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This is a thread where those who want, can share the memories of those rockstars and other famous memorables artist who is not longer with us.

Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains, which was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by Staley and guitarist Jerry Cantrell.

Staley was found dead in his home On April 19, 2002 after injecting a mixture of heroin and **** known as a "speedball".

Info: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layne_Staley

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Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977 was the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

He was the older brother of the founder and vocalist of 38 Special, Donnie Van Zant and of current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Van_Zant.

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Rory Gallagher born William Rory Gallagher 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995 was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader.

An MRSA infection developed after a  liver transplant just before he was being discharged from the hospital.  His health quickly worsened and he died in London on 14 June 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Gallagher

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Brian Johnson will never be as great as Bon Scott. Period.

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Mike Edwards 31 May 1948 – 3 September 2010, known as Swami Deva Pramada or simply Pramada, was an English cellist and music teacher. His wide-ranging career was most widely notable for his membership of the Electric Light Orchestra.

Edwards was killed on the A381 between Harbertonford and Halwell near where he lived in Totnes in Devon, on 3 September 2010, when a cylindrical hay bale weighing 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) rolled down a hillside and collided with the van he was driving.

Info wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Edwards_(musician)

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Torbjörn Abelli born 10 February 1945 in Bromma, dead 11 augusti 2010.

Torbjörn was a Swedish composer and musician (bass). He was a member of  Träd, Gräs och Stenar up to his dead. He also participated in productions like Terry Riley, Arbete och Fritid, Blomkraft, Elektriska Linden och Art Society of Stockholm. He was also graphic artist, architect and a teacher.



http://www.tgs.nu/
http://www.myspace.com/tradgrasochstenar

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Mieszko Talarczyk  born December 23, 1974 in Poland was was the lead singer/guitarist of the Swedish grindcore band Nasum, Genocide Superstars, Krigshot and Charles Harfager.

He died in Thailand in the tsunami disaster on December 26, 2004. His body was identified on February 16, 2005.  After Mieszko died, Nasum and Genocide Superstars disbanded.



http://www.nasum.com/files/decibel.pdf

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Graham Arthur Chapman 8 January 1941 was an English comedian, actor, writer, physician and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

He passed away on 4 October 1989 after suffering from spinal cancer eleven months earlier. Present when he died in a Maidstone hospital including his brother, sister-in-law, partner David Sherlock, and his former Python fellows John Cleese and Michael Palin, who had to be led out of the room to deal with their grief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Chapman



Graham Chapman, co-author of the 'Parrot Sketch,' is no more.
  
He has ceased to be, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky, and I guess that we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, such capability and kindness, of such intelligence should now be so suddenly spirited away at the age of only forty-eight, before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was capable, and before he'd had enough fun.

Well, I feel that I should say, "Nonsense. Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard! I hope he fries. "
  
And the reason I think I should say this is, he would never forgive me if I didn't, if I threw away this opportunity to shock you all on his behalf. Anything for him but mindless good taste. I could hear him whispering in my ear last night as I was writing this:
  
"Alright, Cleese, you're very proud of being the first person to ever say '****' on television. If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a British memorial service to say '****'!"



BLACK KNIGHT: Come on then.

ARTHUR: What?

BLACK KNIGHT: Have at you!

ARTHUR: You are indeed brave, Sir knight, but the fight is mine.

BLACK KNIGHT: Oh, had enough, eh?

ARTHUR: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left.

BLACK KNIGHT: Yes I have.

ARTHUR: Look!

BLACK KNIGHT: Just a flesh wound.

Haha!

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David M. Bailey(February 26, 1966 was an American singer/songwriter. He released 20 total albums between 1997 and 2010, primarily playing Contemporary Christian Music. His music has been compared to that of James Taylor, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens.

He passed away on October 2, 2010 after has survived a Glioblastoma brain tumor in 14 years  that was to have killed him in 6 months.
(Unbelieveable - he must have been a true fighter...)

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Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith born August 6, 1969 was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith died in Los Angeles, California on October 21, 2003. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith

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James Lynn Strait born August 7, 1968  was the lead singer and lyricist for the punk rock band Snot. He died in a car accident on December 11, 1998.   Also killed in the accident was Strait's dog, Dobbs, who graced the cover of the band's 1997 debut album "Get Some" and served as the group's mascot.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Strait

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Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley born November 17, 1966 was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician.

"On the evening of May 29, 1997, Buckley's band flew to Memphis intending to join him in his studio there to work on the newly-written material. That same evening, Buckley went swimming in Wolf River Harbor, a slackwater channel of the Mississippi River, while wearing boots, all of his clothing, and singing the chorus of the song "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin.

Buckley had gone swimming there several times before.[105] A roadie in Buckley's band, Keith Foti, remained on shore. After moving a radio and guitar out of reach of the wake from a passing tugboat, Foti looked up to see that Buckley had vanished. Despite a determined rescue effort that night, Buckley remained missing. On June 4, his body was spotted by a tourist on a riverboat and was brought to land."

Info: Wikipedia



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_buckley

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I was just posting some vid for my friends on "the other network". The songs were from Molly Hatchet, one of the many Southern rock groups that followed Lynyrd Skynyrd out of Jacksonville, Florida.  Hatchet's lead singer was Danny Joe Brown, who passed away a couple of years ago or so.  Hope he's jammin' somewhere with Duane Allman (Hatchet did a wonderful cover of the Allman's "Dreams (I'll Never See)") and maybe even Ronnie Van Zant himself - without him, a bunch of bands would have never gotten off the ground.

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Originally Posted by Eric Pedersen:
I was just posting some vid for my friends on "the other network". The songs were from Molly Hatchet, one of the many Southern rock groups that followed Lynyrd Skynyrd out of Jacksonville, Florida.  Hatchet's lead singer was Danny Joe Brown, who passed away a couple of years ago or so.  Hope he's jammin' somewhere with Duane Allman (Hatchet did a wonderful cover of the Allman's "Dreams (I'll Never See)") and maybe even Ronnie Van Zant himself - without him, a bunch of bands would have never gotten off the ground.

Hiya Eric !

Nice to see you! So you finally found your way to this place aswell! You will be a great access with your reflections and experience.