Heartbroken

[tinhuviel]

Despite the ongoing feud over the years and my obvious siding with Jeff Lynne, it's with profound sorrow I discovered that Kelly Groucutt has died at age 63 from a heart attack.

When I came to the foot of the ELO throne, I came to know them as four: Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy, and Kelly Groucutt. They were the four pictured in the Xanadu record album. Admittedly, Kelly was always my least favourite and I railed against him when he filed that lawsuit against Jeff Lynne, but just reading that one of the FOUR had passed instantly broke my heart.

I just burst out crying, scaring Aunt Tudi to death 'cos, one minute I was fine, the next I just wasn't. So I told her what had happened and she totally understood. She's been with me on my ELO journey from Day One. She knows how important Kelly Groucutt was to me, just like all of them. If he can elicit this kind of reaction, what's going to happen if Jeff Lynne dies before I do? I may die myself of a truly shattered heart.

Comments

[rheyamorgaine.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry honey

[penny246.livejournal.com]

oh! Hugs and tears here too!