AllenLowe Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) this is not a musician, but quite a funny story about dying on-stage - the head and founder of Rodale Press, James Rodale, was on the Dick Cavett show talking about the company, which basically made its fortune with books and publications about organic gardening, and which advocated all kinds of self-health and natural cures. He had just said, on-air, "I'm so healthy that I expect to live on and on," when - guess what? He dropped dead of a heart attack - Edited January 19, 2006 by AllenLowe Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) How about Warne Marsh. He died at the Donte's club in 1987. I believe he was playing out of nowhere. Edited January 19, 2006 by Hardbopjazz Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 actually he was playing the Door's tune, The End - Quote
JohnT Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 I have heard that the great bassist, George Tucker, died onstage but I've never been able to confirm it. Does anybody have any information on how George died? Actually, George is one of my all time favorite bassists but it's been difficult to get much information on his life. Any leads? Quote
Guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 .:.impossible said: Lee Morgan What are the details of this incident? I have always heard that heard that he was shot by an enstranged wife or ex-wife at a gig, but don't really know specifics. Quote
rostasi Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 AllenLowe said: just did a little research - Tiny Tim did not die the first time he collapsed on-stage, but three months later at ANOTHER gig - my friend - Joel Eckhaus - was playing uke at the first performance - there's actually a video tape of the incident - No, he didn't die after his first collapse - you are correct and you're probably referring to the Ukulele Hall of Fame gig two months before, but he did die on stage at the Minneapolis gig for the Women's Club. He was just introduced to the nearly empty hall (that being a result of the arrogance of the bandleader's actions) with his wife by his side and he collapsed and died right there. Quote
couw Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 contemporaryladySF said: can someone summarize that billy hart interview for those of us who cant download it? thanks TroyK said: What are the details of this incident? I have always heard that heard that he was shot by an enstranged wife or ex-wife at a gig, but don't really know specifics. I downloaded that HUGE Billy Hart version of the story and transposed it to mp3 (2.5Mb), which you can get here. Click the button, wait a few seconds for another button to appear and download (.zip mp3). Hope that helps. Quote
marcello Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 The detail that Billt Hart talks about are pretty close to what I heard from bassist Steve Davis ( My Favorite Things; McCoy's brother in law ) sometime after the event. He held no grudge against Helen Morgan either. Quote
Rosco Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Wasn't there a lengthy and enlightening thread on the Morgan incident on this very board? I can't find it at the moment (the search function doesn't seem to work... ) Quote
JSngry Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 couw said: I downloaded that HUGE Billy Hart version of the story and transposed it to mp3 (2.5Mb), which you can get here. Click the button, wait a few seconds for another button to appear and download (.zip mp3). Hope that helps. Download never commences, second button takes me to upload screen. Whazzupwidat? Quote
Mr. Gone Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) JSngry said: couw said: I downloaded that HUGE Billy Hart version of the story and transposed it to mp3 (2.5Mb), which you can get here. Click the button, wait a few seconds for another button to appear and download (.zip mp3). Hope that helps. Download never commences, second button takes me to upload screen. Whazzupwidat? Bottom of page: Quote You are downloading BILLY HART on the_day_lee_morgan_died.zip (2.53 MB). Please wait for 10 seconds. Click "Download" button. Edited January 19, 2006 by Mr. Gone Quote
JSngry Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Yeah, did that, on the second page. That's what takes me to the uplaod page. Quote
JSngry Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Yep. Firewall was enabled, but somehow not for that site. Seek and you find... Quote
BERIGAN Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Man, now this is a depressing thread! Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted January 29, 2006 Report Posted January 29, 2006 How about these two? Doc Cheatham- dies back stage. Stanley Turrentine- dies on the way to hospital. He was warming up before going on stage. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 29, 2006 Report Posted January 29, 2006 Man with the Golden Arm said: What an infernal typo! Damn. I wish I'd said that... Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 29, 2006 Report Posted January 29, 2006 Eddie Durham died on the wy to Freddie Greens's funeral - Quote
birdanddizzy Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Posted January 29, 2006 AllenLowe said: Eddie Durham died on the wy to Freddie Greens's funeral - Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 29, 2006 Report Posted January 29, 2006 I have heard that Frank Wright died onstage of a heart attack while performing onstage in Wuppertal, 17 May 1990. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted January 30, 2006 Report Posted January 30, 2006 Harold Ashby suffered an attack immediately upon the end of a concert at the Folly Theater, Kansas City. He was hospitalized afterwards and never came out of medical care, dying some period of time later. At the time of his attack, a fan had just come up to the stage and unexpectedly screamed in his face, "what kind of saxophone did Johnny Hodges play?" Quote
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