Jani Lane of Warrant Found Dead (Top 11 of 11)

. Jani Lane of Warrant Found Dead was a top 11 story of 2011 for August. Here is the recap: (Rock News Desk) Former Warrant singer Jani Lane was found dead in a California hotel room. He was 47.

Lane, real name John Kennedy Oswald, wrote some of the band's biggest hits including Cherry Pie, Heaven, I Saw Read and Uncle Tom's Cabin.

He split with Warrant in 2008 after a second stint fronting the band which lasted just six months. He'd left in 1993 then rejoined a year later before departing again in 2004.

He'd struggled with alcoholism for many years � a problem which he recently admitted was beginning to affect his health. - more on this story

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