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9/26/26-Tim Curry Dies
Tim Curry Trusted Source: Associated Press at apnews.com By MARK KENNEDY Updated 4:50 PM EDT, August 26, 2026 Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the smug concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that […]
Dolly Parton passes
Dolly Parton Dolly Parton has died. The show she hosted will air this weekend & all next week at lost45.com Hear her say hello on our interview page. Everyone who knows me, knows this is a difficult one. Dolly Parton was a special guest on my show a few times. During one of them, she invited me to Dollywood--a fun place to visit! During another, she asked who my […]
8/22/26-Latimore passes
Hear him say hello: https://lost45.com/audio/Latimore.mp3 Latimore Benjamin William Lattimore (September 7, 1939—August 22, 2026), known professionally as Latimore, was an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist.[1] In 2017, Latimore was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame.[2] Life and career Latimore was born in Charleston, Tennessee,[1] and was influenced by country music, his Baptist church choir, and the blues.[3] His first professional experience came as a pianist […]
8/19/26-ZZ Top’s Frank Beard passes
ZZ Top Trusted Source: Associated Press at apnews.com By MARK KENNEDY Updated 6:20 AM EDT, August 19, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Legs,” has died. He was 77. Beard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in […]
8/15/26-Bonnie Tyler comes home
Bonnie Tyler Trusted Source: Associated Press at apnews.com LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of fans lined the streets of a seaside Welsh village on Saturday to bid farewell to late singer Bonnie Tyler as her coffin was brought home. The Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star, beloved worldwide for her 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” died last month in a hospital in Portugal. She was 75. Tyler was hospitalized […]
8/11/26-Rod Stewart Medical News
Trusted Source: music-news.com Rod Stewart has been forced to cancel a second concert after undergoing a "minor medical procedure". The British singer was scheduled to perform his One Last Time show at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Sunday night. However, a spokesperson for the venue announced that the show would be postponed as Stewart needed to go to the hospital for an issue that "required prompt attention". […]
8/7/26-Barbra Streisand’s first children’s book
Barbra Streisand Trusted Source: music-news.com Barbra Streisand is set to release her debut children's book next year. On Thursday, editors at Penguin Young Readers and Flamingo Books announced that the Hollywood icon will unveil a picture book titled And By the Way... on 30 March 2027. Written by Streisand and illustrated by Paige Keiser, the project follows a "grandparent-grandchild pair on a dazzling day as they play, splash, and contemplate […]
8/3/26-Phil Collins Addiction Battle
Phil Collins Trusted Source: music-news.com Phil Collins has recalled how he nearly died from alcohol abuse in 2024. In an interview for The Sunday Times published this week, the legendary musician described how he was admitted to a hospital in Switzerland for alcohol addiction in late 2023. Though Collins was initially discharged, he returned a short time later and was quickly placed in intensive care. "My kidneys were packing up, […]
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