A Lament for Jubilant

A Lament for Jubilant

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This is very sad, all the more horrible, coming as it does during the holiday season. Jubilant Sykes appeared in the world’s great opera houses and sang the Celebrant on a Grammy-nominated album of Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass.”

He died on Monday of stab wounds allegedly inflicted by his son.

Sykes was 71 years old.

R.I.P.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/10/jubilant-sykes-son-arrested-after-grammy-nominated-opera-singer-stabbed-to-death

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4 responses to “A Lament for Jubilant”

  1. Anonymous

    I saw this the other day…tragic…shades of Marvin Gaye…

  2. Anonymous

    Oh, No! How tragic. Why?

    1. Classic Ross Amico

      Katherine Spych Unknown, but the son has a history of mental illness.

      1. Anonymous

        Classic Ross Amico That fits the profile for this sort of murder. Too many families have one or more suffering from some sort of mental illness. So sad. “In the world you will have tribulation…”

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