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CultureQuiet 5d · day 6

'90s Rock Musician Dies at 56, Outlets Say Cause of Death Revealed

A network of local news sites reports the death of an unnamed '90s rock singer days after his family disclosed a hospitalization.

What to know

  • A '90s rock musician is reported dead at 56, days after his family said he had been hospitalized.
  • The story was published nearly verbatim across at least ten Advance Local sites (The Oregonian, Cleveland.com, AL.com, MassLive, PennLive, NJ.com), all bylined Brian Linder.
  • Follow-up headlines a day later claim the cause of death has been revealed, but the provided material does not name the musician or state the cause.
  • No named individual, band affiliation, or cause of death appears anywhere in the supplied text.

Unidentified '90s rock musician Subject of the story; musician reported dead at 56Family of the musician Source of hospitalization disclosure

How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articles

Peak 6 pieces in two hours at Sep 18, 10 AM; 12 pieces over 6 days (12 articles) Sep 18, 10 AM — 6 pieces · 6 articles — Newswires 6Sep 18, 12 PM — quietSep 18, 2 PM — quietSep 18, 4 PM — quietSep 18, 6 PM — quietSep 18, 8 PM — quietSep 18, 10 PM — quietSep 19, 12 AM — quietSep 19, 2 AM — quietSep 19, 4 AM — 6 pieces · 6 articles — Newswires 6Sep 19, 6 AM — quietSep 19, 8 AM — quietSep 19, 10 AM — quietSep 19, 12 PM — quietSep 19, 2 PM — quietSep 19, 4 PM — quietSep 19, 6 PM — quietSep 19, 8 PM — quietSep 19, 10 PM — quietSep 20, 12 AM — quietSep 20, 2 AM — quietSep 20, 4 AM — quietSep 20, 6 AM — quietSep 20, 8 AM — quietSep 20, 10 AM — quietSep 20, 12 PM — quietSep 20, 2 PM — quietSep 20, 4 PM — quietSep 20, 6 PM — quietSep 20, 8 PM — quietSep 20, 10 PM — quietSep 21, 12 AM — quietSep 21, 2 AM — quietSep 21, 4 AM — quietSep 21, 6 AM — quietSep 21, 8 AM — quietSep 21, 10 AM — quietSep 21, 12 PM — quietSep 21, 2 PM — quietSep 21, 4 PM — quietSep 21, 6 PM — quietSep 21, 8 PM — quietSep 21, 10 PM — quietSep 22, 12 AM — quietSep 22, 2 AM — quietSep 22, 4 AM — quietSep 22, 6 AM — quietSep 22, 8 AM — quietSep 22, 10 AM — quietSep 22, 12 PM — quietSep 22, 2 PM — quietSep 22, 4 PM — quietSep 22, 6 PM — quietSep 22, 8 PM — quietSep 22, 10 PM — quietYesterday, 12 AM — quietYesterday, 2 AM — quietYesterday, 4 AM — quietYesterday, 6 AM — quietYesterday, 8 AM — quietYesterday, 10 AM — quietYesterday, 12 PM — quietYesterday, 2 PM — quietYesterday, 4 PM — quietYesterday, 6 PM — quietYesterday, 8 PM — quietYesterday, 10 PM — quietToday, 12 AM — quietToday, 2 AM — quietToday, 4 AM — quietToday, 6 AM — quietToday, 8 AM — quietToday, 10 AM — quietToday, 12 PM — quiet 12
Sep 19Sep 20Sep 21Sep 22yesterdaynow · 2:25 PM ET
  1. 2

    Outlets report the musician's cause of death revealed

    The same network of local news sites republished the story under headlines stating the cause of death had been revealed, though the specific cause is not stated in the available text.

  2. 1

    '90s rock musician dies at 56 after hospitalization

    Several local news outlets report the death of a '90s rock musician at age 56, days after his family had disclosed he was hospitalized.

    “The world has lost a singular talent…”
    — Unidentified tribute (quoted in headline)

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. first by NJ.com, 5d ago · also PennLive, MassLive, The Oregonian

  2. first by PennLive, 6d ago · also MassLive, The Oregonian