When we think of African American musicians, we generally think of Jazz, Hip-Hop, Soul music even the Blues but their influence on classic rock is overwhelming.
Six days after suffering a massive stroke, saxophone legend and longtime E Street Band member Clarence Clemons has died at the age of 69.
Despite initial reports that Clemons was responding well to treatment – and despite a pair of brain surgeries to repair the damage wrought by the stroke – his condition worsened as the week wore on, and he died on Saturday, June 18.
The Big Man suffered a stroke Sunday, but the good news is "trickling in" according to Rolling Stone. What happened, how he's doing and where his career path almost took him.