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rockfenris2005 09:37 am UTC 04/29/21 |
| In reply to: | re: Cause? - Evan 07:02 am UTC 04/29/21 |
Yes, Jim has an older brother, Bill, a sports historian. He's been in my thoughts. > You know, it’s sad but my mind did go to, “what will they > do with Jim’s house?” I felt bad for thinking it but of > course it did cross my mind. I don’t know if it really was > just Jim and his nurse the last few years but we’ve only > heard that Jim has an older brother. I do wonder who he > left his home too and what will become of it. I believe he > had a beautiful home in Connecticut. > > When you mentioned Jim’s bat cave and those strange > crystal things I knew exactly what you meant. They looked > like something he stole from Superman’s Fortress of > Solitude. I could also totally see Jim as a Superman > villain, always trying to one up him. > > Yeah it’s definitely sad knowing Jim’s written his final > song. I haven’t tried to listen to any of his music > whatsoever yet. It will make me too emotional. > > Thank you for posting and welcome! Please contribute as > much as you’d like. This place use to be the place to be > for all things Jim Steinman but unfortunately took a bit > of a backseat to social media. Myself and other longtime > posters are trying to bring some energy back to this > place! > > > Evan, I agree with you 100%. I used to be pretty active as > > an amateur TV reviewer, and one of my entertainment > > journalist FB friends posted an article pretty quickly > > with the news. But, I was completely stunned. Like you, I > > had no idea Jim was so sick the past few years. > > > > Also, like you, I'm so sad just thinking about Jim being > > alone with just his nurse. I knew Jim didn't have much > > family, but doesn't he have a brother? Were they close? > > > > Finally, does anybody have any idea what may happen to > > Jim's things? I remember reading an article and seeing > > photos of his "Bat Cave" with all the artwork, custom > > skulls, crystal sculptures, etc. and I wonder what will > > become of all of that. I'm sure the people closest to Jim > > will get a few of the items (like his Yamaha piano, Grammy > > award, etc.), but I hope they just don't have a big yard > > sale to ditch the rest so that they can sell the house. > > That would be a tragedy. > > > > BTW, I'm Mary. I've been a huge fan of Jim's work for > > several decades, but was only an observer of the website > > ...until now. It's been over a week, but I still can't > > wrap my head around the fact that I'll never hear another, > > new Jim Steinman song. > > > > > > > I had no idea how sick Jim was the last few years. It > > > makes me very sad to imagine him alone with just his > > > nurse. I hope his last few years were joyous. I remember > > > Meat had an interview years ago where he mentioned Jim was > > > incapable of writing songs anymore but I guess I just > > > didn’t want to believe it. Very sad. > > > > > > > > > > > I read in an article it was kidney failure. Same thing > > > > that happened to a family member of mine, I believe. > > > > > > > > > Is the cause of passing public? I hope he was on a > > > > > motorcycle... | |
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