Celebrating 23 December
Birthdays
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1940 – Jorma Kaukonen, lead guitarist, Jefferson Airplane
1942 – Dec Cluskey, The Batchelors
1943 – Harry Shearer, comedian (Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap)
1946 – Ray Tabano, guitarist, Aerosmith
1946 – Luther Grosvenor (Ariel Bender), guitarist, Mott The Hoople
1949 – Adrian Belew, guitarist, King Crimson
1956 – Dave Murray, guitarist, Iron Maiden
1962 – Sonny Emory, drummer, Earth, Wind & Fire
1964 – Eddie Vedder, guitarist, Pearl Jam
1967 – Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, singer-songwriter
1974 – Montsho Eshe, Arrested Development
1975 – Katie Underwood, Australian singer, Bardot
1985 – Harry Judd, drummer, McFly
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Died on this day
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1992 – Eddie Hazel, guitarist, Funkadelic (born 1950)
2007 – Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist (born 1925)
2008 – Clint Ballard Jr., US songwriter (born 1931)
2018 – Honey Lantree, drummer, The Honeycombs (born 1943)
2020 – Leslie West, guitarist, Mountain (born 1945)
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And on this day in...
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1964 – Brian Wilson had a panic attack during a US tour while on a flight from LA to Houston. It triggered his retirement from live touring with the Beach Boys
1966 – Ready, Steady, Go! was broadcast for the last time in the UK
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