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The stars pay tribute to Pete Steele

Type O Negative vocalist / bassist Peter Steele passed away at 6pm EDT on April 14 of apparent heart failure. He was 48 years old. His surviving bandmates - guitarist Kenny Hickey, keyboardist Josh Silver and drummer Johnny Kelly - paid their respects to Peter in a statement on the band's official website, www.typeonegative.net. "[He] was one of the most brilliant and funny personalities in music and it was all for real," says Hickey. "Part of me died with him." "We went on one hell of a ride to

Published: 2010-04-16 Provider: Kerrang!

Pete Steele 1962 - 2010

Type O Negative frontman Pete Steele passed away on Wednesday (April 14) due to heart failure. He was 48 years old. The news came overnight after Fuse VJ Mistress Juliya posted a message on Twitter. "Today is a very sad day in metal," she writes. "End of an era. I loved my friend... our idol... my heart is with his band and family." In April 2007, Pete revealed that he had embraced the Roman Catholic faith after many years of atheism. In an interview with U.S. metal magazine Decibel, he said, "T

Published: 2010-04-15 Provider: Kerrang!

Type O Negative singer Peter Steele dies

By Clark Collis Email from the band's manager: ''Peter passed away last night. As of now it appears to have been heart failure.''

Published: 2010-04-15 Provider: Entertainment Weekly Keywords: Partners, CNN Home RSS Feed

No Hoax This Time: Heavy-Metal Star Peter Steele Dead

Word today that Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele had died was met with initial skeptism. Five years ago, after all, the heavy-metal band with the death fixation (as if there were another...

Published: 2010-04-15 Provider: E!Online