Butthole Surfers drummer and ‘Slacker’ star Teresa Taylor dies, aged 60
nme.comButthole Surfers who featured in Richard Linklater’s 1990 film Slacker, has died aged 60.The actor and musician, also known as Teresa Nervosa, died of lung disease, her former bandmates have announced.“Teresa Taylor passed away peacefully this weekend after a long battle with lung disease,” Butthole Surfers wrote in a social media post Monday (June 19). “She will live in our hearts forever.
RIP, dear friend.”Teresa Taylor passed away peacefully this weekend after a long battle with lung disease. She will live in our hearts forever.
RIP, dear friend.Pictured here with Mark Farner. Photo by @PatBlashill #TeresaTaylor #TeresaNervosa pic.twitter.com/Mn74aqzeK1— Butthole Surfers (@buttholesurfers) June 19, 2023Back in November 2021, Taylor revealed that she had “end stage lung disease” with a life expectancy of “one to five” years. “I know I smoked like a chimney and this is to be expected,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “My spirits are up.”In November 2022, Taylor updated fans to share that death was “imminent”.Taylor was born in Arlington, Texas, in 1962, and joined Butthole Surfers in 1983.
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