Magazine/Siouxsie/PiL Guitarist Dead

From Hits:

"NEW WAVE GUITARIST PASSES: Noted U.K. guitarist John McGeogh, who played for such U.K. punk bands as Magazine and Siouxsie & the Banshees, died in his sleep last week at his W. London home at the age of 48. Cause of death has not been determined. The Scottish guitarist played with Magazine from 1977-â??80 and with the Banshees from â??80-82. He also recorded with PiL from 1986-â??92. He lived in L.A. from â??86 until the mid-â??90s, then returned to the U.K. He quit the music business shortly afterward and trained as a nurse, which he became qualified to be in â??95. He was most recently working on music for a TV documentary for Britainâ??s Channel 5 at the time of his death. (3/10p)"

Along with the Dead Milkmen dude and Elden the Painter, I guess they all go in threes…three guys all in their 40's. Much too young to die.

I was going to mention Eldin….

Robert Pastorelli, 49, Actor on 'Murphy Brown' TV Series, Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: March 10, 2004

LOS ANGELES, March 9 (AP) â?? Robert Pastorelli, who played the screwball house painter Eldin on "Murphy Brown," was found dead on Monday in his Hollywood Hills home in what the coroner's office said may have been a drug overdose. He was 49.

Lieut. Ed Winter of the coroner's office said Mr. Pastorelli's body was found by his assistant in a bathroom. An autopsy was planned.

"It's a possible accidental death," Lieutenant Winter said, adding that drug paraphernalia had been found.

On the CBS series "Murphy Brown" he played Eldin Bernecky, house painter for the television newswoman Murphy Brown, played by Candice Bergen. Eldin's work never seemed to get done, in part because of his high artistic standards. He spent much of his time meddling in Murphy's life, often dispensing sage advice.

Mr. Pastorelli finished work with John Travolta last month on the movie "Be Cool," the sequel to the comedy "Get Shorty." He played a hit man.

In 1999 his girlfriend, Charemon Jonovich, 25, was found fatally shot, and the police said she had accidentally shot herself. The couple had a daughter.

I wonder, though, why the news about McGeogh took so long to make the press. It happened last Thursday. I must have seen him with P.I.L., according to the timeline. He was in Siouxsie before I was cool enough to listen to them. ;)