20 Short Stories About Joe Strummer
b'When Joe Strummer died on December 22, 2002, no one could believe it...first of all, the guy was only 50...second, this was a guy who ran marathons...third, he\\u2019d been strict vegetarian since 1971...\\xa0\\nAnd fourth, it was\\xa0Joe Strummer, one of the toughest and most uncompromising musicians in the history of not just punk, not just alternative, but\\xa0rock period, full stop...\\xa0\\nYet it happened in his kitchen in Somerset, England, just after he finished walking the dog...cause of death?...heart attack, caused by an undiagnosed defect in his heart that had been there all along...sudden heart failure...he immediately lost consciousness and never woke up...\\nTo be specific, he suffered from an \\u201cintra-mural coronary artery\\u201d...this is when one of the main vessels supplying blood to the heart ends up growing inside the heart muscle as the person grows older...it is an exceedingly rare condition with fewer than 100 fatal cases recorded worldwide in the last 50 years...\\nThat\\u2019s\\xa0what took Joe from us?...what are the odds?...I guess I just told you...\\nBut even though Joe has been gone for 20 years, he\\u2019s still remembered and still revered as an iconic figure\\u2014and someone whose work has been discovered by generations since he died...\\nTo help that along\\u2014and to commemorate 20 years since his passing\\u2014I\\u2019ve come up with something I call \\u201c20 short stories about Joe Strummer\\u201d...\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'