The Mellotron Group

Agreed, so sad.  The only good is it allowed me to re-connect with old list and FB friends.  I encourage all to go to Spotify and listen to Char-El for a while.  I wish you all good health and happiness.

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> On Mar 21, 2019, at 12:06 PM, Bill Rudloff doctorwho8@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> First Charles, now Tom.  This has not been a good week for the community. :(
> Bill Rudloff
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> From: Steven Davies-Morris sdavmor@systemstheory.net [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 10:58 am
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] The passing yesterday of Tom Doncourt
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> Tom's son posted to FB during my radio show that his dad had passed 
> away.  Tom had just announced that his medical treatment had run its 
> course and that he was going into hospice care with his time almost up.  
> 24 hours later he was gone.  It was pulmonary fibrosis.   Some of you 
> may recall him as the keys player in the 70s band Cathedral.  Not a 
> successful band, but their influence on the resurgence of symphonic prog 
> in Scandinavia was huge.  I always enjoyed Tom's in-studio videos with 
> him rebuilding vintage keyboards.  RIP Tom.
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