David Van Cortlandt Crosby (1941 - 2023)

Born 14 Aug 1941 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Died 18 Jan 2023 at age 81 in Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California, United States

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Biography

David Crosby was featured in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1991 and 1997.

David VanCortlandt Crosby was born on 14 Aug 1941 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA ^[1] and was the son of Aliph Whitehead and Floyd Crosby who was an Academy Award-winning cinematographer. His parents were regulars in the New York society pages, but they divorced in 1960.

David Crosby was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the "Byrds" and "Crosby, Stills & Nash" who had an early appearance at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969. ^[2]

The Byrds - 8 Miles High

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Il9q397lL0

David was the father of three children by different women and a fourth child was conceived after extensive fertility treatments by his wife, whom he married in May 1987 at the Hollywood Church of Religious Science in Los Angeles, California, USA.

His brother Ethan Crosby, who had taught him to play guitar and started his musical career with him, killed himself in late 1997 or early 1998. The date is unknown because Ethan left a note not to search for his body, but to let him return to the earth. His body was found months later in May 1998.

In January 2000 singer, Melissa Etheridge, announced that Crosby was the sperm donor of two children with her partner, by means of artificial insemination. ^[3] On 13 May 2020, Etheridge announced that her son Beckett Cypher had died.

David Crosby died on 18 Jan 2023. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ California Birth Index 1905-1995 on FamilySearch.org citing Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department in Sacramento, CA; for David Vancortlandt Crosby, b: 14 Aug 1941 Los Angeles, California, USA
2. ↑ Wikipedia for David Crosby
3. ↑ What David Crosby Said About Fathering Melissa Etheridge's Kids on msn.com
4. ↑ Obituary in "New York Times" for David Crobsy.
5. ↑ David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81 in Variety magazine
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #249577078 for David Crosby, b: 14 Aug 1941 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; d: 18 Jan 2023

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