MidnightVoice
06-03-2006, 02:27 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5044964.stm
Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick has died at the age of 55, a statement on his website announced.
Welnick took over as the cult band's keyboard player in 1990.
"Vince passed from this earth on 2 June 2006... after a decade of battling tragedy while creating beauty and light around him," the website said.
The band formed in the 1960s and were famed for their live shows. They largely retired from performing after founder Jerry Garcia died in 1995.
No cause of death was given on Welnick's website.
Welnick formed his own group, Missing Man Formation, after the Grateful Dead broke up in 2003. He did not take part in any reunions of surviving Grateful Dead members.
Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick has died at the age of 55, a statement on his website announced.
Welnick took over as the cult band's keyboard player in 1990.
"Vince passed from this earth on 2 June 2006... after a decade of battling tragedy while creating beauty and light around him," the website said.
The band formed in the 1960s and were famed for their live shows. They largely retired from performing after founder Jerry Garcia died in 1995.
No cause of death was given on Welnick's website.
Welnick formed his own group, Missing Man Formation, after the Grateful Dead broke up in 2003. He did not take part in any reunions of surviving Grateful Dead members.