Talk:Reg Lindsay

Died on his birthday??

The only source I can find that identifies his date of birth is Undercover.com.au. It says he was born 5 August 1929 - actually, it doesn't use those words, it says he died on "his birthday". This sentence is at the very bottom of the piece, almost as a tack-on throw-away line, or an afterthought; the opening sentence was "Australian country singer Reg Lindsay has died at the age of 79". Surely those 2 pieces of information belong together. If it it's true, which I doubt, it wasn't just that he happened to be 79; he only turned 79 the day he died. It makes no mention of 5 August also being Neil Armstrong's birthday. My strong gut instinct tells me they've confused the facts, by reading the word "birthday" and attributing it to Lindsay when it was actually about Neil Armstrong. It's possible that Lindsay really was born on 5 August, but if so, why have other sources not only made no mention of it (a notable person dying on their birthday isn't exactly an everyday occurrence), but also haven't identified any precise date at all. So, where did Undercover.com.au get this information from? I'm inclined to regard this source as unreliable, and revert to plain "1929" until and unless we can get some confirmation. -- JackofOz (talk) 06:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I could not find any information of his actual date of birth except for 1929 but it is interesting how he died on the same day of August 5 as day of Neil Armstong's birth. That article sure had a great painting of Reg. The Daily Telegraph is linking to this wikipedia article as a reference [1] Boylo (talk) 08:18, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't see any mention of Wikipedia in the DT article. Where was it? -- JackofOz (talk) 08:24, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Clicking on 'More on Reg Lindsay' links here. Boylo (talk) 08:48, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. I made the connection between Lindsay's date of death and Armstrong's birthday and added it to the article this morning. I wonder if Undercover.com.au read it here, but read it erroneously, and put the wrong information into their article, which we've now cited in good faith. It was published sometime today, 6 August, very possibly after I edited our article. It's a nice compliment to WP if that's what's happened, but I really don't want to see rash of obituaries all saying he died on his birthday, sourced from Wikipedia, if the information is wrong. The more I think about it, the more I disbelieve Undercover.com.au, given the absence of any other sources that say this. I'm going to revert it to 1929. -- JackofOz (talk) 09:28, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

And now it's been added back. This is gonna be fun. Not. -- JackofOz (talk) 12:19, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully some more proof will eventually come to light. Boylo (talk) 12:31, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Problem is, if he was actually born on 17 February or 12 November or whenever, but the date is not a publicly available piece of information, we'll be waiting forever for 5 August to be confirmed. I suspect he's deliberately kept his birthdate private because he was in the public spotlight for 40 years and if it was going to be made known it would have happened long before now - but it's just not out there, not that I can find anyway. In the meantime, others will read 5 August here, and it will spread throughout the internet. Maybe I'm being a little paranoid, but I can see great potential for misinformation being widely disseminated, and Wikipedia getting the blame, unless we choose to insist on better verification. Using one unlikely source out of dozens of much better researched ones who don't appear to have this information seems like a bad policy to me. What do we do in cases like this, when we actually have a published citation but we don't think it's reliable? Putting a tag won't do any good. -- JackofOz (talk) 14:18, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I've removed it again, with an explanatory edit summary referring editors here for the story about why it's unreliable. -- JackofOz (talk) 16:29, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

We now have another source saying he was born 5 August 1929, The Age's obituary today ([2]). On that basis, I'm now prepared to believe he died on his birthday. -- JackofOz (talk) 06:36, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it is correct then. Good work in finding that Age article. Boylo (talk) 09:46, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, that was easy. I have it delivered every morning, but I didn't read it till this afternoon. -- JackofOz (talk)

An anon editor changed the date of birth to 7 July 1929, and I've confirmed that Reg Lindsay's official website (http://www.reglindsay.com.au/) states he was born on 7 July, so I've removed the text about dying on his birthday (although left the coincidence that he died on Neil Armstrong's birthday). It looks like the confusion over Armstrong's birthday and Lindsay's may have been the correct assumption. --Canley (talk) 06:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

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He did not die on his birthday, he was born 7th July 1929 and passed away on the 5th August 2008 which was Neil Armstrong's birth date. He was survived by his first wife Heather McKean and three daughters Dianne, Sandra, Joanne and many grandchildren, as well as his second wife Roslyn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.237.6 (talk) 22:31, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Reg Lindsay Story

There is a comprehensive article written by his daughter Dianne Lindsay. It is a 3 page pdf format and can be found at Dianne Lindsay - Memories and Dreams at bottom right as Abba Articles Part 1, 2 and 3. Boylo (talk) 09:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

When did Reg Lindsay first play at the Grand Old Opry ?

The citation says he was the first Australian to play the Opry 1n 1974 more of the misinformation out there about him .He in fact first played the Opry in June 1968 after first doing a guest spot at Earnest Tubb's Middnight Jamboree on the Wednesday was invited as a guest artist at the Ryman Auditorium on the Friday . On the strength of Fridays performance he Guested at the Opry the next night to a standing ovation .Subsequently he was invited back within two weeks to the Opry Saturday night also receiving a standing ovation . During his short two to three week trip to Nashville he recorded the four tack E.P. "Reg Lindsay in Nashville" Backed by the Opry Band and released on Festival records .FX-11,540 Talk about hit the ground running , taking the U.S. by storm! Any takers ? Can't argue with the facts . Indian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.130.68.203 (talk) 09:26, 2 August 2016 (UTC)