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Music Legend Rick Derringer Dies Music Legend Rick Derringer Dies Music Legend Rick Derringer Dies
Music Legend Rick Derringer Dies Classic rock legend Rick Derringer has died. Derringer, who was 77, was best known as the singer of Hang on Sloopy as a member of the McCoys, and writer of Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo and Hulk Hogan’s Real American wrestling theme. He died on Monday, May 26 in Ormond Beach, Florida, his caretaker and close friend Tony Wilson posted on social media. No cause of death was given. An Ohio native, Derringer was a versatile musician, who began playing local gigs with his uncle shortly after receiving a guitar at age 9, according to Variety. Hang on Sloopy climbed to the top of the charts in…
'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course 'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course 'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course
'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course Police have identified the 29-year-old driver killed in an early-morning crash Tuesday, Sept. 3. Gregory B. Fales, of North Haledon, was heading west on Parish Drive in a Subaru Impreza when he left the roadway, hit a split rail fence, and overturned into the adjacent Passaic County Golf Course property just before 7:30 a.m., Wayne Police Kt. Skylar Cauceglia said. Fales was found unresponsive and unconscious in the car before he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, Wayne Township Fire Department, and St. Joseph’s Hospital Paramedics responded…
Thomas Dazzo, 22, Westfield Native And Animal Lover Thomas Dazzo, 22, Westfield Native And Animal Lover Thomas Dazzo, 22, Westfield Native And Animal Lover
Thomas Dazzo, 22, Westfield Native And Animal Lover Services were held Saturday at Holy Trinity Church in Westfield for Thomas Declan Dazzo, who died suddenly July 9 at the age of 22.  Born in Summit, he grew up in Westfield before moving to Plainfield.  Remembered as a kindhearted person with a lively sense of humor, he discovered his calling when he was 8 years old and received a dachshund, "Cookie," now 14 years old, as a gift.   He would pursue his interest in animals as a maintenance worker at Barker Lounge, a pet-boarding and grooming business in Cranford.  He also loved classic rock, fishing and spending tim…