ianrendall Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) One of a few sources reporting that he has died. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806 Edited January 10, 2020 by ianrendall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Neal Peart has passed away from brain cancer... One of my biggest influences. I'm gutted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 It looks like we've lost Neil Peart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 This is terrible news, Liked him as a musician and a author. Feel for his friends and family especially his young daughter. RIP Neil. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Brain cancer. Fantastic drummer and all round individualistic good guy. The family pain he suffered was terrible. May he rest in peace. Edit Wasn’t sure about including this but we lost our father in law to a Brain tumour Glioblastoma GBM4 in 2013. 7 months from a tingle in his fingers to passing away at home. My wife needed all the help she could get to help him have his wish of “being at home” and one charity did so much for this to happen was http://www.brainstrust.org.uk Their work is incredible and we still fundraiser for them 7 years on. (If this is inappropriate, mods are free to amend/delete) Edited January 11, 2020 by merello 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentode Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Genuinely choked. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Topics merged. RIP Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi2112 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Oh no, what dreadful news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Awful news. 2020 is off to a terrible start. 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Holy shite. I discovered rush late in life but it’s absolutely apparent that NP was the engine of that band. He seemed like a wonderful person too, unaffected by success, just wanted to pursue his interests... Shite. Wow. Didn’t realise his passing would bother me. Edited January 10, 2020 by AndyTravis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 One of the best , if not the best, drummer I've ever seen play in the flesh. May he rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I am never moved by celebs dying but Rush meant a lot to me. I lost countless hours air drumming to 2112 when I was a teen.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Just no words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Much like @AndyTravis I came to Rush late but I am incredibly saddened to read this. He seemed such a humble, intelligent man from the documentaries I’ve seen and his drumming was just superb. A sad loss - hope he’s enjoying some jams with Jaco, Chris Squier, Hendrix etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) This is awful. The poor man Statement from Lee and Lifeson: Edited January 10, 2020 by skankdelvar 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Gutted. 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 So sad. Horrible disease. RIP. Thoughts with his family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonstar Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Only in the past couple of days have I been digging out some Rush - I've not listened to them for decades - I was thinking how lucky we are to have access to so much more than the music through YouTube than we had years ago - e.g. all the interview - all 3 members seemed so grateful for their path through the limelight - no wonder Geddy and Alex always seemed so damn grown up and accepting about the need for Neil to stop touring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Sh!t! My favourite band ever. Gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonstar Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Rush's music and most importantly, Neil's book Ghost Rider, helped me through a very dark period of my life after losing one of our sons, ironically to a brain tumour. I wished I had let him know how much that book helped me. Never leave those unspoken words until it's too late. RIP Neil. You will be greatly missed. True and we've all heard it and know it. My aunt passed away a few days ago - not married, no kids - her card at xmas said I'll ring you - she didn't and I was about to ring her - it would have been no effort at all - now I'm driving 5 hrs to her empty house tomorrow. I'm making a note of that book title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Rush's music and most importantly, Neil's book Ghost Rider, helped me through a very dark period of my life after losing one of our sons, ironically to a brain tumour. I wished I had let him know how much that book helped me. Never leave those unspoken words until it's too late. RIP Neil. You will be greatly missed. It’s an incredible book, a journey of recovery. I can’t imagine how you get over your loss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Just now, lemonstar said: True and we've all heard it and know it. My aunt passed away a few days ago - not married, no kids - her card at xmas said I'll ring you - she didn't and I was about to ring her - it would have been no effort at all - now I'm driving 5 hrs to her empty house tomorrow. I'm making a note of that book title. Ghost Rider is tearjerkingly good. Also Masked Rider, and his 3 gorgeously be-pictured travelogues: Far and Away, Far and Near, and Far and Wide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Heart, broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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