RIP Douglas Lars Fieger - The Knack

[Greeny]

His song 'My Sharona' will live forever though



Douglas Lars Fieger, 57, lead singer of the rock group The Knack and composer of the 1979 #1 hit My Sharona passed away at his home in Woodland Hills, California on February 14, 2010--Valentine's Day. Doug had battled lung cancer for six years. He outlived, for many, many years, his doctors' prognoses.
In person, Doug was brilliant, witty, with a wry and biting sense of humor. To those who loved him, his sometimes outspoken and argumentative nature (another Fieger Family trait) was recognized as a thin facade for a genuinely caring and gentle soul. Someone once remarked, tongue-in-cheek, that "Doug had more friends than he could shake a stick at, not that he didn't try."

[mr2kewl]

My Sharona....

like my uncle said when he knew his days were numbered as prostrate cancer pursued him relentlessly,

"The bus pulls up for everyone and you have no choice but to get onboard for the ride"

                                         Douglas Lars Fieger
                                                   R.I.P.

[lg]

R.I.P.
I was a fan!

LG

[launched]

It has been said that an artist's true success can be measured by whether someone has been parodized by Weird Al Yankovic.

Douglas Lars Fieger was the songwriter that made Weird Al's carrer. "My Bologna" was the first music video Al created, and the first recognizable parody other than "Dr. D Superstar".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_G7HHJ0GE