For electoral districts with the name Victoria, or in the area of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, see Victoria (electoral districts). Victoria /vÉªkËtÉËriÉ/ is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.
Founding member of The Gap Band, bassist Robert Wilson died Sunday, according to Billboard.com. He suffered a heart attack at his home in Palmdale, California. He was 53. Known as the âGodfather of Bass Guitar,â Robert formed The Gap Band with his brothers Charlie and Ronnie in the late â60s in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Originally, they were known as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band, before they shortened the moniker to The Gap Band.
'He went down on his knees crying and begging him to get up.' Rock star dies two weeks after single punch by band mate. A rock musician has died 12 days after he was punched into a coma in a fight with another member of his band. Guitarist Terry Span died Thursday, nearly two weeks after he tried to intervene in a quarrel over the loading of band equipment. The 48-year-old member of Aleister Wild had been in a coma since the fight outside a nightclub following a gig.