Which singer's death were you most sad about?

[sktguy]

Dusty Springfield

 

[ozguy]

Without a doubt, Karen Carpenter. She had the most beautiful voice I've ever heard and she died way too young and so tragically. Her singing of Ave Maria brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it ....

 

[jesusfarts]

Probably Lisa Left Eye.

 

[Dobson73]

Karen carpenter and john lennon

Hear, hear. They were both, OMG moments. I still miss them both today, especially Karen.

 

[Dobson73]

Without a doubt, Karen Carpenter. She had the most beautiful voice I've ever heard and she died way too young and so tragically. Her singing of Ave Maria brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it ....

In hindsight, she was anorexic and looking terribly ill in this clip. God, she had a magical voice.

 

[ozguy]

.... she was anorexic and looking terribly ill in this clip.

Yes, she was. The Ave Maria recording was made in 1978 and she died in 1983 after battling with anorexia for years. She was only 32 when she passed away. I was devastated when she died.

 

[syntax]

Ian Curtis (d. 1980)

 

[willie metcaffe]

As was mentioned:

Karen Carpenter
John Lennon
Freddie Mercury
Michael Jackson

Others:

Donny Hathaway
George Harrison
Harry Chapin


I'm sure there are more...

 

[foodandart]

For some odd reason Michael Hutchins of INXS - his death hit me hard.

I second that. I'd been a HUGE INXS fan from 1983 on.. the thing that was the worst were all the morning talk radio people making jokes about his death. Pretty much was the final straw for me listening to commercial radio, some of it was SO vulgar.

The absolute worst however was John Lennon - I grew up listening to the Beatles and I'll never forget that day... how could I? My 'sweet' 16th birthday was on Dec. 9th 1980, and I woke up that morning to Beatles music on the radio, only to find out he'd been killed late the night before.

I cried all the way to school.

Deb.

 

[FREDDIE187]

I've read all the posts, some names I have not even heard of. For me...
John Lennon
Freddie Mercury
Luciano Pavarotti.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley

Hated that whiner Kurt Cobain, AIC never meant much to me.

Also want to mention Bon Scott, Kevin DuBrow, Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison.

3/5 died before you were even born.

 

[star-warrior]

The Hong Kong singer and actor Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing. You'll probably remember him from Farewell My Concubine.

Not so much for his music, or films, but for his suicide, and what must've brought him to that fatal decision to end it all.

 

[hawkia]

Lowell George without a doubt.

 

[willsboy84]

i wasn't a fan of the band, but it's sad listening to Sublime's "Santeria".
always sad to see great potential cut short like that. Brad Nowell had a nice voice on him.

 

[cityboy-stl]

Luciano Pavarotti

 

[scrapple]

Gotta agree with the Karen Carpenter choice. Loved her melancholy sound on "Goodbye To Love" and "Superstar".

 

[Shepherd 2]

Lucciano Pavarotti the great tenor!
I too am a trained tenor.

Shep+

 

[Telstra]

Lucciano Pavarotti the great tenor!
I too am a trained tenor.

Shep+

from memory, you said you can't hear, how can you sing ?

 

[andyspete]

I didn't even realize that Dan Fogelberg had died until I just read it on this thread. Was just listening to a song of his the other day, "Hard to Say". How and when did he die?

 

[gaz1978]

Johnny Cash. His influence and important was hard to calculate.