A representative for the band confirmed the news. She passed away at her home in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday .
Category: Disco
Debbie Reynolds and 128 famous faces we’ve said goodbye to in 2016
From actors and musicians to comedians and entertainers, we remember those well-known figures and famous faces who are no longer with us. One of the world’s best selling recording artists , whose career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, died following an 18-month secret battle with cancer.
Celebrity birthdays for Dec. 21, 2016
Country singer Freddie Hart is 90. Talk-show host Phil Donahue is 81. Actress Jane Fonda is 79. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 68. Actor Dennis Boutsikaris is 64. Singer Betty Wright is 63. Actress Jane Kaczmarek is 61. Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 60. Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 60. Actor-comedian Ray Romano is 59. Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 54. Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 52. Guitarist Gabrielle Glaser is 51. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 51. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 50. Actress Karri Turner is 50. Actress Khrystyne Haje is 48. Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 48. Actress Julie Delpy is 47. Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 45. Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions is 45. Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova is 40. Actress Rutina Wesley is 38. Keyboardist Anna Bulbrook of Airborne Toxic … (more)
Here’s what Chic’s Nile Rodgers Said About the Rock and Roll Hall of…
Chic’s Nile Rodgers , the producer behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” will be receiving an award for musical excellence. His prize raises a big question Westword spoke with him about it in February: Why, after eleven nominations, has the disco sensation Chic still not been inducted? …thinking about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame brings a smile to my face, because if people knew me – and a lot of people at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame know me – they’d know I don’t make music for awards.