Final December Era Post

December era continued...

• Dec. 17 1982 - Karen Carpenter makes her last live performance. She would eventually pass in February of the next year from heart illnesss related to her eating disorder.
• Dec. 20 1973 - Bobby Darin dies.
• Dec. 22 1987 - Nikki Sixx dies - for two minutes. Pronounced DOA upon arrival at a hospital he was obviously eventually revived with two adrenaline shots to the chest. Pulp Fiction anyone?
• Dec. 22 2002 - Joe Strummer, from the only band that matters, dies. 
• Dec. 23 1964 - Brian Wilson suffers a nervous breakdown during a flight while on tour with the Beach Boys. He does not tour with the band and becomes a near recluse for decades...
• Dec. 23 1985 - Raymond Belknap and James Vance shoot themselves. This led to an infamous lawsuit against Judas Priest alleging the song Better by You, Better Than Me influenced their suicide via subliminal messaging. The frivolous lawsuit was eventually dismissed.
• Dec. 25 1995 - Dean Martin dies.
• Dec. 25 2006 - James Brown dies.
• AND ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1968 - Led Zeppelin arrived in the US for the first time ever in preparation for their debut tour. They would go on to conquer all...... 
• Dec. 28 1983 - Dennis Wilson dies from drowning.
• Dec. 31 1982 - Max's Kansas City closes down.
• Dec. 31 1984 - Rick Allen crashes his car and loses his left arm. Despite this he still continues to play for Def Leppard to this day.....
• Dec. 31 1985 - Ricky Nelson's chartered plane flight crashes in Texas killing him and six others. The rumor is freebasing cocaine caused an on board explosion.