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🎙️ Recently Confirmed Losses in the Music World

• Marianne Faithfull, British singer, songwriter and actress, aged 78 — a defining voice of the 1960s and beyond. She died peacefully with family by her side.

• Guy Hovis, beloved singer from The Lawrence Welk Show, aged 84 — a familiar and cherished voice in American entertainment.

• Yeison Jiménez, Colombian singer of música popular, aged 34 — killed tragically in a plane crash earlier this month, leaving fans in shock across Latin America.

• Yaw Sarpong, legendary Ghanaian gospel musician — a spiritual and musical pillar, whose passing was mourned deeply in his community.

• Dogardisc (Ismael Simancas), Colombian champeta pioneer — influential in coastal music for decades.

• Rebecca Kilgore, American jazz vocalist — celebrated interpreter of the Great American Songbook.

These artists shaped genres from rock to gospel, champeta to popular music, and their departures have created real waves of grief around the world.

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