R.I.P. Piggy.

[Beware the Beast Man]

VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour passed away Friday night (August 26) at approximately 11:45 p.m. due to complications from advanced colon cancer — so advanced that the disease had spread to his liver. D'Amour slipped into a coma Thursday night and died less than 24 hours later in the palliative care unit of a Montreal hospital, surrounded by family and friends. He was 45 years old.

more here:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40945

When I was a headbanger, Voivod was always one of my favorites. Even though I'm not a fan of metal these days, I can still appreciate them.

[JimmyJazz]

1. I'm sorry.

He was too young to die. :(

[lildreamer316]

2. 45!!!????

That sucks. Reminder to self..........

[rocktivity]

3. And I just finished writing a story about their releasing their first DVD.

And wasn't he the one was who had some kind of a brain tumor?

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rocknation

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. I believe so, back in the late 80's.

He underwent an experimental treatment that reduced the tumor to nothing.

Ahh, Canadian healthcare...

[rocktivity]

5. Yes, it's coming back to me now

They were going to operate, but they had a drug they wanted to try first, though it worked only 99 per cent of the time. Piggy turned out to be that one hundredth person!!!

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