Former Great White Singer Jack Russell passed away aged 63

[Louis Cypher]

Jack Russell, Former Great White Singer, Dead at 63

Apparently he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia and multiple system atrophy just last month

Was never a huge Great White fan, but he had an awesome voice and who don't love these Once Bitten Twice Shy??!

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Damn. Either he was already deep in it or it all just fucking hit him at once. Dementia fucking sucks man

 

[ArtDecade]

Before he retired, there are some videos of his last few gigs where his band members actually had to help him out to a chair to perform the show. Jack looked rough but he was in great spirits. His vocals aren't what they were - because when they were - he was one of the best rock vocalists around. In the 80s landscape, Great White were a Zep-esque, heavy blues-rock band. That said, they also understand the times and stuck the lovely Bobbie Brown in the Twice Bitten video to keep their place in the pack. The 80s gotta 80s. Thanks for the tunes, Jack.

 

[nightsprinter]

Ah that blows. My grandma has lewy body dementia and is in hospice. We have known she has had serious memory problems for the last year and a half or more, but once it accelerates, it is at a furious pace.

On Christmas, she was at my mom's walking around and talking to everyone. Now she can't walk, get up, or focus for more than a few seconds.

It's one of those diseases where you pray the person who has it passes away peacefully in their sleep because there is zero quality of life and the moments of lucidity that they have is typically spent telling whoever they're with how much they hate their life.

RIP dude, 63 is crazy young for a neurological disease this shitty. Robin Williams killed himself over the same thing.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Ah that blows. My grandma has lewy body dementia and is in hospice. We have known she has had serious memory problems for the last year and a half or more, but once it accelerates, it is at a furious pace.

On Christmas, she was at my mom's walking around and talking to everyone. Now she can't walk, get up, or focus for more than a few seconds.

It's one of those diseases where you pray the person who has it passes away peacefully in their sleep because there is zero quality of life and the moments of lucidity that they have is typically spent telling whoever they're with how much they hate their life.

RIP dude, 63 is crazy young for a neurological disease this shitty. Robin Williams killed himself over the same thing.

Woof yeah you're right. Was watching some shows earlier and he had to walk on stage with a cane and sit down for most of the show on a stool. Didn't realize how long he was actually battling this

 

[brector]

Ah that blows. My grandma has lewy body dementia and is in hospice. We have known she has had serious memory problems for the last year and a half or more, but once it accelerates, it is at a furious pace.

For sure. My uncle passed from it and it was devastating.