On March 17, 2019, Bernard Joseph Tormey aka Bernie Tormé died aged 66. He was songwriter, musician (guitar, singer), record label and recording studio owner. With Robin Guy and John McCoy he formed the band Guy McCoy Tormé, has worked with Ozzy Osbourne, Atomic Rooster, Desperado, but was best known for his work with Gillan.
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Lyle Mays
On February 10, 2020, Lyle David Mays died aged 66. He was musician (piano, keyboards) and composer, arranged and composed for One O’Clock Lab Band, toured with Woody Herman, but was best known as a member of the Pat Metheny Group. For his work with Pat Metheny, Mays won eleven “Grammy Awards”.
Neil Stanley Aspinall
On March 24, 2008, Neil Stanley Aspinall died aged 66. He was The Beatles road manager, personal assistant, director of “Standby Films”, but best known chief executive of The Beatles “Apple Corps”.
Spencer Dryden
On January 11, 2005, Spencer Dryden died aged 66. He was musician (drums) member of The Ashes (later The Peanut Butter Conspiracy), The Dinosaurs, New Riders of the Purple Sage, but best known as drummer of Jefferson Airplane. Dryden was Charlie Chaplin nephew.
Tom Petty
On October 2, 2017, Thomas Earl Petty aka Tom Petty, died aged 66. He was singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer, best known as the leader and singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was also member and co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys and his early band Mudcrutch. Tom Petty has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, he was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.
Papa Wemba
On April 24, 2016, Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, aka Papa Wemba, died aged 66. He was musician (Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo), singer and song writer, his pioneering fusion of African, Cuban and Western sounds became one of Africa’s most popular music styles, and made him a prominent name in the World Music.
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