Saturday, 24.12.2016, 18:17
He was one of the great rock stars: The Status Quo musician Rick Parfitt is dead. The guitarist and singer (“Rockin’ All Over The World”) died Saturday at the age of 68 years in a clinic in Spain on the consequences of an infection. His family and the Band’s Manager, Simon Porter, said that on the Facebook page of the British Rocker.
Thus was brought Parfitt on Thursday will be in the clinic in Marbella, because there had been complications after a shoulder Operation. The engagement had been after a fall.
Parfitt sought in the coming year, a solo career and wanted to write an autobiography, it was more on the Facebook page. The rock star was known for his excessive way of life.
Born on 12. In October 1948, he grew up in a small town South of London and learned to play with eleven years of guitar, inspired by the “King of Skiffle” Lonnie Donegan. 1967 Parfitt joined Status Quo. After the first psychedelic excursions like “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”, was the Band’s breakthrough at the beginning of the 70s with a series of rather rough and edgy, rocking Hits like “Paper Plane” or “Caroline”.
Private tragedy
and Then gave way to the Status Quo rarely of your recipe for success – catchy melodies, three chords – and sold more than 120 million records. In 1985 they played “Rockin’ All Over The World” at the launch of Bob Geldof’s “Live Aid” and brought in London’s Wembley stadium for 100 000 people to Romp.
Parfitts first marriage broke up when his two-year-old daughter Heidi in the Pool at his home in Surrey, was drowned. The second suffered from his wife’s stories and his extreme alcohol and drug consumption. With his third wife Lyndsay Whitburn, and their twins, he lived in Málaga, Spain.
“Loved him above all”
His excessive Lifestyle had late follow: in 1997, he survived the first heart attack, followed by cancer of the larynx, and two further heart attacks. The fourth he had in June 2016 after a concert in Turkey for minutes was Parfitt “been practically dead,” said the band’s Manager. In October 2016 Parfitt announced, therefore, that he is not going to occur with Status Quo.
Of his death were other musicians such as Brian May of Queen in the Twitter entries, shocked.
Parfitt leaves behind a wife Lyndsay Whitburn and four children. “For many, he was a rock star, for me he was just Dad, and I loved him so much,” tweeted his son Rick Junior.
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