Jackie Sparrow was my best mate in secondary school and he taught me the guitar. He died on Friday 23 July 2004. My diary says: "frank called to tell me he'd heard jackie sparrow had died... not sure how..." I still don't know for sure, but I guess it was a heart attack. He was 44, same age as me.

Here's a wee memento from my brother Willy.

>From: "Willy Burns"
>To: "mailto:malkyburns"
>Subject: Johny Murdo's peat-bog dance-band...
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:32:38 +0200
>
>Hi,
>
>as I said on the phone...actually why I called, I was and am still very sad
>to here about Jacky's death.
>
>Last time I was in that part of the world he spotted me on the ferry trying
>to take a picture of Severine...here's the results....can't remember what
>he said...it was obviously funny as per.
>
>
>Willy