On Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 9:05:06 PM UTC-7, Bill Schenley wrote:
> FROM: The Times of London (September 18th 1990) ~
> Photo: http://www.rainbowrec.gmxhome.de/cover/imagec/tom.gif
> Tom Fogerty, co-founder with his younger brother, John, of
> the 1960s rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, has died
> in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 48. He suffered
> respiratory failure stemming from tuberculosis. He was born
> on November 9, 1941.
> The Fogerty brothers began playing music as 13-year-old
> students in El Cerrito, northern California. Their early
> bands successively used the names Tommy Fogerty and the Blue
> Velvets, and the Gollywogs before arriving at the successful
> name Creedence Clearwater Revival.
> The core of the band was the two guitar playing brothers
> with bassist Stu Cook and a drummer, Doug ''Cosmo''
> Clifford. From playing gigs at junior high school in El
> Cerrito they graduated to being regular performers at school
> hops in San Francisco's Bay Area where, during the height of
> flower power, they were known as the Blue Velvets. The name
> Golliwogs came at the suggestion of Fantasy Records, after
> they had signed a record contract with the label, but they
> really began to develop a distinctive style after their
> final metamorphosis as Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1967.
> Though they were products of ''cool'' San Francisco, their
> natural instinct was to shy away from hippie, psychedelic
> culture. They looked back to Fifties rock, rythm and blues
> and country music and eventually developed an idiom based
> on, but essentially updating, rockabilly.
> The foursome sold more than 46 million records, with eight
> top ten singles and six gold albums. Among their single hits
> were:''Proud Mary'' (their debut hit in this country,
> reaching number 6), ''Bad Moon Rising'' (from the album
> Green River) and ''Travellin' Band''. This last came from
> what many regard as their finest album, Cosmo's Factory,
> which included an 11-minute version of ''I Heard It Through
> the Grapevine''.
> Tom Fogerty left the band in February 1971, saying that he
> wanted to spend more time with his wife and children in
> Arizona. In fact he was unhappy with what he saw as a
> departure from the rugged simplicity of the original
> Creedence sound, which had been based on solid rhythm and
> eloquent lead guitar, in favour of something more
> commercial. The remaining members, lead singer and guitarist
> John Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford continued as a trio
> until disbanding in October 1972.
> Tom Fogerty later worked as a solo artist, producing the
> single ''Joyful Resurrection'' and several albums.
> He is survived by his wife, Tricia, and six children.
> ---
> Photos: http://www.rainbowrec.gmxhome.de/tom/image/tom2.jpg
> http://www.ondarock.it/photo/Creedence.jpg (CCW)

He died of AIDS.

How much blood do you lose during back surgery?

And his widow is still alive. Wouldn't she have gotten it too.

Something ain't right here.

Please discuss

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 8:04:45 PM UTC-4, Topic Cop wrote:

> He died of AIDS.

Caught from a blood transfusion according to Wikipedia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fogerty
> How much blood do you lose during back surgery?

Enough to require a transfusion, apparently...

> And his widow is still alive. Wouldn't she have gotten it too.

Poor lad never got laid again after his hospital stay

> Something ain't right here.

Never is...

> Please discuss

Naw, thanks anyways...

In article <9db3c436-ac0d-4c23-bfcc-dffbe672d3d8n@googlegroups.com>,
Big Mongo <bigmongo1963@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 8:04:45 PM UTC-4, Topic Cop wrote:
>
> > He died of AIDS.
>
> Caught from a blood transfusion according to Wikipedia...
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fogerty
>
> > How much blood do you lose during back surgery?
>
> Enough to require a transfusion, apparently...

I self-donated three pints before my back surgery but I didn't need
any, so they went into the general pool. They were happy to get them.