Col. Bruce Hampton
Collapses Onstage
Dead at 70
5/2/2017 6:18 AM PDT
A super popular musician in Atlanta collapsed onstage Monday as the crowd celebrated his 70th birthday.
Col. Bruce Hampton — known as the Granddaddy of the Jam Scene — was in the middle of an encore — “Turn on Your Lovelight” — when he suddenly collapsed onstage.
The band kept playing, as if nothing happened … people thought it was all part of the performance.
Sadly, it wasn’t. When people realized it was for real, Hampton was rushed to a hospital where he died.
RIP.
