May 20
Pop's most durable chameleon Cher celebrates her 80th birthday today, the singer-actress whose six-decade career from Sonny's partner through "Believe" auto-tune proved that reinvention and cosmetic surgery could sustain superstardom while her outrageous outfits made her fashion's most fearless risk-taker… The Doors lost their musical architect today in 2013 when keyboardist Ray Manzarek died at 74 from bile duct cancer, ending the career of the musician whose hypnotic organ work provided the foundation for Jim Morrison's poetry while his post-Morrison career kept the band's legacy alive… The Bee Gees mourned their middle brother on this day in 2012 when Robin Gibb died at 62 from cancer, ending the career of the fraternal harmony voice whose falsetto contributions had been essential to disco's biggest hits despite his often being overshadowed by Barry's songwriting… We remember blue-eyed soul's most spastic interpreter Joe Co...
