In another case of in your face reality, the coroners report has been released for Gwar guitarist Corey Smoot. The horror rocker was found dead in his bunk on the tour bus en route to Canada. A sad and shocking event.
Coroner states:
“We have finalized the autopsy report and death certificate. I have determined that Cory died from a coronary artery thrombosis brought about by his pre-existing coronary artery disease.”
So many people consider any rockers death a drug overdose or a suicide. Here is the harsh reality- at age 34 you can die from a condition you may not even know existed.
Clash master Joe Strummer was also taken from us by a faulty heart.
It saddens me but it also makes it all the more important that it is clearly reported. Too many rumors are so very harmful not only to their memory but to those who they leave behind.
In a gallant move Gwar has continued their tour, a brave and fitting tribute to a lost brother.