It was one of those things that was inevitable, but that doesn't make it suck any less.

Today Warren Zevon finished his fight with lung cancer. Last October, he was diagnosed, and given a prognosis of being dead in 3 months... instead, he not only lived nearly 4 times that long, but during that time, actually managed to record and release an album.

Here's a bunch of links and other messages, both remembering Warren and containing reviews of his albums:

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/09/08/081857.php

Dammit. My cynical side asks, why do the talented ones die so quickly, and all the talentless hacks seem to live forever?

Regards,
Gordon.