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Dave Matthews Band saxophonist dies

Posted August 20, 2008 13:42:00

Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday of complications from a vehicle accident in June.

A statement on the band's website said Moore died unexpectedly at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Centre in Los Angeles late on Tuesday afternoon.

Moore was injured in June while riding an all-terrain vehicle near his farm in Charlottesville, Virginia.

He had recently returned to his home in Los Angeles to begin rehabilitation.

Celebrity website TMZ.com says Moore was 46.

- Reuters

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, death, people, united-states

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