14 DAY TRIAL // Chi Cheng, Deftones bassist, has died. He was 42 years old and has “fought the good fight,” as his mother announces on a website she set up after the accident that put him in a coma, OneLoveForChi.
“This is the hardest thing to write to you. Your love and heart and devotion to Chi was unconditional and amazing. I know that you will always remember him as a giant of a man on stage with a heart for every one of you,” she writes.
Chi was involved in a serious car accident 5 years ago and had been in a coma-like state ever since.
His mother used the website to raise money for his medical bills but also to keep in touch with his concerned fans.
The other day, she broke to them the most devastating piece of news possible.
“He was taken to the emergency room and at 3 am today his heart just suddenly stopped. He left this world with me singing songs he liked in his ear. He fought the good fight. You stood by him sending love daily. He knew that he was very loved and never alone,” she writes.