‘70s rock band’s founding member dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, a founding member of Soft Machine, has died. He was 81. Ratledge reportedly died following a short illness.
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"He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81
Soft Machine's longest-serving member Mike Ratledge, who also worked with Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, has died after a short ...
Mike Maples Sr., the Adult in the Room During Microsoft’s Early Days, Dies at 82
Pretty early in our work, Steve Ballmer and I said, God, I wish we had guys like Mike Maples here.” ...
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Soft Machine Co-Founder Mike Ratledge Dead At 81
Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members of the legendary British psych-rock band Soft Machine, has died. As Louder points out, Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge shared the news in a Facebook ...
Prosecutors drop death sentence of gang leader in bungled case. Pleads to lesser charge
One of Miami’s most notorious gang leaders, who for more than two decades sat on Death Row after four murder convictions, not ...