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March 29, 2024

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Ventura Raymond (b. 1908-04-16 / d. 1979-03-29) alias Ray Ventura

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Hodge
Michael. 2017-09-09

70

Born 1947-02-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Michael Hodge was an American actor and labor union executive known for his recurring roles on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where he often portrayed judges and detectives. Hodge was a longtime union activist and board member for the former Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and its successor, SAG-AFTRA, for more than sixteen years. In 2001, Hodge was elected to the national board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He was first elected President of SAG's New York City chapter in 2010 (SAG merged with AFTRA in 2012 to form the present union, SAG-AFTRA). Hodge was re-elected as the President of SAG-AFTRA New York local in August 2017, and served until his death a month later. He was the first SAG-AFTRA New York Local president to die in the office. Mike Hodge died unexpectedly at the age of 70.

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Vaughan
Stephen (alias: Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV)). 1990-08-27

35

Born 1954-10-03. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident

Drug addiction and alcoholism took a toll on Vaughan in mid-1986. Cocaine and Crown Royal whiskey were among his addictions. After becoming acutely ill in Germany while on tour, Vaughan managed to struggle through three more shows (one of those shows was recorded and released by the name Live alive)and was finally admitted into a hospital in London. Dr. Victor Bloom, who has helped Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend with their addictions, told Stevie he was a month away from dying. After a struggle to get sober in London, he then flew to Atlanta, Georgia to a rehabilitation center. He eventually recovered fully from his addictions and became a teetotaler.
On August 25, 1990, Vaughan and Double Trouble finished up the summer leg of the tour with shows at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, just outside of East Troy, Wisconsin. The show also featured Robert Cray and his Memphis Horns along with Eric Clapton's set. Alex Hodges, Double Trouble's tour manager, arranged flight by helicopter with Omni Flights.
At the end of the show, Vaughan was informed by a member of Clapton's crew that three seats were open on one of the helicopters returning to Chicago with Clapton's crew, enough for Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, and Jimmie Vaughan's wife Connie. It turned out there was only one seat left, which Stevie Ray Vaughan requested from his brother, who obliged. Stevie strapped himself next to Clapton's crew. It was 12:44 am. Pilot Jeffrey Browne guided the copter off the ground as the lights flashed below. Seconds later, the mistake was made. After just a few seconds in the copter, the pilot banked the machine into a 300-foot high hill with the twisted metal scattered over an area of 200 square feet. All on board were killed instantly. No one realized that the crash had occurred until the helicopter failed to arrive in Chicago, and the wreckage was only found with the help of its locator beacon. The main cause of the crash was believed to be pilot error.

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Hodges
John Cornelius (alias: Johnny Hodges). 1970-05-11

63

Born 1906-07-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack

John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges was an American alto saxophonist and lead player of Duke Ellington's saxophone section. His playing became the identifying voice of the Ellington orchestra. A small highly precise man, his last performances were at the Imperial Room in Toronto less than a week before his death from a heart attack. His last recordings are featured on The New Orleans Suite, incomplete on his death.

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