{"id":586129,"date":"2026-08-07T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/586129\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:58:07","slug":"madonna-and-blur-producer-william-orbit-dies-aged-69-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/586129\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna and Blur producer William Orbit dies aged 69 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1JZ1pJX3pfR1VNeDNtSUFOWjRkUzM5WDhBLUk0eG1iQzkzcDl3S3AxVzFraGhCT1BQLWFkd0ttOFlrVFZONTR3WlFHODNSc3pNRzBWQnBkRmIzdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madonna and Blur producer William Orbit dies aged 69<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNaUxyU0tSbGljX2RhU2JTYUJ6VFhISWNZZURqdlE4QTdTOWJjWUZ2TnMwMHI1ZjY0NGpVUzRDaGwzbFNHVDkwelBhODZBcVN0OFhlcEJyRkkyUV93YS1jZW85Y1dTd24ycHFXWHdWYWNKSzg1Umw0Mlhtek4wUzRfTksySUVjWVVFdDlIQ1pyaEcta1A1MTY3ODhqb3IzRmExd0RTYQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William Orbit, U2 and Madonna producer, dies aged 69<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;rte.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxPUjVnOGlxbE1weHlTSzNFT2JONEJjMElCTWVuQ0tpaDN0blhrMHZXU1hkUjExRXdZaFBEWDlFTnhuTklvLWtQQmRpSDlfTnBhWDd0ZlNqeF9MOHN6dExKQ2lxY0FmN0FuZFA4bXhyYXZJMzhOczNLR2U3TzFWREZUT2Q5ZFdpNlpiVElYX1lKYW82VVdNY1NxQTQ1NXJBUGpYZUR6b25tdkZxd05lU1NraGFLZ0JRN2xTV2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William Orbit: Music producer for Madonna, U2 and more dies aged 69<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE92S0dWeGp5eTdRdVp0Sjd0ajRrNkZJYVNUTjdWVTE5ZnBxMG1xSmNza3pFTGkzY0J6WURBMm5hSTF4MUdkcFhjazF0REhpVE5mZjN6OW1SbGduNzJyWTFTOXByNkREc1lzRnRfMW9YcFZoM0xLNEtGNg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes paid after death of legendary electronic producer William Orbit, age 69: \u201cHe never followed the obvious path\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NME<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxPcm1fY21qb1JzQ21TNVVJbnpZdjlwM0F4dUxmcmdOeFl5cHdFdThxbmtlTzdnWmFlZzBMbU5FZlVYek5HR3A3U2xfUlV2ZVRabUJ2NXJuRWNpMjFoVTVfQ1ZfYWd1RTdSTGVnX3J5SUx3RTR3OXpfRlJQdk9RMjJRSW04QkdSSU1vWlZoWjNHenlpQXhmZzg3WTkwam1sTWRUblVic09jNWhIV0xOM01FUlJjZE1felJiWW9Wb3FXY0JzRHNULUVyU3JZTDV0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William Orbit, acclaimed producer who worked with Madonna and Blur, dies aged 69<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna and Blur producer William Orbit dies aged 69&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCWilliam Orbit, U2 and Madonna producer, dies aged 69&nbsp;&nbsp;rte.ieWilliam Orbit:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-586129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}