Sad year for music :(

[Joe F.]

Dee Dee Ramone, too.

Died in 2002.

You probably meant Tommy.

[ronmac]

We can probably compile a comparatively short list of musicians who by all the laws of logic should have carked it long ago, due to alcohol abuse, drug abuse, or general unhealthy lifestyles, but somehow are still with us:

- Alice Cooper
- Keith Richards
- Bob Lind (gave up the booze long ago, like Alice, but at one stage was basically an alcoholic, like Alice)
- Elton John

and of course the guy from Motley Crue, whose name eludes me, the inspiration for the song "Kickstart My heart".

I would add Eric Clapton to that list, It's amazing he even made it through 70s.

[PeterG]

I might be stating the obvious here and don't mean to leave important people out but what a nutty and sad year this has been for the loss of greatly talented people in music.

Desmond Dekker

Dude! Where are you getting your info from? Desmond Dekker died in England in 2006.

[Sunlight Caller]

Dee Dee Ramone, too.

Dee Dee actually left us in 2002, scary how fast the years slip by.

[davis]

Regarding Keef,

Read his book,he led an amazing life

I took a break from it to read a book about Joel Rifkin, but I'm going back to it. Pretty interesting so far.