Stevie Vaughan (Stephen Ray Vaughan)
10/03/1954 - 08/27/1990
Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was one of the most influential American guitarists of the late 20th century.
Vaughan was an important figure in Texas blues, a loud, swing-driven fusion of blues...
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08/20/1942 - 08/10/2008
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American songwriter, musician, singer, and occasionally an actor. Hayes was one of the creative geniuses behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he...
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Johnny Cash (John Cash)
02/26/1932 - 09/12/2003
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter, actor,and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Although he is...
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04/25/1960 - 02/02/2002
Paul Baloff (April 25, 1960–February 2, 2002) was an American singer, most notable for his time in thrash metal band Exodus.
Paul was one of the founding members of Exodus in 1981, singing on their 1982 Demo and their first official albu...
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03/13/1942 - 12/03/1999
John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), better known by his stage name Scatman John, was an American jazz musician and singer who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1994 hit "Scatman (Ski-...
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Tom Fogerty (Thomas Richard Fogerty)
11/09/1941 - 08/06/1990
Thomas Richard "Tom" Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was a musician best known as the guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band.
Jim Morrison (James Douglas Morrison)
12/08/1943 - 07/03/1971
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was the lead singer and lyricist of American band The Doors. Morrison was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time...
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06/09/1927 - 09/21/2010
Patrick, Robert Lee, 83, former resident of Wichita and for the past 17 years a resident of Topeka, passed away peacefully on September 21, 2010.
01/02/1952 - 10/22/2010
Carlson, Rebecca. On November 22, 2010, Rebecca Carlson lost her more-than eight year battle with ovarian cancer. Her determination to fight the disease was an inspiration to family, friends and colleagues.
Jimi Hendrix (James Marshall Hendrix)
11/27/1942 - 09/18/1970
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in musical histo...
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03/24/1940 - 01/24/2009
Nona Meiner, 70, of Ammon, ID, passed away January 24, 2009 at Mountain Valley Assisted Living after a year-long battle with ovarian cancer. She was born March 24, 1940, in Galesburg, IL to Louis Henry Godsil and Aileen Anna Wiess Godsil. She atte...
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09/14/1933 - 01/13/2011
Jane Betts was born on September 14, 1933 in Beverly Hills, California. Jane was raised in the Hollywood Hills near Sunset and Vine and loved to tell stories about the wonderful musical theatre she enjoyed growing up and riding her horse in Griffi...
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02/12/1947 - 12/23/2010
Edward Nichols, a former newspaper photographer who also taught at UC Santa Cruz Extension, died Dec. 18 after losing a six-month battle with cancer.
09/12/1920 - 08/18/2010
Rosanna graduated from Struville High School in 1938. She was the daughter of Dorothy Greene (Wilcox) Geyer and Frank Geyer. She managed her mothers business, Dorothy’s Bakery, in Struville and later in West Harwich.
01/19/1943 - 10/04/1970
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four albums as the front woman for several bands from 1967 to a posthumous relea...
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