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Title: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: SirPeale on March 03, 2008, 12:35:15 am

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080302/jeff_healey_080302/20080302?hub=TopStories

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: billf on March 03, 2008, 12:46:31 am

Great guitar player.  RIP Jeff.

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 03, 2008, 08:05:48 am

Indeed a sad day. A truly gifted man and a nice guy to boot.

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: RayB on March 03, 2008, 07:28:52 pm

Wasn't he an alcoholic? My brother saw him perform and he puked right there on stage.
(leave it to me to sully his good name post-mortem  ;D I'm a sick man!)

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 03, 2008, 07:36:27 pm

I dunno ... several (OK, it was many) years ago he and I frequented the same clubs (and my sister-in-law's roommate was a groupie) and I didn't see any evidence of that -- he was always "with it" and a really nice guy.

I do know from one of our conversations that he had been fighting the cancer more seriously than I had realized prior to that point.

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: WaRpEd on March 03, 2008, 08:46:57 pm

Wasn't he an alcoholic? My brother saw him perform and he puked right there on stage.
(leave it to me to sully his good name post-mortem   I'm a sick man!

Ray B
Maybe the Chemotherapy made him sick?

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: RayB on March 07, 2008, 12:40:14 am

Quote from: WaRpEd on March 03, 2008, 08:46:57 pm

Wasn't he an alcoholic? My brother saw him perform and he puked right there on stage.
(leave it to me to sully his good name post-mortem   I'm a sick man!

Ray B
Maybe the Chemotherapy made him sick?

Hey that's possible! It was 2-3 years ago though.

Title: Re: RIP - Jeff Healey
Post by: Edgedamage on March 09, 2008, 06:35:11 pm

Quote from: RayB on March 03, 2008, 07:28:52 pm

Wasn't he an alcoholic? My brother saw him perform and he puked right there on stage.
(leave it to me to sully his good name post-mortem  ;D I'm a sick man!)

He has dealt with cancer for most of his life. No matter how sick he was he always performed
it was the only thing that made him feel good. I hope your dumb ass comment makes you feel good now.