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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

1 Oct 2012 Dirk Bach (*1961) German actor, voice actor, entertainer and comedian, social activist for the rights of gays and lesbians, animal rights, in the AIDS aid and for children ~ heart failure youtu.be/WAu7CK50B44

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#otd 28 September 2008 Cocó (Jorge Luis Revilla, *1968) Peruvian musician and DJ, co-founder and member of Silvania and Ciëlo ~ robbed, beaten and stabbed by two Romanian hustlers in his Madrid flat youtu.be/KP1glwvdYNY

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#otd 28 September 1991 Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, *1926) US-American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music ~ stroke, pneumonia and respiratory failure youtu.be/h4X3rAg6lhY

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#otd 28 September 2022 Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr., *1963) US-American rapper, who won a Grammy Award for "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995); his nickname "Coolio Iglesias" was a takeoff of Julio Iglesias ~ accidental overdose of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine youtu.be/kGzowsBTW6c

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

#otd 28 September 1972 Rory Storm (Alan Ernest Caldwell, *1938) English musician and vocalist from Liverpool, singer and leader of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (with Ringo Starr on drums) ~ found dead together with his mother (maybe double suicide with sleeping pills) youtu.be/rYAL-eBfBno

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

#otd 27 September 1986 Cliff Burton (*1962) US-American musician, bassist for Metallica ~ tour bus accident youtu.be/qdlQyNe_9tE

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spanische Medien berichten, dass Bruno Kramm (Das Ich) letzte Nacht nach einem Konzert der Band in Granada verstorben ist. Er war als Musiker, Produzent und Labelgründer eine wichtige Figur in der dt. und intern. Gothic-Szene. Zudem war er politisch aktiv (zuletzt Piraten). Mach's gut, Bruno.

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#otd 26 September 2003 Robert Palmer (*1949) English musician and singer-songwriter ~ heart attack youtu.be/7_SAMrDnXOE

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#otd 26 September 1999 Curtis Mayfield (*1942) US-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer; was paralyzed from the neck down during an accident in 1990 (lighting equipment fell on him during a live performance) ~ died from complications of type 2 diabetes youtu.be/Jo50otY1nLI

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#otd 25 September 2012 Andy Williams (Howard Andrew Williams, *1927) US-American singer and hoster of the Andy Williams Show ~ bladder cancer youtu.be/JJ4uSN4Oa8I

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#otd 25 September 1980 John Bonham (*1948), aka Bonzo English musician and songwriter, drummer for Led Zeppelin ~ choked on vomit youtu.be/HQmmM_qwG4k

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#otd 25 September 2016 The Incredible Hagen (Hagen Friedrich Liebing, *1961) German musician and journalist, bassist for Die Ärzte ~ brain tumor youtu.be/cSSnSEczlCs

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

23 Sept 2010 Martin Büsser (*1968) author and pop theorist ~ cancer

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#otd 18 September 1970 Jimi Hendrix (John Allen Hendrix, *1942) US-American singer, songwriter and guitar god ~ choked on vomit youtu.be/qFfnlYbFEiE

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

#otd 18 September 1991 Rob Tyner (Robert W. Derminer, *1944) US-American musician, lead singer of Detroit proto-punk band MC5 ~ heart attack in the seat of his parked car youtu.be/Oeyt9wNYhnQ

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

#otd 16 September 1973 Víctor Jara (Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez, *1932) Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and political activist ~ was arrested by the Chilean military after the Pinochet coup, tortured during interrogations and ultimately shot dead youtu.be/Nhak9bEyjwA

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

#otd 16 September 1977 Marc Bolan (Marc Feld, *1947) British singer, guitarist and songwriter, pioneer of glam rock (T. Rex) ~ car accident (driven by Gloria Jones) youtu.be/rhf9kyLYcN8

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Tom Koltermann @tomkoltermann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Gestern war ich zu Gast in der Abendschau und durfte ein paar Fragen zu Ostidentität, Popmusik und der erstaunlichen Aktualität ostdeutscher Herkunft beantworten. Das war sehr aufregend und hat Spaß gemacht. www.rbb-online.de/abendschau/v...

Tom Koltermann mit Moderator Volker Wieprecht in der Abendschau des rbb.

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

13 Sept 1996 Tupac Shakur (*1971), aka 2Pac and Makaveli US-American rapper, songwriter and actor ~ shot youtu.be/pjH5V5Tq_oE

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

11 Sept 1987 Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh, OM, *1944) Jamaican reggae musician; one of the core members of the Wailers (1963–1976), later a successful solo artist ("Legalize it", 1976) ~ tortured and shot dead during a home invasion youtu.be/B-Y8VGID6q8

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

9 Sept 2018 Daniel Küblböck (*1985), later Lana Kaiser German singer; became famous in 2003 with the talent show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar"; played himself in musical film "Daniel – Der Zauberer" (2004) ~ jumped overboard on a cruise ship (declared dead on 10 March 2021)

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

8 Sept 2008 Chris Witchhunter (Christian Dudek, *1965) German musician, drummer and co-founder of Sodom ~ multiple organ failure due to long-term alcoholism youtu.be/G1qZQ3_l3jA

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

8 Sept 1999 Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin, *1916) blind US-American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments, settled in Germany in 1974 ~ heart failure youtu.be/jSimbyS_YlA

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

6 Sept 2001 Carl Crack (*1971, Karl Böhm) MC and member of Atari Teenage Riot ~ drug overdose (maybe suicide) youtu.be/O1TJd4TyXAs

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#otd 6 Sept 2025 Richard Davies (*1944) English musician, founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp ~ multiple myeloma youtu.be/aQdoUUi3iJ8

