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\n<\/span><\/p>\nFormer Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr has been found dead at a house in Salt Lake City. He was 44.<\/p>\n
Police said officers responded to a call on Tuesday about a possible body at the residence but added there was no sign of foul play involved.<\/p>\n
Starr was the original bassist when the band formed in 1987, but left in 1993.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the group said members were “mourning the loss of their friend and ask that the media respect their privacy during this difficult time”.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear who owned the home Starr was found in, nor who phoned the police.<\/p>\n
The medical examiner’s office will conduct a post-mortem examination on Wednesday, but the results of toxicology tests could take up to two months.<\/p>\n
The bassist left the band shortly after the release of its breakthrough 1992 album Dirt, while his former bandmates went on to greater success.<\/p>\n
The group took numerous breaks due to the drug problems of lead singer Layne Staley, who later died of an overdose in 2002.<\/p>\n
Starr went public with his own drug problems in 2010 when he appeared on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab which followed his treatment for heroin addiction.<\/p>\n
Last month the musician was arrested in Salt Lake City on an outstanding warrant related to an earlier drugs charge, and on suspicion of carrying unauthorised prescription medications.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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