Sebesky released 12 albums as a bandleader and also recorded with Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson. Sebensky composed and arranged music for dozens of movies, television programs, Broadway musicals and commercials and won three Grammy awards..
Composer, arranger, conductor and jazz trombonist Don Sebesky dies at 85
He won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for his work on Kiss Me Kate.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...-Away-20230429
Bachman-Turner Overdrive formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their hits include Hey You, Let It Ride, Roll On Down The Highway, Takin' Care Of Business and You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. Tim was a member in 1973-74 and from 1984 to 1988.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive co-founding member Tim Bachman dies at 71
https://americansongwriter.com/bachm...an-dies-at-71/
Lightfoot released 20 studio albums and three live albums. In Canada, he had 22 top-40 hits and three number ones: If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown and The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. In the United States, those three songs reached #5, #1 and #2, respectively. Among Lightfoot's other hits are Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People, Beautiful and The Circle Is Small.
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...d-84-rcna82370
Saki appeared in nine episodes of M*A*S*H and in the movies Splash, Meteor, Policewoman and Mel Brooks' History Of The World: Part I.
Eileen Saki, Rosie the bar owner on M*A*S*H, dies at 79
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ie-1235478405/
Bryne performed in more than 30 plays including King Lear, Henry VI, Macbeth, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She appeared in the movies Amadeus and The Bostonians and played Mrs. Gaffney in four episodes of Tony Randall's 1981-83 sitcom Love, Sidney.
Stephen Sondheim favorite Barbara Bryne dies at 94
Bryne was a part of the original Broadway companies of Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods.
https://www.playbill.com/article/son...ses-away-at-94
Kurt Vile – yes, that's his real name – and the Violators formed in 2003 and have released nine studio albums. Their biggest hit, Pretty Pimpin, went to number one on Billboard's adult album alternative chart in March 2016 and reached #33 on the alternative rock chart. Among their other hits are Loading Zones, One Trick Ponies, How Lucky (with John Prine) and Like Exploding Stones.
Rob Laasko, guitarist for Kurt Vile & The Violators, dies at 44
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/rob-laa...-died-aged-44/
The Chieftains formed in 1962 in Dublin, Ireland. Keane had been a member since 1968. The Chieftains have released 36 studio albums and five live albums. Thirteen of their albums have charted in the United States.
Chieftains fiddle player Seán Keane dies at 76
https://www.independent.ie/entertain...616951711.html
Zeman played Lana McLain in 49 episodes of One Life To Live (1976-77) and Sofia Madison in 78 episodes of The Bay (2010-22) and appeared in the movies Class Reunion and The Day The Music Died.
Jacklyn Zeman, longtime General Hospital actor, dies at 70
Zeman played Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer in more than 800 episodes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...s-70-rcna83888
Berger appeared in more than 50 movies including Ludwig, Iron Cross, Conversation Piece, Ash Wednesday, Victory At Entebbe, The Damned, and The Godfather Part III. He also appeared in the video for Madonna's 1992 hit Erotica.
Austrian actor Helmut Berger dies at 78
https://www.usnews.com/news/entertai...70s-dies-at-78
The Smiths formed in 1982 in Manchester, England, with Steven Morrissey as lead singer and broke up in 1987. Among their hits are Ask, Panic, Shakespeare's Sister, Girlfriend In A Coma, How Soon Is Now? and The Boy With The Thorn In His Side.
Andy Rourke, bassist for '80s British group The Smiths, dead at 59
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.6848897
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