KSUT Radio, Durango, lost a beloved member of its family with the passing of Susan Banes, known to listeners throughout the Four Corners as Susie B. Her profound love of music – both as a DJ and as a drummer – was evident to all who knew her. She also deeply loved her dogs and the desert southwest.
Susie joined KSUT’s on-air staff in 2015 and hosted the Friday Afternoon Blend and, more recently, Women Be Wise on Sunday afternoons. Produced, scripted, and hosted by Susie B, Women Be Wise was one of the few woman-produced programs to exclusively feature women from a variety of genres and eras.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Rotary Park in Durango on Saturday, September 27th at 3:00 p.m. We invite you to join us and celebrate Susie’s life.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/colorado-springs-co/susan-banes-12502114
KSUT Public Radio | P.O. Box 737 15150 Hwy 172 | Ignacio, CO 81137 US
* * * * *
OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
From Care2 via Jock Bartley on Facebook: Trump shut down our LGBTQ+ suicide and mental health hotline, but CANADA opened a US toll-free number to theirs… so our citizens can get help anytime, at no cost: 1-877-330-6366
Kindness & empathy have no borders.
# # # # #
Warning Signs of Suicide – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or if you want to discuss, call the old numbers at 800-273-TALK or 800-273-8255 for English and 888-628-9454 for Spanish. Learn the signs of someone who may be contemplating suicide.
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
Posting for my Veteran/singer/songwriter/musician friend Troy Hoss: Heavy on my heart so here goes: This is a very real problem … 22 Veterans a day surrender to their demons. #SuicideAwareness | Call Veteran’s Hotline: 988 #1 or 844-647-1354
September 2025
18: Fausto Amodei, 91, Italian politician and singer, deputy (1968–1972).
16: Joke Bruijs, 73, Dutch actress, singer and cabaret artist (Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon); Tomas Lindberg, 52, Swedish death metal singer (At the Gates, Grotesque), adenoid cystic carcinoma.
15: Joel Moss, 79, American sound engineer and record producer, aneurysm; Omen, 49, American music producer (“I’m Single”); Harald Serafin, 93, Austrian opera singer and actor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Moss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omen_(music_producer)
13: Gerard Cox, 85, Dutch singer and actor (Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon, The Debut), oesophageal cancer; Omid Jahan, 44, Iranian pop singer, heart attack; Stephen Luscombe, 70, English musician (Blancmange) and songwriter (“Living on the Ceiling”, “Don’t Tell Me”); Andreas Martin, 72, German schlager singer; John Painter, 92, Australian cellist; Farida Parveen, 70, Bangladeshi folk singer; Hermeto Pascoal, 89, Brazilian jazz musician, multiple organ failure; Akiko Tsuruga, 58, Japanese jazz composer and keyboardist.
11: Chris Hill, 80, British disc jockey; Viv Prince, 84, English drummer (Pretty Things, The Jeff Beck Group); Nicky Ryan, 79, Irish music producer (Enya), four-time Grammy winner.
10: Bobby Hart, 86, American musician (Boyce and Hart) and songwriter (“Come a Little Bit Closer”, “Last Train to Clarksville”).
8: Angela Ro Ro, 75, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2025