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Metallica Memoriam As we go to press, we’re saddened to hear of the death of Cliff Burton, 24-year-old bassist for Metallica, in a freak accident in Europe. According to a spokesman for Elektra Records, Burton was killed as the hand was en route from Stockholm to Copenhagen, when their tour bus began to hydroplane, skidding off the road.