February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. Idol had been scheduled to have a major role in Oliver Stone's film The Doors, but had to back out of the project due to his injuries.
February 8 - 50 year old songwriter Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
April 6 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, CT.
... of a monarch or royal family.
Of the more specific uses of the term, the most common include:
1. A supporter of King Charles I of England during the English ...