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05-04-2006, 12:19
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He's more than 24 hours away from Tulsa now...
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05-04-2006, 12:19
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How sad
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05-04-2006, 12:20
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I heard this on This Morning and was really shocked - apparently he performed last night in Cardiff and there was no suggestion he was even ill... such a shame - 65 is hardly any age either.
And even worse for his family for him to be so far from home. |
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05-04-2006, 12:20
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Wow. I'm not exactly a fan of his music but 65 is too young to die. Loved the duet he did with Marc Almond (I think) when I was a kid.
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05-04-2006, 12:20
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05-04-2006, 12:22
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05-04-2006, 12:22
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Sad news.
My sister will be devastated, she loved him. |
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05-04-2006, 12:23
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 and I'm sure it wasn't said to be deliberately controversial. 
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05-04-2006, 12:27
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05-04-2006, 12:41
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Cardiff, eh! ... A town without pity
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05-04-2006, 12:59
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Do you think something got a hold of his heart?
Rudi  ™
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05-04-2006, 13:00
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05-04-2006, 13:02
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Aw, I liked him.
mind I thought he was a woman when I was small ans mimed to his records. 'gonna find alladin's lamp someday rub the lamp and when the smoke clears away I'll ask the genie (lamp genie) my one wish come ture that the girl I love will only love me too' That song should've given me a clue eh? ' |
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05-04-2006, 13:13
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Last edited by PamelaL : 05-04-2006 at 14:13. |
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05-04-2006, 13:16
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What a trouper he was. Still touring.
Cardiff is a great place. There's more to it than just the main streets. |
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05-04-2006, 17:29
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Yesterday I was trying to sing that song I m Gonna be Strong. I love singing a dramatic song like that - the way the last line rises in a crescendo - and seeing whether I can get that last high note - cry-y-yeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
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05-04-2006, 17:37
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I guess you mean "you hope", as it is pretty naff to make jokes about someone dying before their "time".
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05-04-2006, 17:38
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Well it is better than where you went to school, IMO.
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05-04-2006, 17:39
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05-04-2006, 17:41
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This sad news has reminded me of one of the great misunderstandings of my childhood. I was 6 when 24 Hours From Tulsa was a hit, and I suppose the love triangle the song is about was just a bit too much for a six year old to comprehend. I thought the line in the song 'one day away from your arms' was actually 'one day away from your aunt'! I think I imagined a man away on a business trip who was intending to stay with his lover's aunt who happened to live near to where he was going.
I can't remember how old I was when I finally got this sorted out in my mind, but it's one of those silly things from childhood that I have never forgotten. |
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05-04-2006, 17:43
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Something's gotten hold of his heart... The Grim Reaper!
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05-04-2006, 18:18
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I still sing "Don't turn out the lights...." for The Israelites...
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05-04-2006, 18:24
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