How Steve Peregrine Took died?

[Took Gallagher]

Anyone remember how Steve Peregrine Took (ex Tyrannosaurus Rex percussionist)
died?

Thanks
TookGa...@aol.com

[LandonEx]

From "Steve Peregrin Took's Domain," a Web site:

< http://www.steve-took.co.uk/ >

"...when Steve's life ended on Monday 27th October 1980. Steve by this time
was sharing a flat just off Portobello Road with a woman by the name of Valerie
Billet. Just before the weekend, a royalty cheque had arrived in the post -
due to Secunda's financial activities back in 1972 these now arrived somewhat
more frequently and efficiently these days (the lack of deprivation ironically
somewhat stripping Steve of incentive to go out and perform and advance his
career) - and the previous day, Steve had bought some drugs for himself and
Valerie, mainly some powdered morphine and a bag of magic mushrooms. Billet
would later recall that she and Took both injected themselves with the
morphine. Steve died of asphyxiation after inhaling a cocktail cherry. He was
just 31 years old."

=L=

[Matt Hucke]

In article <ukeshpp...@corp.supernews.com>,
The Grim Sweeper <t...@invalid.edu> wrote:
>
>"Percussionist Steve Took choked to death in 1980," according to
>rollingstone.com.

On his own vomit, or someone else's?

--
Matt Hucke (hu...@cynico.com)
Microsoft Delenda Est!
http://www.graveyards.com/

[Paul C. Solan]

Apparently the mushrooms he had taken had
temporarily paralyzed his throat muscles, therefore causing him to choke.

[Simon Caddick]