Rolling Stone — • Big Star’s Alex Chilton Dead at 59 • News Ticker: U2, Smashing Pumpkins • Jimi Hendrix’s Last Days: The New Issue • Best New Bands of 2010 • Dixie Chicks Team With Eagles for Tour • Phish Announce Big Summer Trek • Frank Black Tal... more info

The Mirror — Alex Chilton, frontman of cult US rock band Big Star, has died aged 59. more info

The Mirror — 1. As a teenager Chilton formed the Box Tops, and topped the charts with The Letter in 1967. Their other hits included Soul Deep and Cry Like a Baby. more info

AOL Music — Cult Hero Gone]]> more info

NME — Singer is thought to have suffered a heart attack more info

BBC 6 Music — Tributes to cult rock hero Alex Chilton, who influenced acts from REM to Wilco more info

Guardian Music — The Box Tops and Big Star singer allegedly suffered heart problems in New Orleans yesterdayAlex Chilton, singer and guitarist with influential bands the Box Tops and Big Star, has died aged 59.Chilton is reported to have suffered heart problems in Ne... more info

BBC News - UK — Influential singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, who enjoyed a cult following with Big Star, dies in New Orleans. more info

DrownedInSound — Alex Chilton, singer for The Box Tops and most famously Big Star, has died aged 59 in New Orleans of a suspected heart attack. He was due to perform with Big Star at SXSW in Austin on Saturday. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Star Online, Malaysia — NEW ORLEANS (AP): Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his influential work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star, died Wednesday. He was 59. more info