December 18th 2000, UK singer, songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico when a speedboat hit her. MacColl was aged 41.
December 19th 1941, Born on this day, Maurice White, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger and bandleader with Earth Wind and Fire, who had the 1975 US No.1 single 'Shining Star', and the 1981 UK No.3 single 'Let's Groove'. White died on February 4, 2016.