Christopher Nolan dies at 43

[RockNRollDawgie]

That's a shame. Very sad.

 

[eltimbomofo]

YouTube - U2 Miracle Drug - Vancouver 2005-04-29 - Vertigo Tour

 

[ShipOfFools]

Really sad. RIP.

 

[greenlight7-11]

I'd like to add that R.E.M.'s "The Wrong Child" was also inspired by Christopher Nolan. It annoys me that the media act like U2 were the only people who wrote a song about him.

 

[Cask]

You know, at first I thought it was "The Dark Knight" director who died.

I thought the exact same thing too. Too bad for this Christopher, don't know much about him, but it seems like he was a great guy and an inspiration to many people.

 

[A stor]

Oh my God. How sad.

My thoughts exactly. He had a short life, but inspired all of those around him. My prayers to his family and friends.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Very sad indeed. May he get the rest he deserves.

 

[Rafiennes]

I read his book about three years ago just after my son was born.
The book shook me to my core.
It changed my perception of people with challenges, for lack of a better term.
It was a line of strength when my own son was going through some medical issues.

I am truly saddened reading this news article. Christopher Nolan was truly a great writer -- and not because he was 'handicapped', but because he had no limits to his being.

R.I.P.

 

[Cactus Annie]

I read about this. It's very sad.

Earlier on I was playing MD and I was thinking that this is a great song, I don't why people see fit to knock it because it has a beautiful melody. It's a perfect tribute to him

 

[EmitFlesti]

R.I.P. Christopher Nolan

Haven't seen anything else about this here at Interference, but I just saw that Christopher Nolan, author of The Eye of the Clock, The Banyan Tree, and Dam-Burst of Dreams, and inspiration behind the U2 song Miracle Drug, died on February 20, at age 43.

U2 went to school with Nolan at Mount Temple, and Bono has previously said of Nolan:

"We all went to the same school and just as we were leaving, a fellow called Christopher Nolan arrived. He had been deprived of oxygen for two hours when he was born, so he was paraplegic. But his mother believed he could understand what was going on and used to teach him at home. Eventually, they discovered a drug that allowed him to move one muscle in his neck. So they attached this unicorn device to his forehead and he learned to type. And out of him came all these poems that he'd been storing up in his head. Then he put out a collection called Dam-Burst of Dreams, which won a load of awards and he went off to university and became a genius. All because of a mother's love and a medical breakthrough."​

 

[kassandra]

When Miracle Drug came out I was teaching a girl who had the same disability and very impaired. She "spoke" with her eyes. Not everyone could understand her, you really had to pay attention because a flicker could have meant something. I had her two years in Kindergarten and had the same hope that maybe someday a miracle could happen to her so she could express herself freely. Miracle Drug lyrics were printed next to her picture. She's is 2nd grade now...........

 

[BloodRedSky2k5]

Truly a sad loss. The good fighting spirit of the Irish allowed him to prevail long enough to become a great inspiration with his work. R.I.P.

 

[AEKU2]

Wasnt the Electric Co written about him?

 

[BonosTheMessiah]

MIracle Song was my least favorite song on Bomb until I read this. I didn't know the story behind it. Now the song makes more sense to me and is incredibly moving. Maybe I'll have to reconsider my evaluation of the album.