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Colonel Bruce Hampton Dies After Collapsing On Stage During His Own Birthday Concert (VIDEO & TRIBUTE)

Colonel Bruce Hampton, guitarist and respected elder statesman of the jam-band community , died Monday night (May 1) after collapsing on stage during the encore of his own birthday celebration. He was 70 years old.

Hampton, known as the Granddaddy of the Jam Scene, was close to wrapping up Hampton 70 — a birthday concert featuring members of Phish, Widespread Panic and Leftover Salmon, among others — when he collapsed on stage at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.

People thought it was all part of the performance. Sadly, it wasn't. When people realized it was for real, Hampton was rushed to a hospital where he died.