Deaths (Obituaries) – Page 26 – MOSAEC

Gwen McCrae, Singer Who Helped Open the Dance Floor to Disco, Dies at 81

Deaths (Obituaries) McCrae, George (1944- ) McCrae, Gwen (1943-2025) Miami (Fla) Pop and Rock Music Rhythm and Blues (Music) Rockin Chair (Song) TK Records

Gwen McCrae, Singer Who Helped Open the Dance Floor to Disco, Dies at 81

Originally a gospel singer, she went on to meld soulful melodies with dance-floor-friendly grooves on songs like the 1975 Top 10 hit “Rockin’ Chair.”

By Clay Risen

D’Wayne Wiggins, One Third of the R&B Group Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64

Deaths (Obituaries) Oakland (Calif) Rhythm and Blues (Music) Saadiq, Raphael Tony! Toni! Tone! (Music Group) Wiggins, DWayne (1961-2025)

D’Wayne Wiggins, One Third of the R&B Group Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64

As a paragon of the New Jack Swing sound, the band recorded three platinum albums and a slew of hits, including “Feels Good.”

By Clay Risen

Uri Shulevitz, 89, Acclaimed Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Dies

Caldecott Medal Chance: Escape From the Holocaust (Book) Deaths (Obituaries) genre-books-childrens genre-books-young-adult Graphic Novels Holocaust and the Nazi Era Shulevitz, Uri Snow (Book) Warsaw (Poland)

Uri Shulevitz, 89, Acclaimed Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Dies

A Caldecott Medal winner, he turned childhood memories of fleeing the Nazis in Poland into magical stories.

By Alex Williams

Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Song for a Yankee Star Was a Big-Band Hit

Armonk (NY) Big bands Bonney, Betty Brown, Les (1928-2013) Deaths (Obituaries) DiMaggio, Joe Jazz Johnson, Judy Joltin Joe DiMaggio (Song) Kaye, Sammy Music Radio

Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Song for a Yankee Star Was a Big-Band Hit

“Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,” which she sang with the Les Brown band, celebrated DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. She also sang on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.”

By Richard Sandomir