{"id":125450,"date":"2024-08-16T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125450"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:01:18","slug":"great-white-singer-jack-russell-dies-at-63-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125450","title":{"rendered":"Great White Singer Jack Russell Dies at 63 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125450\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-1-3.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-1-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musician Jack Russell, one of the founding members of the rock band Great White, passed away August 15, 2024. The singer died peacefully surrounded by his family and friends. The cause of death was Lewy body dementia. He was 63.<\/p>\n<p>Russell met his bandmate Mark Kendall at a concert and began plans to form a band which at the time was going to be called Dante Fox, however, the band manager changed the name to Great White because that was Kendall\u2019s nickname because of his white complexion and white hair. Great White was formed in 1977 in Los Angeles. The band was at its most popular during the mid-to-late 1980s with several albums, including their platinum \u201cOnce Bitten (1987)\u201d and \u201c&#8230;Twice Shy (1989). Great White disbanded in 2001. Russell tried touring solo under his own name briefly, then changed the band name to Jack Russell\u2019s Great White, and toured from 2002 to 2005.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Russell toured again the official Great White band when they reformed with their classic lineup. Russell left the band again after he sustained several injuries following a fall.<br \/>\nAfter making a full recovery, Russell starting touring again as Jack Russell\u2019s Great White, who released their first album \u201cHe Saw It Comin\u2019\u201d in 2017. In January 2024, Russell released a collaboration with L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns, titled Medusa. This was Russell\u2019s final studio recording before his retirement and death.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Jack Russell\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Musician Jack Russell, one of the founding members of the rock band Great White, passed away August 15, 2024. The singer died peacefully surrounded by his family and friends. The cause of death was Lewy body dementia. He was 63. Russell met his bandmate Mark Kendall at a concert and began plans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[32272],"class_list":["post-125450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-great-white-singer-jack-russell-dies-at-63-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125450"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}