R.I.P.: Brian Howe, Bad Company Lead Singer

Brian Howe - 1987

Bad Company vocalist Brian Anthony Howe has passed away at age 66.

Howe passed away after suffering from cardiac arrest at his home in Florida on Tuesday, his friend and manager, Paul Easton, told Fox News.

"It is with deep and profound sadness that we announce the untimely passing of a loving father, friend and musical icon, Brian Howe,” Easton said.

"Though EMTs were able to have a short conversation with him, he slipped away, and they were unable to revive him," the statement continued.

Howe's sister Sandie also reacted to the news in a statement via his manager.

“Finding the appropriate words to express the pain in our hearts over losing my brother has been difficult," Sandie said. “Our family would like to thank you for your compassion and the outpouring of love we are receiving.”



The singer-songwriter had previously suffered from a heart attack in 2017. A longtime friend of Howe's told Fox News on Thursday that he recently was involved in a scooter accident that left him with "broken ribs and a punctured lung."

The friend shared that Howe will be remembered as a "great man with a big heart." He was also a "huge" animal lover and his loved ones are currently trying to find new homes for his many pets, including five dogs.

Howe rose to fame in 1984 as the lead vocalist of guitarist Ted Nugent's album "Penetrator," which spawned the hit "Tied Up in Love." Two years later, he replaced Paul Rodgers as the frontman of Bad Company, writing and singing on four albums including 1986's "Fame and Fortune," 1988's "Dangerous Age" and 1990's "Holy Water." He left the band after the release of 1992 album "Here Comes Trouble" and tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd, due to tension with bandmates Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke.