican actress and singer Flor Silvestre, mother of teacher Pepe Aguilar, passed away at the age of 90 at her El Soyate ranch, located in Zacatecas, Mexico, Televisa Espectáculos confirmed.
… via univision.com

Camilla Wicks, a violin prodigy acclaimed as one of the most gifted virtuosos of her generation died Nov. 25 at her daughter’s home in Weston, Fla.
Lise-Marie Thomas Wertanzl, her daughter, said she did not know the specific cause of death but noted that her mother had been treated several months ago for covid-19.
… via washingtonpost.com

Garrett Lockhart, professionally known as i_o has died. He was 30.
The beloved Washington D.C.-native, who had previously released under the moniker FAWKS, had just recently inked a deal with Armada
… via dancingastronaut.com

Hal Ketchum is the country singer-songwriter who died on November 23 at the age of 67. Ketchum’s cause of death was dementia; he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019.
… via heavy.com

The Rotterdam-born Corrie van Gorp was known as a dancer, singer, actress and comedian. She broke through in the early 1970s when she performed together with Willem Nijholt in Wim Sonneveld’s theater shows.
… via ad.nl

Rufus Rehu was born in Rotorua on 14 January 1939 but raised from age four in central Auckland, his parents running a boarding house off Victoria Street West.
… via audioculture.co.nz

Omega bassist died at the age of 73, the band’s Facebook page posted. As they write,
“We announce with deep pain that Tamás Mihály, the Kossuth Prize-winning and Ferenc Liszt Prize-winning bass player of the Omega ensemble, has passed away. He was a defining figure in Hungarian rock music, and in addition to Omega, his solo records and stage works are also lasting. ”
… via telex.hu

Kwaito star and entertainment personality Nomasonto Maswanganyi, popularly known as Mshoza, has died on Thursday.
The 37-year-old was known for her hit song “Kortes”.
… via enca.com

After a long illness, László Benkő, the founder of the Omega band, died at the age of 77, the band announced on its Facebook page.
As they wrote, the dominant figure of Hungarian rock music is mourned by millions of fans and admirers both at home and abroad.
… via telex.hu

A statement on behalf of his wife Julie Forsyth said: “It is with such great sadness that I have to tell you I have lost my darling Dominic, suddenly on Wednesday November 18, to an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
… via eveningexpress.co.uk

Tony Hooper the joint founder of Strawbs has died , according to the following statements posted on social media on November. 19, 2020.
Rick Wakeman on Twitter: “Just heard the sad news that Tony Hooper the joint founder of Strawbs alongside Dave Cousins has sadly passed away . I have so many great memories of being part of the unique line-up that included Dave Cousins, Richard Hudson and John Ford.”
… via celebritiesdeaths.com

Bruce Swedien, Michael Jackson‘s long term engineer, has died.
The 86-year-old passed away “peacefully” last night (November 16), according to his daughter Roberta Swedien.
… via nme.com

On November 16, the soprano Eugenia Ratti passed away in the city of Piacenza. She was 87 years old.
… via scherzo.es

Eric Hall, the flamboyant football agent who was part of the explosion in big money deals at the start of the Premier League, has died at the age of 73. Known for his outlandish fashion sense and his “monster, monster” catchprase, Hall was initially a music promoter for acts such as Queen, Marc Bolan and the Sex Pistols.
… via sky.com

Des O’Connor, the comedian, singer and TV host died on Saturday following a fall at his home in Buckinghamshire just over a week ago.
He was known for hosting his own chat show, as well as Take Your Pick and Countdown – and for his friendship with Morecambe and Wise.
… via bbc.com

Bruce Swedien, Michael Jackson‘s long term engineer, has died.
The 86-year-old passed away “peacefully” last night (November 16), according to his daughter Roberta Swedien.
… via nme.com

The German flautist Konrad Hunteler died at the age of 73.
Konrad Hünteler was born on March 12, 1947. He studied recorder, Wuer and transverse flute with Hans-Jürgen Möhring, Günther Höller, Aurèle Nicolet and Hans-Martin Linde, before joining orchestras such as the Collegium Aureum, the Cappella Coloneinsis, the London Classical Players and the 18th century orchestra played
… via klassik.com

Doug Supernaw, the ’90s country singer best known for his No. 1 single “I Don’t Call Him Daddy,” died peacefully at home in Texas on Friday (November 13) of cancer
… via cmt.com/

Krunoslav Kićo Slabinac died at the age of 77, after a short and severe illness, in the Zagreb KBC, the hospital confirmed to us
… via vecernji.hr

Lynn Kellogg Simpers, a singer and actress who, as Lynn Kellogg, played Sheila, the uptight debutante who turns into a free-spirited hippie in the original 1968 Broadway production of “Hair,” died on Thursday in St. Louis.
… via nytimes.com

Andrew White, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, musicologist and entrepreneur who proudly styled himself “the most voluminously productive self-industrialized musician in history,” died on Nov. 11 at an assisted living facility in Washington, D.C.
… via wbgo.org

The Dallas Police Department is investigating the homicide of 28-year-old Melvin A. Noble, also known as the rapper Mo3.
Officers responded to a shooting on Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 35 in Dallas, police said.
… via cnn.com

The Indonesian art world has lost its big figure again. Composer Rahayu Supanggah, dies today, Tuesday (10/11/2020). The composer whose name has gone worldwide died of illness.
… via detik.com

