R.I.P.: Jay Bennett

Jay Bennett, a singer and songwriter who was a former member of the rock band Wilco, died on Sunday at home in Urbana, Illinois He was 45.
The cause is still unknown. Representatives of his management company, Undertow Music Collective, said he died in his sleep. Edward Burch, a friend and collaborator, told The Chicago Sun-Times that an autopsy was being done. No information about survivors was available.
Last month Mr. Bennett complained on his MySpace page about severe pains in his hip. He needed hip-replacement surgery, he said, but did not have proper health insurance.
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