Suicide Confirmed in Death of Grateful Dead Keyboardist

[catbert836]

The death of Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick, 55, was a suicide, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department confirmed Saturday. An autopsy is expected to be performed Monday or Tuesday, said Lt. Bruce Rochester, who declined to say how the former musician took his life.

Welnick, who played keyboards with the Grateful Dead for five years before the death of band founder Jerry Garcia, died Friday. He had been taken, injured, from his home in Forestville near Santa Rosa, to a local hospital. He later died there, sheriff's officials said.

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[Haole Girl]

1. How sad

I hate to hear this.

[catbert836]

2. Had to happen sooner or later, I guess.

Being the keyboardist for the Dead is comprable to being the drummer for Spinal Tap...

[Scout1071]

3. It was a bizarre gardening accident. The authorities thought it best

just left alone.

[catbert836]

4. And the other two:

One spontaneously combusted, and the other died by "choking on vomit", although it was never determined if it was his vomit, or someone else's. It's not like you can fingerprint vomit, after all.

[no name no slogan]

5. "You can't really dust for vomit"

[Deja Q]

6. Aren't both signs of the devil?

:shrug: