Understanding "Cause" and "Manner" of Death r109 - Yeah, right after Prince died lots of speculation on DL (and elsewhere) that he had symptomatic HIV. How about author/actor Thomas Tryon who was reported to have died of stomach cancer in 1991? I remember reading reports even back in 1991/2 that Miles Davis had died of AIDS, in fact, that he was on AZT at the time of his death. Max Robinson likely contracted AIDs from prostitutes. He was married three times (to women) but there were rumors he was gay. Steve had truly bizarre eating habits. The list, not hidden but more names on there then I knew about. In a 1993 publication, Howard Hughes: The Secret Life, written by Charles Higham, it is claimed that Hughes may have been one of the first people to die from AIDS, in 1976. r112 a dear friend of mine who was a radio DJ in New York told me the Prince always requested a male escort when in town. It's very likely AIDS came and when in cycles killing a few here and there. The airplane was the key to it's massive spread. He was regarded by both professional musicians and music fans as one of the most innovative and creative jazz pianists and keyboardists, but he personally considered himself more of a serious contemporary composer with an advanced approach to classical music, harmonic aesthetics, and structural development through long forms. Pianist Lyle Mays died Monday after a long battle with reoccurring illness according to a family member twitter 148 Jazz Music 40 comments Best Add a Comment Brewster345 3 yr. ago Such terrible news. I kind of feel like the music industry has left me, he said in a revealing podcast interview for Jazziz in 2016, and his observation that people were increasingly reluctant to pay for music has proven to be remarkably prescient. Time goes by. But it would be several years before they regularly began performing and recording together, starting with Methenys 1977 album Watercolors. Prince died of a drug overdose. Eberhard is scored . In an interview with JAZZIZ magazine in 2016, Mays said he had been working as a software development manager because of changes in the music industry. Benedetto Guitars, the company that made his signature model . Given what we know about the incubation period and progression to full-blown AIDS, the timeline makes sense. He was playing with Pat [Metheny], and it was just the quartet at that time. At the age of nine, he played the organ at a family member's wedding, and fourteen he began to play in church. Mays had a "long battle with a recurring illness," according to Pat Metheny's website. Mays was particularly influenced by the legendary American architect, designer, the father of American modernism, and fellow Wisconsinian, Frank Lloyd Wright. [19] John Loftus reported on ABC radio that Arafat had died of AIDS. 202 here. R19 Amanda Blake had a home in Scottsdale, AZ not far from my home. 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." Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 February 10, 2020)[1] was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Jeez, make a liar out of the poor guy for one year, almost 40 years ago. or there must have been famous people before Rock Hudson who died? [19] He composed and recorded children's audiobooks, such as East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Moses the Lawgiver, The Lion and the Lamb, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and Tale of Peter Rabbit with text read by Meryl Streep. Rumors exist and we will examine the big ones. if your read Brad Davis' wife's book I swear she intimates that Davis had an affair with Jill Clayburgh late in his life.and then we know that Clayburgh died from a blood cancer. R22 Not sure I buy that. The best recording I think Lyle ever made was with Metheny on the So falls Wichita Falls recording. But you always knew that Read More Kelly Sill, My introduction to Joeys music was in 1995 when I was given his Live at the 5 Spot CD as a Christmas gift and immediately Read More In Memoriam: Joey DeFrancesco, America's jazz resource, delivered to your inbox. In the end he was another actor who died at a rather young age. Mind you, these friends would be in a position to know based on professions and families, so who knows! For all the people who don't think fat people die of AIDS, Robbin Crosby from the metal band RATT was almost 400 lbs when he died. Billy, do you mind if he joins us? If anybody was trying to cover it up, they were doing a piss poor job of it. If you listen to the score for The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, said Cantor, who produced the sessions, its Stravinsky. [2][3] Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awards. They tried to cover up Amanda Blake's death, but the tabloids outed her as having AIDS. Its @32:23. I have been a listener and follower of Metheny and Mays for many, many years. Funny that Paul Stag is the one still standing, if all of this is true? If they managed to cover it up, we're not going to know who they are. In 1975 he met Pat Metheny at the Wichita Jazz Festival and later founded the Pat Metheny Group. A marriage with Miss Kitty would give him hetero credentials, something the glass-closeted gay Spaeth needed. I knew that David was popular and he had hinted at other relationships with folks that I knew, but I really didnt care. So, I'm gonna have to switch [laughs] platforms. He was a heroin addict into the 80s. [11], After the Pat Metheny Groups long-form recording The Way Up in 2005, and the unofficial Songbook Tour in Europe and Japan in 2010, Mays decided to retire from public music performance, although he did perform at the Western Michigan University Jazz Club in 2010 and at a Ted Talk event[12] at Caltech in 2011 with his own groups. He was 66. John had been clean for many years by the time he died. Lyle Mays: OK. 