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RGMike

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RIP Paul Davis
« on: April 23, 2008, 08:42:02 AM »
of "I Go Crazy" fame. Gaz will be verklempt!  He was 60

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/23/obit.davis.ap/
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Re: RIP Paul Davis
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2008, 09:21:36 AM »
of "I Go Crazy" fame. Gaz will be verklempt!  He was 60

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/23/obit.davis.ap/

Indeed I am - but mostly because I thought he had died many, many years ago in some sort of freak incident (like a robbery or something?).  Interestingly, I'd heard both "I Go Crazy" and "'65 Love Affair" in the past two weeks - the latter for the first time since the early '80s.
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Re: RIP Paul Davis
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2008, 09:29:10 AM »
of "I Go Crazy" fame. Gaz will be verklempt!  He was 60

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/23/obit.davis.ap/

Indeed I am - but mostly because I thought he had died many, many years ago in some sort of freak incident (like a robbery or something?). 

he was indeed involved in such an incident, but survived.
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Re: RIP Paul Davis
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2008, 11:41:24 AM »
A notable coincidence: Paul Davis and Al Wilson, who died a day apart, were both born in Meridian, Mississippi.  Paul Davis also died there.

Al Wilson dies at 68, had a #1 hit in 1974 with "Show & Tell"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_en_mu/obit_wilson_1
 
Paul Davis dies at 60, had 1978 hits "I Go Crazy" "Sweet Life" and 1982 hits "Cool Night" and "65 Love Affair"
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/23/obit.davis.ap/