Wikipedia's Deaths of 2013 site reveals a record breaking total of 19 notable Singers who passed away between March 1-17, note the following:
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Jantje Koopmans,
89, Dutch singer.[12]
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Jason Molina, 39, American singer-songwriter (Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.),
multiple organ failure.[24]
·
Bobby Smith,
76, American singer (The Spinners),
complications of influenza and pneumonia.[28]
·
Jack Greene, 83, American country music singer ("Statue of a Fool", "There Goes My
Everything"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[47]
·
László Bódi,
47, Hungarian rock singer-songwriter (Republic), heart failure.[87]
·
Sripada Pinakapani, 99, Indian musician.[101]
·
Larisa Avdeyeva,
87, Russian opera singer.[110]
·
Georgette Plana,
95, French singer.[119]
·
Maria Pakhomenko,
75, Russian singer, pneumonia.[154]
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Claude King, 90, American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain").[175]
·
Jeffrey Skitch, 85,
British opera singer and educator.[180]
·
Chorão, 42, Brazilian musician (Charlie Brown Jr.).[191]
·
Stompin' Tom Connors, 77,
Canadian country-folk singer ("The Hockey Song"), natural causes.[193]
·
Fran Warren, 87, American singer ("Sunday Kind of Love")
and actress (Abbott and
Costello Meet Captain Kidd).[244]
·
Müslüm Gürses, 59, Turkish
singer and actor, complications from heart surgery.[253]
·
Bobby Rogers, 73, American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles), complications from diabetes.[260]
·
Jewel Akens, 79, American R&B singer ("The Birds
and the Bees"), complications from back surgery.[285]
·
Magic, 37, American rap
vocalist (Sky's the Limit),
traffic collision.[297]
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UPDATE:
6 more singers have passed away in March, making it a total of 25 as of March 20th!! Note the following additions the Deaths in 2013 site:
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UPDATE:
6 more singers have passed away in March, making it a total of 25 as of March 20th!! Note the following additions the Deaths in 2013 site:
20
- Eddie Bond, 79, American rockabilly singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease [2]
- Emílio Santiago, 66, Brazilian singer, complications from a stroke.[15]
- Risë Stevens, 99, American operatic mezzo-soprano.[17]
19
- Floyd McRae, 80, American singer (The Chords), long illness.[28]
Eddie Bond died yesterday March 20th, note the etymology of Bond:18
17
- Margarita Miglau, 87, Russian opera singer.[31]
- Michael Rhodes, 89, American opera singer and vocal coach.[46]
bond (n.)early 13c., "anything that binds," phonetic variant of band (n.1). For vowel change, see long (adj.); also influenced by Old English bonda "householder," literally "dweller"
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Note the following Singer Deaths for various months in 2012 (Feb, March, Dec), and 2013(Jan, Feb):
Out of 416 Deaths in February 2012, 14
were Singers:
Luis Alberto Spinetta,
62, Argentine musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible), lung cancer. [126]
11 Whitney Houston, 48, American singer ("I Will Always Love You") and actress (The Bodyguard),
drowned. [162]
13 Russell Arms, 92, American singer (Your Hit Parade) and actor (The Man Who Came to
Dinner). [175]
14 Dory Previn, 86, singer (Mythical Kings and
Iguanas) (Valley of the Dolls, Last Tango in Paris). [206]
Out of 458 Deaths in March 2012 , 13 were Singers:
1 Lucio Dalla, 68,
Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.[8]
2 Gérard Rinaldi, 69, French actor and singer (Les Charlots).[31] (French)
5 Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter (Sherman Brothers).[77]
6 Lucia Mannucci, 91, Italian singer.[84] (Italian)
7 Ramaz Urushadze, 72, Georgian footballer.[104] (Russian)
10 Domna Samiou, 83,
Greek singer and traditional music researcher.[147]
13 Bodjie Dasig, 48,
Filipino singer and songwriter, cancer.[189]
22 Johnny McCauley, 86, Irish singer-songwriter.[316]
23 Eric Lowen, 60, American singer ("We Belong", "Everything
I Wanted"), ALS[334]
Marion Marlowe, 83, American singer and stage
actress, natural causes.[345]
Nick Noble,
85, pop country singer ("The Tip of My Fingers",
"Moonlight Swim").[347]
Out of 535 Deaths in the 31 days of
December 2012, 13 were Singers:
1 Dee Harvey, 47, American singer.[7]
3 Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.[43]
12 Manas Chakraborty, 70, Indian singer.[191]
16 Sheila McKinley, 71, Scottish singer, cancer.[250]
19 Inez Andrews, 83, American gospel singer (The Caravans), cancer.[293]
22 Marva Whitney, 68, American singer.[358]
24 Ray Collins,
76, American singer (The Mothers of
Invention), cardiac arrest.[372]
26 Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"),
complications from a heart attack.[403]
Out of 531 Deaths in the 31 days of January
2013 there were 14 were Singers:
1 Patti Page, 85, American singer ("Tennessee Waltz", "(How Much Is)
That Doggie in the Window?").[14]
4 Sammy Johns, 66, American singer-songwriter ("Chevy Van", "America").[73]
Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu, 62,
Turkish singer.[85]
6 Bart Van den Bossche, 48,
Belgian singer and television presenter, aortic aneurysm.[122]
10 George Gruntz, 80, Swiss jazz musician.[179]
11 Khushi Murali, 45, Indian pop singer, cardiac arrest.[199]
17 Lizbeth Webb, 86, English soprano and stage actress.[327]
25 Gregory Carroll, 83, R&B singer (The Four Buddies, The Orioles) songwriter ("Just One Look").[437]
Aase Nordmo Løvberg, 89,
Norwegian opera singer.[444]
Out of 497 Deaths, in the 28 days of
February 2013, 19 were Singers:
1 Cecil Womack, 65, American musician and singer.[11]
4 Reg Presley, 71, British singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All
Around"), lung cancer.[56]
6 Mo-Do, 46, Italian musician ("Eins, Zwei, Polizei"),
apparent suicide.[78]
14 Goldie Harvey, 29, Nigerian R&B and pop singer and
television personality, intracerebral hemorrhage.[202]
Mindy McCready, 37, American country music singer (Ten Thousand Angels),
suicide by gunshot.[258]
21 Magic Slim, 75, American blues singer and guitarist.[328]
22 Behsat Üvez, 53, Turkish singer and composer, lung cancer.[349]
24 Aniello De Vita,
72, Italian singer and cardiac transplant surgeon.[366]
27 Richard Street, 70, American singer (The Temptations), pulmonary embolism.[442]
28 Daniel Darc, 53, French singer (Taxi Girl), drug overdose.[452]
26 Leroy Bonner, 69, American funk singer and guitarist (Ohio Players), cancer.[451]
30 Patty Andrews, 94, American singer, last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters,
natural causes.[503]
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