Another thing about the list below is so many of the people named were perhaps the "top" person in their area. Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley and Hank Williams, John Lennon, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix Mozart were all top "superstars" of their moments.
^^^^^^^^ > Another one is Duane Allman. He was in his twenties. Allman > Brothers were a Georgia guitar band from the sixties and > seventies. > > > All > > in list were under 50! > > Partial list of famous musical artists who died as > young or > > younger than Michael Jackson > > > > > > Michael Jackson 50 > > > > Bessie Smith 37 > > Billie Holiday 44 > > Charlie Parker 34 > > John Coltrane 40 > > Jimi Hendrix 28 > > Mozart 35 > > Tupac Shakur 25 > > Biggie Smalls 24 > > Elvis Presley 42 > > Fats Waller 39 > > Judy Garland 47 > > Marvin Gaye > > 44 > > David Ruffin 50 > > Paul Williams 34 > > John Lennon 40 > > Edith Piaf > 47 > > Janis Joplin 27 > > Jim Morrison 28 > > Paul Chambers 33 > > Charlie Christian 26 > > Hank Williams 29 > > Florence Ballard 32 > > Mary Wells 49 > > Tammi Terrell 24 > > Scott Joplin 48 > > Dinah Washington 39 > > Nat King Cole 45 > > Buddy Holly 22 > > Ritchie Valens 17 > > > > > > > > > On 7/13/09, Ralph Dumain <rdum...@autodidactproject.org> wrote: > Reading your posts, I dread whatever senility awaits me. > > At 08:31 AM 7/13/2009, c b wrote: > >Clearly ,even, Michael Jackson reached out to White people in a > >graphic and bodily manner , even. He sort of turned himself into a > >White person. He married Elvis Presley's daughter, the princess of > >white anglo saxon working masses. What a political marriage of old. He > >had children with very wasp working class women. He's the original > >uniter , not divider. > > > >Black and white , unite and fight, workers of all races unite. > > > >And he was an extraordinary artist. > > > >On 7/10/09, Ralph Dumain <rdum...@autodidactproject.org> wrote: > > > And all of them far worthier of attention than Michael Jackson, > > > except for Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls--good riddance! > > > > > > And what this has to do with this list, I can't imagine. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
