Thaddeus, Terry Malaysia 1947/10/15 2003/05/12 PETALING JAYA: Malaysian rock guitar legend Terry Thaddeus passed away early yesterday at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre from cancer. He was 55. <p> "We can't replace him. He is simply irreplaceable," said his wife Frances in a telephone interview. <p> Thaddeus was also survived by his daughter Melanie, 27, and son Mark, 23. <p> A seasoned session musician who was described by Marshall World magazine as "the Jimi Hendrix of the East," Thaddeus first sprang to prominence on the local scene as a gifted guitar virtuoso back in the 1970s, working with a number of bands from Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Japan. <p> ... <p> Other highlights on his resume include producing Search's Rampage album in 1992 and composing the jingle for TV3's coverage of the Barcelona Olympics in the same year. <p> More at <a href=http://202.186.86.35/news/story.asp?file=/2003/5/13/nation/zaterry&newspage=Search>202.186.86.35/news/story.asp?file=/2003/5/13/nation/zaterry&newspage=Search</a> ZACK YUSOF The Star, Malaysia PETALING JAYA: Relatives and friends bade Malaysian guitar legend Terry Thaddeus farewell yesterday at a moving funeral service held at the St Ignatius Church here. <p> Thaddeus, 55, who had cancer, was already a name to be reckoned with back in the 1970s when he was a member of the famous Strollers together with singer Helen Veloo, bassist Nand Kumar, drummer Charles Felix and keyboardist Wah Idris. <p> ... <p> Towards the end of the service, Come Union in Christ - a song Thaddeus composed and sang in 1990 for a special gathering of Roman Catholics in the country - was played. <p> More and news photo at <a target=_blank href=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/5/15/nation/rifuneral&sec=nation>thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/5/15/nation/rifuneral&sec=nation</a> WANI MUTHIAH The Star, Malaysia