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Hard-Living Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead Dies at 70, Band Confirms
NBC News ^ | Dec 28 2015, 8:00 pm ET | M. Alex Johnson

Posted on 12/28/2015 5:06:40 PM PST by Olog-hai

Ian Kilmister, the iconic Lemmy of heavy metal pioneers Motörhead, died Monday at age 70 of "extremely aggressive cancer," the band said. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: aceofspades; cancer; hawkwind; lemmy; motorhead; philthyanimaltaylor; silvermachine
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1 posted on 12/28/2015 5:06:40 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Squawk 8888; SilvieWaldorfMD

ping


2 posted on 12/28/2015 5:07:48 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz - 2016)
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To: Olog-hai
Deaf Forever

Hail to the founder of speed metal, who did indeed Live Fast, & Die Old

3 posted on 12/28/2015 5:11:56 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: Olog-hai
One final ride, on a Silver Machine... in search of space...
4 posted on 12/28/2015 5:15:46 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: Olog-hai

Lemmy was the real deal. Had no idea he was so sick.


5 posted on 12/28/2015 5:16:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator; All
What gets me is that I just had to look at Youtube comments to find out that the drummer for the classic Motorhead lineup, Phil Taylor, died last month. So that is two out of three. Wonder how much longer Fast Eddie has.
6 posted on 12/28/2015 5:20:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Dr.Deth
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 | 3 MONTHS AGO


Robert John photo


(not bad for 70)

7 posted on 12/28/2015 5:22:32 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: dfwgator

Me neither. Peter Steele had a false death report, then a few years later everyone thought the real one was fake too.

In any case, Lemmy: Killed By Death.

RIP

Freegards


8 posted on 12/28/2015 5:22:43 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Olog-hai
Our music lagacy/heritage will die off pretty quickly now ....

Expect the next 5 years or so to be full

9 posted on 12/28/2015 5:23:46 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: knarf

Video from what I believe was Motorhead’s final concert in Berlin on December 11th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdoUguBkzo


10 posted on 12/28/2015 5:29:01 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

“Lemmy a fiver!”

RIP Ace of Spades.


11 posted on 12/28/2015 5:29:18 PM PST by ChicagahAl (Today's Democrats are much more Fascist than Communist; but Sen Joe McCarthy was still right.)
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To: Olog-hai

R.I.P. Lemmy. He lived hard and rocked harder.


12 posted on 12/28/2015 5:30:05 PM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: Ransomed

“You know I’m born to lose and gambling’s for fools
But that’s the way I like it, baby
I don’t wanna live for ever”


13 posted on 12/28/2015 5:44:29 PM PST by wbill
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To: Olog-hai

Killed by Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ngDWnP2akE


14 posted on 12/28/2015 5:46:13 PM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Too bad all the rockers out there can't be like this one.
15 posted on 12/28/2015 5:48:53 PM PST by hout8475
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To: hout8475

LOL, I was just thinking about that, how Keith has outlived another one.


16 posted on 12/28/2015 5:51:17 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: hout8475

Funny!


17 posted on 12/28/2015 5:53:49 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Olog-hai

Damn. :( But he at least made it to 70 and had one last birthday. RIP Lemmy, we’ve lost another one.


18 posted on 12/28/2015 5:55:19 PM PST by darkangel82
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To: wastedyears

Ping. Another source.


19 posted on 12/28/2015 5:56:14 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Olog-hai

RIP, Lemmy. I will have a couple shots in your memory.


20 posted on 12/28/2015 5:57:13 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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