LFO’s Brad Fischetti is mourning a 3rd bandmate after founding member Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis died this week.
Fischetti introduced the information by way of the boyband’s official Facebook web page in a single day, revealing Gillis died on Wednesday (Thursday in Australia). He’s believed to have been in his late 40s.
“Every story is made up of chapters. Some develop naturally. Some you have to cut up in your mind,” Fischetti wrote. “The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday. Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away.”
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Fischetti, 47, stated he didn’t “have details” as to the circumstances of his former bandmate’s demise, and in addition stated it would not have been his “place” to share them even when he did.
“I am really struggling to process this tragic loss,” Fischetti, who admitted his relationship with Gillis was “complex”, wrote.
“It contained moments of great tribulation but also of great joy,” Fischetti wrote of his and Gillis’ relationship, including he “learned a lot from [Gillis] about the business of music and how to put together and rock a show.”
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Emphasising what Gillis meant to LFO, Fischetti defined: “If it wasn’t for his hard work and dedication in the early days of LFO, the first two chapters, the LFO you came to know and (hopefully) love would not exist.”
Fischetti revealed he is “prayed for [Gillis] every day for many years” and stated he “will continue to pray for him”.
Gillis, Fischetti and Rich Cronin shaped LFO – which stands for Lyte Funky Ones – in 1995, with Gillis leaving shortly after to pursue a solo profession, and Devin Lima stepping in as his alternative.
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Fischetti is now the final dwelling member of all 4 LFO stars, with Cronin dying in 2010 every week shy of his thirty sixth birthday after battling leukemia.
In November 2018, Lima died aged 41 after battling stage 4 adrenal most cancers.
”I know that soon or maybe already, Brizz will be greeted by Rich and Devin,” Fischetti wrote.
“And I hope that together, they will make some sweet sounds. I would really like that. Rest east bro. Rest easy.”
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