http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/10/ex-weezer-band-member-mikey-welsh-found-dead-in-chicago-hotel/

didn't see this posted

Quote :

"Mikey Welsh, former Weezer bass player, was found dead in a Chicago hotel room Saturday afternoon, according to several media reports. Welsh, 40, was found by hotel staff after he failed to check out of his room at the Raffaello Hotel, authorities said. He was found unresponsive and on the floor, according to The Chicago Tribune. Welsh was pronounced dead at the scene by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office and narcotics are suspected as the cause of death, the Tribune reported. Autopsy results are expected to be available this afternoon. Welsh was in Chicago to attend Weezer’s performance at Riot Fest today."

[Edited on October 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM. Reason : .]

10/9/2011 1:15:08 PM

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"In what could be a strange coincidence, Welsh posted two tweets on September 26 describing a dream he’d had that he would die of a heart attack in his sleep in Chicago. “Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend,” read the first tweeted, “need to write my will today.” It was soon followed by: “correction – the weekend after next.” According to a Facebook post by Welsh, he was on vacation in Chicago, and planned to see Weezer perform this weekend."

RIP

10/9/2011 1:25:02 PM

jebus.... that's weird.

a lot of people have those types of premonitions, though.

10/9/2011 1:33:57 PM

Sounds more like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me.

RIP.

10/9/2011 1:39:29 PM

Mikey had just started posting some good shit on his Facebook in recent weeks.

For example:

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"although i came to really like matt, i initially thought he was an intolerable douche-bag...and i was stuck sitting next to him..but more on that later. here we were at a new years eve party at gwen stefani's house on new years eve, and i was determined to have a good time.. so i decided to head off to the bathroom, and get things going with the blow i had brought with me...i was on my way there when i ran in to rivers. we had somehow split up when we arrived.. he was talking to gwen and beck.. rivers was always very gracious about introducing me to fancy rock star-types by saying, "this is mikey, our new bassist". i felt like he sort of kept me under his wing in situations like that... anyways, i couldn't understand anything beck was mumbling, but gwen was very nice.. i was, however, impatient, as i had drugs to do.. so once i finally locked myself in the bathroom [there was a long line], i managed to hoover as much of the shit up my nose as i could. almost instantly, i had to sit down and shit my brains out.. it was a fucking nightmare.. people started banging on the door and yelling, while i continued to snort and shit away... i don't have any idea how long i was in there, but i did manage to clog gwen's toilet.. a total backup.. it was truly awful..all i could do was fling the bathroom door open and run..."

10/10/2011 10:01:44 PM

If you guess your death within a week...eerie...if you get it right on and die alone, you were probably able to control that...

10/11/2011 10:17:43 AM

pretty sure the dude was kicked out of the band in the first place because he had a major coke problem

10/11/2011 2:07:09 PM