He was at the station for more than 30 years, ending his stint just last month when ill health overtook him. Monthly Listeners! For the last three decades, Clevelanders were also lucky enough to have had Michael take us through afternoon drive time, playing classic rock songs on 98.5 WNCX. Michael Craig Stanley, age 59, of Gladewater, Texas passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022. He was 72 and his death was confirmed by his manager. Survivors include daughters Anna Sary (Christian) and Sarah Sharp (Aaron); his sister, Nancy Oosterhoudt and niece Claire Kloss; his wife, Ilsa Glanzberg and stepson Cole Sweeney; and his five grandchildren Mallory Sidoti (Mike), Aidan Kraus, Brody Kraus, Wren Sary and Phoebe Sary. Cleveland rocker Stanley has died at age 72 after battling lung cancer. Stanley's family says in a statement he died Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Cleveland, where he performed regularly and worked at rock radio station WNCX. (CHUCK CROW/AP) It came to the end of the night and I was like, Wow. The different strands of the same story come together at the end. 33 on the chart. The beloved musician-turned-DJ had been battling a serious illness for some time, and his former manager and best friend David Spero confirms to 3News the local entertainment legend passed away in his sleep Friday night at the age of 72. Stanley did his final afternoon drive shift on WNCX on Feb. 19. He will have a posthumous album, Tough Room, out later this year. The funeral service will be private, and Stanley will be buried at Lake View Cemetery, the family said. Michael Stanley, who became known nationally for a radio hit in 1981 but was the very symbol of rock n roll for decades in the city of Cleveland, died Friday at age 72. That song and a 1983 follow-up, the Cleveland-inspired My Town, which also cracked the top 40, were early staples of a nascent MTV. The band would break up in 1987, playing a dozen farewell shows at the Front Row Theater. A good mystery set in Botswana. His heartland music resonated with legions of listeners, and his concerts set attendance records and took on mythic proportions. Stanley was enough a part of Cleveland iconography that he appeared as himself on The Drew Carey Show, set in that city. An amazing book from Michael and Stanley, amazing for its contradictions and irony. Cleveland rocker Stanley has died at age 72 after battling lung cancer. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. The family requests contributions in his memory to the Cleveland Food Bank (www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org) and/or the Cleveland Animal Protective League (www.clevelandapl.org). Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networks. So,they didnt give him any support. I received an advance e-book copy of A Death in the Family by Michael Stanley directly from the author in exchange for an honest review. All the characters are well etched. Michael lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Stanley in Minneapolis. Stanley Michael passed away on February 14, 2023 in Dove Creek, Colorado. Superintendent David Kubu Bengu when his own father is murdered. And if thats true (and I definitely think it is) then I have been happily out of work for over 50 years! One evening Kuku's world is turned upside down when he, the detective, gets the call he himself so often had to make to the family of victims his gentle father has been stabbed to death in a deserted road. The Michael Stanley Band broke up in 1986, after having gone through a succession of major labels that included Epic, Arista and EMI America. (As a solo artist, Stanley recorded for MCA and Tumbleweed, and his first band, Silk, released an album for ABC in 1969, also produced by Szymczyk.) "We were big in San Francisco, but we didnt do much in LA. I always find it mind boggling when more than one person has written a book as to how they can get on and make their ideas work together and yet these two are on their fifth book. Hardly a day went by when John didn't play a Michael Stanley song - or two, or three. Meanwhile, major trouble ensues in the mining town, when the elders decide not to accept the Chinese mining company's offer. Even more importantly, Michaels songs spoke to our hearts., As fans we adored and revered him, and in return he loved us right back, Harris continued. 33 on the chart. This is the 5th novel in Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series set in Botswana, one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising nations. I'm afraid he's been murdered.". And I went back., John said. The story felt disjointed and not up to their usual standard. Kubu comes back from a police conference in NY, inspired to find the truth, and restore his prodigious appetite. I think that some good edits wouldn't have hurt the story in the least, and could have saved the reader from feeling bogged down midway through the mystery. But only once, after a Michael Stanley concert, did he forget to get his check. A musician & songwriter who could pack arenas. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) Before the Zoom interview even started, Thomas John turned his phone around to show a large photo hanging on the wall of his basement office. Source: music-news.com Alice Cooper didn't know if he should leave the house with his make-up on at the height of his drink and drug addiction. