Video PUBLISHED: 19:14 15 February 2019 Andrew Clarke David Bowie - one of the many great musicians we lost too soon Photo: Martin Rickett/PA Wire Archant This month marks 60 years since Buddy Holly died in a plane crash. He is one of many brilliant musicians who have gone too soon. Elvis, Michael Jackson, Prince, Amy Winehouse and Billie Holiday all died too young, along with George Michael, Kurt Cobain and David Bowie. You can only wonder at what music they still had to make.John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix were both making new albums at the time of their deaths and nearly all of them were haunted by demons and by the pressures of fame which pushed them towards addiction. It frightening to see so many lives cut tragically short. Here are 15 great music stars who died before their time. Buddy Holly (aircrash) – February 3 1959 was the day the music died – according to singer-songwriter Don MacLean – this was the day that … [Read more...] about How old were stars like David Bowie when they died?
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Pidcock’s world title win in Denmark helps grow his rainbow jersey pile
0 Have your say Yorkshire teenager Tom Pidcock raced to victory in the World Cyclo-Cross Championships on Saturday, securing the Under-23 title in Bogense, Denmark. The rider from Leeds clocked a time of 47.42 to clinch the top step on the podium as he continued his fine form in 2019 having won the elite national title just three weeks prior.“I was feeling really good,” said Pidcock. “I had a mechanical with my gears early on, but it turned out alright. “I was always going to take it easy over the first few laps and then assess the race from there.”Pidcock waited until the fourth lap to strike and take the lead when eventual silver medallist Eli Iserbyt let up on the pace, and 19-year-old Pidcock sprinted by.The Yorkshireman adds the Under-23 title to the Junior World Championships crown he won during the 2016-2017 season. He was also victorious at the European Under 23 Championships earlier this season and now has another rainbow … [Read more...] about Pidcock’s world title win in Denmark helps grow his rainbow jersey pile
Cyclo-Cross: Leeds’ ‘Great Dane’ Tom Pidcock on top of the world
0 Have your say Yorkshire teenager Tom Pidcock raced to victory in the World Cyclo-Cross Championships on Saturday, securing the under-23 title in Bogense, Denmark. The rider from Leeds, who hopes to step up to Elite next year, clocked a time of 47.42 to clinch the top step on the podium and continue his fine form in 2019 having won the elite national title just three weeks prior. “I was feeling really good,” said Pidcock. “I had a mechanical with my gears early on, but it turned out all right.“I was always going to take it easy over the first few laps and then assess the race from there.”Pidcock waited until the fourth lap to strike and take the lead when eventual silver medallist Eli Iserbyt let up on the pace, and 19-year-old Pidcock sprinted by.The Yorkshireman adds the Under-23 title to the Junior World Championships crown he won during the 2016-2017 season. He was also victorious at the European Under-23 Championships earlier … [Read more...] about Cyclo-Cross: Leeds’ ‘Great Dane’ Tom Pidcock on top of the world
Focus on Cheltenham is for wrong reasons after fatalities put track on spot
Cheltenham hosts its Festival Trials on Saturday, a last chance to reconnoitre the course for a number of leading contenders six weeks before the annual bonanza starts, and it should provide a few more pieces for the jigsaw. Will Paisley Park, out with the washing on his only start at the track, emerge from the Galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle as a serious Stayers Hurdle contender? Does Frodon gets three miles and was Valtor’s British debut at Ascot for real? They are among a number of questions that should be answered in the Betbright Cotswold Chase. But, ironically, it is Cheltenham that finds itself on trial following the six horse fatalities at last year’s Festival. Until 2013, when Aintree made a number of significant changes to its fences, the Grand National had become the annual litmus test for the safety of all jump racing. For a while it showed up very acidic and something of a 10-minute breath-holding exercise for those who loved it. But six … [Read more...] about Focus on Cheltenham is for wrong reasons after fatalities put track on spot
The retiring Dr. Bux, El Paso County coroner, is no stranger to the public eye
After NFL star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman died in the fog of war in Afghanistan, his family’s hunt for answers took an unexpected detour into Colorado Springs.Here, Tillman’s survivors found a soft-spoken gunshot- wound expert in Dr. Robert C. Bux, then El Paso County’s newly appointed coroner.Serving as a consultant for the family in 2006, Bux was one of two independent pathologists who reviewed materials showing the cluster of wounds in the soldier’s head. They helped bolster the case Tillman was accidentally shot by a fellow soldier, as documented in “Where Men Win Glory,” journalist Jon Krakauer’s 2009 account of an alleged Army cover-up.For Bux, 70, who retires in early January after 13 years as coroner, work on the Tillman case was essentially a side gig, performed in secret — another grim-but-gripping chapter in a more-than-four-decade study of death. Three finalists picked for El Paso County Court vacancy after voters oust … [Read more...] about The retiring Dr. Bux, El Paso County coroner, is no stranger to the public eye