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RIP

Blackie Onassis

August 27, 1965 – June 13, 2023

The former drummer with Urge Overkill has died of as yet unreported cause at the age of 57. John Rowan Onassis joined the Chicago alt.rockers in 1991, debuting on their third album, The and playing on the group’s cover of Neil Diamond’s which featured in the film three years later.

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