# John Martyn RIP

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-martyn-rip/483553
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-martyn-rip/483553 "2009-01-29T14:55:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-martyn-rip/483553/1 "2009-01-29T14:55:46Z")

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[John Martyn has died](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7858458.stm) ☹

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### Author: ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-martyn-rip/483553/2 "2009-01-29T14:57:58Z")

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Oh - that’s sad. Great player.

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### Author: ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-martyn-rip/483553/3 "2009-01-29T15:50:46Z")

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[In his memory](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOi_wxypeGc)