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History-making Olympian Cynthia Thompson passes away

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RIP. The Beat produced some fine music and were one of my favourite bands back in the day.

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19 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

So for completeness, Ranking Roger has died. https://news.sky.com/story/the-beat-singer-roger-charlery-dies-aged-56-11676140

 

See this thread for his unbounded optimism and his acknowledhement he's had a great life whatever happened.

 

Still doesn't make it hurt any less. RIP.

Absolutely gutted.

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On 09/09/2019 at 14:37, gcreptile said:

Reggae "legend" Majek Fashek is gravely ill and receiving treatment in London:

https://guardian.ng/life/majek-fashek-is-critically-ill-and-hospitalised-in-london-manager-confirms/

There has been a follow up to this,  but the whole thing seems a bit off to me.  The only thing missing that would set off the 'scam alert' klaxon is the go-fund-me account.  But maybe I'm being overly suspicious. I have to go now- there's a Nigerian prince on the phone that wants to send me some money!

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/majek-fasheks-manager-cries-out-we-need-emergency-support-we-are-stranded/

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Well, at least they specify that it's neck cancer. But he looks dead already. 

Yeah, but WTF is neck cancer. Esophageal, sarcoma , what?

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7 hours ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

Yeah, but WTF is neck cancer. Esophageal, sarcoma , what?

Tumours in the neck, I thought 

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9 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Tumours in the neck, I thought 

I think you're having me on Sir Creep, but OK, I'll bite anyway.  As you and many denizens of this site know, the devil is in the details.  "Cancer of the neck" is so vague as to be useless, and no one would accept it as a diagnosis.  Is it cancer of the esophagus, larynx or pharynx?  One of the sarcomas perhaps (osteosarcoma, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, myosarcoma?) Maybe lymphoma, Hodgkins or non? Salivary glands? Adenoid carcinoma? Perchance melanoma, basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma? The survivorship varies from near certain recovery to near certain death, so no one would accept "neck cancer" from their doctor in this day and age, especially in London where he apparently is.  So this adds to the fishiness of his manager's statements.  I'm not disagreeing that the guy looks like shit on a stick, but we really don't know why.  Apparently I'm not the only suspicious one- his funding page still sits at 0.

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Keith Anderson, better known as Bob Andy, reggae musician and songwriter, reportedly dead: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Singer,_song_writer_Bob_Andy_passes_on?profile=1228

 

Don't know him? Bet you do, he's the Bob in Bob and Marcia who trapped a major UK hit with Young, Gifted and Black.

 

UK #5 (April 1970)

 

 

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Jamaican reggae singer Delroy Washington has died after a short illness.

 

Can’t imagine what that illness might be...

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On ‎07‎/‎01‎/‎2015 at 14:28, Spade_Cooley said:

King Sporty, writer of "Buffalo Soldier" and husband of Betty Wright, dead at 71.

Betty Wright seems to be in a bad way. Chaka Khan asking for prayers...

 

She had a couple of UK top thirty hits in the mid-seventies.

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On ‎03‎/‎05‎/‎2020 at 16:59, YoungWillz said:

Betty Wright seems to be in a bad way. Chaka Khan asking for prayers...

 

She had a couple of UK top thirty hits in the mid-seventies.

Now Twitter has Betty Wright dead:

 

Where Is The Love (UK #25, May 1975)

 

 

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She’s a nobody.  Personified.

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21 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

She’s a nobody.  Personified.

Sigh. I'm not surprised to see this comment posted,  but I am surprised that it was by you, SC.  Maybe you were having a bad day, but I thought you were more open to what should be an eclectic forum.

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On ‎09‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 21:37, gcreptile said:

Reggae "legend" Majek Fashek is gravely ill and receiving treatment in London:

https://guardian.ng/life/majek-fashek-is-critically-ill-and-hospitalised-in-london-manager-confirms/

 

On ‎16‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 15:39, gcreptile said:

Well... in spite of that photo, Majek Fashek is NOT dead yet:

 

https://allafrica.com/stories/201909160107.html

 

Majek Fashek dead now? https://allafrica.com/stories/202006020484.html

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