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You can see my other farewells for last year here.

This was was a bit tough. Think of all the music you hear in your life, and how much joy it’s brought to you. Losing these musical creatives brought about many memories. I’m sure you’ll recognize many of these talents, and be sure to discover those whom you’ve never heard of. After all, there are only so many songs and music we’ll never hear in our lifetimes, so each new song is a gift.

Rest in Harmony, old friends.

Tomorrow: Actors!

1. Les McCann, 88, Jazz Singer and Soul Piano player, Compared to What?
2. Judi Pulver, 77, Twice as Nice, Dancing on the Moon
3. Melanie Safka,76, Brand New Key, Lay Down (Candles in the Wind)
4. Sergio Mendes, 83, Leader of Brasil 66, Mas que Nada, The Look of Love, Long Covid
5. Cissy Houston, 91, Soul and Gospel singer, Think it Over, I Just Wanna Be with You, Mother of Whitney. Alzheimer’s.
6. Liam Payne, 31, One Direction What Makes You Beautiful, Perfect. Fall from Balcony.
7. Rich Homie Quan, 34, Type of Way, Accidental overdose, including Fentanyl
8. Richard Sherman, 95, Composer, Mary Poppins
9. Byron Janis 95, American classical pianist, The Philadelphia Symphony
10. Peter Schikele, 88, American composer, musical educator and parodist, D.Q. Bach.
11. Nell Smith, 17, singer composer Flaming Lips, Red Right Hand, Girl in Amber, Car accident
12. Francoise Hardy, 80, French Pop Singer Songwriter, Actress and Model. Tous les garçons et les filles, Viola MALT Lymphoma, Lung cancer.
13. Henry Fambrough 85 Last surviving original member of The Spinners, (undisclosed)
14. Gene Merlino, 95, KCBS Radio, Voice of Lancelot in Camelot Natural Causes
15. Brother Marquis, 58, 2liveCrew, Heart attack
16. Maurice Williams 86, The Zodiacs Stay, So Fine (undisclosed)
17. Cynthia Strother, 88, The Singing Bell Sisters Those Redheads from Seattle, Heart Failure
18. James Kottak, 61, Drummer for The Scorpions, Wild Horses, Warrant, and many more. Cardiac Arrest.
19. Joe Bonsall ,76, Tenor Vocalist with Oak Ridge Boys,Out Goin’ Cattin ALS
20. Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, 88, last surviving original member of The Four Tops Can’t Help Myself, Reach Out I’ll Be There, Cardiac Arrest.
21. Screamin Scott Simon, 75, Sha Na Na Pianist, Goodnight, Sweetheart, I Wonder Why, Sinus Cancer.
22. Roni Stoneman 85, First Lady of Banjo, Those Stonemans, Grand Ol Opry, Hee Haw (undisclosed)
23. Anfela Bofill 70, Composer and Singer, This Time I’ll be Sweeter, Angel of the Night”, Stroke
24. Quincy-Jones, 91, Legendary Music Composer and producer, It’s My Party, Super Bossa-Nova, Producer: We Are The World, Thriller, Film Scores: In the Heat of the Night, The Wiz, The Color Purple Pancreatic Cancer
25. Shifty Shellshock 49, Seth Brooks Binzer Crazy Town, Butterfly, Accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine
26. Seiji Ozawa 88 Internationally renowned Japanese Conductor of the Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Boston Orchestras and more. Esophageal cancer and Heart failure.  
27. Tito Jackson 70, Founding Member of the Jackson 5, I Want you Back, Get it, Baby, Heart Attack
28. Marlena Shaw 81 Jazz Singer, California Soul, Woman of the Ghetto, (undisclosed)
29. Charlie Colin, 58, Bassist for Train, Drops-of-Jupiter, Homeless Artist Advocate, Philanthropist, Fall in shower.
30. Kinky Friedman 79, Country Singed, Lasso from El Paso, Mystery Author Armadillo and Old Lace Parkinson’s
31. Peetah Morgan 46 Reggae Singer of the band Morgan Heritage. Down by the River (undisclosed)
32. Margo Smith, 84, There, I’ve Said it, Baby My Baby, Still a Woman, Stroke Complications
33. Fatman Scoop, 56, Be faithful. Stage collapse
34. Kris Kristofferson, 88, Singer Songwriter, Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, Actor, A Star is Born,(undisclosed)
35. John Mayall, 90, Singer Songwriter, John Mayer and the Bluesbusters. ‘Godfather of British Blues” (undisclosed)
36. Brit Turner, 57, Drummer, Raspberry Smoke. Glioblastoma brain cancer
37. Wayne Kramer, MC5, Back in the USA, High Time, Pancreatic cancer
38. Vic Flick, 87, Guitarist 007 Theme, studio guitarist for many bit artists. Alzheimer’s
39. Duane-Eddy 86 Guitarist, Rebel Rouser, Peter Gunn, Because They’re Young.
40. Jack Jones 86, Singer, Lollipops and Roses, Wives and Lovers, Love Boat Theme, Leukemia
41. Chino XL 50 No Slow Rollin’, Rise /Jesus, March of the Imperial.
42. Greg Kihn,75, Rock Guitarist, The Greg Kihn Band. Jeopardy, Rendezvous Alzheimer’s
43. Mary Weiss, 75, The Shangri-Las, Remember (Walking in the Sand), Leader of the Pack, COPD
44. Dave Loggins, 76, Please come to Boston, Second Cousin to Kenny Loggins (undisclosed)
45. Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadas ‘First Lady Of Jazz’, Serenade in Rhythm, Natural causes.
46. Mojo Nixon 66 Singer, Elvis is Everywhere Cardiac Arrest
47. Betty Brodel, 104, Singer, Actress, Vaudevillian, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Natural causes.
48. Frankie Beverly, 77, Singer, Maze, Before I let Go. Love is the Key (undisclosed)
49. Juana-Bacallao 98, Beloved, Cuban Cabaret Singer, Pulmonary Thromboembolism
50. Toby-Keith 62, Country Singer, Grateful Dead Blue Moon, Peso in my Pocket, Stomach Cancer
51. Phil Lesh 84 Bassist, Co-Founder, The Grateful Dead. Truckin’ Uncle John’s Band. Cancers
52. Tommy Cash 84, Country Artist, Brother of Johnny Cash, Six white Horses, Rise and Shine, One Song Away. Complications of Diabetes.