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[o_lucky_man]

One of the greats died this week.

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RIP Levon, I never knew you but I loved you and I heard my wild Southern soul in your voice.

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[novadivine]

Absolutely love this song and just about everything he's done. He was absolutely one of the greats.

Sadly, too many greats have been leaving us recently.

[o_lucky_man]

I don't usually care about celebrity deaths, even of those I admire--it just doesn't seem immediate or something. But for some reason Levon's death hit me really hard.

[novadivine]

I know what you mean. Most celebrity deaths have no effect on me (maybe I'm just a hard-hearted bitch), but I wrote about how Davy Jones' death hit me. He wasn't the greatest musician or my favorite singer--even my favorite Monkee for that matter--but the music was such an integral part of my life, it felt a little like losing a friend.

I always admired Levon Helm, maybe because he starred in one of my favorite movies of all time, and I was really rooting for him. He had beaten the odds with his first bout of cancer, and I thought he'd be around for much longer. It's like, for me, his death touches upon our mortality--not my own, but of those close to me.

Anyway, it sounds trite, but true, at least we still have the music.