Trini Lopez
In this video grab provided by CBS and the Recording Academy, Lionel Richie performs during the In Memoriam as Kenny Rogers is pictured on screen at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (CBS/Recording Academy via AP)
Grammys' in memoriam especially long, grim in pandemic year

By Andrew Dalton Mar. 15, 2021 01:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, various Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Recording Academy is partnering with Berklee College of Music and Arizona State University to complete a study focused on women's representation in the music industry.. The academy, which puts on the annual Grammy Awards, said the lack of female creators in music is “one of the most urgent issues in the industry today." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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By The Associated Press Mar. 14, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2002 file photo, singer and actor Trini Lopez poses in Dallas. Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, has died. He was 83. Filmmaker P. David Ebersole confirmed that Lopez died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., from COVID-19. (Cheryl Diaz Meyer/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Trini Lopez, 1960s-era singer mentored by Sinatra, dies

By Russell Contreras And Hillel Italie Aug. 11, 2020 07:21 PM EDT