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		<title>Robin Gibb 1949 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born on the Isle Of Man to musical parents &#8211; his mother was a former singer and his father a bandleader &#8211; Robin Gibb first began performing with his twin Maurice and older brother Barry between films at a local cinema in Manchester, where his family had relocated to. Legend has it they originally mimed<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/robin-gibb-1949-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Donna Summer 1948 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singer Donna Summer died yesterday, aged 63, succumbing to lung cancer. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston, Massachusetts in 1948, and one of seven children, Donna Summer&#8217;s first performance was in church aged ten when a scheduled singer failed to turn up. The story goes that the priest knew that she was fond of singing<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/donna-summer-1948-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adam &#8216;MCA&#8217; Yauch 1964 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Yauch, best known as a member of Beastie Boys, died on Friday. He was 47. New Yorker Yauch taught himself to play bass while in high school, and subsequently formed a hardcore punk band in 1979 with his friend Michael Diamond. Over the next few years that band released a series of seven-inch and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/adam-mca-yauch-1964-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bert Weedon 1920 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guitarist Bert Weedon died at his home in Beaconsfield last Friday (20 Apr), aged 91. He had been ill for some time. Born in East London in 1920, Weedon began playing classical guitar aged twelve and formed his first band, Butch Townsend And The Cold Shoulders, two years later. His big break came when he<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bert-weedon-1920-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Levon Helm 1940 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Levon Helm of iconic roots rock group The Band has died, aged 71. His death follows confirmation earlier this week that the multi-instrumentalist was &#8220;in the final stages of his battle with cancer&#8221;. Born in Arkansas, Helm had a passion for music from childhood, and shortly after graduating from high school joined the band of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/levon-helm-1940-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Men At Work&#8217;s Greg Ham 1953 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Ham, a multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of Australian band Men At Work, has died aged 58. He died at his Melbourne home. The circumstances around his death are not yet known, though we know he was found by police after friends became concerned for his well-being, having not heard from him for<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/men-at-works-greg-ham-1953-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dick Clark 1929-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US TV producer and presenter Dick Clark, best known for hosting &#8216;American Bandstand&#8217; for 30 years between 1957 and 1987, died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. He was 82. Born in 1929, Clark&#8217;s career began in 1945 when he became a weatherman and newsreader on WRUN-AM, a radio station owned by his uncle and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dick-clark-1929-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Marshall 1923-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification, died last Thursday at a hospice in Milton Keynes, aged 88. He had suffered several strokes in recent years and developed cancer in 2011, according to his son. Born in Acton, West London in 1923, Marshall spent much of his early life in hospital due to tuberculosis, and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jim-marshall-1923-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dubliners banjo player Barney McKenna 1939-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barney McKenna, the last surviving member of the original line-up of The Dubliners, has died. He passed away suddenly on Thursday after collapsing in the kitchen of his home in Howth, County Dublin. Originally known as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, The Dubliners formed in 1962, soon after switching to their more famous name, taken<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dubliners-banjo-player-barney-mckenna-1939-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Music publisher Jonathan Simon 1942-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music publisher and former Chairman of both the Music Publishers Association and collecting society MCPS, Jonathan Simon, died in his sleep at the weekend, the MPA revealed yesterday. Working in music publishing for over 40 years, Simon held positions at various branches of Chappell Music through the 70s and 80s, before becoming Director of The<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/music-publisher-jonathan-simon-1942-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earl Scruggs 1924 &#8211; 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earl Scruggs, the pioneering bluegrass banjo player who is often credited for helping shape the sound of modern country music, has died aged 88. Although perhaps best know for his work with guitarist Lester Flatt, including the &#8216;Foggy Mountain Breakdown&#8217; that appeared in the classic &#8216;Bonnie And Clyde&#8217; movie, and &#8216;The Ballad Of Jed Clampett&#8217;,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/earl-scruggs-1924-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Ellis 1938-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Ellis, co-founder and frontman of The Trammps, best known for their 1976 hit &#8216;Disco Inferno&#8217;, has died aged 74 from complications linked to Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. The Trammps originally came together in Philadelphia during the late 1960s, but first came to wider attention in the US in 1972 when their cover of 1930s song &#8216;Zing!