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Boston lead singer dead at age 55.

post #1 of 22
3/10/07 at 4:56pm
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Brad Delp, the lead singer of the 1970s and '80s rock band Boston was found dead at his home in southern New Hampshire on Friday, local police said.

Delp, 55, apparently was home alone and there was no indication of foul play, Atkinson, New Hampshire, police said.

With Delp's big, high-register voice, Boston scored hits with "More Than a Feeling," "Long Time," and "Peace of Mind."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Musi...eut/index.html
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post #2 of 22
3/10/07 at 6:36pm
That's sucky and too young to die, but he is a rock star. I guess that's nearly the median age.



The high note that he hits towards the end of "Piece of Mind" is fantastic and unearthly.

"Look aheeeeeaaaaaad!"
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post #3 of 22
3/10/07 at 7:00pm
Never forget.
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post #4 of 22
3/10/07 at 10:38pm
Well, he's really got peace of mind now. Only 55. Heart problems or drug overdose?
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post #5 of 22
3/11/07 at 4:47am
Peace of Mind is a kickass song. Too bad Boston toured about once a decade - I would have liked to have seen them.
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post #6 of 22
3/11/07 at 4:59am
It's a shame, but it may have been time. Their last album was dreadful. Love the first two and parts of 3 and 4 though.
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post #7 of 22
3/11/07 at 2:54pm
Let us all go rock "More Than A Feeling" in Guitar Hero as a tribute.
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post #8 of 22
3/11/07 at 2:56pm
He'd been a vegetarian for the last 30 years. And he's dead at 55.

Gimme a steak.
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post #9 of 22
3/11/07 at 4:17pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
He'd been a vegetarian for the last 30 years. And he's dead at 55.

Gimme a steak.
Amen to that.
Death will find you whenever it feels like you are finished, saturated fats or no.
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post #10 of 22
3/11/07 at 4:19pm
Was this guy not a celebrity?
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post #11 of 22
3/11/07 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by devincf
Was this guy not a celebrity?
Way ahead of you, but everyone ignored it.
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post #12 of 22
3/11/07 at 5:39pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Wood
It's a shame, but it may have been time. Their last album was dreadful. Love the first two and parts of 3 and 4 though.
Yes, and so it was time for him to DIE.
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post #13 of 22
3/11/07 at 9:11pm
He leaves behind two siblings, and one Sib.
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post #14 of 22
3/11/07 at 9:32pm
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Originally Posted by Schwartz
Yes, and so it was time for him to DIE.
The almighty is a harsh music critic.
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post #15 of 22
3/12/07 at 1:41am
And yet he loves Journey. Figures.
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post #16 of 22
3/12/07 at 2:05am
What, you don't like Journey? Don't give me shit, yo.
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post #17 of 22
3/12/07 at 5:32pm
It's a tragedy that this didn't happen 35 years earlier.
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post #18 of 22
3/14/07 at 8:53pm
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The Associated Press reports that the family of rock musician Brad Delp said Wednesday his death last week was a suicide.

In a statement relayed through police, the family gave no other details of Delp's death at his Atkinson home on Friday. Police have said his fiancee, Pamela Sullivan, found him there.

Delp, 55, was the lead singer for the band BOSTON, which was founded in the 1970s.

"He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers," the statement said. "He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired. We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at last, at peace."

The statement said Sullivan, Delp's children and his mother, Micki Delp, were grateful for the sympathy they had received. They asked that their privacy be respected.
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post #19 of 22
3/16/07 at 3:13pm
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ATKINSON, New Hampshire (AP) -- Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston who killed himself last week, left behind a note in which he called himself "a lonely soul," according to police reports released Thursday.

The note was paper-clipped to the neck of Delp's shirt when police found his body at his Atkinson home, on the bathroom floor, his head on a pillow. He had sealed himself inside with two charcoal grills; toxicology tests showed he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

"Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," the note read.

Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits, "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He was cremated Wednesday, after a private funeral earlier in the week.

His fiancee, Pamela Sullivan, called police March 9 after noticing a dryer vent tube connected to the exhaust pipe of Delp's car. In the garage, police found a note taped to the door leading into the house.

"To whoever finds this I have hopefully committed suicide. Plan B was to asphyxiate myself in my car."

In another note on a door at the top of the stairs, Delp cautioned that there was carbon monoxide inside.

"I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation. I have lost my desire to live," he wrote. The note also included instructions on how to contact his fiancee: "Unfortunately she is totally unaware of what I have done."

Police later found four sealed letters in an office addressed to Sullivan, his children, their mother, Micki Delp, and another couple whose identity was not disclosed. Police Lt. William Baldwin said police gave the letters to family members without reading them.

Sullivan told police that Delp "had been depressed for some time, feeling emotional (and) bad about himself," according to the reports.
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post #20 of 22
3/16/07 at 3:16pm
I enjoyed reading your signature after reading that article.
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post #21 of 22
3/16/07 at 5:56pm
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"Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," the note read.
Jesus, even his suicide note is annoying.
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post #22 of 22
3/16/07 at 5:56pm
xxx
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