Malek Newton

Age: 69

Summary: tour manager of the 1960's interracial doo-wop group The Ray Bowman Band who had spent six months in a Ohio prison for the accidental shooting death of the group's session musician Sherman Paris during an argument at a recording studio in 1974, but was later acquitted of all charges and continued to manage the group's international tour over the last years.

Cause of Death: Airplane accident

Born: November 30, 1939

Died: July 29, 2009

Location: Solana Beach, California