Wilko Johnson Dying of Cancer
2013-02-05 by Andrew Caswell | 35 Replies | 1351 Views |
Wilko Johnson has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, but even though he doesn’t have long to live on this earth, his spirits have never been in a higher place right now.
The 65-year-old British musician turned actor is considered a legend for his contributions in the pub rock band, Dr. Feelgood, and founding influence on the English punk movement.
The most notable work for the new generation is his involvement on the HBO series, “Game of Thrones,” playing the menacing and mute Ser Ilyn Payne for the last two seasons of the show.
What Johnson had to say about shuffling off this mortal coil, after revealing that he would be refusing chemotherapy, is nothing short of inspirational as he bravely faces his sentence.
"It makes you feel so alive, just walking down the street, man, everything looks really intense. Any little thing you look at, it almost gives you a kind of childlike consciousness. I'm a miserable so-and-so. I suffer from depression and everything . . . but all that stuff, whatever it was I used to worry about, it doesn't matter. What's gone, what is and what will be, do not matter.”
In preparation of the likelihood he will succumb to the disease in less than a year, a farewell tour has been set up in Europe and the UK for the following two months, to go out with a big bang.
http://www.examiner.com/article/cult-musician-dying-inspiration-to-others-with-terminal-cancer
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so this truly sucks.
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this isn't inspirational at all, it's just a guy being weirdly happy about dying.
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okay.
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"this isn't inspirational at all, it's just a guy being weirdly happy about dying."
Way to be a total retard.
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it's a pretty interesting outlook to have, it's very inspirational. I've never heard his music however.
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I'm a fan of this acting work. checked his band. not bad at all.
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"this isn't inspirational at all, it's just a guy being weirdly happy about dying."
what is your problem
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which one i have a lot of them
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he wants to die miserably unable to accept his fate.
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he doesn't have to be actively cheerful about it though.
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fuck staying positive in the face of death.
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"this isn't inspirational at all, it's just a guy being weirdly happy about dying."
cunt [10000]
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leave aubergine alone. leave him alone!
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This is pretty much what I always imagined I'd do if I got a terminal illness. It would just take all the problems out of life.
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I would blow my brains out Hemingway-style.
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not familiar with his music but ser ilyn payne rules
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indeed. it's a unfortunate story.
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making the best out of life before death, good on him
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Never knew who this guy was but very sad to see.
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This guy's awesome. Sad story, but great outlook. I feel like that's how I'd want to be at 65. Obviously he's done a lot of shit. No one ever really wants to die, but it at least seems like he doesn't feel unfulfilled in his life, which is great.
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It's incredibly lame how this article hasn't received more attention.
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"he doesn't have to be actively cheerful about it though."
Considering the alternative, you would prefer a man be miserable throughout the experience? I certainly wouldn't want to appease to your emotional criteria on how to die. It just seem unrelentingly boring, and sad.
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fuck terminal cancer
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brilliant guitarist with a great band.
seriously guys, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHNZUop7OK0
one of the best live bands ever
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"this isn't inspirational at all, it's just a guy being weirdly happy about dying."
what the fuck
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I honestly find it to be the most realistic and reasonable reaction to a horrible situation. Good for him, fuck self pity.
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"this isn't inspirational at all, it's just a guy being weirdly happy about dying."
No
content, dummy
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"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHNZUop7OK0"
so sick. can't believe I had to add them to the database.
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well good job you did anyway. that and roxette are basically perfect as far as pub rock goes
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I just don't get how they're so unknown around this site.
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plenty of fairly well-known british bands get slept on by this site, especially from the 70s. if they're not prog, metal or emo sputnik usually isn't interested
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I'm probably the last person you'd expect to have the heads up lol.
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indeed, it seems i underestimated you
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it's okay. you wouldn't be the first and surely not the last.
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Wilko, we'll love you, baby.
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