# Maggie Roche, RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804 "2017-01-22T04:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/1 "2017-01-22T04:26:55Z")
Age: 65. Cause of Death: cancer. The Roches could sing the pants off me. The one time I actually watched _Tiny Toon Adventures_, featured a segment with the sisters driving around in a tiny van because they were…roaches. Man, could they sing. Another voice stilled. Good-bye, Ms Roche. [Link](http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/maggie-roche-of-the-roches-sister-vocal-trio-dies-at-65/ar-AAm5Ypf?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout) ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/2 "2017-01-22T04:43:03Z")
No! What sad news. I grew up listening to the Roches - my dad discovered their music somewhere along the way - and loved their voices and their humor. If you don’t have it, check out We Three Kings, their holiday CD. It’s wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/3 "2017-01-22T05:02:09Z")
Very sad news. I got into them at the time of the first trio album (to this day I’ve never heard the earlier album Maggie and Terre did without Suzzy) through the Robert Fripp connection. And I’ll second **Nayna** ’s endorsement of the delightful _We Three Kings_ CD. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/4 "2017-01-22T09:32:39Z")
I’ve been a fan since 1980 when I heard _The Roches_, their first album. I was delighted to see their (animated) appearance on Tiny Toons, and _We Three Kings_ is our family’s favorite Christmas album. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/5 "2017-01-22T12:26:48Z")
Always liked them and became a big fan when I saw them in concert a few years ago. Very sad news. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/6 "2017-01-22T15:36:15Z")
How sad. ☹ Loved that first album. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/7 "2017-01-22T17:15:11Z")
She has the main spot on [The Sunday New York Times obituary page.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/arts/music/maggie-roche-dead-singer-songwriter.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/8 "2017-01-22T17:37:16Z")
I discovered them when they teamed up with Philip Glass. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/9 "2017-01-22T19:03:01Z")
I discovered them when Linda Ronstadt covered “The Married Men”. This is sad news; their records/CDs spent on a lot of time live at my house. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/10 "2017-01-22T19:23:37Z")
I’ve heard them live several times and their harmonies were very impressive. I particularly remember hearing this lovely [paean to slacking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZNvyg-Ym7U) which, based on the date of the album, might have been a good twenty years ago now. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/11 "2017-01-22T19:55:41Z")
Didn’t you ever feel like the largest Elizabeth in the world? Sad, I loved the Roches for years. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/12 "2017-01-22T22:41:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Always liked them and became a big fan when I saw them in concert a few years ago. Very sad news. I just had an :eek::eek: moment: I saw them at Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins University–let’s see, that was while I was seeing this one girl, before the one I married, which would b–HOLY SHIT! 30 years ago! Just the three, no side-men; if it wasn’t acoustic guitar, it was sequenced into this BIG keyboard that they also played live. They were touring for the “Speak” album. They.Brought.The.House.Down! Wonderful show! ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804/13 "2017-01-22T22:48:22Z")
I saw them open for Talking Heads once. I’m sorry to say they were booed off the stage. It happens in rock and roll. Concerts are not subtle events. RIP.