He had a drinking problem but he was a respected anchor nonetheless. "Did Bert Convy die of AIDS? The actor passed away Tuesday after a battle with cancer, according to his rep. And I remember reading about the mysterious deaths from an unknown illness affecting gay men in large cities in June of 1981. American actress Brittany Murphys sudden death in 2009 is strange. My favorite Pianist! In my family, all my favorite uncles died of AIDS or suicide, but no one ever covered it up. The guitarist called his collaborator of 30 years in the jazz fusion group "one of the greatest musicians I have ever known.". Composer and keyboardist Lyle Mays, best known for his long partnership with Pat Metheny, has died at the age of 66. I Just listened to the TEDx performance. From the first notes we played together, we had an immediate bond. RIP Lyle Mays. Bernstein, along with many others on this list, smoked like a chimney. In the end he was another actor who died at a rather young age. Here is the verbiage. I could be bitter about that, but I have other interests and other skills, so Ive moved on. You really cant trust what his personal doctor says. Btw I died of AIDS too. In some respects it neatly squared Mays career circle, though it is only really when his five solo albums are viewed as a totality that the extraordinary breadth of his talents can be fully appreciated. It's public knowledge that Alexander McQueen was HIV+ at the time of his death. So, I'm gonna have to switch [laughs] platforms. Wow, you are an asshole, r59. Some features on this site require a subscription. Aspden released a statement to confirm the news after numerous tributes to Hollis began appearing on social media. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . James Coco died of a heart attack, not AIDS. Not covered up; but if he was HIV+ or living with AIDS it was not known as that at the time. I'll have to look elsewhere for my unfounded rumors. He was married three times (to women) but there were rumors he was gay. I am going to run through a list of famous people who have been known to die from something besides AIDS, but rumors persist. NEW YORK Lyle Mays, a keyboardist, composer, and arranger best known for his long association with guitarist Pat Metheny, died Monday at Adventist Hospital in Simi Valley, Calif. Oh Christ, R225, Lennon was strung out on heroin in the 1970s - the entire decade. Oh, he was full blown alright. The two first met at a jazz festival in Wichita, Kansas, during 1974. LOS ANGELES Lyle Mays, a jazz keyboardist whose work, chiefly with the Pat Metheny Group, won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, died Monday in Los Angeles, it was announced. [23] Mays also composed Distance for Pat Metheny Groups Grammy-winning and RIAA-certified Gold album, Still Life (1987, Geffen), "Mindwalk"[24] in 2009 for renowned marimba player, Nancy Zeltsman, and previously "Somewhere in Maine"[25] in 1988 for her duo with violinist Sharan Leventhal, Marimolin, and Street Dreams 3 for his solo album, Street Dreams (Geffen, 1988) with top classical performers in New York City. In late 2004, after effectively being confined for over two years by the Israeli army, Arafat became ill, fell into a coma and died at the age of 75. My older brother in the 70s volunteered to be tested in NYC with the Hepatitis B vaccine. About Jazz Journal r109 - Yeah, right after Prince died lots of speculation on DL (and elsewhere) that he had symptomatic HIV. ], [quote]"Did Bert Convy die of AIDS? People are just making this up. It was reported as a rare type of cancer. Lyle Waggoner, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show" and " Wonder Woman ," has died at the age of 84. [245] In July 1960, in the wake of Congo's independence, the United Nations recruited Francophone experts and technicians from all over the world to assist in filling administrative gaps left by Belgium, who did not leave behind an African elite to run the country. Who is out there that died from HIV, but the information was never made public? I know kidney failure was the official cause, but she got around A LOT and was with Prince during his Wild days. [quote]Prince died of AIDS and we'll never know because the family knows it'll hurt their sales. Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special., noted Pat Metheny. Funny that Paul Stag is the one still standing, if all of this is true? Fashion designer Charles James maybe? Or left all of us, he said in a 2016 interview. He was 66. Mays was particularly influenced by the legendary American architect, designer, the father of American modernism, and fellow Wisconsinian, Frank Lloyd Wright. If they didn't manage to cover it up, let's have the names. Mays became the groups chief arranger, with his distinctive touch and impressionistic piano solos heard on the bands Grammy-nominated album, Lab 75! In 1975 he met Pat Metheny at the Wichita Jazz Festival and later founded the Pat Metheny Group. Lyle Mays, a jazz keyboardist whose work, chiefly with the Pat Metheny Group, won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, died Feb. 10 in Los Angeles. This video captures a TEDx performance by Lyle Mays and Friends: The performance highlights Mays wide-ranging interests, creating music based on physics equations, Feynmans speech patterns and more, using improvisation, algorithmic composition, live video mixing, and a custom designed linked laptop network. Starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen Mcgrath, and Anthony Hopkins. Also sad that the main stream media wont recognize this. According to Loftus, the CIA had knowledge of his condition, and convinced Israel not to assassinate him and wait for his inevitable death of the disease, since the subsequent widespread connotations of the disease with homosexuality would discredit him. That was just sort of the command center. I feel so good now, more than enough to keep me fed all year! When film music historians discuss the increasing influence of jazz on movie soundtracks through the 1940s and into the 1950s, they usually mention films like The Best Years Of Joachim Khn, Mateusz Smoczyski: Speaking Sound, Alister Spence, Joe Williamson, Christopher Cantillo: Curve, Arv Garrison: wizard of the six string / 2, Alun Morgan, a huge and lasting influence. Around the same time, he became an ardent jazz fan after coming across Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival, a live trio album on the Verve imprint that featured bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Or do they think their wit is SO original that no one in the years this thread has been ongoing thought of that? [32] Discography [ edit] As leader/co-leader [ edit] I believe my uncle died of AIDS. May have been pancreatic cancer as claimed but neither condition can be treated by diet which is what he is alleged to have done until it was too late. R205/R206, Miles Davis was also a homosexual on the Down Low his entire life. Everything I read (like the article I'm attaching) stated long-term lung conditions/damage leading to heart attach. Become a member and get exclusive access to articles, live sessions and more! [quote]A certain known to be closeted athlete who died of AIDS years ago. I even [italic]said[/italic] I didn't believe it, for Crissake. He was on steroids when he died thus the bloat. Published since 1970, JazzTimesAmericas Jazz Magazineprovides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene. I remember practically teaching my high-school geometry class. His last years were primarily spent designing and managing software. He was drinking (we all were drinking) and schmoozing with the star of the show - a very well-known popular, handsome, charming, straight actor, better known for game shows and talk shows than for an actual acting career. He had his own solo career, thereby earning another four Grammy nominations. Mark Hollis has died. r104 - I did several Google searches and read several obits and nothing mentions AIDS related symptoms typical in 1990. Arafat had lost a lot of weight before he died, he was stick thin and looked very sick. Reportedly, more than half if them tested positive. Mays and Methenys creative partnership extended outside the band, as well. His niece, jazz vocalist Aubrey Johnson, announced his death on social media, noting that he passed away "surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with a recurring . Aside from releasing a statement before his death confirming he had AIDS, the precise cause was stated on the death certificate, which I assume was by his wish. CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press Writer. He said he had sex with thousands of women. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. By 1962, Haitians made up the second largest group of well-educated experts (out of the 48 national groups recruited), that totaled around 4500 in the country. Lyle Mays, a jazz keyboardist whose work, chiefly with the Pat Metheny Group, won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, has died at his home in Los Angeles. Bill Royston is founder of the Portland Jazz Festival. That seems to be the usual message ahead of. Kurt Cobain blew his head off with an AIDs infected bullet? What about in the early eighties before people knew what it was. I'm alone, negative and sad. In his later years, Mays worked as a software manager. Eat ass. My sympathy to his family, his friends and all his fans. He was my dear uncle, mentor, and friend and words cannot express the depth of my grief., After the news of Mays death was reported during the second full week of February, Metheny