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Former Skid Row Singer Dead At 55

LOS ANGELES, CA. (THECOUNT) — Former Skid Row singer Johnny Solinger has died, the band announced Saturday. He was 55.

Solinger’s passing comes about a month after he announced he was suffering from liver failure.

Earlier today, SKID ROW issued the following statement via social media:

“We are saddened to hear the news of our brother Johnny Solinger. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and fans. Godspeed Singo. Say hello to Scrappy for us,” according to blabbermouth.

Solinger, who was a member of SKID ROW from 1999 to 2015, appearing on the “Thickskin” and “Revolutions Per Minute” albums, as well as the “United World Rebellion” and “Rise Of The Damnation Army” EPs, revealed his diagnosis in a social media update on May 8. He wrote: “It is with a heavy heart I must let everyone know what’s going on with me and my health. I have been hospitalized for over the last month. I have been diagnosed with liver failure. And prognosis is not so good. As with most musicians I do not have health insurance and it’s very difficult to get proper care without it.

“I am currently under at least seven different medications and I need to have my abdomen drained off fluid that gets accumulated every couple of days. I have lost a lot of strength and will require physical therapy as well.

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