KEYBOARD LEGEND BILLY PRESTON DIES AT AGE 59

Keyboard legend and 'Fifth Beatle' Billy Preston has died after a long illness as a result of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney failure and other complications. As a result of a medical insult he'd been in a deep coma since last November 21st, but was still struggling to recover. He died at Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona where he'd lived for the last couple of years. Preston was often called the Fifth Beatle because he played keyboards on Let it Be, The White Album and Abbey Road. Preston also was part of Eric Clapton touring band. Preston's own hits included "Nothing from Nothing," "Will it Go Round in Circles," and "You Are So Beautiful," which Joe Cocker turned into an...

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[Tony63909]

Isn't it in bad taste to have an advertisement just before the announcement of the death of a man?

[aardvark0123]

Sometimes the brightest flames burn up, or are snuffed out, all too soon.... Then again, we can still be blessed by Billy's life/work. And, perhaps, he's not "just gone" but "over there" where a fatal disease is no more than a distant memory....

Here's hoping!

[tubiebrother]

@Jimi2063 I was responding to what gunnyhiway said. I didn't hear anything about what he said about Billy getting in trouble with a girl. It was a boy. I think the person got their facts wrong. I love Billy's songs and his playing and voice and all that. I don't really even think of that when I think of Billy. I think of the music. Billy was great.

[Jimi2063]

@tubiebrother You, therefore, are a pig. 

[winifredatwell]

The pop giant of the keyboard, along with Nicky Hopkins, blessed with heart and soul with he poured into his music and enriched us all. I will always love Billy Preston.

[TheTheTels]

how could you sit here and hate on a soul legend. shits sad.

[tubiebrother]

@gunnyhyway I only remember him raping a 16 year old Mexican boy in 1991.

[69realstar2]

th 8th beatle rare air 2 be in..behind stu..pete.. & eric..god rest his soul..

[praizequeen]

Billy was human and like ALL of us with problems and issues. I watched the TV One show "Unsung". The things he was challenged with were not his fault but it was his fight. By all accounts the world lost not only a great artist but a wonderful human being that loved God and people of all walks of life.

[oakieoak]

All I know is that Billy had great talent, compassion, and energy and was always ready to help a cause or a friend. He was at his best in "Bangladesh" and "Concert for George". He will be mourned but not forgotten. OAKIEOAK