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. Thats what I wanted to do.. I'm generally not a fan of authors killing of family members of the protagonist. On Wednesday, the WNCX-FM radio station in Cleveland announced Born Michael Stanley Gee, he grew up in Northeast Ohio, graduating Hiram College, then later attended on a baseball scholarship. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. He is predeceased by his mother, Martha Fitzpatrick; his father, Stanley Gee; and his late wife, Denise Skinner. Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip known collectively as Michael Stanley bring us a brand new gripping story featuring Detective Kubu. His contributions to rock and roll and our region will not be forgotten, and we are honored to preserve his legacy and tell his story forever at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame., A statement from his family said that the singer/songwriter (and, in his final act, DJ) full name Michael Stanley Gee had passed away peacefully at home on March 5th with his family by his side Michael battled lung cancer for seven months with the same strength and dignity he carried throughout his life. WNCX says he will be laid to rest at Lake View Cemetery in a private ceremony, and the family asks that donations be made to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank and Cleveland Animal Protective League in his memory. "I got in it to be a songwriter. As fans we adored and revered him, and in return he loved us right back. Stanley is survived by two daughters, Anna Sary (Christian) and Sarah Sharp (Aaron); his wife, Ilsa Glanzberg and stepson Cole Sweeney; his sister, Nancy Oosterhoudt, and niece, Claire Kloss; and five grandchildren: Mallory Sidoti (Mike), Aidan Kraus, Brody Kraus, Wren Sary and Phoebe Sary. My sincere condolences go out to the Stanley family on the passing of Michael. For 12 years, Thomas John introduced the bands at the Agora in downtown Youngstown, for which he was paid. He thanked his family, friends, co-workers, and supporters "for being a part of my musical journey" and ended with his famous catchphrase: "It's your worldpay attention! This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. "We toured seven or eight months out of the year for 13 years. It was really a lot of us against the world kind of feeling, he said. Show your support Send a Gift Send a gift to a service or familys home. By subscribing, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The MSB had its biggest national profile in 1980 when the single He Cant Love You reached No. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. 39. Michael Stanley's passing at the age of 64 on Thursday, June 30, 2022 has been publicly announced by Jones-Walton-Sheridan Funeral Home in Cranston, RI. While it was quite an involved mystery and the characters were interesting, I had expected a different approach to crime solving more in touch with the community and more charismatic detective. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 16th 2023 from 10:00 AM to Photo: 98.5 WNCX/Facebook. Listen online, phone or pad! US stocks have surged too high and are now in a "death zone", Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson said. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. But as popular as MSB was locally, they just couldnt quite ascend to national stardom. At the start, his father is killed by a lethal knife wound, and Kubu is told by his boss to take a week off and stay away completely from the investigation. WebStanley Michael passed away on February 14, 2023 in Dove Creek, Colorado. "We couldnt get arrested in Columbus," Stanley told Cleveland Magazine in a 2019 interview. So, I hear Michael Stanley almost every daywalking in the woods.. You are a rocker! The rocker was most recognized in the post-Michael Stanley Band years as a local TV and radio broadcaster. Did we reach the level that we wanted to, or that the fans wanted us to? Kubu is told to stay off the case and focus on the murder-made-to-look-like- suicide of a civil servant in the mining department. What follows is a very frustrating time for Kubu as his irascible boss Mabaku bars him from any participation in the investigation because of Kubu's obvious closeness to the victim. Pictured was a head and shoulders shot of Michael Stanley singing into a microphone. The clues lead to either the mine executives or the chief's son. Michael was the king of Cleveland, and of course the Michael Stanley Band became a Midwest powerhouse, Walsh said in a statement published at Cleveland.com. "My biggest regret is that, for a lot of people, there was a feeling that it wasnt a successful band or that we were only a Cleveland band." Despite this only being my second read in this exceptional series, set in modern day Botswana, the writing duo of Michael Stanley (Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip) have already established a firm place on my 'must read' list. It's been a while since I read one of these, but I'd forgotten the stark contrast between this depiction of Botswana, as a nation as flawed as most others, and that if Alexander McCall Smith, whose Botswana is idyllic, full of polite, respectful people who might succumb to greed, bad judgment, or witchcraft from time to time, but not much