Scott Weiland dead at 48.

And Jerry Lee Lewis!

Makes "Better to burn out than fade away" seem trite as the longer I live, the better I feel, despite my lack of fame and notoriety. 

All the best,
Nonoise

nonoise, are those the only options?  I think Neil himself has kept himself relevant in several areas, including music.

tostadosunidos, no, but it all boils down to how we live. I liked his music when in STP and wished he stayed there, as he nor STP were the same after. As addicting as drugs are (I know, I was a smoker, and nicotine is one of the most addictive of drugs) it can be beat but when one choses a path or one is a "troubled artist" there is only so much the rest of us can do but watch from a distance, enjoy what we can from them (again, safely from a distance), and then pen heaps of praise and lament, safely, from a distance.

All the best,
Nonoise

Just read about this yesterday- Core is easily one of the very best discs
of the 90's !