I've checked for news of George almost every morning for years, knowing this was inevitable it they didn't find a miracle cure for ALS. Also knowing how much he had to be enduring with that terrible disease.
Up until he developed ALS, he'd had a very lucky and successful life - including a successful 56-year marriage to his childhood sweetheart, whom he'd fallen in love with in his early teens. Two great kids, who were also there for him as he battled ALS. Long string of hits in the Netherlands, in addition to the worldwide hits. Very much a rock god there, idolized so much that when he was in his 30s, in the mid-1980s, he won some teen magazine's readers' poll for sexiest musician (he said the kids needed to find younger idols). Healthy and athletic enough to run marathons. Won European guitar awards. Launched or salvaged the careers of some other artists, in addition to founding Golden Earring and keeping them together all those years. I've never run across any statement from anyone who didn't like and admire him.
I was just looking at Wikipedia, and they have today as the date of his death, though I read that the statement announcing it said it was yesterday, Tuesday. I haven't checked translations yet of the longer articles in Dutch.
1986 photo by Anton Corbijn:
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