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Free bassist Andy Fraser dies at 62

 

 

Bassist Andy Fraser, who co-wrote Free's 1970 hit All Right Now, has died in California aged 62.

The musician died on Monday and he had been fighting cancer and Aids, according to an official statement regarding his death.

The Riverside County coroner said the cause of death was not yet known and remains under investigation.

The London-born musician became a founding member of the British group when he was just 15.

He wrote most of the his material with Free lead singer Paul Rodgers, who went on to front bands Bad Company and The Firm.

"A survivor of both cancer and Aids, Andy was a strong social activist and defender of individual human rights," the statement read.

"He leaves behind his daughters Hannah and Jasmine Fraser, and their mother Ri, his sister Gail, brothers Gavin and Alex, and many friends and associates in the industry."

Among those paying tributes to the bassist was Kiss's Paul Stanley, who said: "RIP Andy Fraser - Free's iconic bass player and writer of Alright Now and others. He battled cancer and AIDS. A loss."

British rock singer Michael Des Barres called him "one of RnR's most creative, soulful bass players. An activist and humanitarian. Rock in Peace".

BBC Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris tweeted: "More sad news. Too many are passing."

All Right Now was Free's biggest hit, peaking at number two in the UK singles chart and number four in the US.

The song was recognised by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1990 for achieving over a million radio plays.

In 2006, Fraser and Free singer Paul Rodgers were honoured by the BMI in London to mark three million radio and television plays of All Right Now in the UK.

According to an interview with Free drummer Simon Kirke, the song was written "after a bad gig in Durham".

He said: "It was obvious that we needed a rocker to close our shows. All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing All Right Now. He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn't have taken more than 10 minutes."

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31937608

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Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser has been remembered as "a giant of Australian politics" and a "great moral compass" following his death early this morning at the age of 84.

 

I still believe his greatest achievement was to ban commercial whaling.

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I missed this one, such a low profile artist one only sees his obituary in the Sunday Supplements.

 

Daevid Allen aka Divided Alien.

 

A Musician born in Australia, moved to the UK and was part of Soft Machine but then went off the Radar when he formed an Anarchic Psychedelic Space Rock Group "Planet Gong" in the mid 70's.

 

The Mid 70's coincided with post pubic, narcotic experimentation phase of a young Mekong who even back then was a shite musician. Gong used to play the summer festivals up in the moors, no nothing like today's Glastonbury these were real festivals, a big top, camp fire mushies, acid and weed miles away from humanity up in th'ills, a weekend away from the drudgery of being a grammar school scholar.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/13/gong-founder-daevid-allen-has-died-aged-77

 

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The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman, died Wednesday, a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday.

Misao Okawa died of heart failure and stopped breathing as her grandson and nursing home workers stood by her side, praising her for achieving a healthy long life, said Tomohiro Okada, an official at her Osaka nursing home.

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John Lennon’s Ex-Wife, Cynthia Lennon, Dead at 75

 

https://www.yahoo.com/music/john-lennons-ex-wife-cynthia-lennon-dead-at-75-115215178406.html

 

Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of former Beatles guitarist John Lennon, has died of cancer at her home in Spain. She was 75.

 

The news was announced Wednesday on the website and Twitter account of her son, Julian Lennon, and was confirmed by his representative.

 

Cynthia Lennon died at her home in Mallorca “following a short but brave battle with cancer,†a statement from the representative said. It said Julian Lennon was at his mother’s bedside throughout.

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Interesting ...

 

Best was born as Jewel Franklin Guy Kentucky on July 26, 1926. His mother was the sister of Ike Everly, the father of the pop duo The Everly Brothers. After his mother died in 1929, the three-year-old James was sent to live in an orphanage. He was later adopted by Armen Best (1897-1984) and his wife Essa (1896-1988)and went to live with them in Indiana. He served in the United States Army Air Forces as a gunner on a B-17 bomber during World War II.

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