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Ty Longley was credited with saving others after the flames erupted from pyrotechnics on stage before he died. "My own father gave his life to save others' lives," Acey Longley said.

The fire killed 100 people, including the band’s guitarist, Ty Longley, and injured more than 200 others. ″It was a horrible tragedy,” Mr. Russell told The Roanoke Times in Virginia in 2010.

Russell was fronting his band in 2003 the night 100 people — including the band’s guitarist Ty Longley — died in a fire at a Rhode Island nightclub, where more than 200 others were injured.

During a show at The Station nightclub in Rhode Island, the band’s pyrotechnics sparked a fast-moving blaze that caused a bottleneck as fans tried to flee. The fire killed 100 people, including the ...

FILE – Singer Jack Russell, of the band Great White, performs during a benefit to honor the memory of the band’s guitarist Ty Longley at the Key Club in West Hollywood, Calif., on April 29, 2003.

Jack Russell scored hard-rock hits in the 1980s with his band Great White but was also known for a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in 2003.

FILE – Singer Jack Russell, of the band Great White, performs during a benefit to honor the memory of the band’s guitarist Ty Longley at the Key Club in West Hollywood, Calif., on April 29, 2003.

He recently stopped touring after being diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and Multiple System Atrophy, which causes loss of coordination and balance, and changes in speech.

Musician Jack Russell, the vocalist and founding member of the hard rock band Great White, has died at the age of 63. He had been struggling with Lewy body dementia and multiple system atrophy.