LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 7, 2019- THE WHO’S KEITH MOON DIED ON THIS DATE 41 YEARS AGO. MOON, WHO HAD EARNED THE NICKNAME “MOON THE LOON” WAS KNOWN TO ABUSE PRESCRIPTIONS AND WAS ADDICTED TO MIXING HIS PILLS WITH ALCOHOL, AND WAS PASSING OUT ONSTAGE DURING WHO CONCERTS. AT ONE POINT HE WAS DOING THIS WITH SUCH REGULARITY THAT THE GROUP WAS CONSIDERING DROPPING HIM FROM THE LINEUP. TO AVOID BEING KICKED OUT OF THE BAND, MOON SOUGHT TREATMENT AND WAS PRESCRIBED HEMINEVRIN, TO CURB ALCOHOL CRAVINGS. THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED MOON ATTENDED A PARTY WHERE GUESTS ALL “remember Keith being in good spirits and surprisingly sober.” HE LEFT THE PARTY EARLY AND BEFORE GOING TO BED TOOK HIS USUAL “glass of water and bucket of pills.”
THE NEXT AFTERNOON HIS GIRLFRIEND WENT TO WAKE HIM UP AND DISCOVERED MOON WASN’T BREATHING. HIS DOCTOR AND AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. MOON HAD BEEN DEAD FOR HOURS. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS HEMINEVRIN OVERDOSE, WITHOUT SUICIDAL INTENTIONS. AN AUTOPSY LATER REVEALED A TOTAL OF 26 UNDISSOLVED PILLS WERE FOUND IN HIS STOMACH.
MOON WAS ONLY 32 YEARS OF AGE. WEIRD TRIVIA, MOON ACTUALLY DIED AT THE AGE OF 32 IN THE SAME TOWN HOME CASS ELLIOT HAD PASSED AWAY IN, ALSO AT THE AGE OF 32 ! WTF!!!
THIS IS A KEITH MOON DOCUMENTARY THAT CENTERS ON THE LAST PART OF HIS LIFE
