Neil Peart’s brother Danny has tragically died from the identical kind of most cancers because the Rush drummer – discover out extra beneath.
The legendary drummer died in January 2020 after residing with an aggressive type of mind most cancers referred to as glioblastoma for three-and-a-half years. He was 67 years outdated. A tribute live performance was held in Los Angeles, California the next September.
Over the weekend (March 16), it was revealed that Neil’s youthful brother Danny has died from glioblastoma as effectively, barely over 5 years from the drummer’s passing. Neil and Danny’s sister Nancy Peart Burkholder confirmed Danny’s passing in a put up within the Peart Household Occasions Fb group – learn the total put up right here.
She wrote partially about Danny: “On this dreary Sunday it’s with nice disappointment that we share that this previous Thursday night we misplaced our third Peart man and 2nd brother, Danny, after his yr and a half battle with glioblastoma (mind most cancers).”
Nancy continued: “As a human, his motto was ‘be variety’. You wouldn’t discover a extra real and sort soul. He was honest and delicate and would at all times discover a manner to assist and encourage. I don’t know of anybody that didn’t love him and even when he didn’t absolutely agree, he would discover a solution to make everybody proud of a lighthearted remark and fast snicker.”
She then let followers know that the Peart household can be honouring Danny by “planting a tree at Lakeside Park beside our father’s tree and Neil’s pavilion”, in addition to “new award beginning at this yr’s golf event”, in tribute to his love for the game.
It’s unknown how outdated Danny Peart was on the time of his dying, or how lengthy he had been battling glioblastoma. Danny was an completed author and poet, in addition to a member of the League of Canadian Poets. He printed two notable collections: 2016’s Stark Bare In A Laundromat, which included a foreword by Neil Peart, and 2017’s One other Mountain To Climb. He additionally wrote two books, Ruined By Love and Not Fairly So Good-looking.
Most not too long ago, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson revealed that quite a few drummers had reached out to the band inside “minutes” of the information breaking that Neil had died, pitching for auditions: “After Neil handed, it didn’t take various minutes earlier than we began getting e-mails from all types of drummers who wished to audition for the band, pondering that we had been simply gonna change any person that we performed with for 40 years who wrote all of the lyrics for our music. I don’t know what a few of these individuals had been pondering.”
Rush final carried out collectively for a farewell tour in 2015 taking part in 35 headline reveals throughout North America, having shaped over 4 a long time prior. In 2022, Lifeson and Geddy Lee reunited in public to carry out as a part of the tribute reveals in Los Angeles and London for late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.
Regardless of that present, Lifeson not too long ago stated that he’s now glad the place Rush left their tour in 2015 and dominated out any probability of the band getting again collectively. “The power was improbable round that present, I do know, and a few days I get up eager to exit and tour once more and a few days I don’t,” Lifeson defined. “For forty years Rush included Neil, and I don’t assume placing some new model collectively would have the identical magic.”
Regardless of ruling out taking part in dwell once more, Lifeson stated that he does nonetheless commonly jam with Lee and can proceed to take action. “It’s good to jam with pals as you become old,” he added. “I must play. As soon as every week I’m going to Ged’s – it’s within the calendar – maintain my fingers transferring, play Rush stuff, new jams. We do document it, however I couldn’t even start to let you know the place it’ll go.”
