American singer-songwriter (born 1967)

Scott Weiland

Scott Richard Weiland was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2013, recording six albums with them. Weiland is also known for being the lead vocalist of the rock supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008. He also released one album with rock supergroup Art of Anarchy in 2015, as well as four solo studio albums and several collaborations with other musicians throughout his career.

Born

1967

October 27

Died

2015

Era

1960s

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2015 Died

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312 Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
1524 French troops lay siege to Pavia.
1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.

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The world in 1967

When Scott arrived

april 14 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
april 21 A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
april 21 A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
april 23 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.

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Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dylan Thomas 1914–1953 Welsh poet and author (born 1914) Giovanni Giolitti 1842–1928 Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1842) Janusz Korwin-Mikke 1942– Polish journalist and politician John Cleese 1939– English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer Leon Draisaitl 1995– German ice hockey player Mary Sidney 1561–1621 English writer, patroness and translator (died 1621) Nanette Fabray 1920– American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)

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Sung Jae-gi 1967–2013 South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967) A. R. Rahman 1967– Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist Adam Hughes 1967– American author and illustrator Anderson Cooper 1967– American journalist and author Carl Ouellet 1967– Canadian wrestler and sportscaster Carrie-Anne Moss 1967– Canadian actress Cynthia Breazeal 1967– American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Deion Sanders 1967– American football and baseball player and coach Jane Sixsmith 1967– English field hockey player

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