John Close Birthday Party 2002

John Close, born in London in 1947, was a talented musician and songwriter. He was diagnosed with MND (Motor Neurone Disease) in March 2001 and died by assisted suicide on 26th May 2003 at a Dignitas apartment in Zurich, Switzerland, aged 55 years.

After being evicted from rented accommodation in Milton Keynes, John lived in a care home in Leighton Buzzard for a few weeks. He celebrated his birthday with a party there in September 2002. John and his sister, Lesley, play guitar and his friends join in, singing 'Star on the Horizon', one of John's many compositions.

Further information about John's life and music can be found at http://onefivenine.info/johnclose including links to more of his music.

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• John Close
• Lesley Close
• MND
• motor neurone disease
• ALS
• amytrophic lateral sclerosis
• Dignitas
• assisted dying
• Star on the Horizon

[phantomdoodler]

You wrote that? its really good. would love to hear more of your compositions some time :)