Tim Bachman, from Bachman- Turner Overdrive, has passed away. The band famous for their hit, Takin Care of Business…. Tim Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dead at 71 https://mol.im/a/12031821
Gord Lightfoot at 84 of natural causes. Musically, I consider myself to be a "folkie" first and foremost and Lightfoot was a major reason for that
American sprinter Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medallist and former 100m world champion, has died aged 32. Bowie won 4x100m relay gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, plus 100m silver and 200m bronze. The following year, she won the global title over 100m at the World Championships in London, as well as relay gold. RIP
Linda Lewis, the British singer-songwriter whose career spanned more than four decades, has died at the age of 72. Her family confirmed her death on Wednesday night, with her sister Dee Lewis Clay sharing the news on social media. “It is with the greatest sadness and regret we share the news that our beloved beautiful sister Linda Lewis passed away today peacefully at her home,” she wrote. “The family asks that you respect our privacy and allow us to grieve at this heartbreaking time.” Known for a five-octave vocal range, which saw her compared to Minnie Riperton and Mariah Carey, Lewis enjoyed both solo success in the 1970s and a long career of providing backing vocals for artists including David Bowie and Rod Stewart. RIP
Bobby Davro's fiancée and former England defender Billy Wright's daughter, Vicky Wright, has died after short cancer battle. Vicky, 63, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year - the same form of cancer her father died from. RIP
Wales' Commonwealth Games shot put bronze medallist and Olympian Shaun Pickering has died at the age of 61. Pickering won bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur having finished 27th in the shot put at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. He later became UK Athletics' national event coach for heavy throws. "Our thoughts are with Shaun's friends and family at this sad time," Welsh Athletics said. "Everyone at Welsh Athletics is sad to hear the news that 'Hall of Fame' inductee, multiple Welsh Champion and record holder Shaun Pickering has passed away." His father was the late BBC commentator and presenter Ron Pickering, who as Wales' national coach coached Lynn Davies when he won Olympic long jump gold in 1964. His mother Jean represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and won gold in the long jump at the 1954 European Championships. RIP
Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke has died, 59. I was a little too old for The Smiths to be a formative influence on me but they were a breath of fresh air given the highly produced synthetic music which dominated at the time, and a really tight band. Johnny Marr has been typically generous in his comments. I hope Morrissey can find it in his increasingly wizened heart to say something nice and not egocentric. RIP Andy.
Being a few years younger than you, The Smiths were a major part of my musical youth. Miles away from the new romantics of the time, I had (and still have) all their records. Can't trust Morrissey to not come up with some drivel unfortunately. RIP Andy
Agree on the new sound Sb, they really brought something new and thoughtful to music at their onset. Revelled in their music at the time and “This Charming Man” is an all-time favourite for me and I must have almost worn out the 12” vinyl. RIP Andy Rourke, too young.
Saw them at The Lyceum in 84, absolutely brilliant gig. Supported by redskins and billy Bragg, there was another who I forget. Hardly off the turntable for ages after. RIP Andy. Superb bassist
Morrissey actually did well “Sometimes one of the most radical things you can do is to speak clearly. When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used. I’m not prepared to do this with Andy. I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK. He will never die as long as his music is heard. He didn’t ever know his own power, and nothing that he played had been played by someone else. His distinction was so terrific and unconventional and he proved it could be done. He was also very, very funny and very happy, and post-Smiths, he kept a steady identity - never any manufactured moves. I suppose, at the end of it all, we hope to feel that we were valued. Andy need not worry about that.”
Martin Amis, one of the most celebrated British novelists of his generation, has died aged 73. The author of era-defining novels including Money and London Fields, Amis was for much of his glittering career the enfant terrible of British fiction. Even in later life he was celebrated and criticised in equal measure. But overall he was widely viewed as the most dazzling stylist of his era. He died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in Florida, the same disease that claimed his best friend and fellow writer Christopher Hitchens in 2011. In addition to 15 novels, Amis, the son of novelist Kingsley Amis, wrote a well regarded memoir, Experience, works of non fiction and essays. In his later work he explored Stalin's atrocities, the war on terror and the legacy of the Holocaust. RIP
