I've met a decent number of well-known people in brief circumstances and Jerry Allison stands out as a sincere, happy, cool guy. Saw him backstage in the mid-80s when the Crickets played the Lonestar cafe in NYC.
    On Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 10:57:56 PM EDT, Mark London <mrl@psfc.mit.edu> wrote:  
 
 I stopped reading newspaper, and realized I missed a few important music 
related obituaries:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/arts/music/jerry-allison-dead.html

https://deadline.com/2022/07/jimy-sohns-dead-singer-the-shadows-of-knights-hit-gloria-was-75-1235081668/

This one mentions 2 people died:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-23/the-seekers-songwriter-tom-springfield-dies-at-88/101359566