Fond Farewell: Stars We Lost in 2011

If you've hummed along to Weezer's "Island in the Sun," "Hash Pipe," or any other track off the quirky group's third album, Weezer (often called the Green Album), then you've heard the work of bassist Mikey Welsh. Unfortunately, the 40-year-old was found dead of a suspected drug overdose at the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago after he missed his 1 p.m. checkout time on October 8. Oddly, Welsh had predicted his demise in a tweet beforehand: "dreamt i ... more 

If you've hummed along to Weezer's "Island in the Sun," "Hash Pipe," or any other track off the quirky group's third album, Weezer (often called the Green Album), then you've heard the work of bassist Mikey Welsh. Unfortunately, the 40-year-old was found dead of a suspected drug overdose at the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago after he missed his 1 p.m. checkout time on October 8. Oddly, Welsh had predicted his demise in a tweet beforehand: "dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today." Eerie. less