# who is this (late) singer?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 19, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-late-singer/550735 "2010-08-19T13:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-late-singer/550735/1 "2010-08-19T13:10:44Z")

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I know as soon as this is answered I’ll :smack::smack::smack::smack:, but I can’t think of this name. A coworker said she was going to see Van Morrison, and I said “No way, he’s dead!” She quickly let me know I was wrong, and for the life of me, I can’t figure out the name of the singer I’m thinking of. He’s a balladeer and recently died of cancer (I think), leaving behind a beautiful last farewell album. One of the more poignant songs had haunting lyrics like “Please think about me when I’m gone”, but my Google-fu is weak on that one. Countdown to the quick answer in three…two…one…

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-late-singer/550735/2 "2010-08-19T13:30:02Z")

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Warren Zevon.

When I was having my wedding pictures done the photographer had his final album (The Wind) playing in the background. I hadn’t heard it yet, but I knew of it. I still remember it being kind of weird hearing him sing Knocking on Heaven’s Door.

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**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-late-singer/550735/3 "2010-08-19T13:34:43Z")

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> [@singular1](#):
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> One of the more poignant songs had haunting lyrics like “Please think about me when I’m gone”, but my Google-fu is weak on that one.

Probably [this song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTKb-pgxGI)

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**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-late-singer/550735/4 "2010-08-19T13:38:52Z")

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> [@singular1](#):
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> …One of the more poignant songs had haunting lyrics like “Please think about me when I’m gone”…

Warren Zevon? 2003, _The Wind_ album ([wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_%28album%29)) includes “Keep Me in Your Heart”. A [link](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/warren_zevon/keep_me_in_your_heart.html) to its lyrics.

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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-late-singer/550735/5 "2010-08-19T14:02:22Z")

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:smack::smack::smack::smack::smack:  
Yup!  
Thanks!