ANNIVERSARIES
2002-The Rolling Stones crew chief, 54 year old Royden Magee, who had worked with the band for 30 years, died during a rehearsal in Toronto. A spokesman for the band said Magee had said that he wasn't feeling well and went to another room to take a nap. The Stones had just finished dinner and resumed rehearsing when they got word that Magee had collapsed and stopped breathing. He was taken by ambulance to nearby Sunnybrook Hospital with no vital signs after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival. The members of the band said they were devastated by his death.
BORN TODAY
1929-Screamin' Jay Hawkins
singer, songwriter, musician. He died on February 12, 2000 aged 70 after emergency surgery for an aneurysm.1938-Ian Stewart
keyboard player, The Rolling Stones. Stewart died of a heart attack in his doctor's Harley Street waiting room on December 12, 1985.
1938-Ian Stewart
keyboard player, The Rolling Stones. Stewart died of a heart attack in his doctor's Harley Street waiting room on December 12, 1985.
1945-Danny McCullock
guitarist in The Animals
1950-Cesar Zuiderwyk
Golden Earring