<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jimmy-ellis-1938-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Davy Jones 1945-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester-born singer-songwriter Davy Jones, best known of course as a member of 60s US pop group The Monkees, died yesterday at Martin Memorial South Hospital in Florida from a heart attack, his publicist of 50 years Helen Kensick has confirmed, adding: &#8220;It is quite a shock&#8221;. Born in 1945, Jones&#8217; first television role came as<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/davy-jones-1945-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Women guitarist Chris Reimer 1986-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Reimer, guitarist in Canadian noise-pop band Women, died in his sleep in the early hours of Tuesday morning aged just 26. The exact cause of death is not yet known. Women formed in 2007 in Calgary, releasing their eponymous debut album via Jagjaguwar the following year to widely positive reviews, with Reimer&#8217;s distinct guitar<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/women-guitarist-chris-reimer-1986-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Miller 1946-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concert promoter Andrew Miller, who was also a founder of the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy fundraising committee, died peacefully in his sleep last Thursday, it has been confirmed. Miller began his career in the music business in the 1970s as an agent, before setting up his own live music company, Andrew Miller Promotions, in 1975,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/andrew-miller-1946-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MC5&#8242;s Michael Davis 1943-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Davis, bass player with American rock legends MC5, has died after suffering liver failure, his wife confirmed this weekend. Davis joined MC5 in Detroit in the mid-60s when they were still developing their sound, and played on the band&#8217;s three albums, &#8216;Kick Out The Jams&#8217;, &#8216;Back In The USA&#8217; and &#8216;High Time&#8217;, released in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mc5s-michael-davis-1943-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whitney Houston 1963-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitney Houston died in the bathroom of a Beverly Hills hotel ahead of a Grammys party this weekend, aged 48. It brought to an end a life of both phenomenal highs and lows. Houston was surrounded by talented female vocalists from birth, her mother Cissy Houston also a singer, while her godmother was Aretha Franklin<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/whitney-houston-1963-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Soul Train founder dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The creator and original host of long-running American music TV show &#8216;Soul Train&#8217;, Don Cornelius, has died at his LA home, having seemingly shot himself. He was 75. Cornelius was working as a DJ and journalist in Chicago in the late 1960s when he first had the idea for &#8216;Soul Train&#8217;, which first aired on<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/soul-train-founder-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Etta James dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soul singer-songwriter Etta James has died, aged 73. She had been suffering from dementia and leukaemia, the latter of which it was announced in December was incurable. She was in hospital throughout Christmas after having trouble breathing, but her condition improved earlier this month and she was discharged. However, she passed away on Friday. Born<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/etta-james-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Johnny Otis dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legendary band-leader, Johnny Otis, often dubbed the &#8220;godfather of rhythm and blues&#8221;, has died aged 90. Although born to Greek parents, Otis grew up in a predominantly black area of California, and always said he felt part of America&#8217;s black community, and associated more with its culture, once noting that &#8220;if our society dictated that<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/johnny-otis-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exchange sound engineer dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nilesh Patel, a popular sound engineer who worked for Camden-based mastering studio The Exchange for over 20 years, has died. Patel joined The Exchange in 1989 after studying at The School Of Audio Engineering. As a mastering engineer he worked on countless tracks and albums, perhaps most notably Air&#8217;s &#8216;Moon Safari&#8217;, Björk&#8217;s &#8216;Homogenic&#8217; and Daft<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/exchange-sound-engineer-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clive Robbins dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clive Robbins, the inspirational music therapist, has died aged 84. His death was confirmed earlier this week by the charity that bears his name, Nordoff-Robbins. Birmingham-born Robbins began to work in music education after a serious injury while serving in the RAF brought to a premature end a promising career as a pianist. He became<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/clive-robbins-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former music exec dies from shooting wounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Atterberry, the producer and former music industry executive injured during a random shooting incident in LA last week, has died from his injuries. As previously reported, Atterberry was shot three times in the face and neck when one Tyler Brehm began randomly shooting into traffic in Hollywood on Friday. Brehm was subsequently killed at<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-music-exec-dies-from-shooting-wounds/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Orbison dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison and a music industry player in her own right, has died aged 60 after losing her battle with pancreatic cancer. German-born Orbison met future husband Roy at one of his gigs in the UK when she was seventeen and he was 32. They married in the US just nine<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/barbara-orbison-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More More More singer dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disco singer Andrea True, best known for the hit &#8216;More More More (How Do You Like It?)