Police: Redding Death Natural

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Irish authorities say that Noel Redding, the British bassist best known for his late-Sixties work with Jimi Hendrix, likely died of "natural" causes. The fifty-seven-year-old was found Sunday at his home in County Cork.

"He hadn't been seen since Saturday and people were concerned about him," said Clonakilty-based sergeant Aidan Moynihan. "Some friends called, and the body was found in the bathroom. We're not investigating anything. The house was secure."

A formal post-mortem was scheduled for today.

Redding had lived in County Cork for more than two decades. His latest band Noel Redding and Friends had a regular gig at De Barra's in Clonakilty every Friday night, and the pub is decorated with his memorabilia. Local musicians will honor him with a tribute there this Friday.

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“Karma Chameleon”

Culture Club | 1983

Boy George has said this song was about standing by what you believe in. However, at the time, he was involved in a secret affair with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss. "Now people can understand the songs better," he said. "They were written about my relationship with Jon, and they were also written about being a gay man in a homophobic world." The lines "If I listen to your lies, would you say/I'm a man without conviction/I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction," described his life at the time, he said. "I was selling this big lie."

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