Firstly, as a teenage girl that was a big rock fan, hearing of the death of Phil Lynott (or Phillip to his friends, famously...) of Thin Lizzy, back at the start of 1986 was the first to make me cry uncontrollably....such a hugely talented individual that was staging a solo resurgence at the time...
...and, last year, the loss of both Neil Peart (of Rush) and Ed Van Halen (of...erhhh...do I really have to answer that one?!?) both of cancer really bummed me out. Virtuosos both on their respective instruments (drums and guitar, respectively) and a HUGE part of my life....
My world is a little [i]less[/i] because of their passings....but a little [i]more[/i] because of what they gave me in their art...
