Celebrating 8 December
Birthdays
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1939 – James Galway, Irish flautist
1941 – Bobby Elliott, drummer, The Hollies
1943 – Graham Knight, bassist, Marmalade
1955 – Kasim Sulton, bassist, Utopia
1955 – Nathan East, jazz/R'&B bassist
1956 – Warren Cuccurullo, guitarist, Missing Persons
1957 – Phil Collen, lead guitarist, Def Leppard
1959 – Paul Rutherford, singer, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1962 – Marty Friedman, guitarist, Megadeth
1973 – Judith Pronk, singer, Alice Deejay
1973 – Corey Taylor, lead singer, Slipknot
1974 – Nick Zinner, guitarist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1982 – Nicki Minaj, singer/songwriter
1982 – Chrisette Michele, US R&B singer
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Died on this day
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1980 – John Lennon, Beatle (born 1940)
1982 – Marty Robbins, US country & western star (born 1925)
1984 – Nick Dingley, drummer, Hanoi Rocks (born 1960)
2004 – Dimebag Darrell, guitarist, Pantera (born 1966)
2019 – Juice WRLD, US rapper (born 1998)
2021 – Ralph Tavares, The Tavares (born 1941)
2021 – Robbie Shakespeare, bassist, Sly and Robbie (born 1953)
2021 – Gil Bridges, saxophonist, Rare Earth (born 1941)
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And on this day in...
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1968 – Graham Nash left The Hollies, on his way to Crosby, Stills and Nash
1995 – The Grateful Dead announced their dissolution, after Jerry Garcia's death four months earlier
2013 – Metallica became the first band to play on all seven continents when they played at Carlini Base in Antarctica
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