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KISS Guitar Legend Francis Stueber Dies from COVID

on October 18, 2021 News Straight Official Magazine TenthLetterMedia add comment

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Francis Steuber (Photo Cred: Paul Stanley Website)

FRANCIS STUEBER, legendary guitar tech from the rock bank KISS has died. The 52 year old musician passed away on Saturday. This news has left his family and fans to mourn his loss. iHeart Radio reports the band cancelled their concert on Sunday following the news of Stueber’s death. It wasn’t known how long “Fran” had been ill or whether he was on the road with the band at the the time of his passing.

Longtime friend Paul Stanley was devastated saying in a statement, “My dear friend, buddy and guitar tech for 20 years, Fran Stueber died yesterday suddenly of Covid. Both on and offstage I depended on him for so much. My family loved him as did I. He was so proud of his wife and 3 boys as they were of him. I’m numb.”

Ross Halfin reminded me that Fran LOVED this photo and had a big print. We’ve all lost someone so special. I know I have. pic.twitter.com/L5LNsnd59h
— Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive) October 17, 2021

(Photo Cred: Paul Stanley Twitter Page)

Steuber had a storied career in music, working alongside REO Speedwagon, Heart & The Offspring. KISS had announced that all precautionary measures were taken in preventing any COVID related issues while on tour. The band would cancel their End of the Road farewell tour in September two weeks in when Gene Simmons and Stanley would contract the virus. Both artists would go on to make full recoveries.

We all lost someone so special.
Paul Stanley on his thoughts of Francis Steuber’s passing on Saturday

COVID-19 has claimed another well known personality today as we reported earlier in confirming the passing of Former Secretary of State Colin Powell. TenthLetterMedia & Straight Official Magazine offer our prayers and condolences to Francis Steuber’s family and fans.

Meet the Artist: Lil Haiti | @thereallilhaiti

on October 18, 2021 Artist Interviews Straight Official Magazine add comment

Born in Haiti and based in New York, Lil Haiti has been in the music industry for a long time. Since the age of five,

[BREAKING NEWS] Colin Powell Dies From COVID-19 Complications

on October 18, 2021 News Straight Official Magazine TenthLetterMedia 1 comment

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[MIXTAPE] Trill Will – GFM Hosted By World Famous BMF DJ Star

on October 17, 2021 Mixtapes Music Straight Official Magazine add comment

#GetSOM via @mzonpointpromo After 10 Million views on soundcloud, and 3 million views on Worldstarhiphop.com, Trill Will has released his album with World Famous BMF

SOMag Presents “The Fleet Files” With Fleet DJ’s: DJ P-Money | @djpmoneynyc

on October 16, 2021 Interviews Straight Official Magazine TenthLetterMedia The Fleet Files 1 comment

For over two decades, the fleet dj's has grown from a small crew to a proficient coalition with over 500 members and counting. since 2001,

William Shatner Goes To Outer Space

on October 15, 2021 Goja's Bodega add comment

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old WILLIAM SHATNER, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company.

The Star Trek actor and three fellow passengers hurtled to an altitude of 66.5 miles (107 kilometers) over the West Texas desert in the fully automated capsule then safely parachuted back to Earth. The flight lasted just over 10 minutes.

“What you have given me is the most profound experience,” an exhilarated Shatner told Bezos after climbing out the hatch. The words spilling from him in a soliloquy almost as long as the flight. “I hope I never recover from this, I hope that I can maintain what I feel now, I don’t want to lose it.”

William Shatner (Photo Cred: The New York Times)

What you have given me is the most profound experience. I hope I never recover from this.
Shatner on his experience going into space.

He said that going from the blue sky to the utter blackness of space was moving. “In an instant you go, ‘Whoa, that’s death.’ That’s what I saw.”

Shatner became the oldest person in space. He eclipsed the previous record set by a passenger on a similar jaunt on a Bezos spaceship by eight years. The flight included about three minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth.