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Location: SoCal | http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/glen_campbell/news/14956 |
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Location: Flahdaw | That's too bad. He had a helluva good run, though. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Major bummer. I think Alzheimer's must be the very worst disease there is. :( |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | If not, close to it. Glen has inspired an awful-lotta folks over the years. Just can't avoid Age & Gravity.
Hope he is allowed to make a graceful exit. |
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Location: SoCal | He was going to do a 2 year farewell tour in support of a new album that was supposed to come out a month ago. Now it's been postponed until late August and he's only going to tour in the fall. This is probably why the album was postponed..... |
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Location: Texas | While on vacation, I read this review:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110605/ENTERTAINMENT/106050377/Re...
I thought to myself, something must be wrong. I have seen him do interviews recently that seemed a little disjointed, but at 70 something he probably has lost interest in answering the same questions he was asked for the last 40 years.
Being my boyhood idol, I am saddened by this news. He is a tremendous musician and the reason a lot of us play Ovations. |
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Location: Tennessee | "If I knew I was gonna live this long, I woulda taken better care of myself" - Mickey Mantle.
I had the honor of meeting Glen and speaking briefly with him at NAMM earlier this year. He's a Legend and this is going to be a tough thing for a lot of people who love him ... but fortunately, he does have a lot of people around him who love him. He's a very lucky man in many ways. |
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Location: USA | so sad. I hope he has one more amazing tour.
He definitley helped pave the way for country/ pop artists. |
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Location: Utah | Glen was a major contributor to my desire to play guitar and to play Ovation.
I hope he suffers little and that his body doesn't outlast his mind. |
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Location: Texas | That is truly sad news. It's a horrible disease…
-standing-
it's better to burn out than to fade away… |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Tragic. I had a friend go with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, it's the exact opposite where the body dies while the mind lives. He wrote a book about his experience call; Laugh, I Thought I'd Die.
Though he didn't have a choice between Alzheimers and ALS he said that if he DID, he'd choose ALS.
It's sad, but Glen's lived larger than most.
Made a lot of people happy and did his best.
And that's the best you can do. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | yeah... ok... this news officially sucks. |
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Location: NJ | tragic and sad |
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Location: south east Michigan | ". . . By th'Time . . . . . . I get to Cheboygan . . . . . "
What What???
Too soon? |
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Location: Nashville TN. | That really sad news. ....... yes its too soon |
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Location: closely held secret | Jeez, people. If I had read this thread without reading the article I'd have guessed he was already dead. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Originally posted by Waskel:
Jeez, people. If I had read this thread without reading the article I'd have guessed he was already dead. I'd rather BE dead than have Alzheimers. |
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Location: closely held secret | I\'d Rather Be Dead - Harry Nilsson |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Like the man said...
He just wants everybody to know that he just has Alzheimer's, he ain't Drunk.
Therefore, if he forgets a line to a song it ain't cuz he is High.
It's just cuz he is getting Old!
Just means that he will be lightening his concert schedule.
I hope that I am in such good shape when I am his age... in 21 years. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I'd rather BE dead than have Alzheimers. Hell, I don't know.
I've been told I've got maybe 6 months or so left. If I could exchange an impending death sentence for a few more years of progressing Alzheimers, would I?
I simply don't know. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Fletcher, that's awful. I don't know what to say, but hope you can find some joy in your life. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | To quote Nerudo out of context, love is so short, and forgetting is so long ...
I saw this with my grandmother and it's like what shakespeare said about the seven stages of life ... sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything and then it ends. I'm sure being who is there will be people around him who love him ... time passes so quickly |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by fletcher:
Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
I'd rather BE dead than have Alzheimers. Hell, I don't know.
I've been told I've got maybe 6 months or so left. If I could exchange an impending death sentence for a few more years of progressing Alzheimers, would I?
I simply don't know. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Been thinking about what to do with them all.
I'll be sure to give your idea all the consideration it deserves. ;) |
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Location: SoCal | Oh no. I'm screwed..... |
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