David Crosby’s cause of death revealed
Rock legend David Crosby’s cause of death has finally been revealed almost three months after the shocking news.
In the initial statement, Crosby’s wife shared that the music icon passed after “a long illness,” but his former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young partner, Graham Nash has shared further details.
Speaking to Kyle Meredith With… podcast, Nash told him that Crosby was rehearsing just hours before his shock death.
“He was rehearsing for a show to do in Los Angeles with a full band. After three days of rehearsals, he felt a little sick,” Nash said.
“And he'd already had COVID and he had COVID again. And so he went home and decided that he would take a nap, and he never woke up. But he died in his bed and that is fantastic,” he added.
Nash also shared his grieving process, and how “astonishing” it was that Crosby lived up to 81 despite battling ill-health, but added his death was still “a shock”.
“It was kind of like an earthquake, you know? You get the initial shock and then you figure out that you survived. But these aftershocks kept coming up, and they’re diminishing in size as I go along,” Nash said.
Crosby had battled with ill-health for many years, after being diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1994 and receiving a liver transplant that same year. In the following years, Crosby was also diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and had to use insulin to keep it under control.
Throughout his career the icon had won numerous awards including the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for Crosby, Stills, and Nash. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.
Crosby is survived by his wife Jan Dance, his sons Django and James, and his daughters Erika and Donovan.
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