Interview with Silver Smith
Fistmaster
talks about the night Bon died and the cause of his death. Contrary to
the official line (choking on his own vomit) she claims, that Bon died
of organ failure.
Listen to it here:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/sa/2010/03/a-life-with-acdc-frontman-bon-scott-cut-short.html?site=adelaide&program=adelaide_breakfast
The Fistmaster
TV
seems plausible. Bon wasn't THAT young when he died for organ failure to be
a possibility, although it's a little stretched.
TV
"Fistmaster" <alexande...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Fistmaster
> I don't know enough about her character to judge her story, but it certainly
> seems plausible. Bon wasn't THAT young when he died for organ failure to be
> a possibility, although it's a little stretched.
>
> TV
A couple of years back I've read an article in a German youth-magazin
("Bravo" I think) from the early 80's where the issue of Bon having
some liver damage was brought up. Alistair Kinnear also talked about
Bon going to the doctor for liver treatment in an interview he gave in
2005 or so to UK's Classic Rock Magazin. It's likely that Bons
lifestyle took it's toll. But as long as we don't see the autopsy
report we can only speculate what really killed him.
On a sidenote: There was a report earlier this year that Alistair
Kinnear went missing on sea in 2006. I found another article from the
same time, that says that soon after Kinnear went missing, a person
claiming to be the skipper of the ship he was on contacted authorities
to say Kinnear was safe but did not want any contact with his family.
His son on the other hand is certain Kinnear is dead, and suggests
that foul play may have been involved.
The Fistmaster
St.Rik
The article/interview you mention was in the 1981 POP-Rocky AC/DC
Sonderheft (special AC/DC issue) and I've translated it as follows:
"On the afternoon of Tuesday the 19th 1980 Bon Scott was found
lifeless in a turquoise blue Renault 5. The events that led to this
shocking tragedy is told by Bon's friend Alistair Kinnear: " In the
early evening of Monday the 18th of February 1980 Bon and I made us a
night on the town, as we often did, hitting London clubs and discos in
our blue Renault 5. As we finally reached the hard rock disco "Music
Machine" at around 1.30AM Bon had already downed over a liter of
Bourbon and was really living it up. You didn't really notice that he
was drunk though. He talked to a woman in the bar and cracked jokes
non-stop. After about two hours Bon was totally drunk and was sagged
lifeless on his chair. As I hadn't had as much to drink as Bon I
managed to get him into the car, the time was about 3.45AM. In the car
Bon came to life somewhat, he spoke incoherently and went into a
depression. He then fell asleep definitely. As we reached the house
around 4.00AM I tried to shake him awake, it was a fools errand and
after trying a last time I left him to sleep in the car seat. I left
him a note that I was up in the apartment and closed the car door and
went to bed. When I woke up in the afternoon Bon was not to be seen. I
looked out the window and saw that Bon was still lying in the car. I
dressed quickly and went down to attend to him. Bon was sitting in the
car seat with his head bent back over the backrest and there was vomit
all over. I immediately called the emergency doctor but the only thing
he could do was to pronounce Bon dead and state that he had been dead
for at least 8 hours. They took Bon to Kings College Hospital and the
autopsy determined the cause of death to death by suffocation".
Alistair continues:
Only Bon, his doctor and I knew what state of health he was in at the
time. None of his parents knew, and neither did the boys in AC/DC.
Bon's liver was, due to the continuous abuse of alcohol during his
last years, completely eroded. The Doctor had already told him that he
only had a short time left to live!"
Alistair's own words:
"It was too much booze for his body, it was out, it was finished!"
"Bon's large entourage dissolved in all directions after his death as
Bon had been the glue that held them all together."
Photos and text by:
Tenner & Co, Berlin. Germany"
The piece in Classic Rock you mention was done by Clinton Walker and
it touched upon an interview he'd done with Ana Baba, Bon's last
girlfriend. In that conversation Ana stated (according to Clinton
Walker) that Bon was receiving treatment by a UK doctor for a liver
condition during the latter part of 1979 and that he stopped going,
missing his appointments close to the end.
Connect the dots people ...
St.Rik
There was also an article in in the teen-magazine BRAVO around 1981
that speculated around Bon's health issues during his last six months.
I've been trying to find that article but I think I've lost it sad to
say. From what I remember the general take in that article was
exhaustion, that he was burned-out. Chest pains, back aches and nausea
were some of the symptoms mentioned during the German - French HTH-leg
in Nov-Dec 1979 if I remember correctly. I do not remember if a liver
condition was mentioned.
Fistmaster
> The article/interview you mention was in the 1981 POP-Rocky AC/DC
> Sonderheft (special AC/DC issue) and I've translated it as follows:
Yeah, that's the one I was refering to. They also had a photo of
someone they said was Alistair Kinnear. Although the guy they pictured
doesn't look nothing like the picture Kinnears son gave to the media.
