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    You could probably branch this out into weed heroes in general, seeing as Howard Marks is on his way out.

     

    Tommy Chong's beaten cancer before, hasn't he? It'd be a huge shame to lose him, he's a bit of a hero, never gave up on his beliefs, spent time inside for selling bongs online. Hope he can fight this one too.

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    Humm, the first death I can definitely remember was that of Freddie Mercury, I think. I was 8 years old already.

     

    Same here re Freddie, although I will have been 6 or so at the time.

     

    The first death of a noteable that really affected me though was Layne Staley of Alice In Chains- I loved them at the time (still do) and always hoped they'd reform.

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    I would prefer ideally to die instantly of a massive heart attack in my early 80`s on a nice yacht in the meditteranian sea lying on a deckchair in a sailors suit with several playboy bunnies huddled around me with a glass of whisky in one hand and a Cuban cigar in the other.

     

     

    John Entwistle's death seems like a good one- heart attack whilst bingeing on cocaine with a prostitute. Although personally I'd prefer an obscure and mysterious death in about 20 years time at the most.

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    He's actually a huuuuge name in jazz circles. That's a very significant death. Not as big as Christopher Lee's, but bigger than Ron Moody's.

     

     

     

    I am not convinced about Coleman being bigger than Moody. He was one of the 420 names on my work game where 52 players each get 50 picks. (Nobody picked him, 8 people picked Ron Moody and 15 people picked Christopher Lee. I had thought for a long time that Ornette was a woman.

     

     

    Depends where you're coming from really. Coleman was a big, big name in jazz- perhaps the last of the greats (I don't count Herbie Hancock because of the 1980s). Moody was just as important in his own field, but the two aren't really comparable because they come from different worlds. Both made significant contributions. To me as a part-time jazz listener, Coleman's death means more. To a lover of musical theatre (not a euphemism) Moody's death might've had a more profound impact.

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    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/10/sen-johnny-isakson-discloses-he-has-parkinsons-disease/

     

    Sen. Johnny Isakson has Parkinsons disease. He says...

     

     

    I am busier and have more responsibility today than ever before in my political career, and I couldn’t be happier about that. I remain devoted to public service, to my state and to my constituents. I am eager to take my record of results to the voters of Georgia as I run for reelection in 2016

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