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On this day in 1955, Charlie Parker died at age 34. Due to years of booze and heroin, the coroner mistakenly estimated his age to be between fifty and sixty.

"I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it."

 

Les Paul

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Incredible the talented people who died so young. Charlie Parker, Franz Schubert, Jimi, Chopin, Mozart, Keats, etal. What might we have heard from them had they lived? It also makes me feel bad that at age 50 I still haven't done squat compared to these people! :cry:
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[quote]Originally posted by Jode: [b]On this day in 1955, Charlie Parker died at age 34. Due to years of booze and heroin, the coroner mistakenly estimated his age to be between fifty and sixty.[/b][/quote]Thanks for the music, Bird. :cry: While I'm all for civil liberties and whatnot, I must say that coroners should NOT be allowed to abuse booze and heroin on the job if it throws off their age estimates by twenty years.
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