The NY Post reported today that Jerry Fuchs, drummer for !!! and LCD Soundsystem died early this morning from a five-story fall in an elevator shaft.
Sources said Fuchs, 34, was in the freight elevator with another male guest when it stopped three or four feet above the fifth floor. He and the man opened the door and attempted to jump out.
The other man landed safely, but Fuchs' clothing caught on the elevator as he was jumping, yanking him back into a space under it.
Fuchs' roommate, Alex Frankel, 27, said the drummer had called pals minutes before he fell to tell them he was stuck in the elevator.
"We found him in the elevator shaft," a distraught Frankel said. "He was no longer able to speak." Fuchs died at Bellevue Hospital at 3:30 a.m.
The musician's mom, Joy, said, "He touched lives. His gift for music touched many lives."
The Georgia-born drummer had been attending a benefit for The Uniform Project, designed to help the children of India's slums.
Fuchs is the second !!! drummer to meet a tragic end. In 2005, Mikel Gius was mowed down as he rode his bike in Sacramento.
No comments:
Post a Comment