Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner dies, aged 74

Jefferson Airplane founding member Paul Kantner died on Thursday, January 28 at the age of 74.

Kantner suffered a heart attack earlier this week and died from multiple organ failure and septic shock, according to the San Francisco Chronicle which reported the news.

As one of the founding members of the Jefferson Airplane, Kantner contributed to establishing psychedelic rock as a major genre in the 1960s and the Bay Area as a major creative hub. Although he was not the frontman of ...

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