2020 Music News


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2020 News
    Eddie Van Halen, main songwriter and lead guitarist of Van Halen, passed away at the age of 65 after a long battle with throat cancer.
    (In Memoriam: January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020)

    Charlie Daniels, best known for the classic The Devil Went Down to Georgia
    passed away at the age of 83 from a stroke at Summit Medical Center in Nashville.
    (In Memoriam: October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020)

    Little Richard, "The Innovator, The Originator, and The Architect of Rock and Roll", passed away at the age of 87. The cause of death was revealed to be bone cancer.
    (In Memoriam: December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020)

    Country folk singer-songwriter John Prine passed away at the age of 73 from complications caused by COVID-19.
    (In Memoriam: October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020)

    Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of Fountains of Wayne, passed away at the age of 52. He died at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, as a result of health complications caused by COVID-19.
    (In Memoriam: October 31, 1967 – April 1, 2020 )

    Soul singer Bill Withers passed away at the age of 81. Withers died in Los Angeles on March 30, 2020, from heart complications. His family announced his death on April 3, 2020.
    (In Memoriam: July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020 )

    Legendary country singer Kenny Rogers passed away at the age of 81. He died under hospice care at his home in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
    (In Memoriam: August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020 )


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