Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan Family Thanks Fans For Support

by Ryan Minic | Jan 4, 2010

The family of the late Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan released a statement today thanking fans for their support. The statement, released on the band’s Myspace, is as follows:

We would like to thank all of Jimmy’s fans for the heartfelt comments that have been posted – it is comforting to know that his genius and antics were appreciated and that he was loved so much. Our hearts are broken – he was much too young to fall.

February 9, 1981 – December 28, 2009
Óg agus saor go deo (forever young and free)

Barbara & Joe, Kelly & Katie
& the extended Sullivan family

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