had the following message posted to his website: Lyle was one of the greatest musicians I have ever known. That's very interesting, R119. Jazz keyboardist Lyle Mays, whose work won nearly a dozen Grammy awards, died Monday in Los Angeles, Calif. He didn't have AIDS. Before his death, a collection of articles were published that questioned whether Jackson had cancer or AIDS. (What the person died of) Manner of Death= Classification system developed for public health statistics based on the circumstances under which death occurred (How the person died); Manners of death currently includes 5 categories: Accident= An . "Our family was experiencing a lot of difficulties," Mays, 40, said. Appreciation of the impresario is short on jazz detail but shows the gulf between the 60s and the culturally superficial, shallow present. Cause of Death= A medical opinion of the disease or injury that resulted in a person's death. Known to have been battling against a long-term recurring illness, he passed away surrounded by family and friends, including former Metheny Group bandmate Steve Rodby. The first is regarding Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. I was told this by an acquaintance who used to work quite high up with the NY Philharmonic. From Wikipedia: "According to some of his friends in news articles he did enjoy the services of female prostitutes.". He may have been gay but he sure wasn't a slut. 202 here. According to a statement released by the Pat Metheny group on Tuesday (Feb. 11), Mays passed away on Monday in Los Angeles after "a long battle with a recurring illness." Embrace leaving shows early and maybe do some cross-training. This thread is from 2016. Prince didn't die of AIDS. The pianist played on Methenys second album, 1977s Watercolors, before the two co-founded the band that became the Pat Metheny Group. Of course, there have been AIDS patients who used cancer as a cover, but gay men do sometimes die from actual, non-AIDS-related cancer, just like any other population, and did not cease doing so between 1981 and 1995. He sheepishly grinned at me and then the two of them whispered for a bit. Mind you, these friends would be in a position to know based on professions and families, so who knows! Pianist Lyle Mays passed away in Los Angeles on February 20, 2020 at age 66. Back at Davids room, there was a knock on the door. Hell, have you ever seen [bold]anyone[/bold] with a chronic fatal disease who wasnt withered just before the end? A six- or seven-piece ensemble with lots of woodwinds. The spread of HIV was caused by whorish male flight attendants. Billy, do you mind if he joins us? Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s and includes a diverse . Reportedly, more than half if them tested positive. Certainly one of the top keyboard players and composer of the second half of the 20th century. He and Metheny cowrote most of the music, including the 1985 score for the film The Falcon and the Snowman. According to Steven Cantor, the co-producer of Mays first two solo albums (a 1986 self-titled LP and 1988s Street Dreams), He was completely mystified by [the live Evans recording]. Also - quite a while since Price died and not one man has come forward to say he had sex with Prince. I've always wondered about Wilt Chamberlain. --Ed. I'm guessing if he were HIV symptomatic it could only make things worse. Cause of death was not announced, just that it had been an "extended illness." Lyle Mays was one of the most impressive pianists I have ever heard live in my life. "I've always wondered about Wilt Chamberlain. Did Prince "accidentally" overdose on his AIDS medications? by Anonymous reply 18 August 31, 2016 7:19 AM They tried to cover up Amanda Blake's death, but the tabloids outed her as having AIDS. He was 66. An acoustic quartet featuring Bob Sheppard, Marc Johnson and Mark Walker, it has several pieces from Fictionary rubbing shoulders with reworkings of Metheny Group favourites Au Lait (from Offramp) and Are We There Yet (from Letter From Home). The original Pat Metheny Group, a pared-back quartet with Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb, debuted in 1977. R27 read the fucking title of the thread. R170, if you put half the thought you put into that rant into making a decent song, you might make a comeback. Even if Prince had sex with guys that doesn't mean he had AIDS. Jim J. Bullockoh wait, it was only his career that died. Maybe because there were enough rumors of orgys and dalliances with trans people to break the internet before it even existed? Steven has stories, but here is mine. And great art. DB. In a 2016 interview with Jazziz, Mays explained that Its not that I have a real desire to leave the music industry I kind of feel like the music industry has left me. They say it was the electric chair but