Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>January</span></a> 6, 1946<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SydBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SydBarrett</span></a> (&quot;the Piper&quot;), <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Guitarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Guitarist</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Singer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Singer</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Songwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Songwriter</span></a>, is born.</p><p>Syd died of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cancer</span></a> at the hospital where his dad, Max, was a doc. <br />Max instilled in Syd a love of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gardening</span></a> &amp; he took Syd to the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Botanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Botanic</span></a> Garden - a place he could access anytime thanks to his own set of keys.</p><p>Created by <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Darwin</span></a>&#39;s mentor, John Henslow, the garden&#39;s memorial bench to Syd features the first line from <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JugbandBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JugbandBlues</span></a>:</p><p>&quot;It&#39;s awfully considerate of you to think of me here...&quot;</p>