Scott McKenzie, singer of 'San Francisco,' dies

[nhboy]

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"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Scott McKenzie, who performed "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" — which became a hit in 1967 during the city's "Summer of Love" — has died.

A statement on McKenzie's website says the 73-year-old died on Saturday in Los Angeles. McKenzie battled Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a disease that affects the nervous system, and had been in and out of the hospital since 2010."

 

[BOP]

Bummer.

 

[bcp]

Bummer.

Written by John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas.

Very sad, having grown up during that era of American history, these songs, and the singers are a very big part of my childhood.

 

[RoseRed]

Written by John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas.

Very sad, having grown up during that era of American history, these songs, and the singers are a very big part of my childhood.

Everytime I hear it, it brings me back during the Summer of Love. I was a young tyke back then but I do remember all the hippies.

 

[bcp]

Everytime I hear it, it brings me back during the Summer of Love. I was a young tyke back then but I do remember all the hippies.

I was 9 when that song came out.
but I wasn't getting no love. And most of my friends had hippie older type siblings. I even got to ride in a flowered up VW bus with a bunch of the one night when they took us youngins to the laurel Drive in, and a couple more times when he would take us for rides around Md City. Great times, no seat belts, no rules. (no drugs while the younguns were in the van)
black lights, posters, the original quadraphonic stereos.. 5 stations on the T.V if you had a good antenna. Spider bikes with the banana seats. 3 speed bikes were cool, 5 speed were for the rich.

 

[FireBrand]

OK, so who is gonna' where flowers in their hair tomorrow in memoriam ?

 

[JoeRider]

Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a tough one. Would not wish that on anyone. Not that common, but it basically zips all your muscles. Not sure how painful it is.

Although the exact percentages vary from study to study for long-term prognosis, up to 85 percent of GBS patients reach nearly complete recovery, although they may suffer chronic problems, such as muscular pain and weakness. Perhaps 5 to 15 percent of GBS patients will have severe long-term disabilities. Less than 5 percent die. GBS can develop in any person at any age, regardless of gender or ethnic background. Most GBS patients' health will improve significantly over time. Among GBS survivors, those patients who experienced their worst symptoms within the first seven days of the illness tend to have a worse outcome. It is important to emphasize that, as in many aspects of medicine the prognosis or expectation for degree of recovery for any particular patient cannot be predicted.

Not infrequently, after apparent recovery from Guillain-Barre' syndrome, patients may experience the recurrence of abnormal sensations, typically in the lower and/or upper limbs. They may consist of numbness, decreased sensations, tingling, burning, a sense of worms crawling under the skin, pain, muscle spasms or cramps in the form of severe Charlie Horses, and a variety of other disconcerting symptoms that the patient may even have difficulty describing.

Guillain Barre' Syndrome