re: Memphis Musician Dead After Setting Himself on Fire at Local Venue

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He was running into a crowded bar while literally engulfed in flames...he could have easily taken multiple and/or the entire bar down. He had also beaten the everliving shite out of her in the past. The guy definitely should have received some mental/emotional help somewhere along the way, but at that point I don't think she's at all at fault for holding the door closed as long as she could and yelling for all of the patrons to run outside. $27k may be an excessive amount of money, but she is without a doubt going to need some kind of trauma counseling after seeing that. It's been disturbing me and I wasn't even there and have only seen the guy around town, never knew him personally.

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Good post.

Lots of people in here just don't know this story and are quick to make useless posts.

I never thought about how many songs refer to fire.
Just off the top of my (unlit) head, I can think of 2 more not mentioned :
1. Rolling Stones Play with Fire
"But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire"

2. Def Leppard Coming under Fire
"Play the game, surrender to me
Baby, I don't wanna fake it

Is it any wonder, you got me comin' under fire?"

Think we can skip the coroner for official cause of death on the red lantern.

not going through the whole thread but

Was he walkin' in Memphis?

Walkin' with his feet 10 feet off of Beale?


because I'd jump pretty high too

I am amazed he was able to run around so long while engulfed in flames. And not only that but still be coherent enough to shout things in the process.

I'm skeptical of the go fund me stuff and would love to know if the "facts" are true. Was MPD really called and didn't respond? If so I would think a lawsuit would be filed and 27k would be chump change.

If he didn't get inside the bar how did her equipment get damaged?

I think the person who set up the go fund me is embellishing.