Photo: Dwayne Burrell | So sorry that we have no more information to send at this time. | Ahkil Dukalion Estese: Rest In Power to my Uncle Dwayne Burrell. Glad we got the chance to hang for the little time we did. Hearing your stories as a musician inspired me, greatly. Glad you’re free of pain.
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Willie Alexander: Today I am sad my friend Dwayne Burrell has passed on. He gave death a fight many times but this time death won. We’ve been friends since college at SIU over 50 years now. I just saw him in May in Los Angeles. You never know when the last time you will see someone. So Rest in Peace, my Friend. The fight is over.
Carolyn Rae: Dwayne was a beautiful soul and music percussionist. I met him in early 70s Boulder at JJ McCabes. Glad to have known him. My condolences to his family.
Photo: Dwayne Burrell |
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
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.
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.
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
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, find them at http://www.wikipedia.com
October 2026
6: Víctor Hugo Ayala, 92, Colombian singer.
5: George Fenton, 76, English film and television composer (Gandhi, The Fisher King, Planet Earth); Freddie Jackson, 70, American rhythm and blues singer (“You Are My Lady”, “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)”); Lena Martell, 86, Scottish singer (“One Day at a Time”).
3: Przemysław Branny, 55, Polish singer and actor; Joël Manglou, 68, French musician.
2: Sass Jordan, 63, Canadian singer-songwriter and television talent show judge (Canadian Idol), Juno Award winner (1989). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sass_Jordan
September 2026
30: Omar Boutmazought, 62, Moroccan singer; John Bröcheler, 81, Dutch operatic baritone (Dutch National Opera); Gabino Palomares, 76, Mexican singer-songwriter and political activist.
