Lennon famously said the beatles were more popular than jesus but he couldn’t have said the same about dodd. Amazing to think he was the only artist to rival the beatles in record sales in the 60s.
Craig Mack (of Flava in Ya Ear fame) died.
He was 46.
RIP
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Nietzsche defined health not as the absence of illness, but in overcoming it. By his formulation, Hawking was the healthiest man of his age.
Sad as all sadness.
Also: Step aside, never-ending shitstream of “news” about Trump. At least for a day.
I wish.
For the punk-inclined, the drummer for Social Distortion (and the Plugz!) has died at the age of 56:
Wow…that’s really sad.
Winnie Mandela has died, aged 81. Source: Wikipedia
What the hell is going on with your footballers, UK? They’re dying at an alarming rate.
Ray Wilkins was a smoker and had a history of alcoholism.
I agree though, a lot of footballers are dying young from heart problems. I really don’t know why FIFA aren’t looking into it. Maybe they haven’t worked out how to use corruption to benefit from it yet.