It looks like another great musician falls to the addiction of the needle. According to WTVR.com out of Richmond, Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus), Vocalist of Richmond, Virginia-based art/shock-rock metal band GWAR, died of an accidental heroin overdose.
The State Medical Examiner’s Office’s official cause of death: acute heroin toxicity; in other words: accident.
Brockie was found unresponsive by his roommate at approximately 6:50 p.m. EST on March 23 in his North Richmond home. Responding police investigators found evidence of heroin use, but the cause of death wasn’t finalized until toxicology tests were completed. He was 50 years old.
The musician was laid to rest on April 1 in his hometown.
