News, Lou Reed Dead at 71.

[Hefe]

Originally Posted by Will Dockery

True, with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, one of the top three poets that ever came out of Rock-N-Roll.

Absolutely, but don't forget about Tom Waits also. All 4 of these guys are totally about the work & integrity & "pop" celebrity was what they abhorred & actively avoided.

[rainroosty]

Lou Reed was not into drugs when he died.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Hefe

Absolutely, but don't forget about Tom Waits also. All 4 of these guys are totally about the work & integrity & "pop" celebrity was what they abhorred & actively avoided.

Agreed, Tom Waits absolutely belongs among the poets of rock music.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by rainroosty

Lou Reed was not into drugs when he died.

True, but Lou Reed's amazing drug intake, not to mention his years of heavy drinking, destroyed his liver.

He had a transplant the May before his death, but complications from that followed and he passed away.

Sad, but his wife Laurie Anderson reported that he did face the end bravely.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by John1960

Iconic rocker Lou Reed has died today at the age of 71, reports Rolling Stone in a lengthy obituary celebrating the "massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music." No cause of death was immediately released, but Reed underwent a life-saving liver transplant in May.

Lou Reed Dead at 71 - Velvet Underground veteran had liver transplant in May

“Passion—REALISM—realism was the key. The records were letters. Real letters from me to certain other people. One record for us and it. I’d harbored hope that the intelligence that once inhabited novels or films would ingest rock, I was, perhaps, wrong." -Lou Reed