OMG. Such a tragedy. What a strange and sad existence he had. I hope he didn’t have a cardiac arrest at the thought of all 50 nights at the O2. I wonder what can have happened. He was only 50. He seemed so frail.
I have never actually been a fan, but listening to him singing Bill Withers “Ain’t No Sunshine” at the age of 11 it is blatantly obvious that his talent surpassed anything that we have seen since.
Whilst he was clearly a legend, he really was a bit of a living tragedy – when you look at the way he allowed himself to be mutilated and I can’t believe how in debt he was and of course there are a few black clouds hovering about that will one day need to be addressed.
Fat, frumpy and fifty...
June 25, 2009I know l'm gutted. Grew up with him. Am a big Fan. Same age but for a few weeks. Saw him at Wembley 1988..he was GREAT!
now watch them all try and cash in …
Expat mum
June 25, 2009I was making dinner and listening to the TV and literally jumped when they announced it. Having said that, all we will hear on every channel now for the rest of the evening is this. The networks are already cancelling everything that was scheduled. Sigh!
Claire
June 26, 2009Can't cash in… he was in 400 million dollars worth of debt. Sad end of an icon of sorts.
Littlemummy
June 26, 2009It does seem to be the way that artistic genius is bordered by craziness of sorts, van gogh, mozart and modern day artists too..
English Mum
June 29, 2009What I find sad is that our kids really only experienced the weird/sad/verging on the perverse side of him. I've been trying to tell them that once he was fantastic and a legend and was undoubtedly talented and troubled, etc. They still look at me as if I'm mental.