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LARRY NORMAN April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008 - MINI-SITE

 

LARRY NORMAN - Dubbed by many "The Father of Christian Rock", has been recording since 1966, and was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

He has sung in small clubs like New York's Bitter End and L.A.'s Troubadour and also given concerts at The San Francisco Pop Festival and outdoor festivals with crowds of up to 180,000. He has performed for The White House, twice - and in Moscow at the 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium. He has headlined at venues like The Hollywood Bowl, The Sydney Opera House, The Palladium and London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall, which he has sold out six times; once filling it twice on the same day.

His music has influenced many of today's Christian and mainstream artists, and his song "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" became the anthem of the Jesus Movement. Pete Townsend of The Who has credited Larry's own rock-opera "The Epic" for inspiring the classic "Tommy" album and film.

In 1974 Larry started The Vineyard Church which met in his living room in Los Angeles. It grew to become several hundred churches around the world.

HEALTH PROBLEMS - In 1992 Larry suffered a severe heart attack, brought on by years of physically exhausting tours and stress. He tried to continue performing but in 2001 his health became so bad that he was given just a few days to live.

A quadruple heart bypass operation followed but Larry's did not recover well. There followed a long period of convalescence under nursing supervision.

RIP - Sadly, Larry passed away on 24th February 2008. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. He was a fighter, but eventually God called him home.

MESSAGE FROM SOLID ROCK RECORDS FEB 2008

Our friend and my wonderful brother Larry passed away at 2:45 Sunday morning. Kristin and I were with him, holding his hands and sitting in bed with him when his heart finally slowed to a stop. We spent this past week laughing, singing, and praying with him, and all the while he had us taking notes on new song ideas and instructions on how to continue his ministry and art.

Several of you friends here got to come and visit with him in the last couple of weeks and were a great source of help and friendship to Larry. Ray Sievers, Derek Robertson, Mike Makinster, Matt Simmons, and a few more. Thank you guys. Larry appreciated your visits very much. And he greatly appreciated the thoughts, wishes, support and prayers that came from all of the Solid Rock Army members on a daily basis.

Thank you for being part of his small circle of friends over the years. Yesterday afternoon he knew he was going to go home to God very soon and he dictated the following message to you while his friend Allen Fleming typed these words into Larry's computer:


I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up. I have been under medical care for months. My wounds are getting bigger. I have trouble breathing. I am ready to fly home.

My brother Charles is right, I wont be here much longer. I cant do anything about it. My heart is too weak. I want to say goodbye to everyone. In the past you have generously supported me with prayer and finance and we will probably still need financial help

My plan is to be buried in a simple pine box with some flowers inside.But still it will be costly because of funeral arrangement, transportation to the gravesite, entombment, coordination, legal papers etc. However
money is not really what I need, I want to say I love you.

I'd like to push back the darkness with my bravest effort. There will be a funeral posted on the website, in case some of you want to attend. We are not sure of the date when I will die. Goodbye, farewell, we will meet again.

Goodbye, farewell, we'll meet again
Somewhere beyond the sky.
I pray that you will stay with God
Goodbye, my friends, goodbye.

Larry


Thank you to all of you who were so nice to my brother over the years. Kristin and I will post funeral information in the next day or two. Right now we're not able to function very well, but the whole family is
here... our mother Margaret, our sisters Nancy and Kristy, Mike Norman and his new wife Tiffany, and Silver.

We miss him beyond words. Thank you for everything.

Peace to you all in Christ,

Charles Norman

 


 

 
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