Bruce Springsteen biographer and music critic Dave Marsh dies at 76
The author of influential Bruce Springsteen biographies was remembered by friends and musicians after a yearslong battle with a degenerative brain disease.
- Music critic Dave Marsh died Friday in Connecticut at age 76 after suffering from a degenerative brain disease, his friend Jeffrey St. Clair confirmed to The Associated Press.
- Born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1950, Marsh dropped out of Wayne State University in 1969 to write for Creem magazine, where Lester Bangs mentored him. He became an early champion of Springsteen, penning The Bruce Springsteen Story in 1979.
- Marsh married Barbara Carr in 1979, and the couple co-founded The Kristen Ann Carr Fund after their daughter died from sarcoma at age 21 in 1993. Springsteen hosted a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden that year, raising $1.5 million.
- Springsteen wrote on Instagram that the loss left the band "heartbroken," calling Marsh "a true Rock n Roll lifer" who was "soulful, intelligent, heartfelt, opinionated." Steven Van Zandt remembered him as "fearless, relentless, arrogant, everything you'd want in a RocknRoll troublemaker."
- Beyond his Springsteen work, Marsh authored Glory Days, a biography of The Who, and books on Louie Louie and The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. In recent years, he served as a guest on Street Nation SirusXM.
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Dave Marsh, a longtime music critic who wrote several influential books about Bruce Springsteen, including the early biography “Born to Run” has died. He was 76. Marsh died Friday in Connecticut, his friend Jeffrey St. Clair, a co-editor of the online magazine Counterpunch, told The Associated Press. St. Clair said Marsh had been suffering from a degenerative brain disease for several years. Jim Rotolo, the SiriusXM radio host, announced Marsh’s…
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Bruce Springsteen biographer and music critic Dave Marsh dies at 76
Dave Marsh, a renowned music critic known for his influential books on Bruce Springsteen, has died at 76. Friend Jeffrey St. Clair says Marsh died Friday in Connecticut.
Dave Marsh, a veteran music critic who wrote several influential books about Bruce Springsteen, including the early biography “Born to Run”, died at the age of 76.
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