I must admit that I'm not familiar with him, but...
"...died of natural causes at age 53..."
Say what??! 😮
That certainly doesn't sound "natural" to me! 😕
RIP!
Heh, I (and, apparently, many others) would call up the local radio station often to request Elton's Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding which, at over 11 minutes, you could tell they really didn't want to play, but there were just too many requests for it so they did!