&#8217;, has died in New York aged 68. True was actually an actress, having mainly appeared in pornographic films, when she co-wrote the track in 1975. She became stranded in Jamaica, where she had been filming a commercial, after<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/more-more-more-singer-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GWAR guitarist dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guitarist in American cult metal band GWAR, Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus, has died. The thrash metal outfit, known for their elaborate sci-fi-esque costumes, obscene lyrics and obvious sense of humour, have been operational with an ever-changing line-up since the mid 1980s. Smoot joined in 2002, taking over the &#8216;character&#8217; of Flattus Maximus which<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gwar-guitarist-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Savile dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tributes poured in for DJ, TV presenter and charity fund-raiser Jimmy Savile this weekend, after he died just two days before his 85th birthday. Although probably best known for presenting TV shows &#8216;Top Of The Pops&#8217; and &#8216;Jim&#8217;ll Fix It&#8217;, Savile also played an important role in the development of the modern clubbing scene as<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jimmy-savile-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musician and artist Mikey Welsh, who was a member of Weezer for their eponymous 2001 album (generally referred to as &#8216;The Green Album&#8217;), was found dead in a Chicago hotel room on Saturday. He was 40. Born in New York in 1971, Welsh played with a number of Boston-based bands in the 90s, eventually joining<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-weezer-bassist-mikey-welsh-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians, business leaders, technology pioneers, artists, celebrities and consumers across the world have been paying tribute to Steve Jobs, the man who set out to make computers but somehow revolutionised the movie and music industries along the way. The Apple co-founder died yesterday after losing his fight with pancreatic cancer, he was 56. One of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bert Jansch dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Influential folk musician and founder of the band Pentangle, Bert Jansch, died yesterday aged 67. He had been suffering from lung cancer. Influential to many musicians throughout his career, including Led Zepplin&#8217;s Jimmy Page and The Smiths&#8217; Johnny Marr, Jansch was born in 1943 in Glasgow and raised in Edinburgh. He moved to London in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bert-jansch-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sugar Hill Records&#8217; Sylvia Robinson dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founder of the Sugar Hill record label Sylvia Robinson died yesterday from heart failure, aged 75. Often referred to as the &#8220;mother of hip hop&#8221;, she was a pioneering figure in the genre, working as producer on its first commercial hit, The Sugarhill Gang&#8217;s &#8216;Rapper&#8217;s Delight&#8217;, and later &#8216;The Message&#8217; by Grandmaster Flash And The<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sugar-hill-records-sylvia-robinson-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vesta Williams dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American R&#038;B singer Vesta Williams has been found dead in an LA hotel room. According to TMZ, the singer died last week, but an autopsy was inconclusive regards cause of death pending the results of toxicology tests. Sources say prescription drug bottles were found at the scene, and that no foul play is suspected. 48<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vesta-williams-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>DJ Medhi dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paris-based hip hop and electro producer DJ Mehdi, real name Mehdi Favéris-Essadi, has died aged 34. The musician&#8217;s French publicist, Fabrice Desprez of PR company Phunk, confirmed yesterday afternoon that he had been killed in an accident at his home. Desprez told 20Minutes.fr: &#8220;We don&#8217;t have many details. We know that he was at home<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dj-medhi-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Hibbert dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular music journalist and former Observer columnist Tom Hibbert has died from complications brought on by diabetes. He was 59. Hibbert dropped out of a course at Leeds University in the early 1970s to pursue his ambitions in rock music and journalism. The former didn&#8217;t go so well, despite stints in various bands, but he<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tom-hibbert-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Esther Gordy Edwards dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esther Gordy Edwards, a former executive of her younger brother Berry Gordy Jr&#8217;s Motown Records, died on Wednesday, aged 91. The second oldest of eight children, Gordy Edwards was born in Georgia in 1920 to Berry Gordy Sr and Bertha Fuller Gordy. While she was a toddler, the family moved to Detroit, where she lived<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/esther-gordy-edwards-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Frank DiLeo dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Michael Jackson manager Frank DiLeo died yesterday from complications arising from heart surgery, which he underwent in March of this year. He was 63. Born in 1947 in Pittsburgh, DiLeo began his career in the music industry distributing records to stores in the city shortly after leaving high school in the late 60s. After<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/frank-dileo-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry Leiber dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lyricist Jerry Leiber, who worked in partnership with pianist Mike Stoller to write songs including &#8216;Jailhouse Rock&#8217; and &#8216;Stand By Me&#8217;, died from heart failure yesterday, aged 78. Both born in 1933, Leiber and Stoller met in 1950, writing their first song together the same year, after discovering they had a shared love of rhythm<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jerry-leiber-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nick Ashford dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motown songwriter Nick Ashford died yesterday, aged 70. He had been suffering from throat cancer. Born in 1942 in South Carolina, Ashford began writing songs with his wife Valerie Simpson in the mid-60s, their early work including songs such as &#8216;California Soul&#8217; for The Fifth Dimension. Their work with Ray Charles then brought them to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/nick-ashford-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>VP