I got an e-mail from Diane that Shawn Dale Barnett passed away on February 23. I hadn't heard of him before that, but in doing some digging I found out that he's a very well known Deaf musician. Well known in both Deaf and hearing communities. I'm not into heavy/hard music which is probably why I hadn't heard of him.
He toured with REO SpeedWagon, Nirvana, and Skid Row among others, and was the drummer for the first version of Alice-n-Chains. He had a top 10 hit on MTV, #7 on the Billboard charts.
The world has lost an amazing man.
(I can't find a link to a news article, otherwise I'd add a link!)