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THE ROLLING STONES, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr and many others have paid their respects to rock n’ roll legend Chuck Berry who has died aged 90.
Berry became a sensation in the years after World War II as he brought together rhythm and blues, country guitar and a consummate stage showmanship.
His 1958 hit Johnny B. Goode was so influential and recognisable that the US space programme chose it to represent rock music for potential extraterrestrial listeners on the Voyager spacecraft.
His career was interrupted when he was arrested in 1959 under an obscure law for taking a 14-year-old girl across state lines for “immoral purposes.”
The Mann Act – the act under which Berry was charged – was a vague law designed to crack down on organised prostitution. However, its vague language led to it being applied selectively in a number of cases, including Berry’s.
Berry defended himself against allegations that he had slept with the young waitress. But he was convicted by an all-white jury and served a year and a half in prison.
He had a huge influence on some of the world’s most famous musicians and there has been an outpouring of respect paid by the musical community.
“The Rolling Stones are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Chuck Berry. He was a true pioneer of rock’n'roll & a massive influence,” the band wrote in a tweet.
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger also paid tribute to Berry, crediting him as a huge inspiration.
US rockstar Bruce Springsteen called Berry “rock’s greatest practitioner”, saying his death was a “tremendous loss of a giant for the ages”.
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr also tweeted his tribute to Berry.
Rock musician Lenny Kravitz, movistar Arnold Schwarzenegger and writer Stephen King were among the others to offer their condolences and pay their respect to the rock legend.
- © AFP, 2017 - With reporting from Cormac Fitzgerald
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Hopefully they find the dirt that did this!
Accidents happen and we don’t know the facts of how this happened or who was to blame whether it be the driver or the deceased but it takes a certain type of low life to leave a man to die on the road and for that I hope they are caught and receive a befitting punishment.
They really need to change the laws around hit and runs, they are far far too lax,
Should be a min sentence of 5 or 10years for leaving the scene and
I got knocked down while walking home from a pub one night .i was 20yards from my home the guy that knocked me down walked me home told me he would call to me in morn ” after he sobered up ” next thing I knew the guards were at my house at 11 am to take a statement and to look where it happened he brought me to court for bursting up front of his car I was fined 120 pounds for obstructing traffic or 1 month in jail he got off scot free cos he knew d guards I was off work for 6 mths after cos I cud barly walk some justice system in this country my arse. Jail would b too gud for these people.
Think you told that story before, the name and some of the facts have changed though
Sorry but I haven’t told that story before. Might have happened to someone else as well .
Disgusting , leaving the scene, cruel to do it to an animal. If the person responsible is found I hope they are charged with manslaughter .
Anyone not wearing a high visibility at night while walking the roads at night should be fined, an innocent driver who hits someone in dark clothing at night is automatically branded in the wrong.
If the driver was innocent which could be quite likely they should have stopped…I know fear may have struck them but coming forward the next day would have been something. Cowarding away only increases the doubts of guilt
They drove off after hitting him. That IS automatically in the wrong.
Leaving the scene is inexcusable.
People shouldn’t drink and drive this guy was drunk cos I saw him that night in my local drinking so havin a highvis on or not he was in the wrong when u get hit by a car come back and talk to me god lad.
There is not much care on the roads up there. Too many hit & runs, many of them our northern drivers who don’t give a crap (sometimes).
To be fair that is a gross generalisation…be like saying all people ‘down there’ in limerick are druggies….the fact is no theyre not nor are all Northern drivers hoping the border to drive recklessly
The poor woman, discovering her dead husband. This is around the corner from my cousin’s house.
Also, that’s not how you spell Boynagh.
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