Yeah it's also a sad fact that only the original drummer is still alive today, the guitarist Steve Currie was also killed in a car accident abroad, bongo player Mickey Finn (the bloke with the long hair with Bolan above) died recently of kidney/liver problems, even Steve Took the bloke with Bolan on the 1960's Unicorn cover when they were originally known as Tyrannosaurus Rex but left in 1969 died from a drug overdose. But Bolan died very young, he was barely 30, ok the T-Rex Glam Rock fame days had ended by 1977, but he had his own TV show where he'd sing with famous people and introduce new acts (even if a lot of it was rubbish Punk stuff then) and one of his last performances was with David Bowie. If he'd lived, like Bowie he'd have made many come backs by now I should imagine.
Taffy
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> > > Did anyone see Life On Mars? the other night, well firstly I was shocked
> > by
> > > that tall bloke with the mop on his head being passed off as Marc Bolan
> of
> > > T-Rex fame, firstly Marc Bolan wasn't tall and he never wore a wig > neither
> > > (I bet he's turning in his grave right now) and then what's his name > whose
> > > in a coma goes up and says I'm your biggest fan and before walking off > > tells
> > > him to drive carefully, especially Mini's! All very well and good, but > > Marc
> > > wasn't driving his purple Mini Clubman 1275GT along Barnes Common the > > night
> > > it went off the road and smashed into a tree killing him instantly, his
> > > partner and mother of their baby Gloria Jones was. What he should have > > said
> > > is follow Jimmy Saville's TV advert advice and clunk, click, every trip?
> > > Trouble is few people wore seat belts back then until of course it > became
> > > law some time in the 1980's? Gloria was going to get done for driving > > under
> > > the influence (well they'd both been out partying and drunk loads and > > taken
> > > loads of this and that) and she was probably going to get done for
> > > manslaughter too, so after she got out of hospital she packed her > things,
> > > grabbed the baby and fled back to her native New York never to return to
> > > Britain again. Ok it's said the tyre on one wheel was slightly
> > > under-inflated and a few wheel nuts were loose, but I've been driving > the
> > > little marvels for over 20 years and that wouldn't affect it's handling
> as
> > > their the most agile cars ever created and some say it's a pity he > wasn't
> > in
> > > his Mercedes because the Mini's a very small car, but that's rubbish too
> > > because if he wasn't wearing his seat belt he'd have gone through the
> > > windscreen and been killed in that too! Here's what's said about the
> > > incident on a Marc Bolan site:-
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> > > On the evening of September 15th 1977, Marc and Gloria visited Mortons > > Club
> > > in London where they enjoyed an evening of conviviality with friends.
> > > Leaving in the early hours of the morning of 16th September, they made > the
> > > fateful decision to drive themselves home rather than get a taxi or ask
> > for
> > > a lift from friends. Gloria drove the mini homeward but whilst driving > > along
> > > Barnes Common it is likely that a combination of low-lying, dense
> > > ground-mist, tiredness, and a badly fitted front wheel, contributed to > an
> > > accident causing Gloria to lose control of the car as they passed over a
> > > hump-backed bridge at around 5.00 am. Careering into a tree situated > just
> > > around the curve of the road the mini stood no chance and Marc, sitting
> in
> > > the front passenger seat, bore the brunt of the impact and was killed
> > > instantly. Gloria suffered serious injuries herself and spent many days
> in
> > > hospital, unaware that the love of her life, the father of her child, > was
> > > gone. Ironically the car was only a short distance from their home in
> > > Richmond.
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> > > Marc's family lost a much- loved member. Fans lost their idol. The music
> > > world lost a true star and great innovator. Things were never to be the
> > same
> > > again.
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> > > So I found a tall bloke with a mop on his head being passed off as Marc
> > > Bolan shocking, but nothing as shocking as seeing what that boss of that
> > > club was doing to a rent boy! Ok it was after the watershed but it was > > still
> > > before 10pm. Ok I'm adult, we're all adults here and I wasn't really
> > > shocked, I mean the guy liked to puff a big Cigar well that's all I'm > > saying
> > > but I am a sad Bolan/T-Rex and Mini fan so I just wanted to get that off
> > my
> > > chest, ahem I'm fine now, no really! Anyway I still prefer Doctor Who > and
> > > in the last episode of the recent new series a Mini features in with the
> > > action, the episode is called "The Parting of the Ways" and the evil > > Daleks
> > > feature too!!! It's on UKTV Gold now I think?
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> > > Taffy
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