Sound54 News Who Bassist Entwistle Found Dead - 29/06/02 Rock star John Entwistle, bass player for the Who, has died at the age of 57. Entwistle's body was found in his room at Las Vegas's Hard Rock Hotel. It is thought that he had suffered a heart attack while asleep in bed. The bass player, also known as Ox, was in the US with the rest of his band to play a tour of the country, due to start today in a small club at the hotel. Entwistle, an avid guitar collector, was one of the first rock stars to experiment playing the six and eight string bass. Although Entwistle's song-writing contributions to the Who were limited, he released a number of solo albums and was musical director for the Who soundtracks, 'Quadrophenia' and 'The Kids Are Alright'. Today his personal manager Steve Luongo described Entwistle as, "a Jimmy Hendrix of bass guitar". The Who's manager, Bill Curbishley, told the Guardian of the band's shock and devastation. He said: "The whole Who family is terribly saddened by John's passing." There are now only two remaining members of the original Who line-up: singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and chief songwriter Pete Townshend. The band's original drummer, Keith Moon, died in 1978 after a drug overdose and was replaced on later tours by Zak Starkey, son of former Beatle Ringo Starr. Related Web-Site: The Who