RIP Gerry Rafferty

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Baker Street singer Gerry Rafferty has died in hospital at the age of 63.
The songwriter was admitted to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in November 2010 with suspected liver failure.
Rafferty, who was born in Paisley in 1947, had received treatment for liver failure in the past.
He is best known for the 1978 song Baker Street but also had a huge hit in 1972 with Stuck in the Middle With You with his band Stealers Wheel.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/218229-baker-street-songwriter-gerry-rafferty-dies-in-hospital/

 

[Cosimo]

Sad news.
RIP

 

[Samueltastic]

Heard Baker Street on the radio earlier. Classic.

RIP

 

[Masterdog]

RIP. There aren't many better songs than Baker Street.

/Bob Holness, etc

 

[oxygene]

Omg nooo. He died just down the road from me, like half mile away! A legend cut down in my back yard Seriously love Baker Street. He will be missed.

 

[Draeger]

Ahh, thats crap. RIP. Another of the greats passes through to the end.

 

[gillywibble]

RIP.

 

[Ziggy]

Rest in peace.

 

[Broadie]

Oh no, what a start to the year...Pete Postlethwaite and now Gerry

Loved Baker St, it was the soundtrack for a glorious summer when I was a lad

 

[G|mp]

I'll leave this here...........

R.I.P.

 

[ThriceNightly]

baker street was the first song i taped on a radio cassette

great song.

rip

 

[Ceryndrion]

*sigh* /sadface

 

[glitch]

My God. I never knew he was so young or had anything to do with Steelers Wheel. Shame on me.

RIP, Mr Rafferty.

 

[[J.D.C]]

Billy Connolly's tale of Rafferty doing a prank phone-call on some old fella' whilst waiting to go on for a gig is priceless.

Sad news. Great song-writer.

 

[RJC]

RIP

 

[danza]

RIP

 

[rpn]

Very sad news, RIP Gerry.

This is my all time favour

 

[[J.D.C]]

Found it: [warning - swearing]

 

[Draeger]