Photo: Dark Rhoads – see Other Notable Deaths | By Lauryn Sink, Music Row Magazine | Laurie Lynn Larson passed away on March 2 of sudden complications of a recurrence with Ovarian/Peritoneal cancer at the age of 60. Born and raised in Littleton, Colorado, she became a fan of country music and singer songwriters as a teen. She moved to Nashville in 1983 where she studied Sales and Marketing at Lipscomb before transferring to Belmont to study music business.
She began her career writing copy for Jeff Walker at Aristo Media and worked at the original Country Music Hall of Fame. During her 11 years with the Crook & Chase show, Larson spent two years in Los Angeles.
After moving back to Tennessee, she worked in marketing for Mercy Ministries, organizing the 2000 Mercy Project that included Amy Grant, Michelle Tumes, Point of Grace, Donna Summer and Martina McBride. She moved into management, working with Jana Stanfield, Robin Crowe (Dark Horse Studio) and others. She served as assistant producer on the 2003 Alabama Farewell Tour documentary.
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Read more here:
https://musicrow.com/2026/03/music-business-veteran-laurie-lynn-larson-passes/?
(Lauryn Sink is a staff writer at MusicRow Magazine. Hailing from Lexington, North Carolina, Lauryn is a 2025 graduate of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
On Facebook: Denver’s Rock Bands of the ‘80s per Gary Blair: We lost another great drummer RIP, Brennon Mondry. (Gary posted a photo of a band, “Dark Rhoads,” but no more info was available. I included that photo: left to right – Aceman [a/k/a Gary Blair], Brennon Mondry, John Cooley and Dan Byars).
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Gary_Blair
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
March 2026
3: Roy Book Binder, 82, American blues musician; Zsolt Kerestely, 91, Romanian composer and conductor.
2: Len Garry, 84, English musician (The Quarrymen), pneumonia; Mike Vernon, 81, English record producer (“Albatross”, “Hocus Pocus”), music executive and recording studio owner (Chipping Norton Recording Studios).
1: Bob Power, 74, American record producer and audio engineer; J. Strauss, Swedish singer and musician (Morlocks); Gary Walker, 83, American musician (The Standells, The Walker Brothers), stroke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Walker_(musician)
February 2026
28: John P. Hammond, 83, American blues singer and guitarist; Boncana Maïga, 77, Malian composer and musician; Viktor Vassiljev, 71, Estonian guitarist; Terry Watkinson, 85, Canadian musician (Max Webster).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Hammond
27: Neil Sedaka, 86, American singer (“Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”, “Laughter in the Rain”) and songwriter (“Love Will Keep Us Together”); Travis Wammack, 81, American rock and roll guitarist. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Wammack
26: Roscoe Robinson, 97, American gospel and soul singer; Yasuko Tasumi, 87, Japanese pianist; Roman Kofman, 89, Ukrainian conductor (Kyiv Chamber Orchestra) and composer.
24: Uncle Joe Benson, 76, American rock radio DJ (KLOS), complications from Parkinson’s disease dementia and a fall; Rostislav Gepp, 74, Russian musician (Ariel); Jiří Valenta, 66, Czech keyboardist (Olympic), suicide; Héctor Zamorano, 47, Mexican singer (La Academia).