User:Emhale/sandbox

In October 1968, the group's lead guitarist Malcolm Hale died of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty heating system. (Hale's death has also been ascribed to bronchopneumonia). This was a devastating blow to the group. The multi-instrumentalist did much of the arranging and pretty well kept the band together. Hale's death, along with the group's satisfaction over what they had achieved already, led to the decision to disband early in 1969. Mercury released a third album, Anything You Choose b/w Without Rhyme or Reason, in January 1969. It contained two popular songs, the previous summer's hit "Give a Damn" and "Yesterday's Rain". The group briefly reformed in 1975 and recorded an album (Change) for the Epic label.

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10/31/68  Malcolm’s death.

1/15/01   Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia is launched.

3/7/05    The Spanky and Our Gang article first appears as a stub in Wikipedia.

9/1/06.   My edit indicating that carbon monoxide was the likely cause of death, not bronchopneumonia appears in Wikipedia,