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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: Sad News... |
| Date | Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:07:30 -0500 |
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This is just the worst news -- sad, stupid and pointless.
John.
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John L. Micek
State Government Reporter
The Morning Call
Harrisburg, Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob" <segarini@sympatico.ca>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: Sad News...
>
> Ex-Heartbreakers bassist dead at 47 - report
>
> LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 - Rock musician Howie Epstein, bassist for Tom Petty
&
> the Heartbreakers for 20 years until ousted from the band last May, has
died
> in a New Mexico hospital, Billboard magazine's Web site reported Tuesday.
> Epstein, who was 47, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame
> with the veteran rock band in 2001. He had battled legal and drug problems
> in recent years.
> Although the cause of the musician's death Sunday night was not
> immediately known, a female companion who took Epstein to a Santa Fe
> hospital told authorities he had been using heroin and also had been
taking
> prescription antibiotics for an illness, according to Billboard.com.
> ''We are deeply saddened at the news of Howie's passing,'' the
online
> report quoted Petty & the Heartbreakers as saying in a statement. ''It's
> difficult to put into words how much we loved him and will miss him. The
> world has lost a great talent and a kind ... soul. We can only take solace
> in knowing he is now at peace. Our thoughts and prayers are with his
family
> and his many friends.''
> The veteran rock band fired Epstein in May of last year, citing his
> ''ongoing personal problems,'' and he was replaced on tour by Ron Blair,
the
> original band member Epstein subbed for in 1982.
> Epstein and his then-girlfriend, Carlene Carter, daughter of
country
> music icon June Carter Cash, were arrested in New Mexico in 2001 while
> driving a vehicle that was reportedly stolen. Inside, state troopers found
> three grams of black tar heroin and drug paraphernalia. Carter was charged
> with heroin possession, and both with receiving or transferring a stolen
> vehicle, but the cases ultimately were dismissed.
> Epstein, a Milwaukee native who previously played with John Hiatt
and
> Del Shannon, joined the Heartbreakers in 1982. In addition to playing
bass,
> he sang harmony.
> In an interview with Reuters last fall, Petty said no one had heard
> from Epstein in many months.
>
>
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