Deacon Man dies
Written by Marty Dodge
Published June 14, 2004
Published June 14, 2004
This bit of sad news comes from CMU:
The guitarist with eighties band Deacon Blue - who reformed in 1999 - has died after a four year battle with cancer. Graeme Kelling, aged 47, died from cancer of the pancreas at a Glasgow hospital on Thursday.In a statement on their website the band told fans this Friday: "It is my
sad duty to tell you that Graeme Kelling died yesterday morning. As you know
Graeme has had a four year fight with an illness which finally got the
better of him."Fans are invited to post any "great memories, photographs or thoughts about
Graeme" to an online remembrance book.
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