Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell – Four Corners Music Festivals | Although I could find no direct information, I know from personal experience that Mr. Campbell was involved with getting the Four Corners Music Festivals set up in the Durango area many years ago.
From Wikipedia: Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born Benny Marshall Campbell; April 13, 1933 – December 30, 2025) was an American and Northern Cheyenne politician and U.S. Air Force veteran who served in both chambers of the United States Congress; representing Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2005. He served as one of the 44 members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. During his time in office, he was the only Native American serving in Congress. He was the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate until the 2022 election of Cherokee Markwayne Mullin.
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.
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
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.
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
December 2025
30: Richard Smallwood, 77, American gospel singer (“Total Praise”), kidney failure.
29: Dooz Kawa, 40, French rapper; Michael Lippman, 79, American music manager (David Bowie, George Michael, Matchbox Twenty); Denny Tsao, 66, Taiwanese singer and actor (Westgate Tango).
28: Brigitte Bardot, 91, French actress (And God Created Woman, Contempt, La Vérité) and animal rights activist; Andy Billups, 72, British bass guitarist (The Hamsters); Gustave Botiaux, 99, French operatic tenor; Ricardo Daniel Pereyra, 71, Argentine tango singer, complications from a fall; Rudi Spring, 63, German composer, pianist, and academic.
27: Fanny, 46, French singer, cancer; Gary Graffman, 97, American classical pianist; Ants Soots, 69, Estonian conductor; Latha Walpola, 91, Sri Lankan singer.
26: Don Bryant, 83, American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter (“I Can’t Stand the Rain”); Robert Massard, 100, French operatic baritone; Pate Mustajärvi, 69, Finnish musician (Popeda).
25: Francis Marmande, 80, French author, musician and journalist, cancer; Stu Phillips, 92, Canadian-American country singer.
24: Perry Bamonte, 65, English Hall of Fame rock musician (The Cure, Love Amongst Ruin); Howie Klein, 77, American record label executive (Sire Records, Reprise Records) and activist, cancer; Iurie Mahovici, 63, Moldovan pianist and pedagogue.