Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman has died.
Hanneman passed away this morning from liver failure at a hospital near his home in Southern California.
“Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away…” the band said in a statement.
Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a rare skin infection also known as flesh-eating disease, in 2011, and hadn’t been touring since.
It’s not know if the disease played part in his liver failure.
Hanneman was 49.