here at DL we know the truth! Developing an early interest in mathematics, architecture and chess, Mays played organ at his local church, and as a teenager was guided into the world of jazz by the twin touchstones of Bill Evans and electric-era Miles Davis. Who could imagine me with a gay man?? [247] Although the virus may have been present in the United States as early as 1966,[248] the vast majority of infections occurring outside sub-Saharan Africa (including the U.S.) can be traced back to a single unknown individual who became infected with HIV in Haiti and then brought the infection to the United States some time around 1969. Carrying on the familys musical tradition, his niece Aubrey Johnson, a promising jazz vocalist, released her debut album in 2019. Some insight into what made their relationship so fruitful can be found in an interview Mays gave to DownBeat for the March 1993 edition, around the time Fictionary was released. Along the same lines, I often wondered why Magic Johnson didn't try the IV drug use excuse. And these words are all true. Raul Julia did not die of AIDS. The death, of unspecified causes, was . I have been a listener and follower of Metheny and Mays for many, many years. I think he was poisoned but it's all speculation - no way to know for sure. His broad intelligence and musical wisdom informed every aspect of who he was in every way. Every week I watch Autopsy:The Last Hours Of where a medical examiner examines the coroner's reports as well as past medical history of a celebrity death. r205 there was no cover up on that one. At the time of his death, he was 67 years old. Jim Henson NOT Gay are you mad or paid to post such nonsense. Three-ways dont always work out, but in this one, I was the meat in an old-fashioned hero sandwich. Another Giant becomes history. The list, not hidden but more names on there then I knew about. Lyle Mays, an acclaimed pianist, keyboardist, and composer who was best known for his long and close association with guitarist Pat Metheny, died on the morning of February 10 in Los Angeles. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site Adored listening to him on PMG and his own albums, as well as seeing him live with the group a number of times where he was sensational. Kansas City saxophonist Richardson cant be accused of a lack of ambition or confidence. Both brilliant musicians. The first time I saw him I knew he was gay. Unless otherwise indicated, all content copyright Jazz Journal 1948-2023. How about Terry Lester? His death was announced via his Facebook page: It is with deep sadness that I share that my uncle, Lyle Mays, passed away this morning in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with a recurring illness. The number 9 is the peak of change because this is the time to close an old cycle and open a new cycle. The doctor who treated his pancreatic cancer had devoted his career to AIDS related research. People weren't buying "The He can't live without his mother." Haha - threads dwindle out and this one has turned into fan girls trolls. If you can't find the email you can resend it here. From the first notes we played together, we had an immediate bond. Published June 29, 2009 Updated on June 29, 2009 at 5:00 pm. Just not in the way you meant it. Lyle Mays - Eberhard Album Tee $25.00 USD. Is Iman okay ? Lyle Mays - Eberhard 12 Inch Album Poster $5.00 USD. Lyle was one of the greatest musicians I have ever known. His medical files were never made public. R259 you mean Ernest? Mays appeared on Methenys 1977 album Watercolours (ECM), and it was their elegiac 1982 masterpiece As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls that really cemented Mays reputation as a sound painter par excellence. On February 10, 2020, Lyle Mays died of non-communicable disease. The true cause of his passing was revealed only years later by his wife (also a film director) Agnes Varda. Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special. [quote]I think George Michael was full blown when he died. It's all speculation, but since it was well known that he was gay and his personal long time doctor confirmed he had AIDS, maybe that's the reason he died. Pat Metheny confirmed the news of his death by writing, "Lyle was one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special. Having practiced Christian Science he ignored his symptoms; if he had gone to a doctor immediately he probably wouldn't have died. Lyle David Mays was born on November 27, 1953 in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, to a guitarist father and pianist mother. Su familia dio a conocer la noticia de su. In a . Lyle Mays may has chances such as moving house, changing job, severing some old relationships, giving birth to a new relationship
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