Scott McKenzie dead at 73 (If you're going to San Francisco: Be sure and wear flowers in your hair)

[hlthe2b]

Ahh, baby boomers.. We lose another.... RIP, Mr. McKenzie


Singer Scott McKenzie, who performed "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" – which became a hit in 1967 during the city's "Summer of Love" – has died.

A statement on McKenzie's website says the 73-year-old died on Saturday in Los Angeles. McKenzie battled Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a disease that affects the nervous system, and had been in and out of the hospital since 2010.
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"San Francisco" was written by John Phillips, the leader of the 1960s group The Mamas and the Papas. But McKenzie sang it and it has stood as an anthem for the 1960s counterculture movement.
McKenzie also co-wrote "Kokomo," a No. 1 hit for The Beach Boys in 1988, and toured with The Mamas and the Papas in the 1990s.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/scott-mckenzie-dead-dies-san-francisco-73_n_1809989.html

[blueknight]

1. great voice!

wonderful songwriter. so sad to see all these icons of my life passing. R.I.P. scott.

[life long demo]

2. I remember singing that song with a group of friends

at the Jersey Shore, every weekend the summer of '67. We use to line the window of our motel room with empty rolling rock bottles, fill them with water and put a rose in each one, that we picked from people's yards. All the while singing that song and others. Ahhh, the memories. Sorry Scott, RIP.