that was my senior year in college.
and i remember that awards show when that happened.

they had him accept it via Skype and he tried to sing to show
he was alright but he sounded fucked up still, you could tell.

that made me sad.

>that was a spooky time because Clive Davis was at the
>hospital handing him awards and grinning while Luther was on
>the verge of death. that album went double platinum and
>that song was a huge hit, though it was a corny weeper and i
>thought man, what he went through to just cross over?
>
>he was alive while the album was out,however he was in the
>hospital.