{"id":18863,"date":"2015-12-29T02:35:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T02:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=18863"},"modified":"2015-12-29T02:35:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T02:35:26","slug":"motorheads-lemmy-dies-aged-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=18863","title":{"rendered":"Motorhead&#8217;s Lemmy Dies, Aged 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sad to hear that Lemmy, iconic Motorhead frontman, has <a title=\"Lemmy, Motorhead frontman, dies aged 70 after cancer diagnosis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-35192060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died from cancer at the age of 70<\/a>.<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/314;background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Lemmy from Motorhead\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lemmy.jpg\" alt=\"Lemmy from Motorhead\" width=\"524\" height=\"314\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s had to cancel gigs over the last few months due to ill health, yet he was only diagnosed a couple of days ago.<\/p>\n<p>He was a hard drinking, smoking kind of guy, and if the interviews are anything to go by he didn\u2019t ease up much right to the end.<\/p>\n<p>And yet another one bites the dust. 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