Alec Baillie, bassist for NYC ska-punk bands Leftover Crack and Choking Victim, has sadly passed away. No official cause of death has been revealed at this time.
… via brooklynvegan.com

Musician Le Dinh with full name is Le Van Dinh, born in 1934 in Go Cong (now Tien Giang). He worked at Saigon Radio before settling in Canada.
He started to compose in 1956, is known and famous for the songs: Love returns the moon and stars
… via thanhnien.vn/

Lead singer of Shu-bi-dua Michael Bundesen has died. He turned 71 years old.
… via dr.dk

Blues singer Oscar Benton died of cardiac arrest in his house in IJmuiden at the age of 71 on Sunday evening. His management has reported this. The musician made his breakthrough in the late 1960s with his Oscar Benton Blues Band.
… via .haarlemsweekblad.nl

The convict Gatot Brajamusti passed away on Sunday (8/11). The former chairman of the Indonesian Film Artists Association (Parfi) was treated at the IGD Pengayoman Cipinang Hospital, East Jakarta, but eventually died.
… via cnnindonesia.com

The singer Vanusa died this Sunday morning (8) in a nursing home in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo.
… via globo.com

The pioneering Cuban percussionist Cándido Camero has died at age 99.
Camero’s grandson, Julian, told NPR member station WBGO that the Cuban conguero died peacefully at his home in New York on Saturday morning.
… via npr.org

COUNTRY music legend Brian Coll, who died suddenly yesterday at the age of 79, was regarded as “the most authentic voice of Irish country.”
… via independent.ie

Born in Auckland in 1958 as Wayne Stevens, Hillman adopted the stage name Bones Hillman in the 1970s.
His first band was punk outfit the Masochists and he later joined the Suburban Reptiles and The Swingers, before replacing Peter Gifford as bass player for rock band Midnight Oil in 1987.
… via smh.com.au

Stefano D’Orazio, historic drummer of the Pooh, is dead. The artist passed away at the age of 72, in Rome after a career in the world of music, not only as a drummer, but also as a lyricist and singer.
… via ilfattoquotidiano.it

King Von was shot and killed outside an Atlanta, Georgia, nightclub, according to Atlanta police and several of the rapper’s friends. They initially reported that he was in critical condition but are now reporting that he is dead.
… via heavy.com

It is with sadness that we share the news of the death of Jim Radford who died in Lewisham Hospital early this morning after several weeks in intensive care being treated for Covid-19.
… via vfpuk.org

Timur Selcuk, a pianist, composer and performer who made unforgettable songs such as For Those Leaving, Where Are You, Spanish Meyhanesi, Today Tomorrow Forever, passed away at the age of 74.
… via bbc.com

Len Barry, the original lead singer for the popular doo-wop group the Dovells, including their 1961 hit, “Bristol Stomp,” died yesterday (November 5). The news was revealed by Jerry Gross, another original member of the singing group. Barry was 78; no cause of death was revealed.
… via bestclassicbands.com

65-year-old Joseph Reynaerts died overnight from Wednesday to Thursday after being infected with the coronavirus.
Well known in the artistic world of Liège and Belgium, Reynaert (that’s his stage name) started his career very young. He sang in the streets when he was not 20 years old.
… via globo.com

Ken Hensley, best known as Uriah Heep’s keyboard player and chief songwriter from 1970 to 1980, has died, following a short illness. He was 75.
… via loudersound.com

Lithuanian composer Faustas Latenas (Фаустас Латенас) died in Vilnius at the age of 64. Kirill Krok, director of the Evgeny Vakhtangov State Academic Theater, told TASS about this on Wednesday, November 4.
… via iz.ru

Legendary violinist T N Krishnan died in Chennai on Monday evening. He was 92.
Although Krishnan was in good health, he had a “sudden uneasiness” in the evening and passed away, said Ramanathan Iyer, a Chennai-based music lover and organiser of musical events.
… via indianexpress.com

His relatives say that a couple of days ago he decided not to get out of bed. He felt listless and listless, but without any symptoms to fear for his health. And so, lying down and calm, he exhausted the last hours of his life until his heart faded in the first bars of this All Saints holiday.
… via elpais.com

Melbourne DJ Phil K, full name Phil Krokidis, has passed away at the age of 51 following a battle with bladder cancer.
The producer was first diagnosed in July 2018. Months later, in February 2019, his condition had deteriorated, with friends and family launching a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for his growing medical expenses.
… via nme.com

Sources connected to Nikki’s family tell TMZ, Nikki died of a brain aneurysm. She was in the hospital on life support, and at 3 AM this morning, she was taken to the operating room where her organs were harvested and she was pronounced dead.
… via tmz.com

Passed peacefully at home surrounded by His loving family
1st November, 2020, aged 74 Years.
Dearly loved husband of Virginia. Much loved Dad of Justine.
… via smh.com.au

Yesterday Amaya Sáizar herself confirmed it on her social networks. Esteban Santos passed away on November 1 at the age of 69 for reasons that have not transpired. The one from Tolosa is the first member of the group to pass away, leaving “widowers” to the rest of the members: Amaya Saizar, Luis Villar and Yolanda Hoyos.
… via eurovision-spain.com

We are sadly announcing to all co-workers, spectators and friends that on November 1, 2020, Eva Zikmundová, the solo emeritus solo emeritus of the National Theater Opera, died in Prague at the age of 88.
… via narodni-divadlo.cz