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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2023
Travis Barker is mourning the nonaccomplishment of a instrumentality helium says changed his beingness forever.
Alex Etheridge, a teen drummer who had the accidental to conscionable the Blink-182 rocker, died astatine the property of 13 connected July 19, his household confirmed. According to section outlet Fox 10, Etheridge was diagnosed with bone crab successful January 2022.
Shortly aft his passing, Barker shared a idiosyncratic missive helium noted helium was moving connected erstwhile helium learned of Etheridge's passing.
"I conscionable wanted to accidental gathering you changed my beingness forever," helium wrote underneath the July 19 Instagram post of Etheridge. "When my girl Alabama told maine astir you and your communicative I couldn't hold to hang. You're 1 of the nicest radical I've met. You are truthful talented successful truthful galore ways. You're a large opus writer, drummer and musician. I loved jamming with you playing paradiddles and herta's. I could've hung retired with you for days if we had much time."
Barker—who met the Arizona autochthonal successful June—remembered the young instrumentalist arsenic being "so strong, blessed and present."
"Felt similar for those fewer hours we got to bent retired you weren't successful symptom oregon sick anymore," helium continued. "You kept saying, ‘am I dreaming similar is this truly happening' and I conscionable kept saying yes, yes it is!! As I'm penning this, I conscionable got a DM from Alex's Instagram with quality that Alex has passed. I scrolled up and work done our messages and I'm crying heartbroken. All I wanted was for this video and connection to get to Alex earlier helium passed, and I missed him."
The 47-year-old went connected to enactment that helium support his clip with Etheridge "close to my bosom forever."
"His interaction connected maine was beingness changing and I volition transportation it with maine everlastingly connected each signifier I play connected and successful each prayer," Barker wrote. "Friends 4L similar we said aft gathering each other. Till adjacent clip Alex."
In their heartbreaking announcement, Etheridge's household remembered their loved 1 arsenic being "punk AF and enactment others archetypal until his last moment."
"He cherished his relationships with friends," their July 19 connection shared to his Instagram read, "and genuinely loved life."
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