The New York Times bestselling author wrote for Rolling Stone and was the editor of Seattle’s The Rocket
by Althea Legaspi, Angie Martoccio
Rolling Stone
August 12, 2024
Charles R. Cross, the New York Times bestselling author who wrote Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain and Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix, died on Friday of natural causes, his family confirmed. He was 67.
“We are sorry to share that Charles Cross has passed. He died peacefully of natural causes in his sleep on August 9th, 2024,” the statement from his family reads. “We are all grief-stricken and trying to get through this difficult process of dealing with the next steps.”
Cross’ agent, Sarah Lazin told Variety that she had spoken to him the day before his death and “he seemed happy, vibrant, and excited about all that was happening. A brilliant and passionate author and loving dad. My heart goes out to his son Ashland and to us all. What a loss.”
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