Slash's Mother Dies

[IKnowWhereIAM]

Whatever my or anyone else's opinion of Slash is, at a time like this we are all reminded of our shared humanity.  I feel for the guy, and see now why he has quit smoking - finally.  Thank you Ola, for giving us Slash, without whom we may not have had GnR.  I am sure that is not her only contribution to humanity, but I obviously do not know her personally.  I hate to see anyone lose a friend/family member.   

[FunkyMonkey]

from his myspace

June 9, 2009 - Tuesday 
 Ola Hudson
Hello all, as some of you may already know, my mom (Ola Hudson) died 6:30am last Friday morning of Lung Cancer. This is a difficult time, but I have to share with you that she was the sweetest, warmest, most loving human being I've ever known (next to my grandmother on her side), as well as one of the most creative & talented. She was also the coolest Rock & Roll mom a Rock junkie like myself could ever possibly want to have. She was responsible for exposing me to a lot of the music that would influence me as a musician growing up. As well as introducing me to "the life" & priming me to survive this crazy business that I'm now in. But more importantly, she turned me on to all different forms of art & the importance of artistic self expression & creative communication thru music & dance from as early on as I can remember. She really was all things artistic & creative personified & the world is a lesser place without her.

 I still haven't grasped fully that she is gone & this is going to take some time to process. But, I have gotten a lot of really genuine condolences from many of you & I want to tell you that I appreciate it more than you can possibly know. My family & I thank you for your support.

 Sincerely,
   Slash

Thanks for posting...that must have been hard to write.

[Jdog0830]

Another life lost to cancer my thoughts are with Slash and the rest of his fam.

[FunkyMonkey]

# Having a service for my mom soon, such a sad state of affairs.

about 1 hour ago from txt

[Smoking Guns]

"Back in the studio again, try to work some of this angst out on the guitar."

About 45 Minutes ago....

[gnr2k6]

i never knew he quit smoking....tough break....losing a loved one is really tough.
head up slash!

[carmiedisco12]

My mother nearly died a few months ago.

I live about 400 metres away from her and was woken by an emergency call....needless to say I RAN over and was confronted by 2 sets of paramedics working on her, it was horrendous and a i consoled my 19 year old sister who was vomiting out of fear. I also was confronted by my own fears and was as terrified as I have ever been. She subsequently spent 10 nights in intensive care. To this day we dont know what happened, the only explanation is a possible spider bight.

Slash, I as a fellow human being wish to offer my sincere warmth, respect and love.

Seems a few regular posters on here have abstained, but then i guess that shows the depth some stoop too. Unfortunately the cult of celebrity has led many idiots to de humanise 'celebrities' .....theres a lot of people who have no real lives and dissect an take others arguments on as their own.


I'm not sure if it helps , but be sure that people  do care '

[Bitch Slap Rappin]

Slash my condolesences. Hang in there. I know what you are going through. For I've suffered the same loss in 1991.


Peace
 

[kobys]

Kind of surprising that her services would be open to the public. I still feel so bad for Slash.

[DeadHorse]

Kind of surprising that her services would be open to the public. I still feel so bad for Slash.

Here is Slash's response to this vai Twitter/Facebook


"Some asshole bitch posted my mom's service & I know exactly who".

[D]

WOW, who the fuck would do something like that?

[lynn1961]

Arlette?

[D]

who is Arlette?

[kobys]

Arlette?

If she did that she truely is an evil woman. I knew that didn't sound right that something like that would be open to the public. I wonder if this means that they'll have to change it?

[remcognr]

this is some really serious slander... hopefully blabbermouth'll delete it

[kobys]

this is some really serious slander... hopefully blabbermouth'll delete it

It's not only on blabbermouth, it showed up on his official website also. I remember when I first read about his mother's passing Arlette's name came up and I thought that was kind of strange.

[CheapJon]

who's arlette? adler's mom or what

[oldgunsfan]

Kind of surprising that her services would be open to the public. I still feel so bad for Slash.

yeah, i thought that was somewhat odd as well

[D]

someone tell me who Arlette is? I have no idea

[IzzyDutch]

Arlett Vereecke, former publicist. They had some legal issues with her some years ago.