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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. What T. Rex conquered in their decade long career is truly remarkable.
Sep 16, 2015 · The official cause of death was "shock and hemorrhage" due to multiple injuries consistent with a traffic accident. Bolan, who was born Mark Feld, died just a couple weeks shy of his 30th birthday.
Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is a memorial to Marc Bolan, of glam-rock band T. Rex, on the site where he died in a car crash in Barnes, London, on 16 September 1977. Bolan was a passenger in a car which hit a part-metal and wood fence and then a sycamore tree on Queen's Ride (part of the B306, close to Gipsy Lane). A memorial stone was unveiled at the site in 1997, and a bust of Bolan added in 2002.
Sep 17, 2022 · Marc Bolan died in a car accident in 1977 (Image: Mirrorpix) T.Rex fans and friends from the world of entertainment were left devastated after Marc Bolan was involved in a fatal accident. He and Gloria were driving in their Mini 127GT, after spending time at Mortons Club and Restaurant in Berkeley Square, London.
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
Mar 16, 1972 · English rock band T. Rex formed in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. And then everything changed in rock and roll.
Sep 1, 2012 · At last, in the 35th anniversary year of his tragic death, Marc Bolan represents the definite biography. Here rock biographer, Lesley-Ann Jones, paints a meticulous portrait of the T-Rex front man. From his childhood growing up in Hackney to his untimely death at the age of 29, Bolan's life was one of relentless experimentation and metamorphoses.
