Dan Fogelberg, dead at 56

[BamaSixGun]

Dont know how many of you are Dan Fogelberg fans, but I just found out tonight that he passed away Sunday from prostate cancer.

When my wife and I were married in 1995, all of the bride's maides and groomsman walked down the isle to "Longer." It was a very special song on a special day in our lives.

RIP Dan.

Dan Fogelberg ~ News

Longer

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you

I'll bring fire in the winters
You'll send showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings

Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
I'll be in love with you
Repeat First Verse
I am in love with you

 

[F350DRW1]

We can all learn an important lesson from this: Get a prostate exam. If caught early its very treatable and can be dealt with. Its uncomfortable, your buddies will make fun of you, but once you hit 35-40 it needs to be done. RIP, Dan. Dead at 56. What a shame.

 

[JLDickmon]

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