RIP Glenn Frey (The Eagles)

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Eagles founder Glenn Frey passed away on January 18th. We first heard about it on social media and TMZ, but the band (including Don Henley) made it official and issued the statement on eagles.com

It Is With The Heaviest of Hearts That We Announce… ...the passing of our comrade, Eagles founder, Glenn Frey, in New York City on Monday, January 18th, 2016.

Glenn fought a courageous battle for the past several weeks but, sadly, succumbed to complications from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia.

The Frey family would like to thank everyone who joined Glenn to fight this fight and hoped and prayed for his recovery.

Words can neither describe our sorrow, nor our love and respect for all that he has given to us, his family, the music community & millions of fans worldwide.

Cindy Frey | Taylor Frey | Deacon Frey | Otis Frey | Don Henley | Joe Walsh | Timothy B. Schmit | Bernie Leadon | Irving Azoff

Country singer Travis Tritt (who had a hit with an Eagles cover) also issued a statement regarding his longtime friend: " "Glenn Frey and the music he created alone and with The Eagles have been such an inspiration to me. We first met at the video shoot for my version of ‘Take It Easy’ in 1993. He always went out of his way to acknowledge and encourage me ever since. I'm a better person, better musician and a better songwriter having met him. I still can't believe he is gone!"

Also note that Mott the Hoople's drummer passed away on January 17th.

For updated list, head over to Musicians who died in 2016:

• [28 Jan 2016] Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), 74, multiple organ failure
• [26 Jan 2016] Black, 53, traffic accident
• [24 Jan 2016] Jimmy Bain (Rainbow), 68, pneumonia
• [23 Jan 2016] Cadalack Ron, 34, unknown
• [22 Jan 2016] Alec Wishart (Hogsnort Rupert), 76, lung cancer
• [20 Jan 2016] Lee Abramson, 45, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• [18 Jan 2016] Glenn Frey (Eagles), 67, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia
• [18 Jan 2016] Pablo Manavello, 65, unknown
• [18 Jan 2016] Andy Dog (artist for The The), 57, brain tumor
• [17 Jan 2016] Mic Gillette (Tower of Power), 64, heart attack
• [17 Jan 2016] Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople), 67, Alzheimer's disease
• [17 Jan 2016] Blowfly, 76, liver cancer
• [16 Jan 2016] Hubert Giraud, 94, unknown
• [16 Jan 2016] Carina Jaarnek (Frösöflickorna), 53, cerebral haemorrhage
• [16 Jan 2016] Gary Loizzo (The American Breed), 70, pancreatic cancer
• [15 Jan 2016] Pete Huttlinger, 54, stroke.
• [14 Jan 2016] René Angélil (Celine Dion's manager/husband), 73, throat cancer
• [14 Jan 2016] Franco Oppo, 80, unknown
• [10 Jan 2016] David Bowie, 69, cancer
• [10 Jan 2016] John Berry (Idaho), 51, natural causes
• [10 Jan 2016] Hernán Gamboa (Serenata Guayanesa), 69, cancer
• [09 Jan 2016] Robert McAllister (Iron Chic), 36, unknown
• [09 Jan 2016] Jānis Vaišļa (Pirates of the Sea), 46, cardiac amyloidosis
• [08 Jan 2016] Brett Smiley, 60, HIV and hepatitis
• [08 Jan 2016] Otis Clay, 73, heart attack
• [08 Jan 2016] Red Simpson, 81, heart attack
• [07 Jan 2016] Kitty Kallen, 94, unknown
• [07 Jan 2016] Troy Shondell, 76, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease
• [06 Jan 2016] Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers), 71, heart problems
• [04 Jan 2016] Craig Strickland (Backroad Anthem), 29, hypothermia (Body found on January 4)
• [04 Jan 2016] Long John Hunter, 84, natural causes
• [04 Jan 2016] Robert Stigwood (manager of The Bee Gees, Cream), 81, unknown
• [04 Jan 2016] Achim Mentzel, 69, stroke
• [03 Jan 2016] Jason Mackenroth (Rollins Band, Blue Man Group), 46, prostate cancer
• [02 Jan 2016] Michel Delpech, 69, cancer

Read more: Musicians who died in 2015.

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