worse than that. Kubu's father, an aging man in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, was his hero and they were very close, so imagine his dismay when he is instructed to have nothing to do with the investigation--although he knows on an intellectual level that it is only right and proper. This mystery, #5 in the series featuring Botswana policeman David "Kubu" Bengu, was just plain excellent. We are sad to announce that on February 24, 2023, at the age of 66, Stanley Michael Black of Etters, Pennsylvania passed away. WebSTR/AFP via Getty Images. It was a well-plotted police procedural that allowed the reader to fully follow the Botswana crime-solving process, which is similar to that in the US. We just couldnt bust him out of there.. It has 199 of my favorite all time songs, five of which are Michael Stanley. There is a mine in the area that wants to expand and it would displace a lot of local villagers and the villagers are split whether to let the mine expand or not. Age 50, of Grand Blanc, died Friday, December 14, 2012 at his residence. Stanley was deeply involved in the local Cleveland community, so much so that a section of Clevelands Huron Avenue was renamed Michael Stanley Way in 2019. I got in it to be a songwriter. He passed away August 18, 2020 following a brief battle with cancer. 3News spoke with David Spero about the life and career of Michael Stanley. Stanley's family says in a statement he died Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Cleveland, He also won 11 local Emmy Awards as co-host of WJW Channel 8s PM Magazine from 1987-90, and then spent another year on the stations Cleveland Tonight. Our readers left thousands of comments on our social media Kilgroe Funeral Home We regretfully announce the passing of Michael E. Stanley, age 64, of Moody, Alabama passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022. We want to hear from you! How come we cant get Michael, too. He was huge in the Midwest Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh. WNCX later wrote that Stanley had been battling lung cancer for the past seven months "with the same strength and dignity he carried throughout his life.". 2023 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. (As a solo artist, Stanley recorded for MCA and Tumbleweed, and his first band, Silk, released an album for ABC in 1969, also produced by Szymczyk.) Following his stint on TV, he became an afternoon radio DJ from 1990 through February 2021, alongside occasional albums and local shows. If not, choose an option to start listening on demand commercial free to all shows now! I adored the idea of a Botswanaian police procedural that steps away from the philosophical Mma Ramotswe mysteries. The Daily News publishes death notices and obituaries on a daily basis for Norfolkans, area residents and former residents. In 1990, he became the afternoon drive host at 98.5 WNCX, a position he would hold for the next 31 years. The native of Northeast Ohio led the Michael Stanley Band to fame in the late 1970s and early 1980s before becoming a popular radio and television host. The group scored in 1981 when the song He Cant Love You cracked the Billboard Top 40, getting as high as No. He played in a band that was first called The Tree Stumps, then Silk, and was able to secure his first record contract in 1969. Michael passed away from health complications and was surrounded by his family. Michael Stanley is survived by his wife Ilsa, his two daughters, and five grandchildren. Detective novel set in Botswana but for Kudu, this time it's personal! The Michael Stanley Band broke up in 1986, after having gone through a succession of major labels that included Epic, Arista and EMI America. Stanleys illness became known when he took leave of his usual afternoon radio shift at Clevelands 98.5 WNCX in late February and the station released a statement requesting prayers for his family. The cause of death was lung cancer that had been diagnosed seven months earlier. Michael Stanley, who became known nationally for a radio hit in 1981 but was the very symbol of rock n roll for decades in the city of Cleveland, died Friday at age 72. His songs have a way of getting in your head and became songs you end up singing to yourself over and over from then on His music will always be part of me., Tweeted KISS Paul Stanley: RIP MICHAEL STANLEY No relation to me, was a Cleveland legend. I hoped to enjoy this because of the setting of Botswana. Although he would continue to write, record, and perform his music for fans for decades to come, Michael Stanley became known to a whole new generation in Northeast Ohio on radio and television. Kubu is such a lovely character. Will he compromise the case, should the culprit be apprehended? Kubu's father is killed and he is told he can't participate in the investigation. I didnt get into this whole thing to be the front man of MSB or whatever, Stanley told local Ohio TV station 3News Monica Robins in 2014. 39. I really, REALLY hope this is not the last in the Detective Kubu series! This is not a terribly bleak depiction of this sunny land, but a reminder that even a country full of good people can fall prey to bad influences. Michael Stanley, who parlayed rocker stardom in the 70s and 80s into successful stints in radio and television in his later years, died Friday of lung cancer at his