OFF:Syd Barrett (very sad news)

[Jon Browne]

In message <32199A56.7DF8 at eunet.no>, Christian Mumford
<mumford at EUNET.NO> writes
>I found this scanning the Pink Floyd newsgroup, and being an admirer of
>the great talent, I was saddened to hear this:
>
>
>(Forwarded message)
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>Just got this magazine as someone on the group mentioned it recently.
>The only new news really is contained in the first paragraph.
>
>"In a private ward in Adenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge, where a
>Barrett Room is named in honour of his late father, the respected
>pathologist, Syd Barrett lise resting. He is now almost totally blind,
>following complications arising from diabetes. The prognosis
> is not good if he does not routinely take the prescribed insulin,

Total Bummer. I'm diabetic and on insulin too, by the way.
I do look after myself though. Except at HAWKWIND gigs :)

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Jon Browne