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    Posted: June 27 2009 at 13:27
Anyone familiar with the story of how Neil Peart lost his daughter, Selena, and then his wife Jackie in a few short months in the late 90s will be heartened by this item from his June News, Weather & Sports Blog:

Quote At the same time, under that same marine layer, my wife Carrie was seven months pregnant. [Pause for sharp intake of breath and shiver of apprehension.] Our baby was growing and kicking, protected and insulated in its own oceanic fluid, its own marine layer. The anxious (not to say terrified) father kind of wished the baby could stay there, safe from harm, and not have to embark upon a life of menace and potential tragedy. He had lost before, and probably couldn’t stand to lose again. People kept saying it was going to be all right, and he tried to keep telling himself that. Even in the June Gloom.


Neil remarried in 2000 to Carrie Nuttall who is a photographer.


http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html
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Points: 66555 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 13:32
That is great news!
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 13:48
Good news indeed.
 
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Points: 2523 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 14:16
good news !!! im happy for neil
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Points: 65513 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 14:42
like a phoenix, good for him
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 14:45
Are there bad news, too? Confused
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 15:02
Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Are there bad news, too? Confused

Well I guess Rush won't be touring or recording new material any time soon....
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 16:02
that's great news...on both fronts hahahhah
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I believe the baby is a girl.

So no new drumming dynasty....
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 16:16
well..... if she can outdo Meg White and Karen Carpenter.... and Raff is halfway there herself hahha  

you might have the new female Goddess of drums hahah
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 16:22
That's really good news for NeilClap! I read the account of his daughter and wife's death in the book Ghost Rider, which impressed me very deeply. The man really went through hell...
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 17:58
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

The man really went through hell...
Yes, indeed. It explains the long hiatus between test for echo and vapor trails.
 
 
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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 19:17
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

that's great news...on both fronts hahahhah


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Points: 3843 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 20:06
Wonderful news, I can't imagine what that man had to go through, it's good to hear that he'll have another chance to be a Dad.
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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 20:12
One one hand, great news.  I'm very happy for him.
 
On the other, who wants a teenager when you're in your seventies.
 
Best wishes and good luck, Neil.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 22:01
I wish Neil nothing but happiness after all that he's suffered in his life, as Raff said a hell that I can't even begin to contemplate.
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Points: 494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2009 at 22:28
Originally posted by Evolver Evolver wrote:

 
On the other, who wants a teenager when you're in your seventies.
 
 
 
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Points: 13769 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2009 at 13:51
Losing my child and wife would be such an unimaginable hell, so I really did, and continue to, feel for him. Now I am full of happiness for him. It's great news, and I'm sure that all will be well.
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2009 at 16:11
A source maintains that Rush have definitely not finished recording or touring.
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