Bernie Marsden Dies: Whitesnake Guitarist Who Co-Wrote ‘Here I Go Again’ Was 72

Ezra Collective have won the 2023 Mercury Prize for their album ‘Where I’m Meant To Be’.The jazz collective were outsiders to clinch the prize going into tonight’s (September 7) ceremony beating off favourites Jockstap, Loyle Carner and Young Fathers at London’s Eventim Apollo.Jamz Supernova presented the collective with the prize and they were greeted with red confetti as they reached the stage.Accepting the trophy, Femi Koleoso, said: “Wow first of all let me thank God because if a jazz band winning the Mercury Prize doesn’t make you believe in God I don’t know what will.”He went on to thank the band’s manager and his mum and dad before adding: “Ezra Collective represents something very special because we met in a youth club. What we’re celebrating right is testimony to good special people, for putting in effort for young people to play music.“This is not just a result for Ezra Collective, for UK jazz but it’s a special moment for every organisation across the country ploughing their efforts and time into young people that play music.”The collective earlier played their track ‘Victory Dance’ and got up to perform the track for a second time after after accepting the award.All of the artists performed live on the night apart from Fred Again..

Gayle Hunnicutt, whose best-known work came as Vanessa Beaumont, the mother of J.R. Ewing’s illegitimate son, in the final three seasons of Dallas, has died per multiple U.K. reports. Hunnicutt died last Thursday at a hospital in London, according to her ex-husband Simon Jenkins. She was 80 years old.

Robert Klane, the writer-director best known for penning Weekend at Bernie’s and National Lampoon’s European Vacation, died Aug. 29 of kidney failure in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 81.

Michaela Zee Robert Klane, screenwriter of films including “Weekend at Bernie’s” and “Where’s Poppa?,” died from kidney failure on Aug. 29 at his home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 81.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine are set to star in Italian comedy “Leopardi & Co.,” directed by Federica Biondi and produced by Franco-Tunisian film and TV entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar’s Eagle Pictures. Shooting on the film is currently underway in the town of Recanati, which is known to many Italians as the birthplace of one the country’s greatest poets, Giacomo Leopardi. Goldberg plays the agent of a U.S.

Jack Sonni, an American guitarist who played on Dire Straits’ mammoth 1985 album Brothers in Arms and was onstage with the band at Live Aid that year, has died at 68. The group shared the news on social media but did not give any details.

The band announced Sonni’s death on X (formerly Twitter) with a post that included a black-and-white photo of the guitarist, who rose to fame when he joined the band for their iconic “Brothers in Arms” album and tour. “#JackSonni Rest In Peace. #DireStraits.”It is currently unknown how the music legend passed away.

Ray Hildebrand, the singer-songwriter whose duet “Hey Paula” with his friend Jill Jackson under the names Paul and Paula became a million-selling #1 hit in 1963, died August 18 of dementia at his home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was 82.

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Nicholas Hitchon, whose life was chronicled in the celebrated British Up documentary films from a precocious age 7 in 1964 to 63 in the 2019 installment, has died of throat cancer in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was a university professor. He was 65.

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Whitesnake, has died age 72.The guitarist, who performed with the British rock band throughout the 1970s and ’80s, died “peacefully” on Thursday (August 24) surrounded by his wife and daughters.“On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness we announce the death of Bernie Marsden,” his family wrote in an Instagram post. “Bernie died peacefully on Thursday evening with his wife, Fran, and daughters, Charlotte and Olivia, by his side.“Bernie never lost his passion for music, writing and recording new songs until the end.”A cause of death has not been shared, but the BBC reported that he passed after an illness.Marsden co-founded Whitesnake with former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, co-writing some of the band’s biggest hits including ‘Here I Go Again’, ‘She’s a Woman’ and ‘Trouble’.

The SNP’s Patricia Gibson has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament for MPs to debate the “devastating impact of continuing unfair pension treatment of 1950s-born WASPI women (Women Against State Pension Inequality). The North Ayrshire and Arran MP is also urging the UK Government to “respond promptly” to the findings from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) report into the way the changes to the State Pension age were communicated.

Thania Garcia Bernie Marsden, the original guitarist for English hard rock band Whitesnake, died “peacefully” on Aug. 24, according to a social media post from his family.

The Equalizer film franchise, said director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) – and he considered using the tech on new film The Equalizer 3.Speaking to NME in an exclusive interview to promote vigilante ex-hitman Robert McCall’s third outing, in UK cinemas August 30, Fuqua said: “I definitely thought about it a lot. Especially now with the new technology and the AI and all of that kind of stuff… Is there a story to be told about how [McCall] became this person – the younger version. I’ve had that conversation with Richard Wenk [who co-wrote all three Equalizer films] quite a bit.”De-aging older actors has become commonplace in recent years, with an 80-year-old Harrison Ford getting the treatment for a flashback scene in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny; and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman aging down Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino.

The uncle of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, has told police in Pakistan she "fell down the stairs and broke her neck".

Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh has said that he wrote a transgender character into Season 2 of Crime to show how people are struggling with their identity in the modern world.

Olivia Rodrigo‘s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Guts’ was written for the live stage, the singer has revealed.Speaking to Capital FM recently, the ‘Vampire’ singer shared that her upcoming second album was written “with a tour in mind”. While Rodrigo said a tour of the UK is “in the works” and that she couldn’t share more at the moment, she did share that most of her new songs were written for live performances.Going on to answer a fan question regarding what future listeners can expect from the album, Olivia Rodrigo said: “I think there’s a lot of fun songs.

Selena Gomez and acclaimed producer Fred Again appear to be cooking up a new bop.