Another passing to mark in pop music--this one being Jim Seals, one-half of Seals and Crofts (of "Summer Breeze" fame). He has passed away at the age of 80:
"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930."--Linda Ronstadt