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Rock guitarist Robbin Crosby, a founding member of the 1980s heavy-metal “hair” band Ratt, died Thursday June 6 after an eight-year battle with AIDS. He was 42. Crosby, who went public with his ...

Guitarist Robbin Crosby of the heavy metal rock band Ratt has died of AIDS complications, his brother-in-law said. He was 42. Crosby, who disclosed he had AIDS last July in a radio station interview, ...

"We have not had an all-original member line up since 1991 and sadly with the passing of Robbin Crosby, that chapter is over," said Pearcy in a statement announcing the relaunch of Ratt last month.

Robbinson Lantz Crosby was an American guitarist who was a member of glam metal band Ratt, earning several platinum albums in the US in the 1980s. Crosby died in 2002 from a heroin overdose.