Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack dies from cancer at age 65

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Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack dies from cancer at age 65
   
UPI News Service, 03/13/2012

Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack has died of cancer at his home in Dubois, Wyo., his band said on its Web site Tuesday. He was 65.

The New Jersey-born performer known as "Big Mike" was surrounded by his family when he died Monday. The type of cancer he had battled was not specified.

Doobie Brothers manager Bruce Cohn described Hossack as "a one-of-a kind guy."

"He was a fighter and fought the big battle with cancer and he was a close personal friend of mine and I speak for Mike's family and the entire band when I say he will be greatly missed," Cohn said in a statement posted on the band's Web site.

RIP, Mike Hossack