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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music.
Feb 27, 2023 · Dayton.com reports that on a Sunday morning in April 1999, around 7:20 a.m., police were called to find Roger Troutman dead in an alleyway. He appeared to have been shot numerous times.
Apr 24, 2020 · One of Dayton's most notorious and gut-wrenching crimes happened on April 25, 1999 when Larry Troutman shot his brother and Zapp bandmate, funk and talkbox pioneer Roger Troutman, outside his Dayton music studio in a case that shocked the music world.
Apr 25, 2020 · Twenty years ago, on April 25, 1999, funk pioneer, Zapp band member and solo artist Roger Troutman was killed by his brother Larry Troutman in one of Dayton, Ohio's, most shocking murders-suicides.
Apr 26, 1999 · Brothers Roger and Larry Troutman, two of the founding members of the early-'80s funk outfit Zapp, were shot dead Sunday morning outside a studio in Dayton, Ohio, in what local authorities are...
Apr 28, 1999 · Roger Troutman, a renowned funk-music innovator who recorded with his brothers in the band Zapp in the early 80's, died on Sunday at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center in...
Apr 30, 1999 · Roger Troutman, a singer, musician, bandleader and producer who was an influential presence in the world of funk music, has died. The 47-year-old Troutman died Sunday at a hospital in Dayton,...
Apr 27, 1999 · DAYTON, Ohio -- R&B star Roger Troutman, whose hits included "More Bounce to the Ounce" and "I Want to Be Your Man," was shot to death over the weekend along with his brother in an apparent...
Police have confirmed that the deaths Sunday (April 25) of brothers Roger and Larry Troutman of the funk band Zapp were the result of a murder-suicide. Larry Troutman shot Roger, then...
Zapp's lead singer and instrumentalist Roger Troutman was found shot dead on Sunday, apparently by his older brother Larry, who subsequently committed suicide.
