One of the top recording artists of the 1970s, Roberta Flack saw a career resurgence in the mid 1990s after The Fugees covered her hit, Killing Me Softly.
Grammy-award winning singer Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88, her publicist has announced.
The American singer was best known for her hit songs Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
One of the top recording artists of the 1970s, she died on Monday surrounded by her family, her publicist Elaine Schock said in a statement.
In 2022, Flack announced she was suffering from motor neurone disease (MND), and could no longer sing.
Rising to fame in her early 30s, Flack became an overnight success after Clint Eastwood chose her song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, as the soundtrack for the explicit love scenes of his 1971 movie Play Misty For Me.
The track topped the US charts in 1972, and Flack was rewarded with a Grammy.
The following year she took the coveted Record of the Year prize at the Grammys for a second time with Killing Me Softly, becoming the first artist ever to do so.
Paul Weller never spoke to Rick again after the split, sad and strange.
Watched a documentary where both Rick and Bruce stated that they were very angry with Paul over the split. In later years when the idea was mooted for a reunion tour both indicated that they would not be any part of it.
One can only surmise that bridges got burned that couldn't be rebuilt.
Quizzer Chris Hughes, star of the popular BBC and Channel 5 series Eggheads, has died aged 77, a statement on the programme's social media accounts has said.
Hughes was one of several general knowledge experts who regularly appeared on the show, which saw members of the public take on the five so-called "Eggheads".
A statement posted on the show's Facebook and X accounts on Thursday, reported by the Press Association news agency, paid tribute to an "Eggheads great".
"It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Eggheads great Chris Hughes," it read.
"Chris joined the show in 2003 and over the next 20 years gave us not only brilliant answers but very many laughs and happy memories."
It concluded: "He will be hugely missed by all his Eggheads family."
Australian man whose blood donations saved 2.4 million babies dies aged 88
Nicknamed the “man with the golden arm”, Harrison saved 2.4 million babies by donating plasma over 1,100 times, according to the Australian Red Cross.
Harrison started donating as an 18-year-old in 1954, four years after receiving a series of blood transfusions following lung surgery.
He is said to never have missed a fortnightly appointment in his more than six decades of donating, before retiring as a donor in 2018 at the age of 81.
As his plasma contained a rare antibody called Anti-D, doctors used it to help mothers whose blood was at risk of attacking their unborn babies.
GOODBYE TO A PIONEER & TRUE GENTLEMAN It is with great sadness that we announce the death of one of the true pioneers of music, guitarist, songwriter, and true gentleman, Brian James. Founding member of The Damned, writer of the first ever UK punk single, New Rose, Brian was the principal songwriter of the band’s debut album, Damned Damned Damned, which was released in February 1977. Parting ways with the Damned following the release of their second album, the Nick Mason-produced Music for Pleasure, Brian created the short-lived Tanz Der Youth, before he formed The Lords of the New Church with his friend and fellow rocker Stiv Bators. In a wave of excitement, headed by the twin powers of Brian James and Stiv Bators, three successful studio albums followed for The Lord of the New Church, spawning singles such as Open Your Eyes, Dance with Me, and Method to My Madness. Always looking for new challenges and keen to work with different musicians, over the years that followed, Brian formed The Dripping Lips and guested on different records, while creating the Brian James Gang and working on his solo albums. Incessantly creative and a musical tour de force, over a career which spanned more than six decades, with his music also gracing film and television soundtracks, in addition to The Damned and The Lords of the New Church, Brian worked with a plethora of punk and rock ‘n’ roll’s finest, from Iggy Pop to Wayne Kramer, Stewart Copeland to Cheetah Chrome. Most recently, more than four decades after the release of the epoch-making New Rose, the original members of The Damned reformed for a series of very special and emotional UK shows in 2022. With his wife Minna, son Charlie, and daughter-in-law Alicia by his side, Brian passed peacefully on Thursday 6 th March 2025.
Comments
One of the top recording artists of the 1970s, Roberta Flack saw a career resurgence in the mid 1990s after The Fugees covered her hit, Killing Me Softly.
