April 30

 

On this day in 1983, Blues legend Muddy Waters died in his sleep at his home in Westmont, Illinois, at age 68...

 

On this day in 2022, Naomi Judd committed suicide at her home in Tennessee. She was 76...

 

On this day in 1970, Twiggs Lyndon, road manager for the Allman Brothers Band, was arrested for murder. He was eventually acquitted...

 

Music journalist, author and musician Lester Bangs died on this day in 1982 of a heart attack at age 33...

 

Soul singer Ben E. King died on this day in 2015...

 

Today in 2008, Mariah Carey married actor Nick Cannon in the Bahamas...

 

On this day in 1966, writer and folksinger Richard Fariña died as a result of a motorcycle accident after celebrating his wife, Mimi’s, 21^st birthday