‘Mississippi Queen’ Guitarist Leslie West Dead Wednesday At 75

DAYTONA BEACH, FL. (THECOUNT) — Leslie West, the guitarist who created the hard-rock milestone “Mississippi Queen” with his band Mountain, died Wednesday morning. He was 75.

Larry West Weinstein, West’s brother, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone.

A cause of death was not immediately available, but West suffered cardiac arrest at his home near Daytona, Florida on Monday and was rushed to a hospital, where he never regained consciousness.

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