LFO’s Brad Fischetti Confirms Former Bandmate Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis Is Dead: I’m ‘Struggling to Process This Tragic Loss’

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 Former LFO member Brian “Brizz” Gillis has died. The musician was one of two remaining original members of the ‘90s boy band.Gillis’ former bandmate Brad Fischetti announced the news via social media on Thursday, March 30, confirming his friend passed away one day prior.

He was in his late 40s.“Every story is made up of chapters. Some develop naturally. Some you have to cut up in your mind,” Fischetti, 47, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, sharing the same message on the official LFO page. “The first two chapters of the LFO story lost a main character yesterday.

Brian ‘Brizz’ Gillis passed away.”The New York native noted that he doesn’t “have details” about what happened to Gillis, but he revealed, “I am really struggling to process this tragic loss.”Fischetti confessed that his relationship with Gillis — who left LFO in 1998 after three years with the group — was “complex” and not always easy.“It contained 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,” the “Life Is Good” crooner explained. “And it’s those positive aspects of our relationship that I will lean on now and forever.”He continued: “I’ve prayed for Brian every day for many years.