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(TV) OT: Killer Kane, RIP



New York Doll Arthur is dead 
Published 14 07 04 

Arthur 'Killer' Kane, bassist with the recently
reformed New York
Dolls, has died.

According to the band's biographer Nina Antonia, he
passed away at a
hospital near his Los Angeles home on Monday at 3pm.

He died of leukaemia, though didn't know he suffering
from the
condition - he told Nina on Monday morning that he
thought he "had a
bad case of 'flu".

He was one of just three original members in the
reformed band along
with David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain.

Nina told 6 Music that at least he'd realised his
ambition of the
Dolls reforming in his lifetime.

She said: "It's unbelievably cruel. But on the other
hand, he did get
to have the reunion, which was his deam. And I believe
that before
the London shows Arthur, David and Sylvain prayed
together and Arthur
lead the prayer, so it's very touching."

The rest of the band are understood to be "in shock"
at the news. 

The band reformed at the behest of their most famous
fan Morrissey to
play at his Meltdown Festival at London's Royal
Festival Hall last
month - and the project was so successful, they
planned a clutch more
dates, including the Move Festival in Manchester at
the weekend.

Sadly, Arthur had already fallen ill by that stage and
was replaced
in the line-up.  It's not yet known whether the
scheduled gigs  in
the future, such as at the Reading and Leeds festivals
in August will
now go ahead or not.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/music_news/musicnews1.shtml
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