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Seeds frontman Sky Saxon dies

Sky "Sunlight" Saxon, frontman and bass guitarist of '60s psychedelic garage-rockers The Seeds [ tickets ], has died in an Austin, TX, hospital. Saxon had been hospitalized in critical condition at St. David's Hospital since Monday (6/22) with what his doctors believed to be an infection of the internal organs. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed for the singer, whose actual age was unknown, and who listed his birth date variously as 1937, 1945 and 1946. Saxon's wife Sabrina posted n...

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10:13 on June 26 2009

Seeds singer Sky Saxon dies

NME — Singer passes away in Texas hospital more info

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22:19 on June 25 2009

Sky Saxon of '60s rock band the Seeds dies

USA Today Music — Sky Saxon, lead singer and founder of the 1960s band the Seeds, who had a Top 40 hit in 1967 with Pushin' Too Hard, has died ... more info

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20:02 on June 25 2009

Seeds frontman Sky Saxon dies

Live Daily — Sky "Sunlight" Saxon, frontman and bass guitarist of '60s psychedelic garage-rockers The Seeds [ tickets ], has died in an Austin, TX, hospital. Saxon had been hospit... more info

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02:06 on June 26 2009

R.I.P. Sky Saxon

Rock Sellout — As they say, bad things happen in 3’s. Every news station and website across the country reported the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and then later Michael Jackson…not much... more info

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