Local Arizona acoustic duo, While We're Up, were in a car accident in Wisconsin yesterday while following Warped Tour. One of the two members died immediately on scene, the other is in critical condition.

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TV icon Andy Griffith passed away this morning at the age of 86. May he rest in peace.

One person has died and another seriously injured after a stage collapsed before a Radiohead show in Toronto's Downsview Park last night.

Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac) has died of a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" at age 65. According to a police spokesman, Welch left a suicide note. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

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Author Ray Bradbury has passed away at 91. "Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall."

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Legendary mastering engineer George Marino passed away today after a battle with lung cancer. Highlights of his career include Metallica's black album, Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions, Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head and Arcade Fire's The Suburbs.

Today is the fifteenth anniversary of Jeff Buckley's passing.

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Rolling Stone has posted an interview with Michael 'Mike D' Diamond of the Beastie Boys discussing Adam Yauch's life and his last few weeks. Included in the interview is the fact that Yauch recorded new music with the band last fall.

From the Article

Adam instigated it. It could only come from him, in terms of where he was at with treatment. It was stuff we had written or demo-ed, and there were new ideas. He wasn't sure he was able to do vocals. But after a bit, we ended up doing them. And he was fine. It was a way for him to say, "Yeah, I'm doing it."

In other magazine cover news, head to the replies to see the cover of next month's Rolling Stone - featuring the late Adam Yauch from Beastie Boys.

Scotty Lockridge, drummer of High Flight Society, passed away this morning. He was 31.

Message from the Band

This morning, we lost our best friend and the greatest drummer any of us ever had the pleasure of playing with. We are still processing the news but we know for sure that he was found unresponsive in his home and later passed away. We are absolutely devastated that our brother is gone. Words can't express how much we already miss him. Suffice to say, none of our lives will ever be the same. He loved making music and we loved making music with him. He leaves a legacy with what he created - High Flight and beyond. Most of all, we loved HIM for who he was. We will see you on...