ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

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.

January 1, 1987

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