Events in Music
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Dec 5 Mexican singer Thalia the "Queen of Latin Pop" is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles
Billboard Music Awards
Dec 10 14th Billboard Music Awards: 50 Cent and Shania Twain win
Weddings in Music
Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow
Dec 5 British 'Coldplay' lead vocalist Chris Martin (35) weds American actress and singer Gwyneth Paltrow (39) at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California; divorce in 2016
Elvis Costello
Dec 6 British rock singer-songwriter Elvis Costello (49) weds Canadian jazz pianist-singer Dianna Krall (39) at rock icon Elton John's estate outside of London, England
Mary J. Blige
Dec 7 Queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige (32) weds record producer Kendu Isaacs in Bergen County, New Jersey
Luciano Pavarotti
Dec 13 Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti (68) weds Nicoletta Mantovani at Modena Italy's Teatro Comunale
Daniel Johns
Dec 31 Australian pop diva Natalie Imbruglia (28) weds "Silverchair" frontman Daniel Johns (24) at a beach ceremony in Port Douglas, Australia
Deaths in Music
- Dec 6 Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b. 1909)
- Dec 8 Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)
- Dec 16 Gary Stewart, American country singer (She's Actin' Single), commits suicide by shooting himself in the neck at 59
- Dec 22 Dave Dudley, American country singer (Six Days on the Road), dies at 75
- Dec 22 Rose Hill, British actress and operatic soprano ('Allo 'Allo!, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark), dies at 89
- Dec 30 Anita Mui, Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress, "Madonna of the East", dies of cancer at 40
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