Already, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 170,000 lives in the United States alone; worldwide, the number tops 760,000. Among those lost have been many musicians and people integral to the music business. On this week’s Popcast, the first in a recurring series, a handful of remembrances of musicians lost to the coronavirus:Joe Diffie, one of the most popular country music singers of the early 1990s, known for hits including “Third Rock From the Sun” and “Pickup Man,” who died at 61. Mona Foot, a foundational New York City drag queen and dance music singer, who died at 50. DJ Black N Mild, a New Orleans bounce music radio and mixtape D.J., who died at 44.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2020 16:30 UTC