2008 – Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies of heart failure in Archer, Fla., at the age of 79.
2000 – Western swing pioneer Adolph Hofner dies at his home in San Antonio. He is 84.
1999 – Junior Braithwaite, one of the original members of Bob Marley’s Wailers, is shot and killed in Kingston, Jamaica. He is 47.
