From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
Subject: [WSFA] DAMN! Jefferson Airplane founder Paul Kantner dies, aged 74
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:33:29 -0500
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We are talking about the folks who did the album that was nominated for the
Hugo...

Excerpt:
Paul Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane who stayed with the
seminal San Francisco psychedelic band through its transformation from 1960s
hippies to 1970s hit makers under the name Jefferson Starship, has died, aged 74.

Kantner, who drew upon his passion for politics and science fiction to help
write such classics as Wooden Ships and Volunteers, died on Thursday of organ
failure and septic shock. He had been admitted to a San Francisco hospital
after falling ill earlier in the week, his former girlfriend and publicist
Cynthia Bowman, the mother of one of his three children, said.

The guitarist and songwriter had survived close brushes with death as a
younger man, including a motorcycle accident during the early 60s and a 1980
cerebral haemorrhage, and he recovered from a heart attack last year.
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<http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/29/jefferson-airplane-founder-paul-kantner-dies-aged-74>

 mark