Yep - he's a gonner. He's dead!
Just seen a newsflash on BBC News and Sky television.
He had a cardiac arrest and was unresponsive when paramedics got to him.

There will be a huge global outpouring of grief,mourning and loss for this hugely successfull icon of music but he was also a trajic and somewhat weird character in life.

His influence on music across every spectrum of music is massive.

I just wonder if the mass mourning and media coverage will be equal to and on the same scale as that of JF Kennedy or Marilyn Monroe or more recently, Princess Diana,here in the UK.

It would'nt suprise me if it is. This will be headline news across the planet for quite some time to come.

The shame of it is that the little super star in life had massive debts but in death his music and his legacy will be worth many many times the fortune he amassed and then lost when he was alive.
So some parasitic vultures will be rubbing their hands in glee.

Such a shame.