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Saturday, April 8, 2023

Music Deaths in 2022: Lewis, Post, Coolio, Miller and Kerr

RAMSEY LEWIS, 87

Died 12 September.  Pianist /composer (jazz / jazz funk).

JIM POST, 82

Died 14 September.  Had a #10 hit in 1968 "Reach Out in the Darkness" as a member of Friend and Lover.

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COOLIO, 59

Died 28 September.  Rapper / singer who had the 1995 hit "Gangsta's Paradise."  

JODI MILLER, 80

Died 6 October.  Singer / country.  Had a big hit at #5 Country and #12 Pop in 1965 with "Queen of the House" an answer to Roger Miller's "King of the Road."  From 1965 to 1979 had 27 Top 100s in country and 5 Top Tens.

ANITA KERR, 94

Died 10 October.  Songer / arranger / composer.  Founder of Anita Kerr singers.


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