Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits “Mustang Sally” and “In The Midnight Hour,” died of a heart attack Thursday in Reston, Va., according to his management company. He was 64.
Chris Tuthill of the management company Talent Source said Pickett had been suffering from health problems for the past year.
“He did his part. It was a great ride, a great trip, I loved him and I’m sure he was well-loved, and I just hope that he’s given his props,” Michael Wilson Pickett, the fourth of the singer’s six children, told WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., after his death.
A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pickett became a star with his soulful hits in the 1960s.
“In the Midnight Hour” made the top 25 on the Billboard pop charts in 1965, and “Mustang Sally” did the same in 1966.
Dedini was a cartoonist for Playboy, New Yorker
Eldon Dedini, prolific cartoonist for Playboy and The New Yorker whose subjects included lusty satyrs and curvaceous nymphs, thrifty witches, elegant automobiles and even broccoli, has died. He was 84.
Dedini died Jan. 12 at his home in Carmel Valley, Calif., of esophageal cancer, said his niece, Arlene Dedini Anderson.
The artist, who produced 50 preliminary cartoons every three weeks, drew 630 panels for The New Yorker from 1950 to 2005 and 1,200 for Playboy from 1959 to 2005.
He was named best magazine cartoonist by the National Cartoonists Society in 1958, 1961, 1964 and 1989.
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