A few years ago, precisely 2016, there were a lot of very famous musicians who died. It seemed like every week another world-famous musician died. The list is quite stunning:
Prince, David Bowie, Ralph Stanley, George Michael, Leonard Cohen, Maurice White, Leon Russell, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner, Jody Feek, Juan Gabriel...the obits never stopped.
The old saw that famous deaths come in threes was blown up in 2016.
The next year there were some notable deaths -- Tom Petty, Greg Allman, Al Jarreau -- but the volume of famous musician deaths was considerably smaller.
Then came 2023. It's like 2016 all over again.
Gary Wright, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Harwell, Burt Bacharach, Lisa Marie Presley (I guess... she qualifies...?), David Crosby, Harry Belafonte, Jeff Beck, Robbie Bachman, Gordon Lightfoot, Tina Turner, George Winston, Sinead O'Connor, Charlie Robison, Roger Whittaker...and we're only in September.
I'm not suggesting that there's a cluster or a conspiracy, but I find it odd that certain years feature more deaths of musicians than others. I'm sure the same occurs with athletes, or politicians or even Nobel Prize winners, but somehow it's shocking to me when so many famous people in one class die in a given year.
I notice patterns.
It's what I do.
(c) 2023 The Truxton Spangler Chronicles
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