Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
It is a miracle that he lived so long. He seems to have had one foot in the grave for over 40 years!

One of my favourite songwriters ever. A one off.
It says on Twitter he'd "been ill for some time" so you might not be far off, he never looked well.

65 is way too young normally but the way he lived his life, not too bad an innings.

Keeping with the cricketing analogy, he certainly was no Geoff Boycott, more of an Ian Botham.

RIP Shane.