Dead Icons

Since more and more of our old heroes are dying these days it's probably good to have an entire thread to sort our thoughts about the loss of musical and cinematic icons.

So Chris Cornell died tonight.

I liked a few songs but I guess this is gonna hit you harder when you grew up in the late 80s or early 90s.

I know, i just saw that. holy crap.

can we talk about Bowie though?

Sure. Even the death of Amy Winehouse still feels current to me.

oh shanpp, he was young, relatively

Yeah, but he had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, although it has been said he was clean for some time.

who doesn't have a long history of substance abuse? boring people, that's who.... its still not arule you're dying at 52. And they're thinking its a suicide and not the itnentionaloverdose type either. Weird. The guy's worth at least $60million, he gets to play in soundgarden every night, has 2 kids by the new wife AND he finally got all his gitars back from that bitch Susan Silver. You'd think he would be feeling happier than ever. Or at elast not feel like getting high all the time since he's go the world on a string. I wonder if he was just depressed, in need of a psychiatrist and drugs and alcohol had nothing to do with this. The guy wrote sme pretty dismal lyrics, he obviously was prone to depression with or without drugs. I don't usually wanna delve into these thigns too much but given the story here and my year to date its got me itnerested. I really feel for his wife even if they weren't getting along anymore. This is always a blow especially when you have kids. Although his fortune will certainly make the kid thing a little easier.

And Bowie. We all miss David Bowie. Now his watch is ended, we will enver see his like again.

Chris is defintiely a bummer, I quite liked King Animal when it came out and Soundgarden are really needed right now because there aren't many if any mainstream acts that daring anymore.

Yeah, I didn't want to relate that the easy way, but I guess body and soul will pay the price for long years of substance abuse someday – at least if you are not Keith Richards or Willie Nelson. But I see your point! He always seemed to have an aura of rage, anger and discomfort. A voice and lyrics like his need to come from somewhere. There's an old saying which basically translates that paradise is the enemy of any artist.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/chris-cornell-suicide/

suicide by hanging

this si a pwoerful run of deaths, Bowie, Berry...