Metro Detroit native Dave Marsh, a renowned rock music critic, is dead at 76.
Marsh died on Aug. 14 at his home in Norwalk, Connecticut, Rolling Stone reported. The award-winning critic published more than two dozen books, including several on the rock musician Bruce Springsteen, which made him known as a Springsteen biographer.
"Marsh was Springsteen’s first true literary champion, recognizing in book form Bruce’s uncanny talent to unleash the power of rock & roll on the club and concert stage. Best friends with fellow critic Jon Landau at the time, Marsh and Landau both believed what Landau wrote after seeing Springsteen in a Boston club in spring 1974: 'I saw rock & roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen,'" Bob Santelli, founding executive
director of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, said in an Aug. 15 statement.
Here's what to know about Dave Marsh.
When did Dave Marsh die?
Dave Marsh died Aug. 14 at age 76 at his home in Norwalk, Connecticut, Rolling Stone reported.
No cause of death was reported.
Who was Dave Marsh?
Born in Oakland County's Pontiac, Michigan, Dave Marsh was an award-winning rock music critic and Bruce Springsteen biographer. Marsh authored over two dozen books on the rock music industry, among them several on Springsteen. He also served as a longtime host on several SiriusXM radio shows.
"Dave Marsh detailed the cultural complexities and wonderful joy of American popular music and did so much to define Springsteen’s contribution to it. His spirit resonates in the galleries and exhibits of the Springsteen Center. Rest in peace, Dave," Santelli, the founding executive director of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, said in closing his statement.
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