Oct. 30, 1924-Aug. 12, 2005Maria del Carmen Olga Meza Shannon, 80, of San Diego died Friday. She was born in El Paso, Texas, and was a homemaker. She was a volunteer at St. Patrick Catholic Church … ...

Influential early rocker Del Shannon died on Feb. 8, 1990 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. ... His body was discovered by his second wife and step-daughter. He was 55.

I’ve always loved Del Shannon songs like ‘Hats Off to Larry’; they remind me of a kid when you go to the funfair and there’d be like roller coasters and stuff swinging around.