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By The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. - Authorities say Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s, was found dead in his Portland hotel room. Erin Patrick, a deputy medical examiner in Multnomah County, said Mitchell was found dead a little after 3 a.m. Wednesday in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland. She said Mitchell apparently died of natural causes. He was 62. An autopsy is planned. Mitchell was touring with the Experience Hendrix Tour, which performed Friday at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. It was the last stop on the West Coast portion of the tour. Hendrix died in… Read More

By Robert Barr, The Associated Press

LONDON - Jimmy Carl Black, drummer, vocalist and self-anointed "Indian of the group" of Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, has died at age 70.

Black, a native of El Paso, Texas, died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, according to Roddie Gilliard, a British musician who performed with him.

Born James Inkanish Jr. on Feb. 1, 1938, Black had Cheyenne Indian ancestry through both parents. He changed his name legally to Jimmy Carl Black in 1958, adapting the name of his stepfather, Carl Black.

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