Celebrity RIP Thread

[oceansize]

R.I.P

The British rock guitarist John Sykes, who played with Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died aged 65.

A statement on his website said Sykes "passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer".

Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes dies at 65

A statement said Sykes, who co-wrote some of the rock band's chart hits, had been ill with cancer.

www.bbc.com

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Thunder and Lightning is the twelfth and final studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, released on 4 March 1983. Guitarist John Sykes was hired to replace Snowy White after 1981's Renegade, and Sykes helped to provide a heavier sound and guitar tone than Thin Lizzy had used on previous albums.

Thunder and Lightning (album) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Here John Sykes goes all in with a really good solo on a song from that album:

I saw Thin Lizzy in 1983 and John Sykes provided a much needed shot of energy to the band at that time. It's a shame that Lynott couldn't keep it together. RIP Mr Sykes

 

[Ken1951]

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/garth-hudson-last-member-the-band-dead-1236280162/

Garth Hudson - the last of The Band is gone.

 

[oceansize]

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/garth-hudson-last-member-the-band-dead-1236280162/

Garth Hudson - the last of The Band is gone.

While not unexpected, it's still really sad. I think watching this video and seeing just how happy Richard Thompson is to be playing with Garth shows just how important and respected he was. RIP

 

[anome]

Great memories of seeing The Band and all the rest of the great acts on the Festival Express '70 tour, sad day indeed.

 

[Power Pop 23]

Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer, dies at 95

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer has died. He was 95 and had published his last book just four months ago.

apnews.com

 

[Dr Morbius]

I remember my brother telling me to go see Eraserhead when it came out, it’s great he said I’m going to see it again, come with me. So I went with him and since then to this day it’s still the weirdest movie I ever saw!

 

[AnalogSteph]

Marianne Faithfull (78).

Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78

Singer and actor overcame drug addiction and homelessness to collaborate with everyone from the Rolling Stones and Metallica to Jean-Luc Godard

www.theguardian.com

 

[EERecordist]

 

[raindance]

I don't know if he is considered a celebrity on this forum, but Frank Van Alstine passed on January 29.

 

[Ken1951]

I don't know if he is considered a celebrity on this forum, but Frank Van Alstine passed on January 29.

I had one of his modded PAS-3X pre-amps way, way, way back in the day.

 

[Dr Morbius]

Van Alstine, one of the last great tube amp designers and engineers, right up there with Danny Von Recklinghausen.

 

[DonH56]

I don't know if he is considered a celebrity on this forum, but Frank Van Alstine passed on January 29.

Wow, I did not know that. I spent a number of hours talking with Frank way back in the late 1970's and early 1980's, rarely since but he was quite a guy.

 

[EERecordist]

King Crimson percussionist Jamie Muir age 82 February 17, 2025

King Crimson percussionist Jamie Muir has died, aged 82

Jamie Muir, who featured on King Crimson's Lark's Tongues In Aspic before leaving to become a Buddhist monk, has died

www.loudersound.com

 

[Sokel]

Marianne Faithfull (78).

Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78

Singer and actor overcame drug addiction and homelessness to collaborate with everyone from the Rolling Stones and Metallica to Jean-Luc Godard

www.theguardian.com

For the lesser known stuff,her work on this little gem film:

(you can tell she was the right choice)

Full,good life,R.I.P.

 

[Rick63]

Posted in error.

 

[diddley]

Roberta Flack

 

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[kchap]

Roberta Flack

It has been expected for some time, but I am still saddened. I purchased First Take in 1972 and it had a profound affect on me.

She started with the ambition to be a classical pianist, but was told, like Nina Simone, a black woman cannot be a classical pianist. She then studied opera and may have been a great opera singer, again told black women cannot be opera singers.

Recently I have been re-listening to her early albums. To hear I Told Jesus or Bridge Over Troubled Water is to listen to one America's greatest singers. The arrangements may be a bit dated but the voice is amazing.

 

[amirm]

Roberta's singing still sounds so fresh to me. It is the music of when I was going to college and early stages of hi-fi ownership. Big miss. RIP.

 

[Liberal Democracy]

I found myself listening to her Duet album with Donny Hathaway , enjoying her soulful voice and making plans to listen to more of her music as I'd not done for some time only then to click on this thread and see she'd passed away just as I was rediscovering her . It was a kick in the nuts.

Over the years iv often found myself returning to her albums , especially the earlier ones, What a talent and what a lady .

They don't make them like that anymore .