The Official Cozy Powell Web Site
On Monday afternoon April the 6th,
1998, I received an Email from Neil
Murray, a good friend of Cozy's and someone who I had a good relationship with. Neil informed me that Cozy Powell was killed in a
car crash the night before. I immediately rung up Neil to make sure this wasn't some sort
of joke Email, and he told me it was true.
It would appear that Cozy was alone in his Saab 9000 when he lost control on the M4 motorway, and crashed between junctions 18 and 19 near Bristol. He died of his injuries in the hospital. I'm told that weather had a part in this, but I can't confirm this.
On Wednesday afternoon the 8th, I got a phone call from Cozy's girlfriend Shari. She informed me that the funeral arrangements are extremely private, and it will be family only; that kind of thing. The funeral itself will be Saturday April 18th. It is hoped a much larger memorial service will be held at a later date. When that is decided, information on it will be publicized here.
I received an Email on Sunday the 19th from Neil Murray giving some details of Cozy's Funeral. If you'd like to read that, click here.
A personal thought: Cozy had just recovered from a foot accident he suffered which took him off the Malmsteen tour, and it's a damn shame. Truly is. I had only known Cozy for a short while, since around November of 1997, when we started talking about doing the web site, and I've never met him, however, I found him easy to work with, and a really great chap. Cozy, never met ya, but I'll miss ya! If you have any of the albums Cozy recorded on, get 'em out and give 'em a spin in honor of Cozy.
I've had several Emails asking about using pictures from this site in tributes and news articles. Feel free, just let me know where it's published so I can link to it.
Joe Siegler
- Webmaster
The Official Cozy Powell Web Site
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