DAVE MATTHEWS BANDMEMBER LEROI MOORE HAS DIED

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Sad news. We just learned that the Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who was in an all terrain vehicle accident last month, has died at an LA hospital. LeRoi, who has been with the band since it started, was seriously injured in an accident at his ranch in Virginia. He was slowly recovering but suffered lung complications and hasn’t been able to perform. We were told that against doctors advice, he flew to LA to be with the band backstage when they open tonight at the Staples center. The flight may have affected him adversely and he died today.

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  1. I highly doubt Roi would fly all the way to CA just to be backstage when he’s recovering

  2. Until the band makes a statement, nothing is official. Just because you have a blog doesn’t make it a damn fact.

  3. why dont you believe this? this is not something someone makes up….

  4. Nobody should make stuff like this up. But that doesn’t stop people. Nothing official has been released from the band, so how can someone who writes an entertainment blog be considered a reliable source?!?!?! The only thing the internet does is perpetuate rumors. Did you notice in the about Janet section it says “Welcome to my gossip site.” Enough said.

  5. If this is true, listen to your doctor. This is what you pay him for.

  6. I just heard from a reliable source that it’s true. Wait and see. I wish I was wrong.

  7. The word now is that it’s a member of the crew who died in a car wreck on the way to the venue, bu that’s uncofirmed at this time, as is the ‘story’ quoted above.

  8. Sadly, this news is true. I received a call about an hour ago from a mutual friend of the band. I can’t confirm the part about the plane, but I can tell you that LeRoi has passed away.
    I think it’s understandable that the band might have more pressing thoughts at this time than releasing a statement or updating a website.
    Tonight’s show has been canceled and fans are being turned away from the venue… take that to mean what you will.

  9. I really hope this is some jackass jumping the gun! If it is not true this site should be ashamed of its self! Leroi is a dear sweet man who plays so sweetly and beautifully…….Gosh, this sucks, I wish I never saw it!

  10. I just talked to someone buying posters at the venue, so the show is NOT canceled.

  11. the band released a statement….TMZ.com quotes a DMB “rep” as saying, “LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. Moore had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.”

  12. Wow. I was told that they were turning fans away at the Staples Center…. this will be a crazy night if that show is going on.
    I don’t know how you go on after news like this. Music heals… but this only happened a few hours ago.
    If I had gotten the info on LeRoi elsewhere and heard this show was going on, I’d assume it was a bullshit hoax. But I was told this by a musician friend who is very tight with the band, so if this were a hoax it’s one that spread throughout the band’s inner circle…. which I can’t believe would happen. It would be too easy to just pick up the phone and confirm it was bullshit.
    So based on my source I can only assume that LeRoi has passed…. and if this show is in fact going on I’m all the more shocked at the band’s resolve.

  13. (crossposted a/anon).
    So there you have it.
    RIP LeRoi

  14. Its true- sadly- CNN, Larry King, C’ville paper- RIP Leroi

  15. Well the Band just released to TMZ a statement that he died. check out the TMZ website. This is so sad!!! We are going to see them this Sat.

  16. Seriously whoever doesn’t believe this is so stupid. No one would make it up. Idiots. RIP Lerio. Only saw them ten times with Lerio….

  17. it’s official… check the band site.
    they are prob gonna play an amazing show tonight! we’re gonna miss him
    rip roi

  18. Yeah, it’s up on ants now. People wouldn’t lie about this. So sad.

  19. Although it’s true and soooo sad Roi has left us….thankfully with plenty of beautiful music to remember him with….it’s a shame that reports and assumptions are made before the facts are uncovered….Hopefully Janet will update her report soon…..with the true facts….
    RIP FRIEND!!!!

  20. Give her a break, people. I am sure you never make mistakes in your own professions. I am also sure you never make assumtions. Get a damn life.
    RIP Leroi. This is such a shame.

  21. you would think dave would have altered the setlist tonight and played some songs specifically…
    i.e. lie in our graves encore..

  22. And now the truth…. LeRoi had gone back home to LA to begin his rehab, not to go backstage with the band. Have some respect and grow a brain

  23. I heard on cnn last night that he had passed away and that the band was going on with the show.

  24. I hear about Leroi dead today, and i fell really sad about it.. i never knew him, i never saw his performance… actually, im from Chile, i was hoping to see them this October at the Pepsi Music Festival in Argentina… but aint going to be the same without him.
    Leroi, we

  25. ATV’s are dangerous. Didn’t Ozzie Osbourn get seriously injured on one not to long ago?
    This is so sad especially since it sounds like this could have been avoided had he heeded his physicians advice.

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