:o :o
http://en.mediamass.net/people/ritchie-blackmore/deathhoax.html
I hadn't heard of it and I wouldn't have believed it either. Blackmore has good genes, always took good care of himself and has a healthy nasty side, he will live forever and reach a 100.
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f205/blakerz1960/JAVELIN1.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e4/e8/bc/e4e8bcf9392c5a964ed06253c62e354f.jpg)
And then there is that happy for life marriage:
(http://candicenight.com/written_word/harder_beat_2006/ritchie_candice.jpg)
Plus, he doesn't throttle those aggressive streaks in a self-harmful way, lets it all out:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/82/e5/bd/82e5bd585defebd9036254c90fa7d7cc.jpg)
He is the master of life and death after all! (WARNING: Corny 80ies vids to follow.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ15B2FqVqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0atNPmQbY
Anyway, he would call me first if he was dead.
While we're on the subject, in doing some research on the history of rock I ran across the story of how Gene Vincent acted toward Ritchie Blackmore (the Outlaws.) It didn't quite make sense to me. It seems like Vincent would have been happy to have had such a great guitarist playing for him. But instead he seems to have acted like a total jackass toward Blackmore. In one case, he even attempted to blame Blackmore when he (Vincent) got lost on a song.