Rock legend David Crosby is dead. The musician died at the age of 81 after a long illness.
The US magazine reported Variety‘ on Thursday, citing Crosby’s wife, who co-founded the bands The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The music magazine “Rolling Stone” also reported the death of the American.
Born in California, he 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”. In 1968 Crosby founded the group Crosby, Stills & Nash with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, which had a legendary performance at the Woodstock Music Festival a year later and is known for hits like “Marrakesh Express”.
Together with Neil Young, the super band also operated under the name Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Crosby also recorded several solo albums. He was twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his artistic achievements.
The musician also made headlines with his extravagant lifestyle. He spent several months in prison for cocaine and gun possession in the 1980s. In 1994 he underwent a liver transplant – his liver had been weakened by decades of use 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.”
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David Crosby with his wife Jan Dance at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles (2020)
