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Kate Bush Shares Eulogy For Late Collaborator Del Palmer

English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush at her family’s home in East Wickham, London, 26th September 1978. (Photo by Chris Moorhouse/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Kate Bush has shared a eulogy for Del Palmer, her longtime creative collaborator and one-time romantic partner, who passed away at 71 last week.

"It’s hard to know what to say… He was a big part of my life and my work for many years," Bush wrote. "It’s going to take a long time to come to terms with him not being here with us."

"He was incredibly creative – talented in lots of different ways," she continued. "He was a brilliant musician, bass player, a great artist – he was always drawing. Once he covered a whole recording consul in cartoons. It took him days and it looked absolutely stunning. He taught himself to be a recording engineer, engineering several of my albums and later releasing his own."

Over on her website, she shared an image of a mosaic made by Palmer called "Tree Of Life."

"I'm going to miss him terribly," she concluded.

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