People from Live Aid who are dead

[BrianD3]

With the news today that Jack Sonni from Dire Straits has died, anyone up for a morbid exercise (no googling) of listing out those who performed or were associated with Live Aid in 1985 who have died.

Freddie Mercury
David Bowie
Levi Stubbs
Obie Benson
Lawrence Payton
Rick Parfitt
Benjamin Orr
Ric Ocasek
Garry Roberts
Tom Petty
Albert Collins
Carl Wilson
John Entwistle
George Michael
Jack Sonni
Bill Graham (presenter)
Mike Smith (presenter)

There have to be many more. I think one member of REO Speedwagon is dead but I can't recall his name.

Oh yeah, the cameraman that Freddie Mercury did his little dance with during Hammer to Fall - can't recall his name but I know he is dead since the 1990s.

Jack Sonni is the guitarist in red with sunglasses and slicked back hair

[Dec A Wash]

David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash

[BrianD3]

Forgot one - Alan Lancaster from Status Quo

[jmayo]

Are you telling us you got all of those without googling

[Dec A Wash]

Tina Turner

[BrianD3]

Are you telling us you got all of those without googling

Ha, I did indeed, I've been collecting this morbid information in my head for years, mainly from news reports and Wikipedia's daily Deaths page. The latter is how I heard about Jack Sonni.

How could I have forgotten Tina Turner though.

[nlgbbbblth]

Introducers - Tommy Vance, Mel Smith, John Hurt, George Segal

Artists - Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin (both appeared with Hall & Oates)