Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. “He passed peacefully with...
I just learned German electronic musician Klaus Schulze died at age 74 on 26 April 2022. He was a pioneer in the electronic music industry, being part of the bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before starting a solo career that produced over 60 albums across six decades.
This week's "Music from the Hearts of Space" radio program has a special tribute to him. You can link to their website HERE.
Jack Kehler, perhaps best known as the landlord of “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski, has died. Per The Hollywood Reporter, representatives from Kehler’s talent agency, SMS Talent, confirmed his death due to complications from leukemia. Kehler died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 75.
Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday.
Author Patricia A. McKillip, 74, died May 6, 2022. She was best known for her fantasy novels for children and young adults, including the Riddle-Master trilogy. Patricia Anne McKillip was born Febr…