Metal guitar legend Jeff Hanneman, 49, has died of liver failure, his band Slayer announced."Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother... passed away at about 11 am this morning," read a statement posted by the group on its Facebook page on Thursday.Hanneman, who died at a hospital in Southern California, has been suffering since 2011 from necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that he is believed to have contracted from a spider bite, according to news reports. 4951
He was also an alcoholic. His liver wasn't up to handling the meds. I'm really sad about this, as I have been listening to them since the mid-80s...... 4951