Gemmill 45984 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Dead at 73 from liver cancer. RIP It's weird cos, not being around at the time, you get an idea of these blokes singing their classic songs as older men, but he was early to mid 20s pumping out classics. Edited April 14, 2015 by Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33803 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Dead at 73 from liver cancer. RIP It's weird cos, not being around at the time, you get an idea of these blokes singing their classic songs as older men, but he was early to mid 20s pumping out classics. Assumed he was already dead. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35566 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 RIP. Gene will have to update his biography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45984 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Not today though, he's going to the match you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11542 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Ben E King gone the journey too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14042 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I knew someone who was playing bass with Ben E King a few years ago and said the bloke was great. Used to pay for all their dinners and drinks after gigs and could tell a good story. Maybe he's clocked the credit card bill from all that and faked his own death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35566 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Ben E King gone the journey too These things always come in threes. Wonder when the next soul legend everyone already thought was dead will pop his clogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14042 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 These things always come in threes. Wonder when the next soul legend everyone already thought was dead will pop his clogs. Martha Reeves at evens IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33803 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Englebert Spunkydick 6-4 @betwad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43039 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Martha Reeves at evens IMO I thought she was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45984 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 These things always come in threes. Wonder when the next soul legend everyone already thought was dead will pop his clogs. Not really soul, but looks like BB King is about to check out... http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/blues-legend-bb-king-reports-hospice-vegas-home-30743616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31190 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Errol Brown gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11542 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Like Alex said, these things come in threes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17635 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Theres a family from our village made up of 11 brothers and two sisters...all the elder brothers formed a very good band and in the 70s they appeared on New Faces (Simon Cowell basically ripped this off kids) and were in demand as session players and as a tour support/backing act . They were at my uncle's wedding sometime in the mid 70s in Northampton the same day as they were backing Ben E King at Batley WMC in Yorkshire in the evening....think the story goes they got up and started drinking a lot more than would be advisable or indeed legal even back then, went to the wedding, had a few afternoon liveners, then reluctantly started loading their gear and more beer into their decrepit transit for the journey up to Yorkshire, the van wouldnt start so my other uncle (trained mechanic) had to fix it in his bestman suit They eventually arrived at the gig and fell of the van and proceeded to set up in front of the incredulous soul legend and obviously went on to produce a note perfect set for the man who they all agreed was a musical genius and a thouroughly decent gent too Errol Brown too...sad times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45984 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 My gran used to be a club singer and went on Opportunity Knocks. She came second to a fucking talking dog which must have been something of a kick in the tits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17635 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 poor gran....do you know what sort of dog it was?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33803 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Errol Brown gone? Cold chocolate? RIP, he was a cool bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11542 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Errol Brown bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45984 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 poor gran....do you know what sort of dog it was?... I don't. I've always wanted to contact ITV and see if I could get a copy of it for her, but never did. They've probably deleted it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43039 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Errol Brown gone? Cold chocolate? RIP, he was a cool bastard. Liver cancer. It started with a cyst. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10962 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Liver cancer. It started with a cyst. RIP Oof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35566 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Liver cancer. It started with a cyst. RIP That's terrible that like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43039 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Fucking hell The sickos at work will love that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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