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Dan Fogelberg dies of cancer at 56
Reuters ^ | December 16, 2007 | Reuters

Posted on 12/16/2007 7:23:00 PM PST by ABN 505

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, famed for the soaring vocals and elegant instrumentation of tunes such as "Longer" and "A Love Like This," died on Sunday, three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He was 56.

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1 posted on 12/16/2007 7:23:04 PM PST by ABN 505
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To: ABN 505

Very Sad. I always liked his music, much to young to die.Time for a checkup I think.


2 posted on 12/16/2007 7:24:17 PM PST by ABN 505
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To: ABN 505

Dang. I really liked his music! RIP.


3 posted on 12/16/2007 7:24:31 PM PST by StarCMC (http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com; http://starcmc.wordpress.com/ - The Enemedia is inside the gates.)
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To: ABN 505

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4 posted on 12/16/2007 7:24:42 PM PST by jdm
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To: fieldmarshaldj; ExTexasRedhead; metmom; goldstategop

This is incredibly sad. Fogelberg made some of the best music of the 1970’s.


5 posted on 12/16/2007 7:25:33 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: ABN 505

Much too young.
Gentlemen, listen when your wives nag you to go to the doctor for your annual.
And if you don’t have a wife to nag you, nag yourselves.


6 posted on 12/16/2007 7:27:05 PM PST by mountainbunny
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To: jdm

I missed that one.


7 posted on 12/16/2007 7:27:20 PM PST by ABN 505
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To: All
"Same Old Lang Syne" was about a true encounter he had back home in Peoria on christmas eve...its always played this time of year..Leader if the band was about his dad who was a band teacher... CLICK Same Old Lang Syne
8 posted on 12/16/2007 7:29:08 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998

“Heart Hotels” and “Believe in Me” were my Fogelberg favorites. Very saddened to hear of his passing.


9 posted on 12/16/2007 7:31:29 PM PST by Luke21 (No Rudy. No way. No Mitt . No way. No McCain. No way. No Huckabee. No way.)
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To: ABN 505

I was just thinking of him the other day. He and Jackson Browne were the best poet songwriters of their day. RIP Dan, thanks for the outstanding music.

LBT
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10 posted on 12/16/2007 7:32:27 PM PST by LiberalBassTurds (Peace is the short interlude between wars.)
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To: janetjanet998

I would encourage everyone not familiar with his work to go out and listen to “Netherlands”, “Souvenirs”, “Captured Angel”, and “The Innocent Age”. We have lost a beautiful soul today.


11 posted on 12/16/2007 7:32:27 PM PST by TennTuxedo
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To: mountainbunny
Gentlemen, listen when your wives nag you to go to the doctor for your annual.

Yep... and they can often tell what they need to know with a non-invasive blood test.

12 posted on 12/16/2007 7:33:29 PM PST by kjam22 (see me play the guitar here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noHy7Cuoucc)
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To: ABN 505

I liked his music from the 1980’s.

There was a track he did for the soundtrack for the movie ‘FM’. It was called “There’a Place in the World for a Gambler”. A great song.

From his 1979 album ‘Phoenix’, he did the song “Heart Hotels”. That was a good one too.


13 posted on 12/16/2007 7:34:55 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: TennTuxedo
I would encourage everyone not familiar with his work to go out and listen to “Netherlands”, “Souvenirs”, “Captured Angel”, and “The Innocent Age”. We have lost a beautiful soul today.

I second that. They were his finest works.

LBT
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14 posted on 12/16/2007 7:37:46 PM PST by LiberalBassTurds (Peace is the short interlude between wars.)
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To: ABN 505

I grew up in Champaign-Urbana, IL, where Dan used to play with the popular folk-pop band “the Ship”. It was a real shock when he left the Ship to go solo. I am stunned once again, that he died so young. He will be missed by many. RIP.


15 posted on 12/16/2007 7:38:09 PM PST by sub6
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To: ABN 505

RIP.


16 posted on 12/16/2007 7:39:34 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: ABN 505

I never heard he was sick. This is sad. He wrote some of the most amazing stuff. He will be missed.


17 posted on 12/16/2007 7:42:06 PM PST by Revel
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To: ABN 505
Sad news. I always loved Dan Fogelburg’s music. Prayers going up for him and his family.
18 posted on 12/16/2007 7:42:51 PM PST by jmj3jude
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To: ABN 505
Saw him live from the 7th row. Unforgettable. You had to overlook the annoying liberalism in his lyrics, but was a huge talent.
19 posted on 12/16/2007 7:46:23 PM PST by Last Dakotan (All my tools are hammers, except screwdrivers which are chisels and punches.)
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Oh my!....how very very sad. May God bless your family and loved ones! Peace upon your soul; thank you for the beautiful music, Dan Fogleberg!

Same Old Lang Syne

20 posted on 12/16/2007 7:46:49 PM PST by nicmarlo
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