Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies
Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died.
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Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like ‘Don’t Touch Me,’ dies
Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer behind such standards like "Don't Touch Me," has died.
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Jazz legend Chuck Mangione, known for ‘Feels So Good,’ dies
Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single "Feels So Good" and later became a voice actor on the animated TV comedy "King of the Hill," has died.
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Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash in Italy
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy.
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Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write ‘The Way We Were,’ dies
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?," "It Might Be You" and the classic "The Way We Were," has died.
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Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and ’70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies
Bobby Sherman, whose winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and '70s with bubblegum pop hits like "Little Woman" and "Julie, Do Ya Love Me," has died.
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Mick Ralphs, founding member of Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, dies
Mick Ralphs, a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the classic British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died.
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Former EPB Chair Joe Ferguson dies
When Joe Ferguson stepped down from the EPB board of directors in 2019, he did so with a pretty specific caveat.
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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.
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Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies
Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and '70s and beyond with such hits as "Everyday People," "Stand!" and "Family Affair," died Monday.
