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Music Appreciation

Figarosmom

(14,612 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:20 PM 2 hrs ago

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

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Stand By Me - Ben E. King (Original Post) Figarosmom 2 hrs ago OP

I was privileged to attend one of his concerts here years ago, and niyad 22 min ago #1

niyad

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1. I was privileged to attend one of his concerts here years ago, and

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Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:26 AM

22 min ago

got to meet and chat with him and several of his band members. I was worried about him, because I could see that he was using oxygen between numbers. Several of the band members were also using oxygen. I assumed it was just becaue of our altitude, but I just read that he was not well during the last two years he performed. One certainly would not necessarily have noticed it watching him.

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