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. Lyle Mays, Wisconsin native and 11-time Grammy winner with Pat Metheny They are James Brown, Patrick Swayze, Luther Vandross, Bob Marley, Andy Warhol, and football great Lyle Alzado. That should have been the end of the story, but it wasnt. Lyle David Mays was born on November 27, 1953 in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, to a guitarist father and pianist mother. Mays died in Los Angeles at the age of 66 on February 10, 2020 "after a long battle with a recurring illness". Gower Champion died of blood cancer in 1980. True, r219, but let's face it. I can stand bitchy, but to claim someone died of AIDS when they did not R46 makes you sick little person. Another outlet for Mays came via commissions from Rabbit Ears, a production house that hired famous actors to read childrens stories and modern musicians to provide the soundtracks. Keyboard master, composer, founding member of the Pat Metheny Group and self-taught architect, Lyle Mays died in Los Angeles on the morning of 10th February 2020 aged 66. The 10 Best Jazz Albums of the 1950s: Critics Picks, Year in Review: The Top 40 Jazz Albums of 2022, Year in Review: The Top 10 Historical Albums of 2022. That's just where I happened to be living, I don't know what was being reported in other major urban centers. The announcement was made on Metheny's website. That's what HE said. He was 66. There were rumors that he had AIDS because he stopped taking his HIV meds per his JW religion. While the band bore the guitarists name, Mays was a crucial factor in their success. Lyle Mays Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Pat Metheny Group and Death He had his own solo career, thereby earning another four Grammy nominations. Three-ways dont always work out, but in this one, I was the meat in an old-fashioned hero sandwich. Some features on this site require a subscription. Don't remember the date but it may have been before or around the time that the term AIDS was first used. I think George Michael was full blown when he died. R112 Boy George said he had sex with Prince. Prince died of a big disease with a little name? Not necessarily something that happens when you get poisoned. Terms & conditions In September 2005, based on obtained Arafat records, an Israeli AIDS expert claimed that Arafat bore all the symptoms of AIDS, while The New York Times claimed it was highly unlikely that Arafat died from AIDS. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The family of TV pitchman Billy Mays released the findings of an independent medical examiner Thursday, who concluded that the . He and Metheny cowrote most of the music, including the 1985 score for the film The Falcon and the Snowman. Some people think Steve McQueen died of AIDS. PS: Bowie looks like Melissa Etheridge -- or some other aging lez -- here (?). 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. 0:00. DownBeat is an internationally registered trademark of Maher Publications. An eponymous 1986 debut carried on in the Metheny Group vein, while the lush Braziliana of Street Dreams (1988) juxtaposed big band and chamber orchestra. In the meantime, Mays continued freelancing, including work with bassist Steve Swallow, drummer Bob Moses, and Rickie Lee Jones. But medical experts told News . Certainly one of the top keyboard players and composer of the second half of the 20th century. Arafat's long time personal doctor confirmed he died of AIDS, although that's not the official cause of his death. Max Robinson, the first African-American broadcast network news anchor in the United States. Lyle Mays Death: and Cause of Death. Who is out there that died from HIV, but the information was never made public? Lyle Mays (Singer) Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Family So its no wonder they all had ensuing health problems. Your legacy will live on. His unhealthy diet no doubt contributed to his getting pancreatic cancer. Bob Hope, followed by his widow Gloria. [10], After leaving the University of North Texas, Mays toured in the US and Europe with Woody Herman's jazz big band, Thundering Herds, for approximately eight months. Another vote for Lyle Alzado & Gregory Hines. is a hottie. Mays was a cofounder of the Pat Metheny Group in 1977, and remained a member for 33 years. I will miss him with all my heart.. If you are an insider and want to share please do so, but your post doesn't mean a lot without more detail.

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