Linda Tripp, the civil servant who played a key role in the scandal involving then-President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died Wednesday at the age of 70. News first surfaced Tuesday that Tripp was gravely ill, the New York Post reported, adding that Tripp’s condition was not …
Read More »The Left Banke's Steve Martin Caro — 'Walk Away Renee' Singer — Dead at 71
Steve Martin Caro, lead singer of the Sixties baroque-pop band the Left Banke, has died at the age of 71. Caro’s death was first announced on a Left Banke Facebook fan page that both he and surviving members of the group frequented; the group’s Twitter later confirmed the singer’s death, …
Read More »Andy Anderson, Drummer for the Cure, Iggy Pop, Dead at 68
Andy Anderson, the drummer who enjoyed stints with Iggy Pop and the Cure while assisting an array of artists as a session musician, died Tuesday. He was 68. Just last week, Anderson revealed on Facebook that he had terminal cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he wrote, “[P]lease, no boo hooing here, …
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