Laura Lynch, a founding member of The Dixie Chicks, who performed the upright bass within the band from 1990-93, has died. She was 65.
The musician was killed in a automotive crash close to El Paso, Texas, Friday night, her cousin, Michael Lynch, instructed CBS Information.
Per a Texas Division of Security report obtained by HuffPost, a automotive was making an attempt to go one other automobile on a two-way undivided portion of a freeway and crashed head-on into Lynch’s automotive. In response to the report, the artist was pronounced useless on the scene, and the opposite driver was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to the Texas DPS and police division.
The Dixie Chicks, who now go by The Chicks, confirmed Lynch’s demise in a publish shared to their official Instagram, noting they had been “shocked and saddened” to listen to of their founding member’s passing.
“We maintain a particular place in our hearts for the time we spent enjoying music, laughing and touring collectively,” they wrote within the caption of a video of Lynch performing. “Laura was a shiny gentle…her infectious vitality and humor gave a spark to the early days of our band. Laura had a present for design, a love of all issues Texas and was instrumental within the early success of the band. Her simple skills helped propel us past busking on road corners to levels all throughout Texas and the mid-West.”
They concluded their publish by sharing that their ideas had been with Lynch’s household and family members right now.
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