Michelle Kerr Death, Obituary: co-founder of Cosa Nostra PR Michelle Kerr, Passed Away Unexpectedly

Co-founder of Cosa Nostra PR Michelle Kerr, Passed Away, Sept 15.

The music world lost a titan this weekend.
Michelle Kerr looked after some of the best metal bands on the planet, but she also looked after those of us who work in the background of the press machine.
Thank you for fighting in my corner when I didn’t even realise I needed you. Thank you for your words when I didn’t know I needed them on a personal level.
In a world of badasses.. be a Michelle.
All my love to Michelle’s family and friends, the roadrunner family and especially to my good friend kirsten and the cosa nostra family.
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We will never forget you, Down The Barrel Photography facebook post said.

GofundMe

On September 14th we lost our beloved Michelle. There aren’t adequate words to describe how this world feels without her badassery and fire.

This fundraiser is simply to ensure we can give Michelle the memorial she deserves and we know she would love.

Michelle lived for most of her life in Hampstead; a place she adored. A place where she loved going for long walks on the heath and frequently went wandering through Highgate Cemetery. Her family and close friends therefore plan on laying some of her ashes to rest in Highgate Cemetery and arranging a memorial bench on Hampstead Heath.

Funds raised here will go towards making this happen (being in the company of George Michael and Malcolm McLaren doesn’t come cheap), with any surplus funds going to a charity in Michelle’s name.

If Michelle ever put you on a guestlist, gave you time with one of her artists, helped you and/or your band(s) achieve any level of success, gave you career advice, bought you a drink at a show… we’d appreciate you making a donation.

If you’re someone who would like to pay your respects at her funeral, please donate any money you may have spent on flowers or travel. At her request, her funeral will be very small & private.

Thank you for anything you can spare to pay tribute to our gal x

There are a lot of unsung heroes that helped propel Machine Head to where we are. Michelle Kerr was one of them. She had my back for nearly 3 decades, handling the often rigorous UK press duties after she inherited them in 1995 halfway through the Burn My Eyes album cycle.
She is and remains one of my longest music business relationships alongside Mark Palmer, and Monte Connor,
I always considered her a cross between Elizabeth Taylor and Lemmy, so yes, she’s was an undeniable bad ass!! AND, she could drink me and all of my friends under the table!
Smart, funny, tough, loyal, she was simply one of the best humans I’ve ever come across in my life.
She had been battling it for so long, always held her head up high, always looked on the bright side.
My nickname for her was “Poppet” a reference to the movie Pirates of the Caribbean… All these years later I don’t even know how that came to be… But every phone call, every time we saw each othe… the first words out of my mouth would always be “‘Ello Poppet”
devastated right now…
Really never thought that I would be saying this…
…Goodbye Poppet, another facebook post said.
🖤🖤🖤