Bobby Farrell of Boney M: October 6, 1949–December 30, 2010
Was a dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.
Farrell left Aruba at age 15 to become a sailor. He lived in Norway and the Netherlands beforemoving to Germany. There, he worked mostly as a DJ until producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new Boney M. group. He became the sole male singer in the group, although Farian later revealed that Bobby made almost no vocal contributions to the group's records, with Farian himself performing the male parts on the songs in the studio. Liz Mitchell claimed that only she and Farian had sung on the hit recordings. Farrell did, however, perform live in some of the various incarnations of 'Boney M'.
He was found dead in his hotel bed while on tour in Russia.
Alexander McQueen CBE: 16 March 1969 - 11 February 2010
English fashion designer known for his outlandish designs. He was head designer at Givenchy for five years before creating his own lable Alexander McQueen and McQ. He desigend clothes for the likes of Beyonce, Madonna, Rihanna, Björk and Lady Gaga He also won the British Fashion Designer of the Year award four times.
His mother died, which crushed him greatly to such an extent that he comitted suicide by hanging himself.
Gary Coleman: February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010
Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor, best known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff`rent Strokes (1978–1986). He was described in the 1980s as "one of television`s most promising stars." After a successful childhood acting career, Coleman struggled financially later in life. He successfully sued his parents and business adviser over misappropriation of his assets. Coleman died May 28, 2010 after a fall in his Utah home from which he suffered a intercranial hemorrhage and slipped into a coma. Life support was terminated when it became clear that he was not going to recover.
Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Coleman
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass: March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010
Also known by the nicknames Teddy P, TP, or Teddy Bear, Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before embarking on a successful solo career at the end of the decade. He was born to Ida Geraldine Epps and the late Jesse Pendergrass (who was murdered in 1962), who left when Teddy was very young and was never a part of Teddy`s life.
He was a student at the old Thomas Edison High School for Boys. However, he dropped out in the 11th grade to go into the music business. His first taste of show business was in Nova Scotia, Canada with a James Brown clone of a musician named Little Royal[citation needed]. Afterwards, Pendergrass left for unknown reasons. According to author Robert Ewell Greene, Teddy Pendergrass was ordained a minister as a youngster. Later he was to become a drummer for a band, and later lead singer. The church was his initiation for talent and eventual success. He died of colon cancer.
Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010
Was an American singer, songwriter and producer. Marie, nicknamed Lady Tee (sometimes spelled Lady T), was a protégée of funk artist Rick James. She played rhythm guitar, keyboards and congas. She also wrote, produced, sang and arranged virtually all of her songs since her 1980 release, Irons in the Fire, which she later said was her favorite album. She has a daughter, Alia Rose, who, as of 2009, sang under the name Rose LeBeau. She is said to have died in her sleep.
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne: June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010 was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.
Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather. Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood.
Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. She died of heart failure.
Keith Edward Elam July 17, 1961 – April 19, 2010
Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. She died of heart failure.
Keith Edward Elam July 17, 1961 – April 19, 2010
Better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The name Guru is a backronym that stands for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal and the less-often used God is Universal; he is the Ruler Universal, which are both references to the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. He is also known for lending his voice for 8-Ball in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Guru died of cancer.
Who has gone this year 2010, and has touched your life?