Grammy-award winning singer Roberta Flack has died at the age of 88, her publicist has announced.
The American singer was best known for her hit songs Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
One of the top recording artists of the 1970s, she died on Monday surrounded by her family, her publicist Elaine Schock said in a statement.
In 2022, Flack announced she was suffering from motor neurone disease (MND), and could no longer sing.
Rising to fame in her early 30s, Flack became an overnight success after Clint Eastwood chose her song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, as the soundtrack for the explicit love scenes of his 1971 movie Play Misty For Me.
The track topped the US charts in 1972, and Flack was rewarded with a Grammy.
The following year she took the coveted Record of the Year prize at the Grammys for a second time with Killing Me Softly, becoming the first artist ever to do so.
One can only surmise that bridges got burned that couldn't be rebuilt.
Quizzer Chris Hughes, star of the popular BBC and Channel 5 series Eggheads, has died aged 77, a statement on the programme's social media accounts has said.
Hughes was one of several general knowledge experts who regularly appeared on the show, which saw members of the public take on the five so-called "Eggheads".
A statement posted on the show's Facebook and X accounts on Thursday, reported by the Press Association news agency, paid tribute to an "Eggheads great".
"It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Eggheads great Chris Hughes," it read.
"Chris joined the show in 2003 and over the next 20 years gave us not only brilliant answers but very many laughs and happy memories."
It concluded: "He will be hugely missed by all his Eggheads family."
Michelle Trachtenberg dies at 39
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/joseph-wambaugh-la-cop-turned-author-of-bestsellers-including-the-onion-field-and-the-choirboys/ar-AA1A4RiT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W230&cvid=469bb7235838433ebaae68c434c0a7a7&ei=79#
Nicknamed the “man with the golden arm”, Harrison saved 2.4 million babies by donating plasma over 1,100 times, according to the Australian Red Cross.
Harrison started donating as an 18-year-old in 1954, four years after receiving a series of blood transfusions following lung surgery.
He is said to never have missed a fortnightly appointment in his more than six decades of donating, before retiring as a donor in 2018 at the age of 81.
As his plasma contained a rare antibody called Anti-D, doctors used it to help mothers whose blood was at risk of attacking their unborn babies.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/australian-man-whose-blood-donations-saved-2-4-million-babies-dies-aged-88/ar-AA1A8zI4?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W230&cvid=84144fc3188040e6a9a146be24295a0f&ei=114#fullscreen
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of one of the true pioneers of music, guitarist,
songwriter, and true gentleman, Brian James.
Founding member of The Damned, writer of the first ever UK punk single, New Rose, Brian was the
principal songwriter of the band’s debut album, Damned Damned Damned, which was released in
February 1977. Parting ways with the Damned following the release of their second album, the Nick
Mason-produced Music for Pleasure, Brian created the short-lived Tanz Der Youth, before he formed
The Lords of the New Church with his friend and fellow rocker Stiv Bators.
In a wave of excitement, headed by the twin powers of Brian James and Stiv Bators, three successful
studio albums followed for The Lord of the New Church, spawning singles such as Open Your Eyes,
Dance with Me, and Method to My Madness. Always looking for new challenges and keen to work
with different musicians, over the years that followed, Brian formed The Dripping Lips and guested
on different records, while creating the Brian James Gang and working on his solo albums.
Incessantly creative and a musical tour de force, over a career which spanned more than six
decades, with his music also gracing film and television soundtracks, in addition to The Damned and
The Lords of the New Church, Brian worked with a plethora of punk and rock ‘n’ roll’s finest, from
Iggy Pop to Wayne Kramer, Stewart Copeland to Cheetah Chrome. Most recently, more than four
decades after the release of the epoch-making New Rose, the original members of The Damned
reformed for a series of very special and emotional UK shows in 2022.
With his wife Minna, son Charlie, and daughter-in-law Alicia by his side, Brian passed peacefully on
Thursday 6 th March 2025.