Aged 81
US rock veteran David Crosby has died
David Crosby is dead. He was 81 years old. According to his wife, he died “following a long illness”. The musician founded The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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According to media reports, US rock veteran David Crosby († 81) is dead. The US magazine “Variety” reported on Thursday, citing Crosby’s wife, that the co-founder of the bands The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was 81 died years following a long illness.
“Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will live on through his legendary music,” his family said in a statement. The music magazine “Rolling Stone” also reported on the death of the legendary musician.
Born in California in 1941, Crosby was a founding member of the band The Byrds in the 1960s, with whom he recorded the hits “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Turn Turn Turn”.
He founded several successful bands
In 1968 he founded the group Crosby, Stills and Nash with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, which had an unforgettable performance at the Woodstock Music Festival a year later and is known for hits like “Marrakesh Express”.
Along with Neil Young, the super band also operated under the name Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Crosby also recorded several solo albums. For example, his outstanding solo debut «If I Could Only Remember My Name…».
Twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his artistic achievements, Crosby also made headlines with his extravagant lifestyle.
In prison in the 80s
He spent several months in prison for cocaine and gun possession in the 1980s. In 1994 he underwent a liver transplant – the organ had been weakened by decades of consumption of drugs such as cocaine and heroin.
“I don’t know why I’m still alive when Jimi (Hendrix) and Janis (Joplin) aren’t,” he told Rolling Stone magazine in a 2014 interview. “I was lucky.” (AFP)
