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Sep 16, 2021 · Marc Bolan’s mini-revival ended abruptly in the early hours of Friday, September 16, 1977. The night before he had been at Morton’s restaurant in London’s Berkeley Square, celebrating Gloria Jones’s return to the UK from California, where she had been recording an album.
Bolan died in a car crash in 1977. A memorial stone and bust of Bolan, Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine, was unveiled at the site where he died in Barnes, London. His musical influence as guitarist and songwriter was profound; he inspired many later acts over the following decades.
Nov 3, 1977 · M arc Bolan, best-known as the frizzy-haired leader of T. Rex, died September 16th in a car crash. Police said Bolan, 29, was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend, singer Gloria Jones,...
Sep 18, 2012 · The death of Marc Bolan has its own legend. Fans from around the world have converged on the tree in south-west London where the glam rock star drew his last breath 35 years ago today....
Sep 16, 2015 · Bolan, who was born Mark Feld, died just a couple weeks shy of his 30th birthday. The music world was in shock at the news, as Bolan had become one of the leaders of Britain's glam rock scene.
Sep 16, 2017 · Bolan had died instantly, while Jones was hospitalized with serious injuries, and was only told of her partner’s passing at age 29 four days later – the day of his funeral.
Pop star Marc Bolan has been killed in a car crash in south-west London. The 29-year-old former T-Rex singer was killed instantly when the car being driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left...
Dec 17, 2020 · The Tragic Death Of T.Rex's Marc Bolan. Michael Putland/Getty Images. By Felix Behr / Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 4:09 pm EST. In 1977, prospects were improving for Marc Bolan, the lead singer and guitarist of the pioneering glam rock band T.Rex.
Sep 16, 2020 · Marc Bolan remains one of the most iconic figureheads in the history of British music despite losing his life in tragic circumstances, painfully too early as the T. Rex man passed away following a car crash on 16th September 1977, just two weeks prior to his 30th birthday.
On 16th Sept 1977, 29-year-old former T. Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London. The couple were on the way to Bolan’s home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant.
