Florian Schneider
By Music Radar, The Guardian | Florian Schneider, one of the founding members of pioneering German electronic music group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73. The Guardian reports that he died a week ago from cancer, with the news being confirmed by both a musical collaborator and Sony Berlin.
Schneider founded Kraftwerk in 1970 with Ralf Hütter, the two having met while studying in 1968. Having started life as an experimental rock act, the band went on to release a string of hugely influential electronic albums, starting with the seminal Autobahn in 1974.
Schneider began his musical career playing the flute and other acoustic instruments, processing them with effects, but like the rest of Kraftwerk, he became famous for his use of synthesizers.
An enigmatic character, Schneider remained a member of Kraftwerk until 2008, when he left with little explanation.
His reported death has sent shockwaves through the electronic music community, and provoked an outpouring of grief on social media.
https://www.musicradar.com/news/reports-kraftwerk-co-founder-florian-schneider-has-died-aged-73
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Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths…
The deaths that are listed from Wikipedia are those of musicians or who have ties to the music business from all over the world. These are our brothers and sisters. It is so sad to see the listing of just “famous people” who have died from COVID-19, not only musicians but other artists, sports figures, politicians, actors, jurists and so many more. Please stay home – keep YOUR names and those of your loved ones from being added to this list.
May 2020
6: Florian Schneider, 73, German electronic musician (Kraftwerk), cancer.
5: Sonny Cox, 82, American saxophonist and basketball coach (King College Prep); Kjell Karlsen, 88, Norwegian composer and bandleader; Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer, heart attack; Kiing Shooter, 24, American rapper, COVID-19; Ciro Pessoa, 62, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Titãs, Cabine C) and poet, complications from cancer and COVID-19; Alfred “Uganda” Roberts, 77, American percussionist (Professor Longhair, Dr. John), lung cancer; Millie Small, 73, Jamaican singer (“My Boy Lollipop”), stroke.
4: Aldir Blanc, 73, Brazilian songwriter, COVID-19; Lorne Munroe, 95, Canadian-born American cellist; Frederick C. Tillis, 90, American jazz saxophonist and composer; Dragan Vucic, 65, Macedonian composer and singer, COVID-19.
3: Rosalind Elias, 90, American operatic mezzo-soprano, heart failure; Dave Greenfield, 71, English keyboardist (The Stranglers), heart disease and COVID-19; Bob Lander, 78, Swedish rock musician (The Spotnicks).
2: Richie Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist and composer; Cady Groves, 30, American singer-songwriter; Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish singer-songwriter; Erwin Prasetya, 48, Indonesian musician (Dewa 19), composer, and songwriter, gastrointestinal bleeding; Gilbert Sigrist, 82, French pianist.
1: Else Blangsted, 99, German-born American music editor (The Goonies, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Color Purple); Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican guitarist and singer (Resorte); Will Theunissen, 65, Dutch jazz rock guitarist.
April 2020
30: Ranu Devi Adhikari, 86, Nepali singer; Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian drummer (Fela Kuti, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon), ruptured aneurysm; Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, COVID-19;
29: Martin Lovett, 93, English cellist (Amadeus Quartet); Stezo, 51, American rapper, heart disease.
28: David Boe, 84, American organist and pedagogue, COVID-19; Bobby Lewis, 95, American singer (“Tossin’ and Turnin'”).