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Glittery Obituary
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THOSE WE HAVE LOVED AND LOST
The Glam Rock Obituaries
1972
3rd May - LEE HARVEY - Stone The Crows and one time member of Sensational Alex Harvey Band - electrocuted on stage.
6th November - BILLY MURCIA - New York Dolls - choked on coffee after overdose of mandrax.
1975
10th February - DAVE ALEXANDER - bassist for The Stooges - Pneumonia
May - ERIC EMERSON - lead singer with The Magic Tramps and Andy Warhol superstar - Killed in hit and run incident
Date unknown - ZEKE ZETTNER - one time drummer for The Stooges - Unknown causes
1977
16th September - MARC BOLAN (real name Marc Feld) - singer with T.Rex and founder of Glam! - Car crash
1980
27th October STEVE 'PEREGRINE' TOOK - Bolan's partner in Tyrannosaurus Rex - choked to death on a cherry stone.
1981
28th April STEVE CURRIE - Bass player with T.Rex - Car crash.
28th August - GUY STEVENS - Producer, including Mott The Hoople and Heavy Metal Kids - Heart attack.
1982
4th February - ALEX HARVEY - Lead singer of Sensational Alex Harvey Band fame - Heart attack
1983
July (date unknown) - JOBRIATH (real name Bruce Wayne Campbell) - US glam rock singer - A.I.D.S..
1985
25th October - GARY HOLTON - Singer with the Heavy Metal Kids - Drugs and alcohol.
1988
7th March - DIVINE (real name Harris Glenn Milstead) - Transvestite actor and singer - Combination of weight problems and sleep apnea.
16th June - KIM MILFORD - Played Rocky in the Roxy cast production of The Rocky Horror Show - Heart failure after surgery.
14th August - ROBERT CALVERT - Was in Hawkwind and recorded solo album 'Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters' with Eno - Heart attack.
21st December - PAUL JEFFREYS - Bassist with Cockney Rebel, and briefly with BeBop Deluxe - Died in the Lockerbie plane crash.
1989
14th February - VINCENT CRANE - Frontman and organist with Atomic Rooster - Suicide.
Date unknown - BILLY LYALL - Synth and pianist with Pilot - A.I.D.S.
1991
23rd April - JOHNNY THUNDERS (real name John Anthony Genzale Jr.) - Guitarist with the New York Dolls, and later a punk-era solo artist - Drug overdose.
24th November - FREDDIE MERCURY (real name Frederick Bulsara) - Lead singer with Queen - A.I.D.S.
24th November - ERIC CARR (real name Paul Caravello) - One time member of Kiss - Cerebral hemorrage.
1992
14th January - JERRY NOLAN - Drummer with the New York Dolls - Stroke.
15th January - DEE MURRAY - Played with Elton John's band, and later with Alice Cooper - Stroke.
Date Unknown - PAUL HAMMOND - Drummer with Atomic Rooster - Overdose.
1993
March - LYNN PHILLIPS - Guitarist with Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids - Heart attack.
29th April - MICK RONSON - Guiitarist with David Bowie's Spiders From Mars, briefly with Mott The Hoople, and as a solo glam singer in his own right - Liver cancer.
1994
24th June - MICK WAYNE - Guitarist, played on Bowie's 'Space Oddity' - House fire.
1995
12th February - TONY SECUNDA - Manager of The Move and T.Rex - Heart attack.
21st December - CHARLIE TUMAHAI - Bassist with Be-Bop Deluxe - Heart attack.
Date Unknown - JOHN GOODISON - Lead singer with Big John's Rock & Roll Circus - Cause unknown.
1996
18th February - MIKE LEANDER - Gary Glitter's writing partner and producer - Cancer.
1997
9th February - BRIAN CONNOLLY - Lead singer with The Sweet - Kidney and liver failure.
4th June - RONNIE LANE - Bassist with The Faces - Multiple sclerosis
19th October - GLEN BUXTON - Guitarist for Alice Cooper - Heart failure during pneumonia.
1998
5th April - COZY POWELL - Drummer who enjoyed several glam solo hits, as well as playing with Jeff Beck group and others - Car crash.
2000
7th March - CHARLES GRAY - Played the narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Natural causes.
31st March - ADRIAN FISHER - Guitarist with Sparks - Possibly drug related.
30th June - CUB CODA - Guitarist with Brownsville Station - Complications from kidney disease.
2001
29th August - GRAEME 'SHIRLEY' STRACHAN - Lead vocalist with Skyhooks - Crashed a helicopter he was learning to fly
1st September - TED MULRY - Leader of Aussie glam outfit the Ted Mulry Gang - Cancer
2002
14th February - MICK TUCKER - Drummer with The Sweet - Leukemia.
22nd July - GUS DUDGEON - Producer whose work included Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Bowie's Space Oddity - Car crash.
2003
11th January - MICKEY FINN - Bongo player/Percussionist with T.Rex (and later Mickey Finn's T.Rex) - Possibly kidney and/or liver problems.
6th May - GERRY SHEPHERD - Singer/guitarist with The Glitter Band - Cancer (to be confirmed)
30th May - MICKIE MOST - Glam producer (Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Mud), and founder of Glam mega-label RAK. - Cancer
2004
28th January - DINO DINES - One time member of T.Rex and T.Rextasy - Heart attack.
21st February - LES GRAY - Lead singer with Mud - Heart attack after cancer.
13th July - ARTHUR 'KILLER' KANE - Bassist with the New York Dolls - Pneumonia brought about by leukemia.
Have I left anyone off the list? If you know of any glam rock artists who I have omitted from this list please e-mail me with details.
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