Fuck.
Thought he'd live forever, little giant.
First Pete Steele, then Dio? Not a good year so far. R.I.P
What scares me, is when it comes to entertainment industries, deaths always come in threes.
Are you fucking kidding me, that is it?
Not even 2 pages.
You people fucking suck.
I could post again that I'm really saddened by the news. It's true and it helps to aim for page 2, but it won't bring him back...
He wasn't old, either. I've read many an awesome story about his kindness in the past hours and I bet they were all true. It just adds to the frustration.
It's more surprising to see that he got Cancer, seeing that he always seemed a healthy guy and rarely ate the crap most people it.
Personally I feel disbelief rather than anything else. Very odd feeling which has sort of grown since they canceled the tour and I regretfully returned my ticket to what I expected to be the last gig in town so to speak. No one can go on forever, yet it is a bit of a surprise. I remember that he played "Gates of Babylon" the last time around, which is a mighty tune.
Now, I doubt it is out of any sort of, medical relevance, but I have distinct memories of reading an interview (I believe it was done in Swedish, by Anders Tengner of the then iconic OKEJ magazine) where Ronnie was very clear how he saw eating as a complete waste of time. That it was a bit of a necessary evil which indeed keeps you alive, but also keeps you from doing something productive. A bit odd perhaps, but it does give a hint of the dedication of the man, and it's also a refreshingly philosophical approach to life in general compared to what's been shown by, say, other Black Sabbath-vocalists.
Wait, there's conclusive proof linking diet to stomach cancer? I'd be surprised, people are still uncertain about the whole lung cancer / smoking connection...
Anyway, I know artists die as well as everyone else and it's not as if their life is intrinsecally more important, but still. I guess leaving a trace is the best anyone can hope for, as trite as it probably sounds.
I could post again that I'm really saddened by the news. It's true and it helps to aim for page 2, but it won't bring him back...
He wasn't old, either. I've read many an awesome story about his kindness in the past hours and I bet they were all true. It just adds to the frustration.
err? not really, unless they really really want to smoke.. really.people are still uncertain about the whole lung cancer / smoking connection...
No worries, just pissed off that people on this forum don't seem to care
when a truly legendary figure has passed.
That is the unfortunate thing with cancer, it does not look at age.
As someone with a disease that might lead to stomach cancer, this also
doesn't make me feel any more secure about my state. It's good that I'm
heading back to Sweden next month where the health care is much better
than here in Ireland.
err? not really, unless they really really want to smoke.. really.
They're all to busy listening to Between the Crap and Me.
Yeah, I guess. It's just that whenever a non-smoker gets lung cancer I always get to hear a bunch of smokers saying "see? see? it's UNrelated! it's GENES!" and stuff. I must be wrong about the cold hard data, they're probably just a very vocal minority.
I lolled.
I lolled.