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The Toxic Avenger: The Musical is worth catching before the cast dies tragically  Kansas City Pitch

Budd Carr Dies: Music Supervisor For Oliver Stone Movies, ‘Heat’ & Many Others Was 79  Deadline

Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84  The New York Times

11 Country Stars Who Died in Tragic Plane Crashes  Taste of Country

Amy documentary review: how the music dies  Flick Filosopher

17 Singers Who Tragically Died At The Height Of Their Careers, And It’s Truly Heartbreaking  BuzzFeed

‘The Day The Music Died’: Buddy Holly and his final shows in Wisconsin  Wisconsin Life

Charmian Carr, Liesl from Sound of Music , Dies at 73  Playbill

‘Fantasticks’ Lyricist Tom Jones Was Sanguine About the Show’s Tangled History With Hollywood, Including a Barbra Streisand Near-Miss  Variety

'Before the Music Dies' Diagnoses an Ailing Industry  The Washington Post

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder and San Francisco rock pioneer, dies at 78  San Francisco Chronicle

Appreciation: Few ever heard Ennio Morricone's avant-garde music. Why it was key to his movies  Los Angeles Times

Lalo Schifrin, 93, Dies; Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and Much More  The New York Times

The Day the Music Died  Britannica

Lennie Niehaus, Who Set Eastwood’s Films to Music, Dies at 90 (Published 2020)  The New York Times

Chris Strachwitz, Who Dug Up the Roots of American Music, Dies at 91 (Published 2023)  The New York Times

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87  The New York Times

Jerry Weintraub, a Force in Film and Music, Dies at 77 (Published 2015)  The New York Times

Rosmarie Trapp, whose family inspired 'The Sound of Music,' dies at age 93  NPR

Don McLean on the tragedy behind American Pie: 'I cried for two years'  The Guardian

Eleonore von Trapp Campbell, of the ‘Sound of Music’ Family, Dies at 90 (Published 2021)  The New York Times

Charmian Carr – Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music – dies, aged 73  The Guardian

Jimmy Cliff, Singer Who Helped Bring Reggae to Global Audience, Dies at 81  The New York Times

Chuck Mangione, a ‘Smooth Jazz’ Hitmaker With a Fluegelhorn, Dies at 84  The New York Times

Maria Von Trapp, Inspiration for ‘Sound of Music,’ Dies at 99  The Hollywood Reporter

Christopher Plummer: Star of The Sound of Music dies at 91  BBC

Vangelis, Composer Best Known for ‘Chariots of Fire,’ Dies at 79 (Published 2022)  The New York Times

Jellybean Johnson, pillar of Minneapolis music, dies at 69  Star Tribune