[tomtom]

JJ Cale

after midnight....

[T_B]

Weird, just been listening to him chilling in the garden this afternoon. R.I.P.

[Jaspersharpe]

Losing some good uns recently. The last three mentioned on this thread were all amazing people in totally different ways.

RIP indeed.

[Duma]

heard this on R4 on way to work this eve - gutted.
 

[mrjonathanr]

No. That is a loss.

[SA Chris]

Yeah bit gutted about this too. RIP.

[Gritlad]

Jon Brookes of the Charlatans has passed away today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23682282

[SA Chris]

RIP. Another good 'un.

[Mike Tyson]

Sir David Frost

[SA Chris]

Did we miss Elmore Leonard going

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23765850

[SA Chris]

Man probably responsible for the most wasted time in my life

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24160150

[Falling Down]

Felix Dexter, one of our great Funnymen.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_SEvhZ1_n9U&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_SEvhZ1_n9U

[Wood FT]

Lou Reed 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027

[fried]

Gutted. Might have a faw shandies tonight. I listened to so much Lou Reed when I was younger that I don't even really need to listen to him anymore, although I was trying to educate the missus with a bit of the 'Blue mask' the other day.

A toast to Lou.

[mrjonathanr]

Lou Reed 

So long, so many memories of my life bound together with VU and Lou Reed tracks, here's one of the sweeter ones:

[Muenchener]

 

[Muenchener]

Quite like to know who the mad cellist is on this too

[andy popp]

Terrible news about Lou Reed. I happened to be in NYC when the news broke and Monday was able to walk down 5th Avenue listening to Pale Blue Eyes,  Candy Says,  What Goes On and more.  It was quite the experience to have the chance to do that in the city where the music was made.

[shurt]

VU has to be in my top 5 albums of all time - foggy notion etc. Lots of memories attached to all the Velvets music too. V sad

[jwi]

I'm sure a few people on here have met skier, climber and all round funny guy Magnus Kastengren, (either in Scotland or in Chamonix.) Magnus died in a skiing accident on Mt Cook 

Magnus has fallen 600 m before, only to rise again. This time he took his ultimate fall.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11151105

[lagerstarfish]

John Cole

Politics seemed a lot less interesting after he left the BBC and now we'll never get him back

[Hazza]

Fred Sanger.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/10462574/Frederick-Sanger-OM.html

[johnx2]

araucaria

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2013/nov/27/david-mckie-araucaria-obituary-letter


a real loss.

[SA Chris]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25135934

Bodie has joined Bhodi.

[Oldmanmatt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25135934

Bodie has joined Bhodi.

I find it increasingly worrying how many people are dying of various cancers at relatively young ages.

I know the extension of Western lifespan is a recent phenomena, but surely it has spanned 3-4 generations already?
Was cancer so common in the generation now their 80's (the parents of today's 60 year olds)?