Duff Finally Gets His High School Diploma; Photo

[FunkyMonkey]

Duff McKagan:

Finally got my High School diploma today. I did the not-so-popular 48 year plan.

19 Jun 12

Photo: http://yfrog.com/obpgfwij

[FunkyMonkey]

Duff Mckagan Receives High School Diploma

Rocker Duff Mckagan was awarded his high school diploma in Seattle, Washington on Tuesday (19 Jun 12), more than 30 years after dropping out of the education system.

The former Guns N' Roses star, 48, quit Roosevelt High School in the 10th grade, and later went on to take his General Educational Development (Ged) tests to prove his academic skills.

He returned to his home city on Tuesday for the Class of 2012's graduation ceremony, and he was given his honorary diploma after making a speech at the event.

In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Finally got my High School diploma today. I did the not-so-popular 48year plan."

His rocker pal Joe Perry adds, "Congratulations to Duff MCKagan from me and (wife) Billie Perry on your long awaited Diploma."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/duff-mckagan-receives-high-school-diploma_1348242

[rebelhipi]

good for him!

[tippasaurus]

The diploma actually says "Duff McKagen", nice.  Wonder if Slash ever goes back and gets his diploma it will say "Slash" on it?   

[dont_damn_me]

Did slash, duff, or axl, change their name legally? i'm pretty sure axl did, but not sure about slash and duff?

[Genesis]

Cool. It's inspiring to see Duff get clean, go back, finish his education and to see how far he's come since that meltdown in '94.

[FunkyMonkey]

Some of his speech:

Roosevelt High School 2012 graduation keynote speaker Duff Mckagan. Roosevelt High School Jazz Band plays the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns and Roses. Duff delivers a heartfelt speech and is rewarded at the end of the speech with an honorary diploma from RHS Principal Brian Vance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-Ec0HMR7o