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Posted by kim on 07/14/06 18:48
"Damon" <todamon@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Peter Harding wrote:
> > In article <1152632120.977573.121270@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
> > todamon@gmail.com says...
> > > Poor Syd, a testiment to the detrimental affects of mind altering
> > > drugs.
> >
> > Is it? I thought he died from diabetes complications - or are you
> > talking about his drop from Pink Floyd all those years ago?
>
> Of course I was indeed referring to his withdrawal from public life and
> the loss of a creative talent and his last 35 years being a sad
> testament, not his death itself.
> Having said that, had he not over indulged in LSD etc,
Mandrax, but it's likely he had a severe personality disorder long before he
started taking drugs.
> he probably
> wouldn't have become a recluse and would almost certainly have had
> better health care. I'm sure Dave and Roger pay for the best medical
> attention and anything like diabetes can be detected early and managed
> well enough that the would expect to die from it so (relatively) young.
> look at the queen mum and see what the best medical professionals can
> do, she was 101 or something
According to the Arena documentary about Syd's life, his annual income from
back royalities ran into six figures. This will continue to be paid to his
relatives for the next fifty years.
(kim)
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