Another intern’s fault? This January 12, while music lovers are mourning the death of guitarist Jeff Beck, former sidekick of rock legends Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, a typo has unfortunately slipped into the subject that the franceinfo channel had prepared…
Don’t confuse Jeff Beck and Jeff Buckley
This morning, morning reporters broadcast images of Jeff Buckley, another famous musician, performer of the song “Hallelujah”, who died accidentally at the age of 30, of drowning, in 1997! Quite a dumpling, therefore, when we know that Jeff Beck lived another 25 years after that date.
Fortunately, the fix came quickly. During the 7:30 a.m. news, the presenter apologized for a “mistake” of illustration. As a reminder, Jeff Beck died on Tuesday “after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis“, on January 10, as declared by the entourage of the artist. He was 78 years old.
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“He passed away peacefully yesterday. explained his family (his wife Sandra and their two children) with “deep sadness”. And his lifelong friend, Johnny Depp, was also very affected. They had recently collaborated, between 2019 and 2022, on an album titled 18and took to the stage at L’Olympia in Paris last July.
Johnny Depp devastated by his disappearance
According to People magazine, it would be “devastated” by his disappearance. In effect : “They had a very strong friendship, they were extremely close, and they had grown even closer over the past summer when they were on tour together.explains a source of the publication. The disease came very quickly and everything has deteriorated rapidly over the past two weeks. Johnny is still digesting this news.”
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