Why has Neil Peart’s death affected so many?
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6 min readJan 13, 2020
When Rush drummer Neil Peart’s death was announced, three days after it actually happened, social media and mainstream media raced to express shock and to pay tribute. Boomers and Gen Xers broke out their old T-shirts — as I write, a white-haired man across from me is wearing a Peart shirt.
Why? Would we have the same reaction if an accomplished drummer of a similar age passed away…
