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    Default RIP Mark E Smith.

    Damn,
    this one hurt.
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    Right, that's enough. Pretty soon there'll be no good ones left.

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    Very sad. He will be sorely missed
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    Hugh Masekela dead too.

    Which probably means the Bristol Hi-Fi Show will be doomed to nothing but Hugh. Whittlebury seemed to do that anyway a while back to an extent that almost triggered a need to self-terminate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Damn,
    this one hurt.
    Anyway I empathise.

    That said, the only death in the field of music that seriously upset me in a way I would never have predicted was that of Joe Strummer.

    For a while that brought a tear to the eye.

    The Clash's first album was my teenage bible.

    Very much an underestimated lyricist.

    John Peel if still around would be devastated by this news I expect.

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    No Way! Are you joking! I'm off to google this. No way has that happened

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    Yep... A real shame. Another great talent gone.

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    Nope I refuse to accept it. There will be another album out this year for my special shelf and another Peel session.

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