Mike Smith of Dave Clark 5 dies at 64

[Contrary1]

Damn, I am getting old. I once had a Polaroid of these blokes landing at O'Hare for a US tour. Where does the time go?



Dave Clark, gives a thumb's up sitting in a Bentley Continental, with the other members of the band Dave Clark Five band, Dennis Payton and Mike Smith, right, at the International Motor Show at Earl's Court, in London, England, in this Oct. 19, 1965, file photo. Smith died from pneumonia Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, his agent said. He was 64.



"LONDON - Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith died of pneumonia Thursday, less than two weeks before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was 64.

Smith died at a hospital outside of London, his agent Margo Lewis said.

He was admitted to the intensive care unit Wednesday morning with a chest infection, a complication from a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed below the ribcage with limited use of his upper body. Lewis said he was injured when he fell from a fence at his home in Spain in September 2003.

Smith had been in the hospital since the accident, and was just released last December when he moved into a specially prepared home near the hospital with his wife..."

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1. RIP Mike, I remember the times well. .... Yeah, time does pass so quickly, although

in this case it was more the injury that brought about the demise.

[Cant trust em]

2. The Dave Clark Five are totally underrated

You can't get their stuff on CD. It's all out of print.