Legendary Keyboard player Keith Emerson has died :(
 

Keyboardist and progressive rock legend Keith Emerson has died aged 71, his former band Emerson, Lake and Palmer says.

"We regret to announce that Keith Emerson died last night at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles," the band's Facebook page said.

The statement asked for his family's privacy and grief to be respected.

Emerson was widely considered one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era.
Former bandmate Carl Palmer said on Facebook: "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my good friend and brother-in-music, Keith Emerson.
"Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboard player will remain unmatched for many years to come."

Apart from ELP, founded in 1970, Keith Emerson is best remembered for his role in The Nice, formed in 1967.

The British musician and composer was born in Yorkshire in 1944.





RIP Keith, a virtuoso and a true gentleman

What a year

Has Aaron Ramsey scored a goal recently?

R.I.P

It gets worse, reports are coming in that he shot himself :bawling:

Great bands, Great musician. RIP and thanks for the memories.

Great Musician
Sad Loss

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Thats real sad - if true


[Update – Friday, March 11th at 4:35 p.m. CT: TMZ reports that Emerson died
from a single gunshot wound to head. As such, police are investigating his death as a suicide.]

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/0...ead-at-age-71/

...particularly sad if he took his own life, may he rest in peace...

There is a great video of when Keith let Rachel Flowers, a blind girl, play his keyboards ... and she proceeded to do an amazing performance of his music

....awww, that's lovely bitontheslide..I'm listening to it now, thank you for posting it...:love:...

...why are you still awake anyway, go to sleep..you're going to be exhausted..:laugh:..

what a sad loss to the music industry :(



he was a great musician

Very sad news , its looks like its gonna be a very bad year for losses to the music industry sadly.