RIP Lemon AND Lemmy

[oldbike54]

 Well damn , Meadowlark Lemon and Lemmy both passed . If you never saw the Globetrotters or Motorhead , they were both cultural touchstones for several generations .

  Dusty

[beetle]

Lemmy's gone? Oh noes!

"You win some, you lose some, it's all the same to me!"

[Chuck in Indiana]

Yeah, I've seen Meadowlark in person. RIP. He was pretty good. 

[cruzziguzzi]

I thought Lemmy was somewhat immortal.

Guess the "Rainbow" will have to retire his stool... and game.

Todd.

[molly]

The bastard blew my ears out at a gig sometime in the eighties. He did well to live to 70. R.I.P. Lemmy

[lucydad]

Saw Meadowlark Lemon and the Globetrotters decades ago, think it was in Denver.  Wow they were amazing.

Sad to hear.  Lemon lived well, a good life.  Thank you.

[guzziownr]

From Wikipedia:

In 2008 an officially licensed Lemmy figurine was produced. Available as a "regular" or "special" edition, Lemmy recalled:

I had to stand on this platform while the camera went around and did the hologram thing and then they made the model, only smaller. They said it's an action figure and I said, 'So, you're gonna put a dick on it?' They said, 'No.' I said, 'Well, then it's not going to get much action then, is it?' A bad name for it, right?

[Turin]

Guess the "Rainbow" will have to retire his stool... and game.

They retired the game. It was brought to his home while he was sick.

That's a bummer about Lemmy, but 70 is a decent run for that kind of lifestyle.

[drums4money]

Yep- far-reaching influence.

[Moto Fugazzi]

Lemmy lived until 70. I bet that was a rough 70 years.
Ken