DIED AUG 22 2004, Al Dvorin the announcer who popularised the phrase Elvis has left the building died in a car crash, on his way home from an Elvis convention in California. Dvorin aged 81, was in a car driven by Elvis photographer Ed Bonja. Dvorin was never paid for recordings of his words, and was bitter towards the multimillion pound Elvis Presley Enterprises. In the early 1970s, Colonel Parker asked Dvorin to inform fans at a gig that Presley would not be appearing for an encore. He took the stage and announced: Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and goodnight. 2006 : Bruce Gary (drummer for The Knack) dies of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Tarzana, California at age 55. 2009, Soul singer Johnny Carter, who was a member of doo-wop groups The Dells and The Flamingos, died aged 75. Carter who was famed for his falsetto vocals, was one of the few artists to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with two acts. 2011, Songwriter and producer Jerry Leiber died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 78 from cardio-pulmonary failure. With Mike Stoller he wrote many hits including: Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, There Goes My Baby, Searchin, Yakety Yak, Stand By Me, Poison Ivy, and Kansas City. 2011, Nicholas Ashford, one half of Ashford and Simpson died of complications from throat cancer, in New York. With his wife Valerie Simpson they had the 1979 US No.36 single Found A Cure, and 1985 UK No. 3 single Solid. The pair wrote hits such as: Aint No Mountain High Enough, Youre All I Need To Get By, Aint Nothing Like the Real Thing, and Reach Out and Touch (Somebodys Hand).
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