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LaShun Pace - Atlanta-born gospel singer; kidney failure; 60
Ric Parnell - drummer of Atomic Rooster and the This Is Spinal Tap band; 70
Fred Parris - lead singer of The Five Satins, wrote "In the Still of the Night"; 85
Clifford "Moonie" Pusey - Steel Pulse guitarist; cancer
Howie Pyro (Howard Kusten) - New York-born bassist with D-Generation, Danzig and The Blessed; Covid-related; 61
Raymond Raposa - Indiana-born leader of Castenets; 41
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - blind Tennessee-born C&W keyboardist, played with Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan and more; 84
Marty Roberts - L.A. lounge singer with his wife in Marty & Elayne
Badal Roy (Amerenda Roy Chowdhury - Pakistani tabla player, played with Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman
Art Rupe (Arthur Goldberg) - rock & roll pioneer who founded Specialty Records and signed Little Richard, Sam Cooke and others; 104
Bobby Rydell - teen idol pop-rock singer, starred with Ann-Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie; pneumonia; 79
Paul Ryder - co-founder/bassist with '90s British acid-house band, Happy Mondays; brother of lead singer Shaun; 58
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Sad Frosty (Sam Hernandez) - Houston rapper and social media star; 24
Jim Seals - half of the popular '70s Texas duo, Seals and Crofts with Dash Crofts; 80
Jim Schwall - Indiana-born blues guitarist with The Siegel-Schwall Band; 79
Donald "Tabby" Shaw - founding member of the Mighty Diamonds reggae group; killed in drive-by shooting in Jamaica; 67
Sidhu Moose Wala (Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu) - East Indian-based rapper; drive-by shooting; 28
Calvin Simon - original member of The Parliaments with George Clinton, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Parliament-Funkadelic; 79
Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson - founding member of the Mighty Diamonds; diabetes; 70
Elza Soares - Brazilian samba singer; 91
Ronnie Spector - lead singer of The Ronettes, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee; cancer; 78
Tom Smith - co-founder of experimental noise group To Live and Shave in L.A.; cancer; 65
Snootie Wild (nee LePreston Porter) - Memphis rapper shot in Houston; 36
Jim Sohns - co-founder/lead singer with Chicago garage band, Shadows of Night; stroke; 75
Trevor Strnad - Michigan-born co-founder/vocalist of death-metal band, the Black Dahlia Murder; 41
Alec John Such - New Jersey-born founding bassist with Bon Jovi, member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; 70
Earl Swavey - L.A. rapper; shot and killed ; 26
