2016

17 musicians who died in 2016

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2016 was seen by many people as the year music died, as so many legends of the music world sadly passed away. 10 January 2016: David Bowie   David Bowie (David Robert Jones) (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016) was a singer, songwriter and actor, for over five decades, and was regarded by critics and musicians alike as an innovator. Throughout his career he reinvented himself, with various alter-egos, and his visual presentation, music…
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Prince Rogers Nelson died on April 21, 2016

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Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mattie Della Nelson (née Shaw; 1933–2002) and John Lewis Nelson (1916–2001). Prince used many aliases including Jamie Starr, Alexander Nevermind, Joey Coco, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and of course . Prince’s father John was a songwriter and pianist, and his mother Mattie was a jazz singer. John’s stage name was Prince Rogers, and he performed with a jazz group called the…
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