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Recumbentman Started conversation Oct 28, 2014
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Under subheader 'Side Two', in the bullet note for the song 'You never give me your money', this mentions "Brian Epstein who died of a drug overdose in 1967."
Though perhaps literally true, this wording invites easy misinterpretation which is hardly fair to his memory. His death was officially recorded as accidental, following a dose of sleeping pills. Although the dose was high, it was apparently no more than normal for Brian Epstein at the time; what made it lethal was the presence of alcohol in his system.
I respectfully suggest that the sentence be trimmed to say
"Brian Epstein who died in 1967."
The author, Wyatt, is apparently no longer posting to h2g2; I wrote this in a private message but I don't expect it to be seen.
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Bluebottle Posted Oct 28, 2014
I've changed this to 'who died tragically in 1967'.
<BB<
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Recumbentman Posted Oct 28, 2014
Thank you Bluebottle, on behalf of his no doubt still grieving family.
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