WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 29: Members of the band Great White perform at a concert benefiting former band member Ty Longley at the Key Club on April 29, 2003 in West Hollywood, California. Longley passed away in a tragic bar fire accident in Rhode Island in February.
Jack Russell of the band Great White is shown in 2003 at a West Hollywood, Calif., performance to benefit former band member Ty Longley, who died in an infamous Rhode Island club show fire that same year. Great White singer Jack Russell, whose band's long climb to commercial success was overshadowed by a pyrotechnics display at a nightclub performance that led to one of the deadliest indoor fires in U.S. history, has died. He was 63.
Jack Russell, left, and guitarist Mark Kendall of Great White perform an acoustic set on April 29, 2003, in West Hollywood, Calif., honouring the memory of their guitarist Ty Longley, who died in the Rhode Island club fire earlier that year. He was a controversial figure to many family members of victims, who felt he should have been criminally charged. Russell's intention to give proceeds from a 2013 show to a foundation trying to get establish a memorial for victims was rejected.
The band's road manager and a co-owner of the Rhode Island nightclub served short prison sentences after reaching plea deals. The club owners had installed soundproofing insulation — which turned out to be flammable — in violation of the state's fire code. "It was a privilege and joy to share the stage with — many shows, many miles and maximum rock," Kendall said in an Instagram post on Thursday.
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