That's the actual article: http://acdc-archives.net/country/g/germany/A81/32.jpg
> "[cut] Bon was sitting in the
> car seat with his head bent back over the backrest and there was vomit
> all over. I immediately called the emergency doctor but the only thing
> he could do was to pronounce Bon dead and state that he had been dead
> for at least 8 hours. They took Bon to Kings College Hospital and the
> autopsy determined the cause of death to death by suffocation".
In this article Kinnear states that Bon was sitting on the backseat
and there was vomit all over it. In the article from 2005 he states
that Bon was lying on the frontseat and there were no traces of vomit
or whatsoever:
http://www.bonscott.com.au/kinnear.htm
>
> The piece in Classic Rock you mention was done by Clinton Walker and
> it touched upon an interview he'd done with Ana Baba, Bon's last
> girlfriend. In that conversation Ana stated (according to Clinton
> Walker) that Bon was receiving treatment by a UK doctor for a liver
> condition during the latter part of 1979 and that he stopped going,
> missing his appointments close to the end.
I was refering to another article – I've linked it above. I didn't
know about the Walker-article. Could you provide me with a link or
something?
> Connect the dots people ...
There's also a story that Malcolm, shortly after Bon's death, was
beating up that Joe King/Fury guy who some thought was Alistair
Kinnear. But it seems they are definitely two different persons. King/
Fury played with Dave Tice – who is now playing with Mark Evans – in a
band in Australia during the eighties. King/Fury during the 70's was a
roadie for UFO. The UFO guys say he shared a flat with Bon when he
died. Walker in his book says that Fury was having an affair with
Silver Smith, which seems didn't go down too well with Bon. Pretty
confusing stuff.
The Fistmaster
Fistmaster
> On 8 Sep., 09:21, "St.Rik" <saint....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, that's the one I was refering to. They also had a photo of
> someone they said was Alistair Kinnear. Although the guy they pictured
> doesn't look nothing like the picture Kinnears son gave to the media.
> That's the actual article:http://acdc-archives.net/country/g/germany/A81/32.jpg
The Fistmaster
Fistmaster
>
> There was also an article in in the teen-magazine BRAVO around 1981
> that speculated around Bon's health issues during his last six months.
> I've been trying to find that article but I think I've lost it sad to
> say. From what I remember the general take in that article was
> exhaustion, that he was burned-out. Chest pains, back aches and nausea
> were some of the symptoms mentioned during the German - French HTH-leg
> in Nov-Dec 1979 if I remember correctly. I do not remember if a liver
> condition was mentioned.
Hm, I'm going to a fleamarket this saturday. The usually sell old
Bravo mags there.
The Fistmaster
JgbIntBass
> On 7 Sep., 03:59, "TV" <g...@bent.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't know enough about her character to judge her story, but it certainly
> > seems plausible. Bon wasn't THAT young when he died for organ failure to be
> > a possibility, although it's a little stretched.
>
> > TV
>
> A couple of years back I've read an article in a German youth-magazin
> ("Bravo" I think) from the early 80's where the issue of Bon having
> some liver damage was brought up. Alistair Kinnear also talked about
> Bon going to the doctor for liver treatment in an interview he gave in
> 2005 or so to UK's Classic Rock Magazin. It's likely that Bons
> lifestyle took it's toll. But as long as we don't see the autopsy
> report we can only speculate what really killed him.
>
Years of heavy drinking will hurt the liver. Last year, I had been
sick from late July to mid-September and did go see a doctor in August
of 2009 who diagnosed it as some type of lung infection. Same doctor
contacted me a few months later and after a blood test, he called me
to his office the week after and mentioned my not only high blood
pressure, but my cholesterol, and triglycerides levels were off the
charts! I've been on medication since then and as of the last
appointment about 3 months or so ago, I have normal blood pressure.
Triglycerides levels are raised especially if one has many alcoholic
drinks in a week. Now, it's maybe one drink every two weeks though
I'll still have a drink or two a day in Las Vegas... and I definitely
have to praise Erbacide for being a teetotaler... in Las Vegas! (where
drinks are free for players (people who gamble) although the U.S.
custom is to tip the cocktail waitress) Beer is a drink that really
raises one's triglyceride level... which is unfortunate since I've
been told that in some countries, beer is cheaper than bottled water.
I saw an interview with Duff McKagan, formerly of Guns N' Roses, and
he mentioned around or after the Use Your Illusion tour that his
doctor mentioned his liver (or kidney) had swollen to the size of a
grapefruit or so and I forget the rest of what was said, but the point
being that excessive drinking can get you.
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