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Phil Lynott died 19 years ago - a great musican, song writer and personality. Frontman of Thin Lizzy, unfogettable band and one of my favourite from 70's. A man who lost a battle with drug, died January 4th in 1986 at 34. A great loss...
http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bio ... lynot.html

I never was a big fan of Thin Lizzy (apart from the occasional tune), but Lynott certainly was a very talented man. It's a shame, really.

Damn yes there are a lot of good musicans etc who have died that we remember ... Drugs... Why don't these people just take care of themselves?

And then there are the folks who died due to external forces, i mean everybody's talking about Dimebag...

But one other person who is on my mind is Chuck Schuldiner. He died of a brain stem tumor two years ago...

Aww. They, and many more, are all missed...

iron_thunder wrote:Damn yes there are a lot of good musicans etc who have died that we remember ... Drugs... Why don't these people just take care of themselves?

That's really sad, indeed. When they become popular, their life completly change. Some of them cannot find themself in new reality. But what is the worst, it seems like their passion, talent, artistic activity leads to those changes in their life and cause new situations and needs. If they cannot cope with them or try to find new entertainments and reach for e.g. drugs that in long run kills them.
So, can we say that people, audience or their fans have a part in this? I don't think so, but such reasoning seems logic. I think it is a matter of their own personality and people who are close to them.

Phil just never could catch that dragon he chased so fervently and in the end he succumbed to its fiery doom. He made his choices quite consciously and in the end was accountable for them, how terribly unfortunate for the young family he left behind.

I never admired people who died because of drugs addiction. But I admit that Lynott was a great composer.


We are falling on the steps of the stairway to heaven. And we fall in hell. (Our place, isn´t it ).

gon wrote:I never admired people who died because of drugs addiction. But I admit that Lynott was a great composer.


We are falling on the steps of the stairway to heaven. And we fall in hell. (Our place, isn´t it ).

I wouldn't reaaly admire people BECAUSE they died of drug addiction. I may just appreciate them for their musical compositions and contributions without trying to associate anything with their drug addiction, but it doesn't bother me, like... I mean, say my favorite singer died of an OD, I wouldn't want to resent them for it.
Guess people who have had addictions of various sorts might be less ... judgemental? (i know that's the wong word, but.)

understood.