Betty Davis
July 26, 1945 – February 9, 2022
Known affectionately as the Godmother of Funk, North Carolina-born Davis made music with a no-holds-barred, sexually charged presentation that influenced Prince, Jimi Hendrix and Madonna. She was married to Miles Davis and appeared on the cover of his 1969 album Filles De Kilimanjaro. Lenny Kravitz said of her: “This lady was hip before hip was hip.” She was 76 when she died from cancer.
Nick Tesco
October 3, 1954 –
