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Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News BureauThousands of Florida Keys residents and visitors gathered on Key West’s Duval Street for a march honoring the acclaimed singer-songwriter, who died on Sept. 1. The city, and its laid-back style, inspired much of his 'tropical rock' music. -
Amy Harris/Invision/APThe singer of such hits as "Walking on the Sun" and "All Star" died of acute liver failure in his home in Boise, Idaho.
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Dave Martin/APThe singer-songwriter, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.
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Mark Davis/Getty ImagesFor 35 years, Barker was a familiar presence in the living rooms of everyone from little old ladies, to kids home sick from school. He used his fame to promote another great passion: animal rights.
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With Herb Alpert, Moss presided over one of the industry's most successful independent labels with hits by the Carpenters, the Police, Janet Jackson, Carole King, Janet Jackson and hundreds of others. -
Clarence Avant boosted the careers of a vast array of influential figures, including Michael Jackson, Jim Brown and Barack Obama. He came back into the news after his wife was murdered in 2021.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer helped write the blueprint for Americana music, with songwriting credits including "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek."
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Ozzie Osband, a Space Coast launch viewing icon, has died. Osband hosted public viewings of space launches for decades at Space View Park and helped bring the 321 area code to Brevard County.
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Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.
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The legendary crooner, who died July 21, told Terry Gross in 1991 he never got tired of singing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco": "I'm very grateful for that song."
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Randy Meisner, a founding member of The Eagles, has died at 77. Meisner left The Eagles decades ago, but he was inducted with the rest of the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
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O'Connor, who had one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," became as well known for her political convictions and the tumult in her life as for her songs.
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NPR's Scott Simon offers a tribute to music legend and friend Tony Bennett, who died Friday at age 96.
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The beloved singer and interpreter of pop standards won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades.
