Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty [1] had, until being found sunbathing in Tuscany, vanished clean off the face of the planet.
They'd looked for him everywhere. From Baker Street to bookie and all points between. He was last seen in hospital suffering from liver failure so, not only was he missing, he was presumed quite dead. He was so missing, in fact, that magazine articles were written about him. Decades of intrigue were to follow.
All this until the other day, when he turned up at a swim-to bar in Firenze drinking cold beers.
[1] My daughter has named her toy giraffe after him. G.Rafferty (geddit?). She'll be pleased when I give her the news.
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Hi. Everyone's hoping these reports about Gerry Rafferty being alive are true. Those close to him seem to be warning about the news cycles that bring this up a couple of times a year in the Brit press.
For some opinions and reactions from his fans and friends, read _recent_ comments on the sometimes difficult-to-navigate message board. (search google for "rafferty message board"
Thanks Vivor, wouldn't call myself a fan although Baker Street was, unusually for a ten year old, the first single I ever bought. Or one of the first anyway, it my equally have been Supertramp, ELO or The Damned. Anyway, I hope he is enjoying a cold beer at a swim-to bar. Liver permitting.
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