# John Entwhistle of the Who dead at 57. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279 "2002-06-27T22:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/1 "2002-06-27T22:24:44Z")
This is getting to be kind of regular lately. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/2 "2002-06-27T23:12:11Z")
Link? If so, this is sad news, and just another one in the march of time. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/3 "2002-06-27T23:19:22Z")
[Right here.](http://www.vh1.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/4 "2002-06-28T00:09:27Z")
Damn. That is really sad. My condolences to his loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/5 "2002-06-28T00:19:08Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/6 "2002-06-28T00:22:26Z")
fuck. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/7 "2002-06-28T00:55:49Z")
Would that I had the words. The man was one of the best electric bassists ever–ranking with McCartney, Jordan, Pastorius, and the like. We’ve lost another great one. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/8 "2002-06-28T01:37:03Z")
rats. ---
**Author:** ![Reinhold\_Messner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Reinhold\_Messner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reinhold_Messner)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/9 "2002-06-28T01:56:06Z")
Damn, damn, damn. ☹ Yes, one of the greatest has been lost. Keep his family in your thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/10 "2002-06-28T01:56:43Z")
Damn, I saw the Who in 1980, and my brother told me stories about when he saw the Who in 1968. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/11 "2002-06-28T02:42:22Z")
Wonder what’s going to happen with their summer tour now. ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/12 "2002-06-28T02:44:19Z")
wow, I picked the wrong time to come back to the boards just reminds me that life is temporary and I’m always getting older live it up, folks ---
**Author:** ![Doctordec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doctordec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctordec)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/13 "2002-06-28T03:49:32Z")
I saw John and Pete and Roger the last time they toured. Took my 15 year old son, paid top buck for 12th row floor. John blew the place away with his solo during 5:15. I was just listening to the Isle of Wight CD on the way home tonight before I heard the news, thinking about taking both sons on this tour. Not gonna happen. Pete once said that the reason the Who were so good was because they had two lead guitarists, just one of them had 4 strings. John, give my regards to Keith… Doc’s out… ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/14 "2002-06-28T04:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stofsky \* > \*\*Would that I had the words. The man was one of the best electric bassists ever–ranking with McCartney, Jordan, Pastorius, and the like. We’ve lost another great one. \*\* Umm, no disrespect to him as a singer, songwriter, showman, nice guy etc, but Jordan, Pastorius, Entwhistle and _ **McCartney** _?! Please tell me are not talking about Paul? ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/15 "2002-06-28T04:32:47Z")
Thanks for the great music! God speed, John… ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/16 "2002-06-28T04:59:00Z")
I like the Who’s music, though I’m not a major fanatic. I mention this because for some reason John Entwhistle’s name popped into my head out of the blue just yesterday, thinking about him as perhaps one of the lesser-known members of the band (Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend seem to be better known) I just thought it was strange that John Entwhistle passed away the day after I thought about his name for the first time in several years. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/17 "2002-06-28T05:04:19Z")
Well that bites. I figure I will probably never get to see the Who perform now. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/18 "2002-06-28T09:22:57Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/19 "2002-06-28T12:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Princhester \* > \*\* > > Umm, no disrespect to him as a singer, songwriter, showman, nice guy etc, but Jordan, Pastorius, Entwhistle and _ **McCartney** _?! > > Please tell me are not talking about Paul? \*\* The most important thing here is to reflect, for those to whom the Who mattered, on the death of Ox. Their music and contribution to rock n’ roll is legendary, and he held down the bottom while flying on top, too. He will be missed. [hijack] As for McCartney - look, I am not a particularly big fan of his, but, speaking as a musician, his innovative bass lines set the standard for pop/rock in the 60’s. Listen to “Drive My Car” as an obvious example. The Beatles were never about flaunting technical virtuousity, but one would be hard-pressed to find a bass player to contributed more to a given song and was so innovative. So, yeah, McCartney. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279/20 "2002-06-28T12:58:25Z")
Fuck. Damn, he was so good. _Quadrophenia_ may have been his best work, particularly _Can You See the Real Me?_. Rest in peace, John. Keith has another playmate now. Funny that the two who remain are the ones who fought for years. (By the by, no H in Entwistle, although there is one in Townshend). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-entwhistle-of-the-who-dead-at-57/116279.md?page=2)