Ronnie Montrose death ruled suicide
Ronnie Montrose died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, an autopsy has shown. The report from the San Mateo County Coroner ruled that the guitarist's death was a suicide. It had previously been assumed that Montrose had died from prostate cancer, after battling the disease for several years. Montrose in fact also struggled with clinical depression from a young age. The toxicology report showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.31%, nearly four times California's legal limit, but no other drugs were found in his system. The musician's wife and manager Leighsa told Guitar Player that her husband had confessed his plans in a series of text messages shortly before he ended his life. "I (more)...
- 4/11/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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