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Ron Asheton Dies at Home
Tempis fugit and all that. Ironically, the day after I saw Iggy Pop doing an advert on telly for car insurance, Ron dies at home with no suspicious circumstances. Amazing. The first time I heard “Down on the Street” knocked me over. I was just stunned. I heard “Search and Destroy”. Stunned. It inspired Alistair to paint this picture for me. Today Ron was found dead. I’m not stunned, but I’m a bit sad that he’s been dead on his sofa for several days and no-one noticed.
For Ron, that’s about right. He was 60. Here are some news links from today: Links:Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead -- NME Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor -- Reuters Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges, dies at age 60 - CBC Ron Asheton put the menace in the Stooges -- Guardian Stooges guitarist found dead -- CNN The Stooges guitarist found dead -- BBC Possibly Related Sites
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Ron has now had his funeral. Local radio station WCSX has an interview with a pretty cracked-up Iggy Pop here: http://dd.wcsx.com/?p=256
A nice piece is from the local Ann Arbor News here: http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/01/private_memorial_held_for_stoo.html
Donations are to Ron’s favourite charity, the Humane Society of Huron Valley, a link is here: http://www.hshv.org/
and here: https://secure2.convio.net/hshv/site/Donation2?idb=1145731938&1222.donation=form1&df_id=1222
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