Buzzing: Progressive rock icon Greg Lake dies at 69

Progressive rock icon Greg Lake dies at 69

Greg Lake, a singer, guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of 1970s progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, died on Wednesday in London. He was 69. The cause was cancer, his long-time manager, Mr Stewart Young, wrote on Lake's Facebook page. His death came nine months after the musician's former bandmate, Keith Emerson, committed suicide.


UK Vogue hits out at designers who shun plus-size model

British Vogue editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman has shamed designers who "flatly refused" to lend or make clothes for model Ashley Graham for the magazine's cover photoshoot.

Graham became the first plus-size model to grace the January 2017 cover.

In an editor's letter,

Ms Shulman said: "We are all very grateful to the people at Coach who, under the creative direction of Stuart Vevers, moved speedily to provide clothes for us that had to come from outside their sample range. They were enthusiastic about dressing a woman who is not a standard model, but sadly, there were other houses that flatly refused to lend us their clothes."

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 10, 2016, with the headline Buzzing: Progressive rock icon Greg Lake dies at 69 . Subscribe