#otd 14 March 2023
Bobby Caldwell (Robert Hunter Caldwell, *1951)
US-American singer and songwriter; his music has been sampled by several hip hop & RnB artists
~ struggled over years with health issues as a result of an adverse reaction to fluoroquinolone antibiotic
youtu.be/C8Y0SZrPdX0
#otd 14 March 1980
Anna Jantar (Anna Maria Szmeterling, *1950)
one of the most popular and famous Polish singers of the 1970s, mother of pop singer Natalia Kukulska
~ plane crash near Warsaw, around 40.000 people attended her funeral ceremony
youtu.be/w5zg8wu6pKo
#otd 11 March 1978
Claude François (*1939)
French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer; co-wrote the original version of "My Way"
~ severe electric shock (attempted to straighten a lightbulb in his bathroom lamp while preparing for a bath)
youtu.be/TT6VYNWa-tA
#otd 10 March 2024
Eric Carmen (*1949)
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; lead vocalist of the Raspberries, embarked on a solo career in 1975 ("All by Myself", "Hungry Eyes")
~ died in his sleep (his widow blocked the release of autopsy results)
youtu.be/PoiN8vZ6WwE
#otd 10 March 1988
Andy Gibb (Andrew Roy Gibb, *1958)
English singer, songwriter, and actor; fourth and youngest of the Gibb brothers, but never part of the Bee Gees
~ myocarditis (after years of cocaine abuse weakened his heart)
youtu.be/j5z5a3Mm1yg
#otd 10 March 2016
Keith Emerson (*1944)
British musician and composer, part of the band Emerson Lake and Palmer
~ suicide, shot himself in the head
youtu.be/X61swsuCNuw
#otd 10 March 2024
Eric Carmen (*1949)
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; lead vocalist of the Raspberries, embarked on a solo career in 1975 ("All by Myself", "Hungry Eyes")
~ died in his sleep (his widow blocked the release of autopsy results)
youtu.be/PoiN8vZ6WwE
9 March 1974
Eric Childs (*1945), aka Stumpy Joe
Second Drummer for Spinal Tap (1967-1974)
~ choked on vomit of unknown origin, perhaps but not necessarily his own
youtu.be/7-yTWhuK48s
#otd 9 March 2007
Brad Delp (*1951)
US-American musician, singer of Boston
~ suicide, locked himself in the bathroom with two burning charcoal grills (carbon monoxide poisoning)
youtu.be/t4QK8RxCAwo
#otd 9 March 1997
The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace, *1972)
aka Biggie, Biggie Smalls, Big Poppa or Frank White
New York rapper and songwriter (Bad Boy Records)
~ shot
youtu.be/phaJXp_zMYM
#otd 8 March 1995
Ingo Schwichtenberg (*1965)
German musician, founding member and drummer of German metal band Helloween, was kicked out of the band when mental and drug problems got out of hand
~ suicide by jumping in front of an S-train in Hamburg
youtu.be/bweaPD4U6G4
#otd 7 March 1988
Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead, *1945)
US-American drag queen, actor (mostly for movies of John Waters) and singer of HiNRG-tracks
~ died of heart failure, the day before his guest appearance in "Married... With Children"
youtu.be/IUEfYpARJCw
#otd 5 March 1982
John Belushi (*1949)
US-American actor, comedian and singer, one of the seven original cast members of the NBC show Saturday Night Live and one half of The Blues Brothers
~ speedball overdose
youtu.be/EHV0zs0kVGg
#otd 5 March 1963
Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley, *1932)
US-American country music singer; was one of the first country artists to cross over into pop music
~ plane crash (together with the country musicians Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins)
youtu.be/i4Bs8kSz4pY
4 March 2019
Keith Flint (*1969)
English singer and dancer, vocalist of The Prodigy and Flint; owner of the motorcycle racing team "Team Traction Control" and enthusiastic twitcher
~ suicide by hanging
youtu.be/rmHDhAohJlQ
4 March 2001
Glenn M. Hughes (*1950), aka Leatherman
Original biker of the Village People, launched a successful New York cabaret act after retiring from the group
~ lung cancer, was interred wearing his leatherman outfit
youtu.be/YZ1glxX1BiQ
2 March 2020
Tabea Blumenschein (*1952)
German actor, director, designer, artist, author and musician (Die Tödliche Doris, Liebesgier)
youtu.be/Kpniuerpe8c
#otd 2 March 1991
Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginsburg, *1928)
French musician, singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker and actor
~ heart attack (smoked five packs of unfiltered Gitane cigarettes a day)
youtu.be/GlpDf6XX_j0
#otd 2 March 1999
Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, *1939)
English singer, "The White Queen of Soul", was deported out of South-Africa after a concert, that opposed the government's apartheid/segregation policy
~ breast cancer
youtu.be/k1z5DZEse3I
#otd 1 March 2006
Johnny Porter Jackson (*1951)
US-American drummer, noted for being the drummer for The Jackson 5 (1967-1975); promoted as the cousin of The Jackson Five, he was actually not related to them
~ stabbed by his girlfriend
#otd 1 March 2025
Angie Stone (Angela Laverne Stone, née Brown, *1961)
US-American singer-songwriter, rapper, actress, and record producer
~ killed in a car crash
#otd 1 March 2025
Angie Stone (Angela Laverne Stone, née Brown, *1961)
US-American singer-songwriter, rapper, actress, and record producer
~ killed in a car crash
#otd 28 Feb 2015
Maxee (Charmayne Maxena Maxwell, *1969)
Guyana-born American singer and songwriter; member of the female R&B trio Brownstone
~ fell at her home and cut her throat on a drinking glass that shattered during the fall
youtu.be/5UtwGz50dWk
#otd 28 February 1985
David Byron (David Garrick, *1947)
British singer who was best known in the early 1970s as the original lead vocalist of the rock band Uriah Heep
~ died of alcohol-related complications, including liver disease and seizures
#otd 28 February 2025
David Roger Johansen (*1950) aka Buster Poindexter
US-American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the proto-punk band the New York Dolls
~ cancer
#otd 28 Feb 1974
Bobby Bloom (Robert Bloom, *1946)
US-American singer-songwriter, known best for the hit "Montego Bay" (1970)
~ shot (unclear if accidentally by himself while cleaning his gun or by another man in a fight over a woman)
youtu.be/wDDWKUjRkIc
#otd 27 Feb 2008
Ivan Rebroff (Hans Rolf Rippert, *1931)
German vocalist, allegedly of Russian ancestry
~ organ failure and cardiac arrest
youtu.be/jA8NAk8iXjQ
#otd 27 Feb 2023
Hans-Joachim „Hansi“ Behrendt (*1955)
German musician, drummer for Neonbabies and Ideal; later tour drummer for Alphaville, Ich + Ich and Camouflage
~ drug intolerance during treatment of lung tumours
youtu.be/Zrt4sd_kPjU
#otd 24 February 2025
Roberta Flack (*1937)
US-American singer and pianist, who became the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years
~ cardiac arrest
youtu.be/mrudT410TAI
#otd 24 Feb 1970
Darrell Banks (*1937)
US-American soul singer, had a hit with "Open the Door to Your Heart" (1966)
~ shot and killed by police man Aaron Bullock, who had interfered in a dispute between Banks and his girlfriend
youtu.be/OP1I0k0g7KQ
