LFO founding member Brian "Brizz" Gillis dead at 47, third band member to die

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One of the founding members of ’90s band LFO, Brian “Brizz” Gillis, has passed away at age 47.

One of the founding members of LFO has died.

LFO, has died.The news was announced by his former bandmate Brad Fischetti yesterday (March 30) on social media. Gillis was 47 years old and the cause of death has not been confirmed.“The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday,” Fischetti wrote in an Instagram post. “Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away.

A post shared by Brad Fischetti (@bradfischetti)Fischetti continued by admitting that his and Gillis' relationship was «complex,» with «moments of great tribulation but also of great joy.»«I learned a lot from him about the business of music and how to put together and rock a show. And it's those positive aspects of our relationship that I will lean on now and forever,» he wrote.

LFO founding member Brian “Brizz” Gillis has sadly passed away, becoming the third member of the 90s pop group to die.

passed after a stroke while battling leukemia, and Devin Lima died at 41 of adrenal cancer in 2018.Member Brad Fischetti announced Gillis’ death Thursday on LFO’s Facebook page, writing that he does not know the details of his former bandmate’s death. “My relationship with Brian was complex. It contained moments of great tribulation but also of great joy,” Fischetti said.

Thania Garcia Brian “Brizz” Gillis, one of the founders of the ’90s boy band LFO, died Wednesday, sources close to the singer confirmed to Variety. He was 47. LFO member Brad Fischetti was the first official source to comment on the death in an Instagram tribute post. “Every story is made up of chapters. Some develop naturally. Some you have to cut up in your mind. The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday. Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away. I don’t have details and it wouldn’t be my place to share them if I did. I am really struggling to process this tragic loss. I’ve said it before and I will continue to say it; the LFO Story is a tragedy. If you know what I’ve been doing, you know I’m trying to bring light into the darkness. Trying find redemption in pain and suffering. Trying to honor the legacy.”