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Guitarist loses battle with cancer
The guitarist for Scots rock legends Deacon Blue has died after a four-year
long battle with cancer.
Graeme Kelling died on Thursday at the age of 47 at the Marie Curie Hospice
in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow.
His heartbroken wife Julie was at his bedside. The musician, who had cancer
of the pancreas, also leaves children, Alexander, five, and two-year-old
Grace.
The group, which had a string of hits including Dignity, Real Gone Kid and
Chocolate Girl, issued a brief statement on the band's website.
Lead singer Ricky Ross, his wife and co-singer Lorraine McIntosh, Jim Prime,
Dougie Vipond and Ewan Vernal said they were overwhelmed with grief.
They said: "We're all too sad to say too much just now, but we thought we
would start a remembrance book on the website.
"Any great memories, photographs or thoughts about Graeme could be added
over the next while and we'll make sure that Graeme's wife Julie gets to see
them all."
The band were one of Scotland's biggest acts of the late 1980s and early 90s
with best-selling albums such as Raintown, When the World Knows Your Name
and Homesick.
They split in 1994 after a string of hits and reformed in 1999 for a series
of gigs and an album of ballads called Walking Back Home.
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