Billy Preston died this morning of kidney failure. He had been in a coma for the past eight months. He was a great musician.

no....

how dam sad...

i did here a while ok he was very sick...

love & light to Billy - thanks & praises, love & light


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

Sad indeed. Love and support to his family and friends.

Poor Billy! I liked his contributions to the Stones.

Rest in Peace

do you have a link to the story?

That's sad.
Has anyone got a link?

Damn! I didn't know he was ill. Sorry to hear that he has left us. Thanks for the music Billy! Here is link [www.foxnews.com]



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that's really sad! I heard he was ill, but didn't know he was in a coma!
Rest in Peace, Billy!


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

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I only learnt he'd been sick from a poster here last week & now he's gone. Is it my imagination or are a lot of good musicians popping their clogs at the moment?

I must admit I didn't know he was ill but that's sad news indeed !

Thanks Bill for your contribution to music and to the Stones !

Quite a few.

...all presumably now dancing with Billy on the piano .

RIP, Billy.

this is a very sad news.

My last concert with Billy Preston on stage: 1.february 2004 Tempodrom, Berlin

FUNK BROTHERS

Time to go home and dig that LA Forum show.

How sad.

RIP

It was a sad situation, his Business Manager kept his family away from him at
the end, who knows what that was all about. His sister went to court to try to
get to see him. Too bad

I saw him with the Stones in 1972, remember him & Jagger dancing around the stage, arm in arm, with Billy's huge Afro taking up much of the "picture"

Rest In Peace!!

MLC

THANKS to Billy

and

I`m sure you will enjoy the world after life.

Danke + Bye aus Germany
Gerhard

A tremendously sad day. Billy was incredible - from his early work with Sam Cooke until the last time I saw him with EC a few years back. He will be SORELY missed.

Very sad news.
Rest in peace, Billy.

Very sad indeed. Hope RS.com will write a few words

Saw him two years ago with Clapton. He samed to be in good shape then.

What a great loss...

I was shocked to see this topic title.. he was truly a great musician. I was going to see him with Clapton less than a week ago, but that was ofcourse off.. it was a great show, but something was missing.. I was looking forward to seeing him a lot.. a very sad day in rock history, this is!



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rest in peace billy
thank for your music

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I can thoroughly recommend 'The Concert for Bangladesh' which was recently released on DVD. Billy Preston is wonderful in it and his interview, recollecting that moment is superb......probably one of the last interviews he gave as it turned out.

since tenerife, canary islands, spain
rest in peace amigo,
one of the greatest
saw in santa cruz, california, 2002 believe great!!
descansa en paz amigo,
carlos

What a sad end...god bless him.

Yeah, he's great in the Bangladesh DVD...59 years old, that's not even old. What a shame, he added a lot to so much great music and bands...Hope Rolling Stone magazine does his passing justice...Rest in Peace Billy.....

Beelyboy Wrote:

As a result of a medical insult, he'd been in a deep coma since last November 21


What is a "medical insult"???