# Why didn't anyone tell me T-Model Ford was dead?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 2, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-t-model-ford-was-dead/711645 "2015-02-02T22:44:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-t-model-ford-was-dead/711645/1 "2015-02-02T22:44:14Z")

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[T-Model Ford, Blues Singer, Dead at 93](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/t-model-ford-blues-singer-dead-at-93-20130717) from _July, 2013!_ :eek:  
Well, day-am! T-Model Ford has been dead for a year and a half, and I never heard anything about it. One of his songs popped up in Shuffle mode on my iPod, which I don’t listen to as often as I used to, and I thought I’d see if he was still playing. Sadly, not more _live_ shows!

A belated farewell, T-model. You were a wacky cat.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-t-model-ford-was-dead/711645/2 "2015-02-02T22:46:52Z")

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I didn’t even know he was _sick!_

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me-t-model-ford-was-dead/711645/3 "2015-02-05T23:35:17Z")

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I’ve got his CD _Peewee, Get My Gun_. I get in the mood for that kind of primitive blues once in a while and that album really delivers!  
He definitely lived the blues, no joke.

RIP, T-Model.