Music: Final Exits of 2011

British Opera Star Margaret Price Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/01/british-opera-star-margaret-price-dies.html

Composer John Barry Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/01/composer-john-barry-dies.html

Acclaimed Rock Guitarist Gary Moore Found Dead in Spain
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/02/acclaimed-rock-guitarist-gary-moore.html

Jazz Great George Shearing Dies at 91
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/02/jazz-great-george-shearing-dies-at-91.html

George Shearing
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/02/george-shearing.html

Legendary US Jazz Drummer Morello Dies at 82
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/03/legendary-us-jazz-drummer-morello-dies.html

Blues Musician Pinetop Perkins Dead at 97
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/03/blues-musician-pinetop-perkins-dead-at.html

Man Who Helped Pioneer Music CD Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/04/man-who-helped-pioneer-music-cd-dies.html

Singer Phoebe Snow of 'Poetry Man' Fame Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/04/singer-phoebe-snow-of-poetry-man-fame.html

Remembering Hazel Dickens
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/04/remembering-hazel-dickens.html

Spoken Word Musician Gil Scott-Heron Dies in NYC
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/05/spoken-word-musician-gil-scott-heron.html

Springsteen Sax Star Clarence Clemons Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/06/springsteen-sax-star-clarence-clemons.html

Buena Vista Social Club Guitarist, Manuel Galban, Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/07/buena-vista-social-club-guitarist.html

Argentine Folk Singer Killed in Guatemala
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/07/argentine-folk-singer-killed-in.html

British Singer Amy Winehouse Dies at 27
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/07/british-singer-amy-winehouse-dies-at-27.html

Private Funeral Tuesday for Amy Winehouse
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/07/private-funeral-tuesday-for-amy.html

Remembering Folk Artist Bill Morrissey
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/08/remembering-folk-artist-bill-morrissey.html

'Hound Dog' and 'Jailhouse Rock' Songwriter Dead at 78
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/08/hound-dog-and-jailhouse-rock-songwriter.html

Singer, Songwriter Nick Ashford Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/08/singer-songwriter-nick-ashford-dies.html

Italian Opera Star Salvatore Licitra Dies a Week After Scooter Crash
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/09/italian-opera-star-salvatore-licitra.html

Romania's 'Mr. Jazz,' Johnny Raducanu, Dies at 79
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/09/romanias-mr-jazz-johnny-raducanu-dies.html

Cape Verde's 'Barefoot Diva' Dies
http://post-humous.blogspot.com/2011/12/cape-verdes-barefoot-diva-dies.html

Singer, Songwriter Nick Ashford Dies

Nick Ashford, half of the singing and song-writing duo Ashford and Simpson, died Monday at the age of 70 from throat cancer. A former publicist says Ashford died in a New York hospital surrounded by his family.

Ashford and Simpson's writing efforts yielded songs for many artists like Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Chaka Khan. The South Carolina native wrote and recorded with his wife Valerie Simpson at Motown Records. They penned such hits for the duet Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell as “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing” and “Ain't No Mountain High Enough.” Diana Ross re-recorded “Ain't No Mountain High Enough,” and it became one of her signature songs.

Verdine White of the musical group Earth, Wind and Fire called Ashford's songwriting “unmatched in terms of great songwriting”.

Ashford and Simpson were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.