If my knowledge of the English judicial system is correct, then today the 1 February Richey Edwards gets declared offical "dead" after missing for seven years.

Although Morrissey once mentioned that the Manic Street Preachers would never amount to much, I forgive him for that. And after Morrissey himself, Richey became the only other pop star that I really admired and become obessed about. Athough no role model, Richey was that mixture of the well read, intelligent and beautiful outsider. Someone who knew their pop history, knew where they wanted to go, but in the end their own private demons took over.

I still believe that he's alive, and that after doing his Reggie Perrin I hope that he's happy, after all isn't that the goal of all of us?

LoF

what? the meaning of life is to be happy? how inspiring.

> If my knowledge of the English judicial system is correct, then today the
> 1 February Richey Edwards gets declared offical "dead" after
> missing for seven years.

To be more precise, I belive that as of today, Richey *can* be declared dead if his next-of-kin wish him to.

Quoth the ever-reliable NME

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The parents of missing MANIC STREET PREACHERS guitarist RICHEY EDWARDS have said they will never allow their son to be declared dead.

As reported yesterday on NME.COM (January 22), speculation has been growing that the case on Richey would finally be closed on the seventh anniversary of his death, when it only then becomes legally possible. Missing persons can officially declared dead after seven years if no body has been found and there have been no confirmed sightings of them.

However, Graham and Sherry Edwards confirmed last night that they would not be taking up the option to put their son to rest on February 1.

Since Richey vanished in 1995, the Manics have been putting a quarter of their royalties into a trust fund. A death certificate would allow his Blackwood parents, as next of kin, to open the account.

But Graham Edwards told today's Welsh Mirror: "We want our son back, not the money. We will never declare him dead. As far as we are concerned he is still alive and we have always felt the same.

"We're not going to get a death certificate - not now and not in the future. The Trust Fund will be staying exactly as it is.

"Because this is the seventh anniversary of Richey's disappearance we're aware some sections of the press are speculating about his affairs.

"But as far as we are concerned he remains a missing person and we are still hoping and praying that some day he will return to his family and friends."

The couple, and Richey's sister Rachel, are to issue a new appeal for information in a forthcoming issue of homeless magazine The Big Issue.

A spokeswoman for the National Missing Persons Helpline said: "After seven years it becomes possible to register a missing person as dead. But Richey's family are not going to do that now or even in future years."

...have evolved into an embarrassing fat rock band.

I bet the others wish they'd 'done a Richey'.

There's no way he's alive...I live near the bridge and there's suicides there every week.... where he'd left his car is literally in the middle of nowhere, the Aust services.... and he didn't have cash, cards or passport with him.

It's quaint that people still reckon he's alive, but I think he jumped....

p.s....I'm Welsh, and the Manics and the Phonics...God, local lads done good or what? Local fucking heroes. And I hate them both...

> To be more precise, I belive that as of today, Richey *can* be declared
> dead if his next-of-kin wish him to.

> Quoth the ever-reliable NME

> *******************************

> The parents of missing MANIC STREET PREACHERS guitarist RICHEY EDWARDS
> have said they will never allow their son to be declared dead.

> As reported yesterday on NME.COM (January 22), speculation has been
> growing that the case on Richey would finally be closed on the seventh
> anniversary of his death, when it only then becomes legally possible.
> Missing persons can officially declared dead after seven years if no body
> has been found and there have been no confirmed sightings of them.

> However, Graham and Sherry Edwards confirmed last night that they would
> not be taking up the option to put their son to rest on February 1.

> Since Richey vanished in 1995, the Manics have been putting a quarter of
> their royalties into a trust fund. A death certificate would allow his
> Blackwood parents, as next of kin, to open the account.

> But Graham Edwards told today's Welsh Mirror: "We want our son back,
> not the money. We will never declare him dead. As far as we are concerned
> he is still alive and we have always felt the same.

> "We're not going to get a death certificate - not now and not in the
> future. The Trust Fund will be staying exactly as it is.

> "Because this is the seventh anniversary of Richey's disappearance
> we're aware some sections of the press are speculating about his affairs.

> "But as far as we are concerned he remains a missing person and we
> are still hoping and praying that some day he will return to his family
> and friends."

> The couple, and Richey's sister Rachel, are to issue a new appeal for
> information in a forthcoming issue of homeless magazine The Big Issue.

> A spokeswoman for the National Missing Persons Helpline said: "After
> seven years it becomes possible to register a missing person as dead. But
> Richey's family are not going to do that now or even in future
> years."

> ...have evolved into an embarrassing fat rock band.

> I bet the others wish they'd 'done a Richey'.

> There's no way he's alive...I live near the bridge and there's suicides
> there every week.... where he'd left his car is literally in the middle of
> nowhere, the Aust services.... and he didn't have cash, cards or passport
> with him.

He had, however, been drawing out 200 ounds from his bank account each day for the previous two weeks. That's almost 3000 pounds, which could have got him reasonably far. Personally I think he's still alive. Know what you mean about the others though.

..considering the amount of money he had even then, though, that isn't a huge amount - and cocaine is £60 a gramme in Cardiff, remember!

If he'd wanted a lump sum to disappear off with, he could easily have got this from his bank, or simply sold saomething he possessed (he lived in a horribly swanky part of Cardiff near the Bay - all Brookside-style houses and no character).....

For his fans, I suppose it may be comforting to think he's alive, but I really can't see it.

Strange thing is, the Manics werent THAT successful round the time he died, certainly never as big as they are now....

> He had, however, been drawing out 200 ounds from his bank account each day
> for the previous two weeks. That's almost 3000 pounds, which could have
> got him reasonably far. Personally I think he's still alive. Know what you
> mean about the others though.