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Jan 31, 2022 · A fatal gunshot wound. Blood on the walls. A dead body. Lee Loughnane, trumpet player with the US rock band Chicago, vividly recalls January 23, 1978. It was the day his friend, Chicago’s guitarist Terry Kath, shot himself dead after a game of Russian roulette went horribly wrong.
Kath struggled with health problems and drug abuse towards the end of the 1970s. He died in January 1978 from an unintentional self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The bereavement tempted Chicago to disband, but they ultimately decided to resume as is signified by their memorial song "Alive Again".
Jan 24, 1978 · LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 (UP1)—Terry Kath, lead singer and guitarist for the rock group Chicago, accidentally shot himself to death tonight following Party. the police reported. A spokeiwoman for...
Nov 2, 2012 · He sang lead on such Chicago tracks as "Colour My World" and "Make Me Smile." Kath also had a history of drug and alcohol problems, but he died at a party at a crew member's house on Jan. 23,...
Dec 31, 2016 · In 1978, Terry Kath of the band Chicago died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. Now his bandmates recall his life and shocking death
- Jordan Runtagh
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Dec 11, 2017 · But at the peak of his career, on January 23rd, 1978, Kath died in a gun accident at the age of 31, a tragedy that effectively marked the end of Chicago’s first successful era, and that still...
Apr 4, 2014 · When the group reunited in 1983, Manuel entered treatment and achieved sobriety for the first time in years. But the death of the Band’s longtime manager Albert Grossman hit Manuel hard, and he...
