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The man turned down gigs in Zeppelin and Deep Purple and lived to NOT regret it.

English rock star Terry Reid, who once turned down offers to front Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has passed away. He was 75.

Reid’s UK rep confirmed the shocking news in a statement to the Guardian on Tuesday, August 5.

Although his cause of death has not been revealed, the beloved musician’s passing follows a fight with cancer.

The “Seed of Memory” singer had been forced to postpone an upcoming tour due to his worsening health battle, according to his official Instagram page.

“Due to medical issues arising from recent treatment for cancer, Terry has had to postpone his autumn 2025 UK, Irish and Norway,” the announcement posted on July 2 began. “Terry is especially upset about this as his 2024 tour was so successful and he had been looking forward to playing some new towns and venues, plus old faves, as well as his first-ever dates in Norway.”

“We wish Terry a speedy recovery back to good health and will provide details about rescheduled dates for 2026 in due course,” it added.

A GoFundMe page set up on the rock star’s behalf last month detailed Reid’s cancer fight.

“Over the past several months, Terry has been courageously battling cancer as well as numerous other serious health issues,” it said. “His fight has been quiet and brave, but it has also come at a great personal cost.”

“He’s been in and out of the hospital, enduring rounds of treatment and uncertainty — and, most recently, was forced to cancel his long-anticipated six-week tour,” it continued. “The financial strain has become overwhelming, and the medical bills are mounting by the day.”

https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/entertain ... ead-at-75/

R.I.P.

Cancer seems to be getting worse not better, I seriously blame bottled water. Everything cancer, autism, Alzheimer’s, etc. appears to me to be getting worse since everyone started drinking bottled water … I know for a fact when my daughter was born autism was 1 in 110, now it’s 1 in 36.

And have you tried to get an appointment with a doctor lately? A specialist? You’re looking at a 3-4 month wait no matter what condition you are in or what insurance you have, people are dying because doctors won’t answer their phones or return your calls.

How many times have you heard “The scheduler is on vacation this week”, “The scheduler isn’t here today”, “I’ll give a message to the scheduler and she’ll call you back”?

One doctor’s office didn’t even have a front desk person, they had an iPad that you talk to … there’s also something now called MDVIP … you pay the doctor $2000+ a year and you get quicker and better treatment.

Sounds like you'd prefer socialized medicine.

Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Wed Aug 06, 2025 8:40 pm R.I.P.

Cancer seems to be getting worse not better, I seriously blame bottled water. Everything cancer, autism, Alzheimer’s, etc. appears to me to be getting worse since everyone started drinking bottled water … I know for a fact when my daughter was born autism was 1 in 110, now it’s 1 in 36.

And have you tried to get an appointment with a doctor lately? A specialist? You’re looking at a 3-4 month wait no matter what condition you are in or what insurance you have, people are dying because doctors won’t answer their phones or return your calls.

How many times have you heard “The scheduler is on vacation this week”, “The scheduler isn’t here today”, “I’ll give a message to the scheduler and she’ll call you back”?

One doctor’s office didn’t even have a front desk person, they had an iPad that you talk to … there’s also something now called MDVIP … you pay the doctor $2000+ a year and you get quicker and better treatment.

Definitely plastics. Read an article recently about it, absolutely horrifying. And now it's in our water, food, babies being born with microplastics in their brains. It's totally fucked.

Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Wed Aug 06, 2025 8:40 pm R.I.P.

Cancer seems to be getting worse not better, I seriously blame bottled water. Everything cancer, autism, Alzheimer’s, etc. appears to me to be getting worse since everyone started drinking bottled water … I know for a fact when my daughter was born autism was 1 in 110, now it’s 1 in 36.

And have you tried to get an appointment with a doctor lately? A specialist? You’re looking at a 3-4 month wait no matter what condition you are in or what insurance you have, people are dying because doctors won’t answer their phones or return your calls.

How many times have you heard “The scheduler is on vacation this week”, “The scheduler isn’t here today”, “I’ll give a message to the scheduler and she’ll call you back”?

One doctor’s office didn’t even have a front desk person, they had an iPad that you talk to … there’s also something now called MDVIP … you pay the doctor $2000+ a year and you get quicker and better treatment.

when I had kids in the 80's, it was 1 in 88,000....definitely we are doing something wrong to humankind.

Or, the diagnosis and definition of autism has broadened...

Damn, for a split second I thought it said Tara Reid!

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 4:59 am Or, the diagnosis and definition of autism has broadened...

Have you noticed how many more exoplanets there are than there were in the eighties? Like, where did they all come from????

Sleek wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 3:49 pm

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 4:59 am Or, the diagnosis and definition of autism has broadened...

Have you noticed how many more exoplanets there are than there were in the eighties? Like, where did they all come from????

Jewish space lasers, ofc.

Sleek wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 3:49 pm

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 4:59 am Or, the diagnosis and definition of autism has broadened...

Have you noticed how many more exoplanets there are than there were in the eighties? Like, where did they all come from????