Pro-Tape Staff

07/18/2026

Birth of Van Hagar....

07/18/2026

Betcha didn't know....

07/13/2026

RIP Sam Neill....

He appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career but was perhaps best known for his star turn in the “Jurassic Park” series.

07/02/2026

RIP Victor Willis...

Often performing dressed as a helmeted police officer, he also co-wrote the group’s biggest hits, including “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man.”

06/27/2026

RIP Clive Davis....

He rose from a midlevel position at Columbia Records to become one of music’s most powerful executives, shepherding stars like Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston.

06/27/2026

RIP David Clayton-Thomas

David Clayton-Thomas, whose soulful voice led the group Blood, Sweat & Tears to the top of the charts with songs like 'Spinning Wheel,' has died. t

03/20/2026

Chuck Norris didn't die; he just told life to stop.

RIP Chuck....

He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like “The Delta Force” and “Missing in Action” and in the long-running television series “Walker, Texas Ranger.”

02/27/2026

RIP Neil Sedaka....

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/arts/music/neil-sedaka-dead.html?

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

02/16/2026

RIP the legendary Robert Duvall, one of the greatest of this generation...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/movies/robert-duvall-dead.html?

The Oscar winner was known for his ability to disappear into roles, playing a wide range of characters in films such as “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather,” and in the television series “Lonesome Dove.”

02/15/2026

RIP James Van Der Beek

As the star of the television drama ‘Dawson’s Creek’, he captured the hearts of teenagers the world over