Paul Kantner RIP

lowend1 · January 28, 2016, 05:33:55 PM

...and another
http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Jefferson-Airplane-s-Paul-Kantner-dies-at-74-6791483.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop

Nocturnal · January 28, 2016, 09:36:42 PM

RIP Paul.

Alanko · January 29, 2016, 06:38:44 AM

RIP. This year is felling rock stars.

Highlander · January 29, 2016, 12:14:25 PM

No one here gets out alive... rip

4stringer77 · January 29, 2016, 02:02:35 PM

That's a shame. It's too bad he and Lemmy couldn't cut down on the smoking. Not to be insensitive but every time I saw those guys doing interviews, they were always puffing on a heater. Hopefully that's something those of us left behind can learn from.

nofi · January 29, 2016, 04:11:50 PM

kantner had a stroke about thirty years ago. i guess he never learned.

Denis · January 29, 2016, 07:47:45 PM

Shit, he made it to 74 anyway...

Dave W · January 29, 2016, 09:00:18 PM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on January 29, 2016, 02:02:35 PM
That's a shame. It's too bad he and Lemmy couldn't cut down on the smoking. Not to be insensitive but every time I saw those guys doing interviews, they were always puffing on a heater. Hopefully that's something those of us left behind can learn from.

Quote from: nofi on January 29, 2016, 04:11:50 PM
kantner had a stroke about thirty years ago. i guess he never learned.

Quote from: Denis on January 29, 2016, 07:47:45 PM
Shit, he made it to 74 anyway...

I lost a longtime friend just after Christmas 2014. Great guy who loved helping his friends and family. But he tried so hard to quit smoking for years and he just couldn't do it. Had a blood clot removed from his brain in the late 90s, still couldn't stop for long. Got pneumonia for about the fourth time in five years and that was it. Hard for me to understand since I quit cold turkey in 1998. He made it to 73 but I sure wish he could have made it longer.

It is a shame about Paul Kantner and Lemmy. If neither of them wanted to quit and convinced themselves it would never happen to them, well, what can you say? But if not, I'm not going to say they never learned. Maybe, maybe not. We can't know what struggles other people are going through.

Denis · January 30, 2016, 05:40:00 AM

Some people can quit most anything cold turkey, others really struggle. It's not really a fault as much as it is a misfortune.

Hörnisse · January 30, 2016, 06:19:24 PM

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/features/2016-01-30/ten-moments-of-genius-from-paul-kantner

gweimer · January 31, 2016, 05:48:55 AM

Another update. I just read that original singer Signe Anderson died on the same day as Paul Kantner.

Dave W · January 31, 2016, 11:20:38 PM

Quote from: gweimer on January 31, 2016, 05:48:55 AM
Another update. I just read that original singer Signe Anderson died on the same day as Paul Kantner.

I saw that. What are the odds?

westen44 · February 01, 2016, 12:55:55 AM

Quote from: Dave W on January 31, 2016, 11:20:38 PM
I saw that. What are the odds?

About the same as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both dying on July 4, 1826.

However, I hardly even know what to say anymore about all these rock stars dying so close together. The words fail me now.

gweimer · February 01, 2016, 03:57:32 AM

We're all getting to that age. Another factor is the fact that research shows that people will hang on to life until an event or holiday. So, it may be that January is a tough month due to a lot of people waiting to see one more new year come in. Bowie died right after his birthday.

westen44 · February 01, 2016, 05:25:13 AM

Quote from: gweimer on February 01, 2016, 03:57:32 AM
We're all getting to that age. Another factor is the fact that research shows that people will hang on to life until an event or holiday. So, it may be that January is a tough month due to a lot of people waiting to see one more new year come in. Bowie died right after his birthday.

Lemmy's birthday was on Christmas Eve. Then I think he died on the 28th.