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Glenn Frye passed away today from Pnuemonia, arthritis and colon issues...He was about Bowie's age..late 60s
RIP to a guy who defined American Music for a generation
 
Man, there's been a spate of these early deaths recently. Beginning to think there's something to this mortality thing.

I hope Frey and Bowie are jamming in heaven.
 
Man, there's been a spate of these early deaths recently. Beginning to think there's something to this mortality thing.

I hope Frey and Bowie are jamming in heaven.
I honestly believe it's because the Boomer generation was the first generation raised on highly processed foods, high in sodium, sugars and transfats, along with a lot of nasty additives, with all the healthy stuff processed out. And we didn't figure it out until (too) late in the game.....I suspect most of those folks (like a lot of us) were also cigarette smokers at some point in their lives....
 
I honestly believe it's because the Boomer generation was the first generation raised on highly processed foods, high in sodium, sugars and transfats, along with a lot of nasty additives, with all the healthy stuff processed out. And we didn't figure it out until (too) late in the game.....I suspect most of those folks (like a lot of us) were also cigarette smokers at some point in their lives....
That or rock stars have actually been able to live 40 years longer...in the 70's the drugs killed them at 27 and now it catches up at 67...rock stars are developing a tolerance
 
It is a shocker. We lost a great musician.

I do find it hard to believe he died of the things the article states. Maybe if he didn't have an immune system (HIV/AIDS?)
 
It is a shocker. We lost a great musician.

I do find it hard to believe he died of the things the article states. Maybe if he didn't have an immune system (HIV/AIDS?)
He was a heavy coke user for decades...probably cleaned up too late and it caught up..liver, colon, lungs...Bowie was done in by his liver. These guys consumed an enormous amount of alcohol for a long period of time
 
He was a heavy coke user for decades...probably cleaned up too late and it caught up..liver, colon, lungs...Bowie was done in by his liver. These guys consumed an enormous amount of alcohol for a long period of time

Actually...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colitis

Autoimmune[edit]
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - a group of chronic colitides.
    Main article: Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Ulcerative colitis - a chronic colitis that affects the large intestine.
      Main article: Ulcerative colitis
    • Crohn's disease - a type of IBD that often leads to colitis.
      Main article: Crohn's disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmunity
 
Actually...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colitis

Autoimmune[edit]
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - a group of chronic colitides.
    Main article: Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Ulcerative colitis - a chronic colitis that affects the large intestine.
      Main article: Ulcerative colitis
    • Crohn's disease - a type of IBD that often leads to colitis.
      Main article: Crohn's disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmunity
I know about Colitis..my coworker of 15 years suffered from it....poor diet was his cause, too much abuse and the tissue starts to deteriorate..I took my coworker for his surgery. He lived on coffee, cigarettes and tv dinners.
 
I know about Colitis..my coworker of 15 years suffered from it....poor diet was his cause, too much abuse and the tissue starts to deteriorate..I took my coworker for his surgery. He lived on coffee, cigarettes and tv dinners.

It's an autoimmune disease, like HIV.

So he probably didn't have much of an immune system.
 
It's an autoimmune disease, like HIV.

So he probably didn't have much of an immune system.
Still doesn't..he hasn't driven a car in 25 years because of it but rides his bike everyday around the small town near my property.
 
I'm going to watch the Eagles doc again on Netflix just to revisit the guys work
 
Still doesn't..he hasn't driven a car in 25 years because of it but rides his bike everyday around the small town near my property.

I meant Fry. The guy was only 69. He shouldn't die from pneumonia at that age. Young people with AIDS die of pneumonia or other similar normally survivable diseases.
 
I'm going to watch the Eagles doc again on Netflix just to revisit the guys work

The doc made Fry look like a complete asshole. That's my take.

Like how they kicked Don Felder out of the band over money.
 
The doc made Fry look like a complete asshole. That's my take.

Like how they kicked Don Felder out of the band over money.
He could be really high strung ..but credit to him, he saved Joe Walsh's career
 
Man you guys know a lot about these people passing lately. I barely recognize the names. But then I never developed a taste for the music of their era.
Some but not much.
 
Man you guys know a lot about these people passing lately. I barely recognize the names. But then I never developed a taste for the music of their era.
Some but not much.
Lost touch with music since Daniel Decatur Emmett?
 
Fry was 67, not 69. My error.
 
I wasn't much of an Eagles fan growing up but I've always thought Frey was a great song writer. It's a sad loss. Got his start working with Bob Seger, a other great songwriter too.

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Man you guys know a lot about these people passing lately. I barely recognize the names. But then I never developed a taste for the music of their era.
Some but not much.
musicology is my thing
 
Actually...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colitis

Autoimmune[edit]
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - a group of chronic colitides.
    Main article: Inflammatory bowel disease
    • Ulcerative colitis - a chronic colitis that affects the large intestine.
      Main article: Ulcerative colitis
    • Crohn's disease - a type of IBD that often leads to colitis.
      Main article: Crohn's disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmunity

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitis, rising up through the air



It's like he knew...
 
Wow...thanks for the links..I saw Mott the Hoople in the early 70s with Humble Pie and Slade on a triple billing when I was in San Diego in the navy.
 
I had forgotten Natalie Cole just passed and so did Lemmy
 
2016 has been going through Baby Boomers like it's Liam Neeson and they kidnapped his daughter.
 

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