Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Runaways drummer Sandy West dies at 47

Tue Oct 24th 2006 at 12:07 am ET

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female `70s rock band the Runaways, which she co-founded with Joan Jett, has died of lung cancer. She was 47.

West died Saturday night at a hospice in San Dimas, east of Los Angeles, her manager Mara Fox said. She was diagnosed a year ago.

West was only 16 when she started the Runaways in 1975 with Jett, a singer and guitarist.

Along with band members Lita Ford and Cherie Currie, they had such hits as "Cherry Bomb" and "Born to Be Bad."

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous5:08 AM

    Wow!!!

    That is soooo young as that is my age!!!!

    I love how we "Boomers" are the ones we used to "distrust"...

    the times they are a changin'

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