(AP) Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, has died. He was 49. Slayer spokeswoman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said Hanneman died Thursday ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer, died in Southern California on Thursday, the band said in a statement posted on their website ...

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(CNN)-- Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of the heavy metal band Slayer, died Thursday of liver failure in Southern California, the band said in a statement. He was 49.

The music world suffered a shocking loss today as Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman has passed away at the all too young age of just 49 due to liver failure. Read on for details and some words from his ...

Jeff Hanneman of Slayer (second from right) passed away May 2, 2013. (AP PHOTO/Courtesy of Slayer) In the midst of the New Orleans Jazz Fest, we didn't have the bandwidth to pay tribute to the late, ...

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Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman has died, aged 49. The founding member of the thrash metal band passed away following liver failure while in hospital in California on Thursday morning (May 2). A ...

Hanneman and fellow guitarist Kerry King founded the band in 1981 in Huntington Park, Calif. Their early brand of thrash metal was an instantly recognizable, gory blur of double-kick-drum speed, ...