Jack Russell, former lead singer of the band Great White died on August 15 at 63-years-old. The news was confirmed by his family in an Instagram post. “With tremendous sadness, we announce the loss of our belowed Jack Patrick Russell,” they wrote in the post which mentioned that he died “peacefully” while surrounded by his wife, son, and other family members. According to K.L. Doty, who authored Russell’s memoir, the cause of death was lewy body dementia and multiple system atrophy, per WBZ-TV.
Great White rose in popularity in the ’80s and early ’90s with their hit cover of “Once Bitten, Twice Shy.” Unfortunately, Russell had the ignominious distinction of performing during the Station Nightclub fire in 2003 which killed over 100 people and injured 200 more. In his memoir, which was released just weeks before his death, Russell offered an apology to the families of the fire’s victims. “I’m sorry for every gentle embrace of love no longer possible and that you dread every twentieth of February for more reasons than ice and snow,” he wrote [via WBZ-TV].
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