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Related: About this forumMichael Stanley, Cleveland rock legend, dead at 72
RIP Michael
Ive been a fan forever.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nearly 50 years ago, on his self-titled first solo album, Michael Stanley offered a plaintive view about mortality:
Heres a song for a friend soon gone
A friend whose life and mine became entwined
Leaving soon for a lifetime/Leaving part of you behind
Stanley, who passed away Friday at the age of 72 from lung cancer, leaves more than a small part of himself behind in his native Cleveland -- and a gaping hole in a city where he was a rock n roll king and a much-loved, award-winning radio and television personality.
To say Stanley was part of Clevelands fabric is anything but a cliché; It was the home he never left, and a place the man dubbed the Cuyahoga Messiah by Last Call Cleveland, carried with him whenever hed tour the country to play heartland rock hits such as He Cant Love You, Lover, Falling in Love Again and My Town.
From the Plain Dealer....
https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/03/michael-stanley-cleveland-rock-legend-and-noted-local-radio-and-tv-personality-dead-at-72.html
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(23,208 posts)"Let's Get The Show On The Road" is a HUGE favorite of mine!
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