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These first Guitarists are the guitarists that have tragically past away and can not be hear today to blast riffs and shred
solos. Rest In Peace.
Jimi Hendrix:
Cheers to one great man and one great guitarist.
The story of his death:
A German girl named Monika Nanneman gave her version of what happened to Hendrix. Jimi arrived at her flat on Tuesday. What
happened on Wednesday isn't clear but Thursday she describes as being taken up with shopping and taking photos.
They got home about 8:30 p.m. Monika prepared a meal. They shared a bottle of wine and talked and played music until 1:40
or 1:45 a.m. when Hendrix said he had to go out and see some people. Monika could not go with him but she could take him there
and bring him home. She picked him up again around 3:00 a.m. On their return to the flat, Monika made Jimi a tuna fish sandwich.
The two of them went to bed and talked until 7 a.m. when Monika took a sleeping pill and fell asleep.
Some time after, Hendrix took at least eight, possibly nine of the same tablets. Monika woke around 10.20. Hendrix was sleeping
normally. She had planned to go out for cigarettes but just before leaving, she noticed vomit on Jimi's nose and mouth. She
tried to wake him but couldn't and called a friend to ask what to do. An ambulance was called. It arrived about 11.20 a.m.
Hendrix was seated upright in the back with no head support. Sometime in the next twenty-five minutes before they arrived
at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital, Jimi Hendrix choked on his own vomit. He was pronounced D.O.A. The pathologist reported a large
amount of Seconol in Jimi's blood but no reason to assume that suicide was the cause of death. The cause of death noted on
the coroner's report was inhalation of vomit after barbiturate intoxication. RIP Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970
Randy Rhoads:
Date of Death:19 March 1982 Tragically died in a plane crash. RIP Randy Rhoads 1956-1982 He was only 23!
Dimebag Darrell:
On the date of 8 December 2004, Dime Darrell Abbot was shot on stage during a Damageplan performance by a crazed Pantera
fan.
There are no words to express what "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott meant to so many people. His heart, his genius, his soul
were always there to be shared. Dimebag was one in a million. There are few musicians .. people.. who have a heart as big
his.
"He was beyond beautiful. When he'd walk in the room, he'd light it up. Fuck the guitar playing -- he's right up there
with Eddie and Randy and Hendrix. All he wanted to do was make everyone happy. He was the ray of sunshine. Dime will never
die ever -- he's in my veins. He's sitting at God's tavern, having a cold one with Randy Rhoads and Hendrix. Dime was an original."-
Zakk Wylde
Stevie Ray Vaughan:
RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990. Stevie Ray Vaughan was born October 3, 1954 in Dallas, Texas.
After a rousing final encore on the 26th, Stevie boards a helicopter on its way to Chicago. Shortly after midnight on August
27, Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed, along with the pilot and three members of Eric Clapton's entourage when the helicopter crashes
into a fog-shrouded hill. He is buried in a private ceremony at Laurel Land Cemetary in Dallas, Texas on August 31.
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