7 music icons who died in 2016

Music they say is food for the soul – it’s effect sometimes eliciting strong emotions in humans, among them love, joy, hate, regret or anger.
As music has become an essential part of living, we do not only enjoy the soothing sounds that is pleasing to our ears but also idolize the person (or people) behind the music.
Rock bands in Europe and America have a cult like following, selling out concerts to star struck die-hard fans and in Nigeria, the likes of Don Jazzy and Yemi Alade have used the fame found from music to position themselves as influencers to win corporate endorsements.
What am I driving at? There’s a strong attachment between a musician and his audience and the loss of one musician is often seen as a great loss to the people who listen to his or her music (remember Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston’s death?).
As the year 2016 comes to an end, we look at 5 famous musicians who died in 2016.
Prince

Born Prince Rogers Nelson, the ‘Purple rain‘ singer died on April 21, 2016 and was 57 when he passed away, in his Paisley Park Minnesota recording studio. Autopsy reports showed that Prince died from fentanyl (a very powerful painkiller). Prince had a flamboyant dress style and sex appeal and was regarded as a true American icon.
OJB Jezreel

Ace Nigerian music producer ans singer, he was responsible for ball rolling the career of Wizkid and expanding the careers of 2Face, Ruggedman, Sound Sultan and his late friend Nomoreloss. He died on June 14, 2016 following a relapse from to a kidney transplant. OJB is survived by 3 wives and a bunch of kids.
David Bowie

English singer, songwriter and actor. He was active in music for over five decades. Bowie who died on January 10th 2016 received 9 platinum album certifications, 11 gold and 8 silver in the UK and 5 platinum and 7 gold certifications in the US where he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Nomoreloss

Olumuyiwa Osinuga, also known as Nomoreloss, was born in Lagos western Nigeria in the 70’s. Nomoreloss was also privileged to study the rudiments of music from one of Nigeria’s greatest instrumentalist and jazz saxophonist Kunle Ajayi. He died in March 2016 at the age of 39.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Musician and son of the legendary Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr., passed away at the age of 72. Sinatra had a long music career of his own, and was touring as part of his “Sinatra Sings Sinatra” tour at the time of his passing. He also had a number of acting roles, appearing in almost 20 shows, including Family Guy. and Additionally, he played himself on the HBO mafia series, The Sopranos. (Data source: ranking).
Lou Pearlman

The man who created ‘Nsync and Backstreet Boys died August 19th 2016 at the age of 62. Pearlman was in prison serving a 25-year-sentence after he was convicted for starting a Ponzi scheme in which people lost millions.
Sir George Martin of The Beatles

He died on 8th of March 2016. “The Fifth Beatle” as he is fondly called was involved with most (if not all) of the Beatles’ albums. He’s one of the greatest record producers of all time, scoring 30 #1 hits in the UK and 23 #1 in the US.
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