Cancer Claims Clem Burke of Blondie
He wasn't a founding member of the group Blondie, but he did join eventually in 1975, taking over for drummer Bill O'Connor. And he's heard on all of Blondie's albums from 1976 through 2017.
Cancer claimed Clem Burke at the age of 70.
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Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, & Mary Dead at 86
Peter Yarrow, the tenor voice of folk trio Peter, Paul, & Mary died 1/7/2025 at his home in Manhattan, near where he was born in 1938. With the trio, he sang with Pete Seeger
and covered Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ In the Wind on the folk scene on Bleecker Street. They took John Denver’s Leavin’ on a Jet Plane to #1 in 1969. He was 86.
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Bourbon Street Truck Attack
A pickup truck was driven into the New Year's crowd on Bourbon Street early New Year's Day. There were numerous deaths and injuries. There were shootings of civilians and
NOPD police officers. The suspect driver was shot and killed by police after he crashed into a lift truck.
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