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Performing at Olympic Games?

The very last bit in the section on Moon's death says:

The London 2012 Summer Olympic Committee contacted Curbishley about Moon performing at the games, 34 years after his death. In an interview with The Times Curbishley quipped, "I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green Crematorium, having lived up to the Who's anthemic line 'I hope I die before I get old' ... If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.

What in the heck does that even mean? Why did the IOC contact Curbishley in the first place? Did they think it was a funny joke? Did they not know Moon was dead? This just seems so odd and out of place ... I'll give whoever put it in that it sounds like a stunt Moon himself might play, but in this article it's really odd. Jyg (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

They approached Curbishley because, I'd think, he is The Who's manager. It was quite a well known tale at the time, as to whether it happened, well sources seem to think so.. A large number of famous British acts appeared at the ceremony, so it is likely it was some junior member of staff given the task of phoning around to sound out who'd be up for it. They probably weren't that aware who The Who were, never mind Keith Moon, and so just looked up the names of their "classic" line up. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 22:08, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Either the opening or closing ceremony used archive footage of Freddie Mercury, who was obviously also dead by that stage. I wonder if the original intention with Moon was similar, but somewhere along the way the communication got scrambled, and the press were all over the supposed "gaffe," so it was probably better for the ceremony organisers to just not comment. Nick Cooper (talk) 21:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Deterioration

I am sorry to see the article has rather deteriorated since it passed GA some years back, largely through people adding unsourced and questionable content in the middle of prose that was previously fact check. I've done a quick spot check but it looks like I'll need a couple of hours free in an evening to go through and check everything else. I still have Marsh & Fletcher's books which are still my go-to sources for Moon. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:19, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The mention of him passing out over his drums in 1976 in Boston Garden is accurate because I was there to witness it. It could be added the makeup show was April 1. 151.203.70.159 (talk) 19:25, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suicide.

How could it be ignored that he took 26 pills and nowhere is it called a suicide? Nobody takes 26 pills by accident. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:4100:A1A0:7807:CE62:6061:72EA (talk) 05:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All reliable sources said it was an accident. Discussion closed. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 06:54, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]