RIP: Bobby Vee

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Yet another voice of the late 50s and the 1960s, Bobby Vee, has died at the age of 73 from complications related to Alzheimers. Vee was only 15 years old when he took the stage in Morehead, Minnesota as one of the replacements for Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper), all of whom had been killed in the infamous plane crash since described as the day the music died. Vee had 38 Top 100 singles on Billboard between 1959 and 1970. Vee played rhythm guitar and wrote songs and released his last album in 2014. His sons also toured with him in his band. Vee's wife, Karen, died in 2015 from kidney failure at age 71. They were married more than 50 years. Vee's actual last name was Velline and it was another soon to be musical legend, Bob Dylan, who suggested Velline change his name to Vee. Our days just get shorter than we know.

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RIP Bobby

[erik]

I saw this. It's sad to note that the music industry's obituary list for 2016, which was already too painfully long, just got one space longer.

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What's even sadder is that this is now the normal, to expect more artists of the 50s, 60s and 70s to die from age related health issues. That they are no longer the vibrant young people they once were and the yearly obituaries can only get longer. 2016 only has nine weeks remaining and it will go out as one of the worst years for music. But, 2017 could easily eclipse 2016 as the artists born during the 40s get older and deal with more health issues. Some likely already have health issues the fans know nothing about, and won't know until the artist's obit is published. And even though we should be expecting this, the news will always be hard to take.