While the last month has been filled with an endless string of devastating events for the nation, the music world has also suffered loss after loss since Naomi Judd’s tragic suicide on April 30. That list includes D Generation’s bassist Howie Pyro, funk/jazz vocalist Bernard Wright, Yes’ drummer Alan White, Depeche Mode’s keyboardist Andy Fletcher, singer/songwriter Ronnie Hawkins, “Chariots of Fire” composer Vangelis and, the one that hit closest to home for New Jerseyans, bassist Alec John Such, who was a founding member of Bon Jovi.

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