Records A&amp;R chief murdered</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of A&#38;R for Jamaican reggae label VP Records, Joel Chin, has been murdered. The 35 year old A&#38;R exec and producer was shot dead as he drove up to his apartment last Tuesday night. A statement from the label, issued last Wednesday, said: &#8220;It is with great sadness that VP Records must announce<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vp-records-ar-chief-murdered/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Fires collaborator dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Turner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trumpet player Richard Turner, who is best known for his work with Friendly Fires, died last week aged just 27. The apparently healthy musician collapsed at the Brockwell Lido in London&#8217;s Herne Hill after suffering a heart attack on Thursday. He was taken to King&#8217;s College Hospital but attempts to resuscitate him failed. Turner had<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/friendly-fires-collaborator-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AMG chief dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Northcote, CEO of the Academy Music Group, died last week aged 62. Having originally started out as a marketing exec in the retail sector, Northcote&#8217;s first real move into the live music space came in the early 1990s when he joined the Break For The Border Group, where he ran the Borderline venue in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/amg-chief-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jani Lane dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Warrant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former frontman of LA glam metal band Warrant, Jani Lane, real name John Oswald, was found dead in a California motel room last Thursday evening. He was 47. An autopsy to determine the cause of death conducted on Friday proved inconclusive. Formed in 1984, Warrant came to prominence in 1989 with the release of their<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jani-lane-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Omnifone marketing chief dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emily Saunders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily Saunders, most recently Global Marketing Director for Omnifone, has died aged 31, after losing a two year battle with cancer. Having originally worked in TV and film, Saunders became a popular figure in the digital music world after joining the Omnifone company, which she helped expand to a global operation providing music services to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/omnifone-marketing-chief-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amy Winehouse dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troubled singing star Amy Winehouse died at her Camden home this weekend, aged 27. Raised in North London, Winehouse was a born performer, influenced musically by her cabbie father Mitch&#8217;s passion for jazz music and Rat Pack stars like Frank Sinatra. Her talents as a singer were spotted early on, though it was her grandmother<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/amy-winehouse-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mizell brother dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One quarter of Motown&#8217;s sixties songwriting powerhouse The Corporation, and one half of the subsequent Mizell Brothers production set up, has died aged 68, according to the LA Times. Alphonso &#8216;Fonce&#8217; Mizell began performing music in his teens with his school band the Nikons and, once at Howard University, in a jazz quartet called the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mizell-brother-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Willie Robertston dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Willie Robertson, co-founder of music insurance specialists Robertson Taylor, has died. Robertson, Bob Taylor and Ian France founded their business in 1977, aiming to broker insurance deals for an industry not especially targeted by traditional insurers. It was an aim that involved educating both the insurance and entertainment industries, but they quickly made progress on<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/willie-robertston-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former Motorhead guitarist dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael &#8216;Wurzel&#8217; Burston, a former Motorhead guitarist, has died aged 61. Burston started playing guitar in various bands after leaving the army, before auditioning for Motorhead in 1984. He stayed with the rock outfit for eleven years, appearing on six studio albums during that time. He retained the Wurzel nickname from his days in the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-motorhead-guitarist-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Argentine protest singer killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Latin America&#8217;s most famous folk singers was killed in Guatemala this weekend. Argentine singer and novelist Facundo Cabral was gunned down as he made his way to Guatemala&#8217;s main airport with his tour promoter. The motive for the shooting is not currently clear. After a difficult childhood, Cabral began singing for tourists in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/argentine-protest-singer-killed/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>First American rock critic dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American music critic Jane Scott has died, aged 92. Scott was already in her mid-40s when she first covered The Beatles for her newspaper, the Plain-Dealer in Cleveland, which made her an unlikely candidate to become the publication&#8217;s rock correspondent for the next 40 years. But, she once said, &#8220;once I found rock, I was<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/first-american-rock-critic-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Former Australian Idol judge dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jay Dee Springbett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Sony exec who rose to fame in Australia when he joined the judging panel of the country&#8217;s &#8216;Idol&#8217; show in 2009 has died, aged 36. British born Jay Dee Springbett began his music business career in the UK, becoming an A&#38;R for Sony Music. He moved to Australia in 2004, and became Senior Director<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/former-australian-idol-judge-dies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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