Billy Preston RIP

[unclehobart]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13168091/

‘Fifth Beatle’ Billy Preston dies at 59
PHOENIX - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own hit singles including “Outta Space” and “Nothing From Nothing,” died Tuesday at 59.

His longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said a heart infection in November left him in a coma, and he never regained consciousness; he was taken to a Scottsdale hospital Saturday after his condition deteriorated.

Preston had battled chronic kidney failure and received a kidney transplant in 2002. But the kidney failed and he was on dialysis ever since.

A damn shame. I liked the guy.

 

[Professur]

How many 'fifth beatle's were there?

 

[Gonz]

5...and 17 Rolling Stones.(pre-Wymans death)

RIP Billy

 

[chcr]

Sorry to hear it.

 

[HomeLAN]

 

[Winky]

nuthin' from nuthin' leaves nuthin'

ya gotta have sumthin'

if ya wanna be with me

 

[AlladinSane]

5...and 17 Rolling Stones.(pre-Wymans death)

RIP Billy

Did Bill Wyman die?

 

[unclehobart]

No. He's alive. He's probably thinking Brian Jones.