John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher
John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher was the creator of Whodini, a revolutionary hip-hop outfit that helped shape the genre into what it is today. Along with Jalil Hutchins, Fletcher formed the groundbreaking group that would, in time, see DJ Grandmaster Dee become a part of. Whodini is cited by many for having established hip-hop. Songs like Five Minutes of Funk and Friends would be essential influences on later artists in the genre. Fletcher died when he was 56 years old for unknown reasons.
K.T. Oslin
K.T. Oslin was a country artist that broke through the glass ceiling in the music industry in 1988 when she won the Song of the Year Grammy Award. She was on television and in films and starred in Poisoned by Love alongside Harry Hamlin in 1993. In 2018 she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame after her 2014 inclusion into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame. She passed away at the age of 78 from pneumonia caused by COVID-19.