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Alton Ellis dies at 70
Published 10/12/2008 at OH NO!!
... to slow down." The Jamaican authorities are considering giving Ellis a state funeral, Ms De Rosa added. The prolific singer, who began his career in the 1950s and fronted vocal group The Flames, was diagnosed with cancer in 2007. Ellis underwent chemotherapy before returning to the stage, but died in London's Hammersmith hospital on Friday night. He leaves more than 20 children. (wow) 3 of you here may care. source

RIP, Alton Ellis
Published 10/12/2008 by bella at afrobella
Sad news in the reggae world tonight, as one of Jamaican music’s pioneers has passed away. Rest in peace, Alton Ellis, the godfather of rocksteady. According to the BBC: “Ellis was still performing until August this year, when he collapsed after a concert in central London. His manager and agent Trish De Rosa described him as “my guiding star and my inspiration”. “His life was the music and the stage,” she said. “He was getting a tremendous amount of work right up to the end - ...

Alton Ellis, R.I.P. [Obituaries]
Published 10/13/2008 by Jess Harvell at Idolator
... to see him on stage, but reports of 21st-century Ellis shows verged on the ecstatic, even among less than starry-eyed attendees. Still, a great number of Ellis' songs, most of the best recorded for labels like Studio One and Treasure Isle, in the '60s, still abound with swoon-worthy moments (the echo-tinged sighs closing out "Cry Tough," the longing vibrating through one drawn-out "you" in the chorus of "I'll Be Waiting") captured forever on crackling and hissing 45s. Ellis was 70. [BBC] ...

Alton Ellis RIP
Published 10/14/2008 by mersenne at undomondo
... , I realized that Jamaican rocksteady legend Alton Ellis has passed away from cancer. Here are a few of his classics that span over 45 years. ...