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Cavity Search Records Co-Founder Christopher Cooper Has Died

“The Portland music community has lost an irreplaceable figure,” his business partner, Denny Swofford, said in a statement.

Portland Musician and Restaurateur Jonny P. Jewels Has Died

In addition to fronting mid-aughts power-pop band the Soda Pop Kids, he was also a former child actor who played Worf’s son on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

Portland Punk Icon Fred Cole, Frontman for Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows, Has Died

Cole had been admitted to the hospital last month and treated for bleeding in his liver.

Jimmy Mak's Owner Jim Makarounis Has Died

Makarounis, who had been battling larynx cancer the past few years, passed away about 24 hours after his club closed permanently.

Leonard Cohen Has Died at 82

2016 gives another sucker punch to the gut with the death of Leonard Cohen. The troubadour of existential crisis, the dark romantic died at age 82 in his home in Los Angeles this week.

Remembering Dean Pottle, Proprietor of Portland's Famous Cannabis-Friendly Homebrew Speakeasy

Dean was a man with a big heart, and he loved goodwill and good cheer. He is lovingly remembered by all he came in contact with for sharing his joy of life and love of great beer with them. He will be remembered as a man who loved a strong craft ale, a good political conversation, and a room filled with friends and strangers alike.

R.I.P. Lisa Lepine, Portland Promoter and Music Consultant

Lepine, who referred to herself as “the Promotion Queen,” was an Oregon music fixture in various capacities for more than 30 years.

Tina Leigh, Portland Author and Health Coach, Dies After Complications From Surgery

Tina Leigh, a Portland author, health coach, entrepreneur and yogi, died Wednesday. She was 38. Leigh passed away after surgery to remove breast implants she’d gotten at age 21. She’d recently decided to have them removed because she experienced negative side effects. “I will lie vulnerably on the surgeon’s table to honor the natural frame I … Continue reading Tina Leigh, Portland Author and Health Coach, Dies After Complications From Surgery

Katherine Dunn, Author of Geek Love, Dies at 70

She was a Portland author and former WW columnist with a yen for boxing.

Andrew Loomis, 1961-2016

“I can confidently say there has never been a sweeter, more die-hard rock ‘n’ roller to ever walk these streets. And he was always on these streets.”

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