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Les Maguire has died
Les Maguire, the keyboardist of Gerry & The Pacemakers died on November 25 at the age of 81.
He was the last surviving member of the group’s classic lineup.
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Re: Les Maguire has died
Sorry to read this.
I saw Gerry Marsden in person several times in the early 2000's in Orillia and Niagara Falls & was a great fan of the original band.
In fact about 20 years ago I was in email contact with Les Chadwick the Pacemakers bass player who was a residnet of Sydney Australia. Mr. Chadwick passed a few years back of brain cancer.
Les Maguire was a child prodigy when it came to music and was proficient to the extreme on piano and saxaphone. In fact in his very early days in the group he played sax and not the piano. But that soon changed.
May he rest in peace.
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Re: Les Maguire has died
unclefester wrote:
Sorry to read this.
I saw Gerry Marsden in person several times in the early 2000's in Orillia and Niagara Falls & was a great fan of the original band.
In fact about 20 years ago I was in email contact with Les Chadwick the Pacemakers bass player who was a residnet of Sydney Australia. Mr. Chadwick passed a few years back of brain cancer.
Les Maguire was a child prodigy when it came to music and was proficient to the extreme on piano and saxaphone. In fact in his very early days in the group he played sax and not the piano. But that soon changed.
May he rest in peace.
Hi, unclefester,
Thanks for a nice summary of the facts.
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