Keith Emerson: suicide - Dead at 71

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Carl Palmer, who performed with Keith Emerson in Emerson, Lake & Palmer, shared the news in a statement.
"I am very lucky to have known him and to have made the music we did, together," he said.




an amazing performance


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oh no!

Keith Emerson Died From Gunshot Wound, Police Suspect Suicide

www.thewrap.com/keith-emerson-died-from-gunshot-wound-police-suspect-suicide/

By Debbie Emery on March 11, 2016 @ 5:24 pm

"Keith Emerson died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police confirmed on Friday afternoon. He was 71.

“At about 1.15 a.m. [PT], officers were called to his home on the 400 Marine Avenue block of Santa Monica,
and his body was found with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” Sgt. Camarena of the Santa Monica Police told TheWrap.

“His death is being investigated as a possible suicide.”

The body of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer founding member and keyboardist was discovered by his live-in girlfriend,
who has not yet been named by police."

[eddy]

R.I.P.







Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Take A Pebble (1970)