AP - Jun 6, 2009
Officials in Gainesville have renamed the city s downtown plaza after rock n roll legend and former Florida resident Bo Diddley. Diddley died in June 2008. Officials honored him Friday by unveiling a...
More »Reuters - Jun 2, 2009
Mention Bo Diddley's name and most everyone thinks one thing -- the beat. Bomp ba-bomp-ba-bomp, bomp bomp. Applied to such songs as Bo Diddley, Hey Bo Diddley and Who Do You Love, it's perhaps...
More »AP - Jun 10, 2008
In a June 2 obituary for music legend Bo Diddley, The Associated Press misspelled his real first name. He was Ellas McDaniel, not Ellis....
More »AP - Jun 7, 2008
Bo Diddley s funeral rocked and rolled Saturday with as much energy as his music. For four hours, friends and relatives sang, danced and celebrated the life of the man who helped give birth to rock and...
More »AP - Jun 2, 2008
Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock n roll whose distinctive shave and a haircut, two bits rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health...
More »Reuters - Jun 2, 2008
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who banged out hit songs powered by the relentless Bo Diddley beat that influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2, died on Monday at the age of 79. Diddley died...
More »E! Online - Sep 5, 2007
Bo Diddley is out of the woods. The 78-year-old rock 'n' roll pioneer was released Saturday from the Florida hospital where he was recovering from a heart attack he suffered last month, according...
More »AP - Sep 4, 2007
Bo Diddley s on the mend. The hall-of-fame musician has been released from a Florida hospital after suffering a heart attack and having a stent inserted to improve blood flow, his publicist said in...
More »AP - Aug 28, 2007
Bo Diddley was in stable condition at a Gainesville hospital after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday. The 78-year-old singer-guitarist complained of dizziness and nausea during a...
More »E! Online - Aug 28, 2007
Another health scare for Bo Diddley. The 78-year-old rock 'n' roll pioneer was listed in stable condition at a Florida hospital Tuesday after suffering a heart attack, according to his publicist...
More »Reuters - May 29, 2007
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley is still struggling to communicate after a stroke earlier this month. But he has been humming and listening to country music on the radio in hopeful signs of a...
More »E! Online - May 29, 2007
Bo Diddley's getting his beat back. Rock 'n' roll's Originator, who suffered a stroke May 13, has been released from a Nebraska hospital and transferred to a rehabilitation facility...
More »E! Online - May 21, 2007
The Originator is bouncing back. Doctors moved Bo Diddley out of intensive care Monday, 10 days after the legendary rock 'n' roller suffered a stroke. "We are waiting word from his lead...
More »E! Online - May 18, 2007
If you thought he was going meekly, well then, you don't know Diddley. Four days after being stricken by a stroke, rock 'n' roll legend Bo Diddley's condition is steadily improving,...
More »USRN - May 19, 2002
(5/19/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Rock n roll pioneer Bo Diddley was honored last week, alongside Chuck Berry and Little Richard, with BMI s Icon Award for his unique and indelible influence on generations of music...
More »USRN - May 15, 2002
(5/15/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Rock n roll legends Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and Little Richard were honored with the first BMI Icon Awards at the performing rights organization s 50th annual Pop Awards, Tuesday...
More »USRN - Apr 14, 2000
(4/16/00, 10 a.m. ET) - Athletic apparel maker Nike says you don t know diddley if you re not wearing its stuff, but Bo Diddley says Nike doesn t know diddley about the law. The Rock and Roll Hall Of...
More »USRN - Apr 10, 1998
(4/6/98) - Bo Diddley, Ruth Brown, Ike Turner, Sam Phillips and Little Richard were among the legends who showed up Thursday at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland to celebrate the...
More »USRN - Dec 18, 1997
(12/18/97) - Bo Diddley, Paul Robeson, the Mills Brothers and Roy Orbison will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences during Grammy week in New York...
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