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The Death of Tony Wilson

category international | arts and media | news report author Saturday August 11, 2007 01:36author by obit Report this post to the editors

Tony Wilson had a heart attack this week & after suffering prolonged illness died comfortably yesterday in Manchester. He was a hoot. He played records, he did telly, he started record companies, he made glitzy crap, he started the Hacienda club, he play his part in so many roles. Most of them of such importance to our contemporary culture and media that at first it's just too easy to think he had the long difficult death coming and it doesn't matter if people don't make or do that sort of music or telly or if Manchester still isn't free.

He was 57 years of age. It is highly unlikely that such an entrepeneurial professional gobshite will ever arrive on the scene with such ironic affability.

May he rest in peace.

Tony Wilson RIP
Tony Wilson RIP


his wikipedia page -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Wilson
his label -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records
his club (though like most things it wasn't his idea, he was just the prat who got to take credit for it ) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fac_51_Hacienda
he also managed to take credit for revitalising Manchester. That's in Engurland. & if I remember correctly he may be credited for passing on "the Happy Monday's" story of the lads feeding pigeons baking soda. Oh yes.

his obituary with various media organisations are popping -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6941105.stm
http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2146720,00.html

author by obitpublication date Sun Aug 12, 2007 03:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

There is a Manchester indymedia, even if you don't read the stuff just scroll down the mainpage and look at the pictures :-
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/
page for you to leave your memory for Tony Wilson
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=71...30422
they've made him a music mogul now - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6941392.stm
but who sold more records because of him? sex pistols or joy division or durutti's column or happy mondays? did any of the drug taking angst political confusion popular youth marketed to your eyeballs culture movement thing work? Was it all really so bad?

article on the latest gangs of Manchester from this Sunday's "life after Wilson" Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,2147116,0....html
they apparantly want youngsters to have role models says the ex-boxer Amir Khan - http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,2147117,0....html I reckon they just need good parties & happy chems.

RIP Tony Wilson

 
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