17 May

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17 MAY

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2022 The Greek composer Vangelis, known for "Chariots Of Fire," dies at 79 from heart failure.

2019 Tyler, The Creator releases his fifth album, Igor, also the name of his blond-haired alter-ego. It becomes his first #1 album and earns Tyler his first Grammy win when it takes the trophy for Best Rap Album.

2016 Ne-Yo begins a two-episode stint as Mindy's new love interest on Hulu's comedy series The Mindy Project.

2016 Alanis Morissette sues her former business manager, Jonathan Schwartz, claiming he stole $4.7 million from her from 2009-2016. The following year, Schwartz admits to that theft and also to stealing another $2 million from other clients. Morissette is compensated in a settlement.

2016 Moby releases his memoir Porcelain, named because he threw up into a lot of porcelain toilets. It's also the title of a hit single from his landmark album, Play.

2015 Twenty One Pilots release their fourth studio album, Blurryface, their first record to land at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

2013 Singer-songwriter Alan O'Day dies of brain cancer at age 72.

2011 Rapper Wiz Khalifa and his girlfriend Amber Rose narrowly escape danger at a London nightclub. Khalifa is performing in the packed club when a bystander breaks a bottle over another patron's head. A fight ensues and Khalifa and Rose dodge bottles as they promptly exit the club with their entourage. Club promoters are upset that Khalifa ended his show early, as they reportedly paid the rapper 14,000 euros to do the show.

2008 Madonna's Hard Candy album hits #1 in America, her seventh to hit the top spot.

2008 The Brothers Four's Bob Flick marries his third wife, actress Loni Anderson.

2005 The reality series Britney and Kevin: Chaotic debuts on the UPN network, chronicling the adventures of the newly married Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. It proves unwatchable, and lasts just five episodes. The couple divorce two years later.

2005 System Of A Down release Mezmerize, with the war protest "B.Y.O.B." It debuts at #1 in America, as does their next album, Hypnotize, released six months later (a tactic cribbed from Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies).

2003 June Carter Cash's funeral is held in her hometown of Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among the 2000 mourners are Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sheryl Crow - and her husband, Johnny Cash.

2002 Blues singer Little Johnny Taylor, known for '60s hits like "Part Time Love," dies in Conway, Arkansas, at age 59.

1996 Blues musician Johnny "Guitar" Watson dies of a myocardial infarction at age 61 after collapsing on stage during a tour in Yokohama, Japan.

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Chris Cornell Dies At 52

2017

After performing with Soundgarden in Detroit, Chris Cornell is found dead from an apparent suicide at the age of 52.


Darkness is a hallmark of Cornell's songwriting, apparent on tracks like "Blow Up The Outside World," "Outshined" and "Black Hole Sun." The Superunknown track "Fell On Black Days" deals with his depression, which was especially acute in his teenage years: Just when everyday seemed to greet me with a smile Sunspots have faded and now I'm doing time The last song he performed was the 1991 Soundgarden song "Slaves And Bulldozers," where he incorporated some of the Led Zeppelin song "In My Time Of Dying." After the show - to an audience of 5,000 at the Fox Theater - Cornell went to his hotel room, where according to the medical examiner, he hanged himself in the bathroom using an exercise band. Those who came in contact with Cornell in his last days report that he was in good spirits, with plans for the future. His wife, Vicky, spoke with him by phone sometime after the show, reporting that he was slurring his words. She says he took an extra dose of Ativan, an anti-anxiety medication often used by recovering addicts that can impair judgment. After speaking with him, she called Soundgarden's bodyguard, who kicked in the doors to Cornell's hotel room and bedroom to find him dead on the floor with blood coming from his mouth and the band around his neck. Cornell leaves behind three children: a daughter from a previous marriage and a son and daughter with Vicky, who says he "would not hurt them intentionally by taking his own life."

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Tony Moore from Denison,txDid he? Idk,I wasn't there. I just pray Justice is served.
The greatest musical talent of my generation, IN MY OPINION. Genius! Miss you my brother.
No one sings like you anymore!

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