SCREAMING TREES bassist Van Conner dead at 55

19 January 2023
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Van Conner, founding bassist with Seattle grunge legends THE SCREAMING TREES, has died at the age of 55.

The news was confirmed in a Facebook post by Van's brother Gary Lee Conner, the band's guitarist. 

 "Van Conner, bassist and song writer of Screaming Trees, died last night of an extended illness at 55," wrote Gary Lee. "It was pneumonia that got him in the end. He was one of the closest friends I ever had, and I loved him immensely.
 
"I will miss him forever and ever and ever."
 
SCREAMING TREES frontman Mark Lanegan died in February 2022.  
 
 
Source: loudersound.com