Shirley is truly missed and it is a shame that she wasn't with us longer to teach more at Cheney University to pass more of the gift she had. Now gone are almost all of the TRUE jazz and blues organists that helped so many find a voice with the drawbar organ. RIP Shirley.
She would've been better off with the weight than with that killer crap pushed by insatiably money-hungry drug companies - by creating a moral/commercial/medical panic that made people desperate to get thin rather than get healthy.
What a tragedy. Shirley was one of the very best. I own many of her records and was lucky enough to see her live.
They're killing fat people now with expensive unnecessary mutilating surgery. I know 3 people who've died from that insanity. Greedy bastards.
Thanks for the video! She really gained weight in her later years. Here she is, dying from pulmonary hypertension....on oxygen. The drug Fen-phen killed her. The drug was pulled off the market. It killed a lot of folks! Her family sued and won. Great artist.
I just read your comment and am a little offended because the truth is her family did not sue our mother did and the bottom line is being that i am my mothers eldest daughter I and the rest of my brother and sisters would have much rather she still be with us the ONLY reason she sued was to prove the point that dr's should be held responsable for their neglagance she was diaganosed with asthma for 2 and a half years before my mother found out she had primary pulminary hypertension. not about $
she was purely gracious and wonderful.
westendblues 3 months ago
Shirley is truly missed and it is a shame that she wasn't with us longer to teach more at Cheney University to pass more of the gift she had. Now gone are almost all of the TRUE jazz and blues organists that helped so many find a voice with the drawbar organ. RIP Shirley.
DrawbarCity 1 year ago
What a wonderfully intelligent, knowledgeable, and gentle warrior of the spirit. thank you for introducing us to her.
Streamline09 1 year ago
What a lovely intelligent lady and a fine organist too!...She certainly put the B3 on the map BIG time!
swingmanic 2 years ago
She was a great organist
GreaterhOLYmEMBER 2 years ago
Thank you very much for this video. What a tragedy. She was such great artist and she could be still with us.
b356014 2 years ago
She would've been better off with the weight than with that killer crap pushed by insatiably money-hungry drug companies - by creating a moral/commercial/medical panic that made people desperate to get thin rather than get healthy.
What a tragedy. Shirley was one of the very best. I own many of her records and was lucky enough to see her live.
They're killing fat people now with expensive unnecessary mutilating surgery. I know 3 people who've died from that insanity. Greedy bastards.
bluv6 2 years ago
Thanks for the video! She really gained weight in her later years. Here she is, dying from pulmonary hypertension....on oxygen. The drug Fen-phen killed her. The drug was pulled off the market. It killed a lot of folks! Her family sued and won. Great artist.
sisco249 2 years ago
I just read your comment and am a little offended because the truth is her family did not sue our mother did and the bottom line is being that i am my mothers eldest daughter I and the rest of my brother and sisters would have much rather she still be with us the ONLY reason she sued was to prove the point that dr's should be held responsable for their neglagance she was diaganosed with asthma for 2 and a half years before my mother found out she had primary pulminary hypertension. not about $
mrsbutts215 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this!
Xerox6085I 2 years ago