RIP (TEDDY PENDERGRASS + JAY REATARD)
Two VERY big losses for music fans this past week, Teddy Pendergrass and Jay Reatard.
In 2009, Pendergrass underwent surgery for colon cancer and had difficulty recovering from that disease from which he eventually died on January 13, 2010, at age 59, while hospitalized at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia. He is survived by his son, Teddy Pendergrass II, and two daughters.
Reatard (real name Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.) was found dead in his home in the Cooper-Young neighborhood of Midtown, Memphis, around 3:30 a.m. on January 13, 2010. He was found in his bed by a roommate. Lindsey was 29 years old. A statement was posted on the website of Goner Records, that Reatard had died in his sleep. Friends of Lindsey stated that he had recently complained of flu-like symptoms.[12] An autopsy was performed by the Shelby County medical examiner; as of January 14, a cause of death had not yet been determined.
An investigation was opened by the Memphis police homicide bureau, which is normal procedure in determining a cause of death. MyFox Memphis reported that police had begun a homicide investigation and were actively looking for a possible suspect. The report was later removed from the TV station’s website. A memorial was held for Lindsey on January 16 in Memphis, attended by family and friends. Musician and friend Eric Friedl, founder of Goner Records, and bandmate Stephen Pope were among those that eulogized Lindsey. One of Lindsey’s Gibson Flying V guitars hung on the wall of the funeral home.
JAY REATARD
Waiting For Something – a short documentary about Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard | MySpace Music Videos
TEDDY PENDERGRASS