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Progressive rock legend Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, aged 71, police tell the BBC.
The Nice performing America. "America" is originaly an arrangement of Leonard Bernstein, and Emerson says it is the first ever instrumental protest song. It also includes pieces of DvoĆĂĄk's New World Symphony. "America is pregnant with promises and anticipation, but is murdered by the hand of the
I've just read his death is being investigated as suicide.
I saw The Nice at this show in 1967, probably the best gig line up I've ever seen. Jimi Hendrix, The Move and Pink Floyd all on the same bill, an incredible night.
RIP Keith 
http://novdec1967.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/19-november-1967-coventry-theatre.html
19 November 1967 Coventry Theatre, Coventry On 19 November the Tour plays 2 shows at the Coventry Theatre. The Jimi Hendrix Experie...
How dreadfully sad. They used to travel from gig to gig in three large articulated lorries, each one with the surname of the band emblazoned on the roof.
RIP Keith.
They don't make them like that anymore, JD Linklater. ELP, ELO, The Nice, The Move, Pink Floyd, etc. Now they're all bland, wishy-washy, and instantly forgettable.
Are you a Coventry kid too archie? Did you go to the same venue? I remember Outer Limit were a Coventry band and they opened the show and Amen Corner had a van breakdown and didn't show up. The crowd weren't best impressed with 'The' Pink Floyd, they'd recently spent time in the charts with Arnold Lane and See Emily Play and I think the crowd were expecting a string of similar poppy sounding stuff. They finished off with a 12 minute version of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun and most of the audience were totally bewildered by it all.
Happy days 
Blimey I thought he had died years ago.
I remember him on the Tonight programme when I was a kid.
Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died.
Well there was another very well known celeb at the time who died in 2010 aged 90, do you remember him too?
Just heard Cliff Michelmore has died aged 96, a mainstay of BBC News and Entertainment going right back to my childhood.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35828566
That guy's face looks kind of familiar archie but I can't place him.
Cliff Michelmore, a familiar figure in BBC radio and TV broadcasting since the 1940s, has died.
