Maserati drummer Jerry Fuchs R.I.P.
November 8th, 2009 by Chad Radford in Music newsCL was saddened to learn that Jerry Fuchs, drummer for Athens’ band Maserati, as well as the Juan Maclean, !!! and Turing Machine, died in the early hours of Sun., Nov. 8 after falling down an elevator shaft in Brooklyn, New York. He was 34 years old.
According to a New York Times report:
At about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Mr. Fuchs, 34, who had attended a benefit party on the building’s seventh floor, was stuck on a freight elevator between the fourth and fifth floors, friends and the police said. He had been trying to jump out of the stalled car when his jacket got caught on something, causing him to fall to the bottom of the shaft. Another man, who was not identified by the police, was riding with Mr. Fuchs in the elevator but safely jumped to a fourth floor hallway.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
this is awful. i can’t believe this has happened. maserati band members, i am truly saddened and sorry for you loss.