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#otd 6 Sept 2025 Richard Davies (*1944) English musician, founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp ~ multiple myeloma youtu.be/aQdoUUi3iJ8

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#otd 1 Sept. 2014 Jimi Jamison (*1951) US-American singer; frontman for Target, Cobra, and Survivor (1984-1988); co-writter and performer of the theme song "I'm Always Here" for the TV series Baywatch ~ hemorrhagic brain stroke, with methamphetamine intoxication contributing youtu.be/ilAJJ3WHg6g

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#otd 1 Sept 2020 Erick Morillo (*1971) aka Reel 2 Real Colombian-American DJ, music producer & record label owner ("I Like to Move It", 1993) ~ ketamine overdose, 3 days before his court hearing for sexual battery (after his death, 9 women accused him of rape /sexual assault) youtu.be/vuo8kD5zF5I

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#otd 29 August 2021 Lee Scratch Perry (Rainford Hugh Perry, *1936) Jamaican record producer, composer and singer; pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music; worked with / produced for Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, The Clash and many more ~ unspecified illness youtu.be/I4HJdQ9WuNM

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#otd 29 August 1972 Lale Andersen (*1905) German singer and actress ("Lili Marleen", 1939) ~ liver cancer

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#otd 29 August 2001 Shirley Strachan (Graeme Ronald Strachan, *1952) Australian singer, songwriter, radio and television presenter, and carpenter; lead singer of the rock group Skyhooks ~ helicopter crash youtu.be/cLUtKKoMetM

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zeitgeschichte_online @zeitgeschichte.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

„Der russische Liberalismus endet dort, wo die ukrainische Unabhängigkeit beginnt“, besagt ein bekanntes ukrainisches Sprichwort. Vor zwei Wochen haben wir die arte-Dokumentation "Russland im Krieg" beworben. Unsere Rezensentin Kateryna Chernii kommt dagegen zu einem kritischen Fazit:

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Russland im Krieg. Eine neue Dokumentation auf Arte zeigt die russische Opposition, vermittelt aber einen irreführenden Eindruck, Kateryna Chernii , Fr., 28.08.2026 - 11:36

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#otd 27 August 1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan (*1954) US-American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, guitarist and frontman of the blues rock band Double Trouble ~ helicopter crash youtu.be/cFwTbsKkqxE

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#otd 27 August 1987 Scott La Rock (Scott Monroe Sterling, *1962) DJ and founder of Boogie Down Productions together with KRS One, whom he met as social worker in a men's shelter ~ shot youtu.be/DKlGZ6uEMhc

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#otd 27 August 1967 Brian Epstein (*1934) British music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death, the one and only "fifth Beatle" ~ barbiturates overdose

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

#otd 25 August 2001 Aaliyah (Aaliyah Dana Haughton, *1979) US-American R&B singer and actress ("Romeo Must Die"), nicknames: "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop"; married R. Kelly in 1994 (at 15) ~ killed in an airplane accident in the Bahamas youtu.be/AeCXiC5l0dU

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

#otd 24 August 2021 Charlie Watts (Charles Robert Watts, *1941) English musician and drummer of the Rolling Stones; punched Mick Jagger in the face once, saying: "Never call me your drummer again. You're my fucking singer!" ~ cancer youtu.be/SGyOaCXr8Lw

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

#otd 24 August 1978 Wolfgang Riechmann (*1947) German Krautrock/synth musician ~ stabbed by some random drunk during a walk, shortly before the release of his solo album youtu.be/H9xU3Qv97Mg

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

#otd 24 August 1978 Louis Prima (*1910) Italo-American entertainer, singer and trumpeter, voice of King Louie (Jungle Book, 1967), composed "Sing, Sing, Sing" ~ died after three years in coma due to brain tumor surgery youtu.be/9JDzlhW3XTM

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#otd 23 August 1995 Dwayne Goettel (*1964) Canadian electronic musician, best known for his work in the industrial music group Skinny Puppy ~ heroin overdose youtu.be/LbyQOI4xd5k

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#otd 23 August 2021 Olli Wisdom (*1958) British musician and clothing producer; singer of the gothic rock group Specimen, co-founded and ran The Batcave; pioneer of psychedelic trance (Space Tribe) ~ cause of death unknown youtu.be/FPX_L2_35Rw

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Friedemann Schwenzer @friedemanns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Das Archiv der Jugendkulturen hat ihre Zines zu Subkulturen in der DDR veröffentlich – @bocksbruder.bsky.social hat sehr viel spannendes zu Tage gefördert! zdbooks.de/spur-2026

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

#otd 20 August 2010 Charles Haddon (*1988) singer of British synthpop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool ~ suicide: jumped from a telecommunication mast at Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium (he feared he had seriously injured a young girl earlier after a stage dive) youtu.be/3tDZEqgH35M

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

#otd 20 August 1996 Rio Reiser (Ralph Christian Möbius, *1950) German musician, singer-songwriter, composer and actor, singer of Ton Steine Scherben before starting solo career ~ circulatory collapse after internal bleeding (esophageal varices) youtu.be/2iKso30v3ns

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

#otd 18 August 2012 Scott McKenzie (Philip Wallach Blondheim III, *1939) US-American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single and generational anthem "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" ~ Guillain–Barré syndrome youtu.be/PQHb4z0prjo

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Florian Völker @bocksbruder.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

#otd 17 Aug 1973 Paul Williams (*1939) US-American baritone singer and choreographer, founding member and original lead singer of the Motown group The Temptations ~ apparent suicide, if he had used his right hand to shoot himself on the left side of his head youtu.be/3s0TkufXA38

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