Chris Rea

[Alex]

Chris Rea has died aged 74, RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI&list=RDDDt3u2Ev1cI&start_radio=1

[klondike]

RIP. He may be gone but that one song of his is going to last a long while to come. 

Odd how there are loads of old Christmas songs that really live on. I looked it up and White Christmas is a lot older than me but still gets some plays. I heard the Pogues Fairy Tale of New York on the car radio the other day which always reminds me of Kirsty McCall's horrific demise.

[Michael Rolls]

what an awful way to go

[klondike]

Her's and Chris Rea's were bothy bad from what I read of his. I don't really keep track of anything but the major news stories so I didn't even know he was ill.

[1955vintage]

I have always liked his music and him after meeting him. I was on a flight back from Dublin the morning after a heavy night before. This was when you could smoke on board and in the back row of business class. I walked on looking like death warmed up. He walked down the same aisle and sat in window seat opposite me. He looked a lot worse. There was no one in the aisle seats and we looked across and nodded hello. The trolley dolly came along and offered a fried breakfast. We both declined and just had coffee.

[Mups]

Poor man.   He had a lot of serious health problems apparently.

He did some good songs back in the day.  

RIP

[Scrumpy]

I only remember him from the one song.. I didn't even know what he looked like..
Then I saw him on the TV last night.. What a gentle person he was... Lovely voice..

My favourite Christmas song is  Fairytale of NewYork.. The volume goes up when this is playing..

[muddy]

He is one of very few people ( that I know of ) to have survived pancreatic cancer and so long ago too.