# Warren Zevon Dead at 56 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270 "2003-09-08T11:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/1 "2003-09-08T11:33:43Z")
Fucking cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/2 "2003-09-08T11:36:52Z")
Do you think he’ll be hanging out in Denver now…? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/3 "2003-09-08T11:37:46Z")
This is the first I’ve heard. Figures I would learn it on the Dope.☹ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/4 "2003-09-08T11:43:31Z")
Damn. Good man gone. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/5 "2003-09-08T11:43:59Z")
One of the best shows I ever saw was Zevon at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia, about 1988, with Timothy B. Schmidt of the Eagles and a fabulous slide guitarist whose name I forgot as sidemen We were right against the stage, and yelling up suggestions which he would play. R.I.P. Warren ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/6 "2003-09-08T12:09:44Z")
☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/7 "2003-09-08T12:15:59Z")
I may have said this in another thread. I’d gotten to the point where I really thought he’d…well, maybe not recover, but go into remission and have another few years. When he made the announcement, he said, “The survival rate for what I have is zero”, but recently I’d started thinking, “Well, maybe doctors haven’t seen a large enough sample.” Because it was supposed to be a very rare form of you-know-what. Please forgive any typos or incoherence. I’m still numb. Can I get a hug? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/8 "2003-09-08T12:20:23Z")
I hate to ask, but does anyone have a link? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/9 "2003-09-08T12:24:07Z")
[Many links](http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=warren+zevon). ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/10 "2003-09-08T12:28:07Z")
Dammit, dammit, dammit. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/11 "2003-09-08T12:29:41Z")
Okay, I’m a dumb ass. Never said I wasn’t. I’m grieving, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/12 "2003-09-08T12:32:12Z")
and thanks **jjimm** ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/13 "2003-09-08T12:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Zevon took a nap at his home on Sunday afternoon (September 7). He died peacefully in his sleep. I wonder who was with him. Not that it makes any difference, but I’m just picturing Jordan going, “Hey, dad…Dad? DAD?!” Shit. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/14 "2003-09-08T13:01:33Z")
But it _is_ nice that he lived long enough to see his last album released. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/15 "2003-09-08T13:02:34Z")
At least I knew it was coming. I saw many memorable shows from this man. Back when all the other kids were listening to The Who and Led Zeppelin, we would be cruising around listening to Lawyers, Guns & Money or I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead. He will be missed. Crap. Why is this in The Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/16 "2003-09-08T13:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\* > Why is this in The Pit? \*\* So we can curse. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/17 "2003-09-08T13:07:03Z")
I think Green Bean put it in here because it’s cigarettes that caused his death. Fucking cigarettes just killed my godmother/aunt as well and are working on my uncle as well. Fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/18 "2003-09-08T13:12:34Z")
According to [this](http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-09-08-zevon-dies_x.htm) article, he died of a rare form of cancer more usually related to asbestos inhalation. Not saying cigs aren’t bad for one, just that they might not actually have been the direct cause here. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/19 "2003-09-08T13:17:43Z")
I heard about the cancer when I was working on my goddamn painting job this summer and his cover of “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” was making the pre-release rounds. Damn, it’s a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270/20 "2003-09-08T13:38:59Z")
☹ Yes, we knew it was coming, but it still hurts. I guess I saw Warren perform half a dozen times, mostly solo - just him, his piano and an accoustic guitar. He was always awesome. Just as witty and sardonic in his stage patter as he was with his lyrics. Damn shame it took news of his impending demise for him to have an album chart the way all his other albums should have. Rest in peace, Warren. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-zevon-dead-at-56/200270.md?page=2)