I have been painting, and in a nostalgic mood lately have been playing
troy newman"s two cd,s.
and I start thinking about him... and then I suddenly thought I have
never looked him up on the net... so here I am.. writing to a post thats
2 years old
I also wanted to say that like the Heath Ledger death, troy's was not
necessarily suicide. The autopsy was inconclusive. He had quite a
cocktail of substances in his body... but not necessarily lethal
It was probably that one month before he died, he contracted a severe
dose of Hepititis A... he looked like a leopard with the yellowest eyes
I've ever seen.
Maybe his body could not take it any more.. he died in his sleep, on a
fairly ordinary evening with his girlfriends warm body beside him.
I knew him since he was 18
My former husband was his guitar teacher when he was 15 in Perth. In a
way he was his mentor and guide.
They both travelled together across the Nullabor, to set up in Sydney.
What ever troy was... a wonderful musician, a feeling and sympathetic
poet, he also was a terrific person, like a little angel when he was
young, with the same innocence. he sort of had that air about him that
he was incorruptable.
But his chance at fame in Los Angeles really did him no favours and
only about three months before he died he came back to Sydney, to go
back to his grass roots, and clean his act up.
He stayed at our house for about two of those months, and I had some
fabulous experiences with him.
I have a lot of nice pictures of troy.. if you'd like me to email them
I would be happy to.
Death is such a confusing pricament... but I feel very lucky to have
his music to listen to. Yes, very very sad. Up until recently the only
two funerals I had ever been to were Troys, and three years earlier, his
brothers.
I have a rather naff yellow daisy in the back garden, that whirls
around when the wind catches it. I can't bear to throw it out, as he
gave it to us, and when it's turning i think of his spirit, and hope
it's intact in a good place.
cheers
--
wendya
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