Best of 2011
A Farewell to the Stars We Lost This Year
From Elizabeth Taylor to Amy Winehouse, we pay tribute to the people whose lives touched us all
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Updated: Friday Dec 09, 2011 | 11:00 AM EST By: Eloise Parker
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MIKEY WELSH
In an eerie prediction two weeks before his death, the former Weezer guitarist Tweeted, "dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today." On Oct. 8, the 40-year-old musician-turned-artist was found dead in a Chicago hotel room from an apparent drug overdose. Remembered by his alt-rock band mates as a "beautiful, creative, hilarious and sweet friend," the troubled musician played bass guitar with Weezer from 1998 to 2001.
