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Gary Moore was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career he performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and jazz fusion. Moore was often described as a virtuoso and has been cited as an influence by many other guitar players.
Robert William "Gary" Moore was born on the 4th of April 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] His parents were Robert Moore, a promoter who ran the Queen's Hall ballroom in Holywood, and Winnie, a housewife.[1]
Gary grew up near Belfast with his four siblings.[1] His father got him interested in music at the age of six, when he invited him to sing "Sugartime" onstage.[1]
Gary died quietly in his sleep due to a heart attack on the 6th of February 2011.[1][2][3] He was vacationing in Estepona, Spain at the time with his girlfriend.[1][2] After services at the church, Gary was laid to rest in the St. Margaret's Churchyard cemetery in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England.[4] Memorial donations were directed to the Teenage Cancer Trust and a special needs charity project. His eldest son Jack and his uncle Cliff performed the Irish ballad "Danny Boy" at his funeral. This was reported in The Belfast Telegraph as "a flawless tribute at which some mourners in the church wept openly".[5][6]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Gary Moore" as viewed on Wikipedia.org 13 March 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current", database, The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 7 Feb 2011; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; URL: Newspapers.com article, Ancestry Record 61843 #649651838 (accessed 13 March 2023), Name: Gary Moore; Gender: Male; Death Age: 58; Birth Date: 1952; Birth Place: Belfast; Death Date: Abt 2011; Death Place: Spain's Costa del Sol; Obituary Date: 7 Feb 2011; Obituary Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Newspaper Title: The Boston Globe.
- ↑ Obituary: "Canada, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current", database, The Gazette; Publication Date: 8 Feb 2011; Publication Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; URL: Newspapers.com article, Ancestry Record 62226 #656116651 (accessed 13 March 2023), Name: Gary Moore; Gender: Male; Death Age: 58; Birth Date: abt 1953; Death Date: Abt 2011; Death Place: Spain; Obituary Date: 8 Feb 2011; Obituary Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Newspaper Title: The Gazette.
- ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #65319781 (accessed 13 March 2023), Memorial page for Gary Moore Famous memorial (4 Apr 1952-6 Feb 2011), citing St. Margaret's Churchyard, Rottingdean, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, East Sussex, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- ↑ Sweeney, Ken (23 February 2011). "Thin Lizzy guitar hero Gary Moore laid to rest as son plays Danny Boy." The Belfast Telegraph.
- ↑ "Gary Moore Bio and Facts." Popnable.
- Quinn, James (December 2016). "Gary Moore." Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB). Royal Irish Academy.
- Shapiro, Harry (2022). Gary Moore: The Official Biography. Jawbone Press ISBN-13: 9781911036975 · ISBN-10: 1911036971
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