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Fact #93421

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Short story:

Kevin Wilkinson, an acclaimed drummer who had worked with The Waterboys, China Crisis, Squeeze and many others, commits suicide by hanging himself at his home in Baydon, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe. Wilkinson's death will inspire Howard Jones, who worked with him for some while, to write the song You Knew Us So Well.

Full article:

Howard Jones : It was just one of the saddest things ever when Kevin died. He was a great musician and a good friend. He was my drummer he was the man.
(Source : Wiltshire Gazette, 2005, Aug 25)

Howard Jones : I really needed to document the process that I went through to try and come to terms with the death. I talked it through with a lot of friends who actually knew him, so we kind of helped each other through.

I thought it was very important to do that because I'm sure that loads of people have been through a similar thing with a friend. You get very angry and you start to feel really guilty and then you start to think about how great that person's life was and, in the end, I started to come to a positive view about it all.

Although it came to tragedy, the things to remember were there was so much fun and laughter and friendship we've had. I thought that would be of great use to other people.
(Source : https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/187068/Jones-song-tribute-to-late-Wilkinson)