Musician David Crosby dead at 81

David Crosby, whose soaring harmonies with two different iconic bands elevated him to musical stardom in the 1960s even as his famously volatile temper often fractured relations with his bandmates, has died at the age of 81, his family said. 

A statement from Crosby’s wife released to Variety magazine confirmed the musician’s death “after a long illness” and said that he had died “lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django.”

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