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Old 03-04-2008, 01:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Jeff Healy Dies of Cancer

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...1TSiwbFXNVIGwg

Jeff Healy died of cancer at the age of 41 this weekend.
I was so surprised when I heard about this on Sunday night. I never heard that he was sick.

What is most surprising is how quiet this has been.
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Old 03-04-2008, 01:57 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Damn, had no idea he was sick either, or had I heard he died until now. He was a hell of a guitar player, even had a spot in Roadhouse back in the day, he'll be missed.
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Old 03-04-2008, 02:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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...and here is an interesting page on cbc.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourview/2008..._healey_1.html
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Old 03-04-2008, 02:40 PM   #4 (permalink)
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His most famous song, although I liked his blues much better than his pop, still a decent song.
Sorry they disabled embedding for this video it says.
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Old 03-04-2008, 03:02 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Wow. Bummer. I had no idea.
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Old 03-04-2008, 05:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
 
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I did not know this:
"Healey lost his sight when he was one year old, due to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes which he suffered from throughout his life and which ultimately killed him."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Healey
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Old 03-04-2008, 07:10 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I was truly saddened by his death. He was a great musician and inspiring in many ways. I really feel for his family.



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Old 03-04-2008, 07:56 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I now regret never going to see him play. For a year, I often walked by his club (though apparently it wasn't his).... I lived in the area.
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Old 03-04-2008, 08:10 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I cried for about five minutes when I got the call from my mother around 6:30 yesterday morning. Jeff played a festival quite often in my hometown and when he was here he would stay with a childhood friend (his father helps run said festival) . When I was around eight or nine he played guitar for me, which in turn inspired me to start playing. A couple of days before I put Angel Eyes back on my I-Pod and had been listening to it quite a lot. It hit me really hard as he was a friend, albeit not a close one, but one that had a very serious impact on my life. He came here two years ago with the jazz wizards to play the festival (Harvest Jazz and Blues; it's pretty prominent music festival in Eastern Canada) and we talked about his life and about what I was doing. It is still kind of hard.

In the past three days my grandmother died, my inspiration died, and my hero retired. It's a hard week lol.
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Old 03-05-2008, 01:38 AM   #10 (permalink)
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So young, so talented, so inspiring. RIP, Jeff.
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Old 03-13-2008, 09:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I cried for about five minutes when I got the call from my mother around 6:30 yesterday morning. Jeff played a festival quite often in my hometown and when he was here he would stay with a childhood friend (his father helps run said festival) . When I was around eight or nine he played guitar for me, which in turn inspired me to start playing. A couple of days before I put Angel Eyes back on my I-Pod and had been listening to it quite a lot. It hit me really hard as he was a friend, albeit not a close one, but one that had a very serious impact on my life. He came here two years ago with the jazz wizards to play the festival (Harvest Jazz and Blues; it's pretty prominent music festival in Eastern Canada) and we talked about his life and about what I was doing. It is still kind of hard.

In the past three days my grandmother died, my inspiration died, and my hero retired. It's a hard week lol.
Dude, you're from Peterborough?

Healey was an amazing talent, not only in blues but across all genres. The good die young.
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Old 03-17-2008, 06:37 PM   #12 (permalink)
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No I'm from Fredericton NB. My childhood best friend's father used to run the festival and I practically lived at their house and saw a lot of great talent pass through it. Jeff had an impact on me.
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